Unique in its international coverage of religion, current affairs, politics, social issues and the arts, The Tablet is a weekly Catholic journal which has been reporting on events of significance for over 170 years.

Every week The Tablet provides in-depth and balanced coverage on a wide range of subjects and its contribution to topical issues is strengthened by its contributors: each issue contains the work of writers drawn from all over the world.

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Latest Issue

Trust is a two-way street

The Chinese Communist Party is about to celebrate its hundredth birthday. Hong Kong’s last British governor sees trouble ahead / BY CHRIS PATTEN



Merton reconsidered

The latest biographer of one of the twentieth century’s greatest spiritual writers has come to terms with the monk’s contradictions / BY JON M. SWEENEY



Forgive those who trespass

A poet longs for the summer so she can enjoy the countryside, yet fears it has become a place of polluted rivers and forbidden footpaths / BY FIONA BENSON



Law and grace

Church teaching that marriage is indissoluble has a complex history. Might a better understanding of its scriptural basis release some of the hurt? / BY CLIFFORD LONGLEY