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The Tablet The Tablet is a weekly Catholic journal which has been reporting on events of significance for more t

The Tablet is a weekly Catholic journal which has been reporting on events of significance for more than 180 years.

📣 Tablet Live Event: UNVEILEDWhy are so few women becoming nuns today?🎙 Shelagh Fogarty in conversation with:📘 Catherine...
03/08/2025

📣 Tablet Live Event: UNVEILED
Why are so few women becoming nuns today?

🎙 Shelagh Fogarty in conversation with:
📘 Catherine Coldstream, ex-Carmelite, author of Cloistered
🌍 Liz Dodd, nun, cyclist, activist, author of Easter in Disguise (2026)

🗓 Thurs 2 Oct 2025 | ⏰ 6.30–7.30pm BST
📍 Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, London

🎟 Tickets: thetablet.co.uk/events

In 2025 we are celebrating 185 years of The Tablet. Explore our journey and milestones over the years.   Join our global...
02/08/2025

In 2025 we are celebrating 185 years of The Tablet. Explore our journey and milestones over the years. Join our global community and dive into the rich history of Catholic journalism. Visit: www.thetablet.co.uk/subscribe

📣 Tablet Webinar: Reimagining the EucharistIs the Eucharist a ritual—or a radical act of community?Join liturgical theol...
01/08/2025

📣 Tablet Webinar: Reimagining the Eucharist
Is the Eucharist a ritual—or a radical act of community?

Join liturgical theologian Prof. Thomas O’Loughlin for an evening of insight, challenge, and renewal as he explores Eucharist as hospitality, mission, and witness in a changing Church.

🗓 Thurs 14 Aug 2025 | ⏰ 6–7pm BST
🎟 Reserve your place: thetablet.co.uk/events

UK’s first female Anglican Archbishop elected in Wales
31/07/2025

UK’s first female Anglican Archbishop elected in Wales

Bishop Vann, who has been Bishop of Monmouth for five years, secured a two-thirds majority from the Church in Wales electoral college on the second day of its

Bishops, political leaders condemn nuns’ arrest
31/07/2025

Bishops, political leaders condemn nuns’ arrest

Sisters Vandana Francis and Preeta Mary of the Assisi Sisters of Mary Immaculate (ASMI) order and Sukhman Mandavi, a resident of Narayanpur district of the

St John Henry Newman is to become a Doctor of the Church
31/07/2025

St John Henry Newman is to become a Doctor of the Church

In its daily bulletin this morning, the Vatican said, “On 31 July 2025, the Holy Father Leo XIV received in audience His Eminence Cardinal Marcello Semeraro,

Join Fr. George Donaghy for sessions on Augustinian spirituality! 🌟 Explore prayer, community life, and align desires wi...
31/07/2025

Join Fr. George Donaghy for sessions on Augustinian spirituality! 🌟 Explore prayer, community life, and align desires with divine love. Tickets: https://ow.ly/qmk450WnH6M🙏✨

The Theory and the Practice Responding to strong reader interest—and inspired by Pope Leo XIV’s Augustinian roots—The Tablet presents a two-part webinar on Augustinian spirituality. Fr. George Donaghy of Clare Priory will lead the sessions, exploring how this contemplative tradition shapes our...

Archbishop begs for forgiveness after priest charged with brutal murder of homeless man
30/07/2025

Archbishop begs for forgiveness after priest charged with brutal murder of homeless man

Miroslaw M, aged 60, who is being held in custody pending trial, pleaded guilty to the brutal murder of the 68-year-old homeless man, identified as Anatol Cz,

Ground-breaking Catholic festival attracts thousands
30/07/2025

Ground-breaking Catholic festival attracts thousands

Sir James MacMillan, the Jewish peer and founder of Blue Labour, Lord Maurice Glasman, Archbishop Wilson of Southwark, Archbishop Longley of Birmingham and

Violent protests outside refugee hotel ‘disappointing’ says bishop
30/07/2025

Violent protests outside refugee hotel ‘disappointing’ says bishop

Bishop Paul McAleenan spoke of the “dangerous consequences” of stirring up and exploiting “fear”, following the demonstrations.

📖☀️ Summer Reading with a Catholic VoiceLooking for thoughtful insight this summer? Stay connected to faith, culture, an...
30/07/2025

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The Tablet is a weekly Catholic journal which has been reporting on events of significance for more than 170 years. Launched in 1840 just 10 years before the restoration of the hierarchy in England and Wales, it is the oldest surviving weekly journal in Britain.

On succeeding Catherine Pepinster as editor in July 2017, Brendan Walsh said: ‘I will do all I can to cherish and protect its values and the quality of its journalism.’ Among the most widely read columns are View from Rome by Rome correspondent Christopher Lamb, features and comment by Deputy Editor Lorna Donlon, global coverage of the universal church overseen by Foreign Editor James Roberts, plus more from Home News Editor Bernadette Kehoe and others.

The Tablet attracts some of the best writers in the UK and abroad to its pages. These include Christopher Howse, Clifford Longley, Joanna Moorhead, Richard Leonard, Peter Hennessy, Melanie McDonagh, Carmody Grey, Sara Maitland, Marco Politi, John Cornwell, Peter Stanford, Margaret Archer, Eamon Duffy and others. Glimpses of Eden, a weekly column by Jonathan Tulloch, is enduring popular, as is Living Spirit, reflections linked to the liturgical calendar. The Tablet’s editorial viewpoint as expressed weekly in its leaders builds on the legacy of the Second Vatican Council in a manner that is both contemporary and challenging.