COLUMN

5 CHRISTOPHER JAMISON

‘The future depends on the possibility of dialogue between the old and new orders’

7 P E T ER HENNESSY’S

THE LION AND THE UNICORN ‘More anxiety was lifted off more shoulders than by any other reform’

1 2 P E T ER STANFORD

‘Where there is a mystery, our clever age tells us, there must be an answer’

1 5 PARISH PRACTICE 1 6 NOTEBOOK 1 7 L ETTERS 1 8 THE L I V I NG S P I R I T 1 9 PUZZLES

BOOKS

2 0 BR I D F EATHERSTONE

Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church: gender, power, and organizational culture Marie Keenan

J IMMY BURNS The Spanish Holocaust: inquisition and extermination in twentieth-century Spain Paul Preston

CATHERINE N I XEY Waiting for Sunrise William Boyd

ARTS

2 4 F EATURE

Rick Jones Janina Fialkowska

T E L EV I S I ON John Morrish Extreme Love

RADIO D.J.Taylor Wireless Nights

THEATRE Mark Lawson Long Day’s Journey into Night

CONTENTS

2 8 APRIL 2 0 1 2

F EATURES

COVER STORY 4 A very public rebuke Phyllis Zagano

The Vatican’s demand that women Religious in the United States reform and conform has created deep unease

6 On the breadline Michael McMahon

As more people struggle to feed their families, food banks are increasingly stepping into the breach to provide basics for survival

8 Religion à la mode Linda Woodhead

The last in our series of articles based on the largest-ever research programme on faith and society looks at how belief has changed

1 0 Quench their thirst Daniel O’Leary

The Eucharistic Congress, taking place in Dublin in June, has the potential to begin the process of spiritual renewal in Ireland

1 1 From party to personality politics Ed Cox

Directly elected city mayors could revive local democracy – but they could also be merely a political version of celebrity

1 3 Fresh hope from Umbria’s hills Gerard Mannion

The ecumenical gathering in Assisi last week suggested that the will and energy exist to reignite the flame of dialogue

2 7 THE CHURCH I N THE WORLD

Vatican doctrinal assessment stuns US women Religious 3 0 L ETTER FROM ROME 3 1 NEWS FROM BRITAIN AND I RELAND

Assert your faith, nuncio tells bishops

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