COLUMNS

5 CL I F FORD LONGLEY

‘Kirchner is fulfilling John Paul II’s portrayal of the 1982 Falklands conflict’

1 1 CHRISTOPHER HOWSE’S

PRESSWATCH ‘The Queen seems clear in her own mind about who is master and who servant’

1 6 PARISH PRACTICE 1 7 NOTEBOOK 1 8 L ETTERS 1 9 THE L I V I NG S P I R I T 2 0 PUZZLES

CONTENTS

1 1 F EBRUARY 2 0 1 2

F EATURES

COVER STORY 4 Heritage for sale Sam Adams

Moves by two cash-strapped religious communities to sell valuable historic artefacts are causing concern for church conservationists

6 When the hurt stops and the healing starts Elena Curti

Victim Marie Collins was among hundreds at an abuse symposium in Rome, where she told The Tablet the Church is changing

BOOKS

2 1 BR I AN MORTON

Tower: an epic history of the Tower of London Nigel Jones

J EREMY BEGBIE Earthly Visions: theology and the challenges of art T.J. Gorringe

HARRIET PATERSON The Buddha in the Attic Julie Otsuka

ARTS

2 4 F EATURE

Robert Thicknesse Sophie and Mary Bevan

C I NEMA Francine Stock A Dangerous Method and The Woman in Black

T E L EV I S I ON John Morrish Death Unexplained

THEATRE Mark Lawson Our New Girl

8 Iron and velvet Denis Tuohy

Britain’s first woman Prime Minister was known for her steely determination. But, as one reporter recalls, she had another side too

1 0 Someone to talk to Paul Farmer

In tough economic times, the Church is increasingly focusing on the needs of those suffering in, not only body, but mind and spirit as well

1 2 Making markets moral Daniel K. Finn

A leading professor of theology and economics traces a path out of the current financial crisis and towards a more humane society

1 4 Love in a Catholic climate Liz Dodd

As St Valentine’s Day nears, young Catholics are looking to the internet to help them search for their perfect partner

2 8 THE CHURCH I N THE WORLD

Pope puts ‘healing abuse victims’ at top of the Christian agenda 3 1 L ETTER FROM ROME 3 2 NEWS FROM BRITAIN AND I RELAND

Ireland ‘too raw and angry’ after abuse scandals to welcome the Pope

COVER ILLUSTRATION: DANI JIMENEZ

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