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Melanie McDonagh’s Notebook ‘Thomas Cromwell is perhaps the least likely pin-up in fiction’ / 13

CONTENTS 29 FEBRUARY 2020 // VOL 274 NO. 9341

FEATURES

4 / The truth that breaks your heart A writer and editor who had known Jean Vanier for nearly thirty years was

devastated by the report from L’Arche / BY MAGGIE FERGUSSON

4 / Account must be given The pain of the revelations about Jean Vanier has been scorching, says his

Canadian biographer / BY MICHAEL W. HIGGINS

7 / The extremism of charity In Bari, Francis asked the crowd to ‘choose love, whatever the cost, even if it means

going against the tide’ / BY CHRISTOPHER LAMB

8 / Defeating tribalism

With the increasingly brutal culture wars between the Left and the Right, a moral

philosopher calls for fresh thinking on the great questions / BY JAMES MUMFORD

9 / Lent reflection

In the silence of our own desert we will find the inner strength to meet the

challenges of being a disciple of Jesus today / BY LAURENTIA JOHNS OSB

10 / The search for the right word of God Offensive and inaccurate translations of the Gospels have contributed to stereotypes of ‘the Jews’ as persecutors of Jesus / BY MARGARET HEBBLETHWAITE

REGULARS Word from the Cloisters 14 Puzzles 14 Letters 16 The Living Spirit 17

NEWS

23 / The Church in the World / News briefing 24 / L’Arche aims to survive allegations against Vanier

26 / View from Rome 27 / News from Britain and Ireland / News briefing

28 / Bishops warn of impact of Brexit

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BOOKS / PAGE 18

Austen Ivereigh James Martin: In the Company of Jesus JON M. SWEENEY Marcus Tanner Speed reading: three books on the cultures of China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan Jane Thynne This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings JULIA SAMUEL

ARTS / PAGE 20

Exhibition Da vid Stewart LAURA GASCOIGNE Cinema True History of the Kelly Gang ANTHONY QUINN Theatre The High Table MARK LAWSON Television This Country LUCY LETHBRIDGE

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