COLUMNS

7 CL I F FORD LONGLEY

‘The Anglican Settlement gave the primate responsibility but virtually no power’

9 CHRISTOPHER JAMISON

‘Muamba’s fiancée asked for prayers and her direct request moved people to pray’

1 2 P E T ER STANFORD

‘However lapsed, many still maintain a Lenten fast, and do it with diligence’

1 6 CHRISTOPHER HOWSE’S

PRESSWATCH ‘The Times was not afraid to assume a morally higher ground than the archbishop’

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

BOOKS

2 3 I AN BRADLEY

Leaving Alexandria: a memoir of faith and doubt Richard Holloway

SUE GAISFORD London in the Eighteenth Century: a great and monstrous thing Jerry White

ALEXANDER LUCIE - SMITH Northwest Corner John Burnham Schwartz

ARTS

2 6 F EATURE

Laura Gascoigne Van Dyck in Sicily – Painting and the Plague 1624-1625

C I NEMA Francine Stock The Hunger Games

THEATRE Mark Lawson Sweeney Todd

CONTENTS

2 4 MARCH 2 0 1 2

F EATURES

COVER STORY 4 Fellow pilgrims Elena Curti and Abigail Frymann

The Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church have their differences, but their leaders’ rapport has helped bridge the divide

4 Working with the archbishop Cormac Murphy-O’Connor

Rowan Williams’ strength is as an example of faith

5 Children of Abraham Anthony O’Mahony

Dr Williams’ engagement with Middle Eastern spirituality

6 A nigh-impossible job Jonathan Wynne-Jones

The next Archbishop of Canterbury will inherit a faction-riven Church that is still trying to find a role in the modern world

8 Caught in the crossfire Patrick Nicholson

A Christian aid agency in Lebanon is helping refugees of all faiths from the fighting and oppression in Syria

1 1 Son of the Church, man of conscience Bill Cash

To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of The Tablet’s founder, a descendant recalls a remarkable campaigning convert

1 3 The deepest love that inspires Sally Read

Is eternal life the reward for self-sacrifice? Our Lent series continues with a meditation on John 12:25

1 4 ‘Hail, Mary’ Aidan Mathews

The Feast of the Annunciation, celebrated this week, is a time to reflect not only on the fiat of the Virgin, but on the angelic messenger

3 0 THE CHURCH I N THE WORLD

Pope orders criminal inquiry into ‘Vatileaks’ 3 3 L ETTER FROM ROME 3 4 NEWS FROM BRITAIN AND I RELAND

Vatican voices concern at dissent in Irish Church 3 8 OBITUARY

Pope Shenouda III

COVER PHOTO: CNS/REUTERS, ANDREW WINNING

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