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The Pope of encounter
The defining theme of this papacy marks a change of direction – from transmitting the truth to mutual learning / BY THOMAS BANCHOFF

Tales of the uninvited
A network of reform-minded Catholics has organised an alternative lay-led assembly to coincide with October’s Synod in Rome / BY SARAH MAC DONALD

How to fix Britain
Many people agree that the way Britain is governed is broken. But one signpost in the chaos and confusion of our politics remains standing / BY JULIA LANGDON

The papal tiara and the Welsh dragon
The Catholic Church is struggling to survive in a remote area in North Wales which currently has no resident priest for its 150 practising Catholics / BY ELENA CURTI