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Inside the heresy files (by Cullen Murphy, January/February 2012 ): Interrogation. Surveillance. Ethnic profiling. Censorship. The words come from 21st-century headlines, but they have an ancient pedigree. Cullen Murphy on how the Inquisition ignited the modern police state
Is it over for Catholic Ireland? (by Padraig Reidy, September/October 2011 ): The deteriorating relationship between the Vatican and the Irish state is good news for the Republic, says Padraig Reidy
Holy bones (by Charles Freeman, May/June 2011 ): The beauty of the reliquaries in the British Museum’s forthcoming Treasures of Heaven exhibition should not blind us to the cruelty of the medieval church, argues Charles Freeman
Who won the Pope wars? (by Paul Sims, November/December 2010 ): Catholics, secularists, protestors, pilgrims and provocateurs all claimed victory after the Pontiff’s recent visit. Paul Sims assesses the final score
An audience with the Pope (by Editorial Staff, September/October 2010 ): If you were invited to address Benedict XVI during his UK visit, what would you say to him? Richard Dawkins, Philip Pullman, Claire Rayner, Ben Goldacre and many more take part in our Pope quiz. Illustrations by Ralph Steadman
Stargazer (by David Wootton, September/October 2010 ): David Wootton, author of a new biography, uncovers evidence that Galileo really was a heretic
Great pretender (by Sally Feldman, September/October 2010 ): Feminist icon, anti-Catholic fabrication – or just a woman battling in a man’s world? Sally Feldman uncovers the mysteries of Pope Joan
Warm welcome (by Keith Porteous Wood, July/August 2010 ): We plan to make the Pope’s visit a most uncomfortable experience, says Keith Porteous Wood
The Catholic Church acts as a law unto itself (by Richard Wilson, May/June 2010 ): Child abuse is far from the only crime the Vatican has to admit. Just look at its record in Africa, says Richard Wilson
Editorial: Catholic crisis (by Caspar Melville, May/June 2010 ): It is time the for the Catholic Church to be held to account
The Bishop's Man by Linden MacIntyre (by Francis Beckett, March/April 2010 ): Francis Beckett on a bleak timely novel about those charged with covering up Catholic child abuse
Suffer the little children (by Laurie Taylor, January/February 2010 ): The Catholic Church not only allowed priests to destroy hundreds of young lives, it blamed the victims and covered up the crimes for decades. For Laurie Taylor it’s personal
Testament by Jean Meslier (by Colin Brewer, January/February 2010 ): Colin Brewer admires the last testament of an atheist priest
Unholy trinity (by Newton Emerson, July/August 2009 ): The child abuse scandal has finally opened Irish eyes, says Newton Emerson
The Earth Moves: Galileo and the Roman Inquisition (by Marcus Chown, May/June 2009 ): Marcus Chown learns how the Catholic Church silenced Galileo
Fifty years of solitude (by Roger Davidson, November/December 2008 ): Half a century after the revolution, is Cuba turning to new gods? Roger Davidson reports from Havana
Aquinas and Modernity by Shadia Drury (by Jenny Bunker, November/December 2008 ): Jenny Bunker rues a missed opportunity
Thinkers: Thomas Aquinas (by Shadia Drury, November/December 2008 ): Thomas Aquinas does not deserve his reputation as a friend of reason, argues Shadia Drury
A small point of doctrine (by Colin Brewer, May/June 2008 ): Taking your own life is a mortal sin, says the Catholic Church. Unless you happen to be a Bishop, finds Colin Brewer
Secrets and lies (by Francis Beckett, September/October 2007 ): Survivors of child abuse at religious schools are finally making their case, reports Francis Beckett
Backlash (by Mary Honeyball, Web Exclusive, July 2008): A simple suggestion that MPs leave their religious views outside Parliament turned me into a hate figure for Labour Party Catholics, says Mary Honeyball
Film review: Lourdes (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, July 2010): Behind its restrained seriousness, this dramatisation of a disabled woman's pilgrimage has a vicious sense of humour, says Fred Rowson
Sins of the Father (by Matthew Adams, Web Exclusive, September 2010): Human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson tells Matthew Adams why the Pope must take responsibility for the crisis in his Church
Faith in the market (by Belinda Webb, Web Exclusive, September 2010): Useless tat has long played a part in Catholic life – and now the Church itself is getting in on the act, says Belinda Webb
Film review: The Last Exorcism (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, September 2010): This horror mockumentary is both charming and frightening, says Fred Rowson. But didn't somebody already do an exorcism movie?
Whitewash (by Keith Porteous Wood, Web Exclusive, March 2011): We have yet to see justice for the thousands of Irish women forced to work in the inhumane conditions of the Magdalen laundries, says Keith Porteous Wood