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, whose names are familiar in their particular field of experience.

The Church in the World section reports on events within the Church internationally, covering Europe, Rome, Asia, the Pacific, Africa and the Americas. The Home News section reports on news within UK churches, both Catholic and other Christian. In addition the latest church documents are analysed and discussed

The Notebook section gives a light-hearted round-up of recent events, often with a humorous tone and the Letters section offers lively and intelligent debate from readers worldwide.

No mention of The Tablet would be complete without reference to the widely respected Books section. Its detailed reviews are comprehensive, across a wide variety of subjects from philosophy to film appreciation and Christian apologetics to crime fiction. And the Arts section includes reviews of galleries and exhibitions, theatre, cinema, television, radio, music and opera.

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Latest issue

A gross betrayal of trust
The report into sexual abuse in two flagship schools will undermine the confidence of English Catholics in their leaders / by Catherine Pepinster

The chance to start over
The mood among Catholics in Ireland is both tense and expectant ahead of
Pope Francis’ visit to Dublin and Knock next week / by Sarah Mac Donald

Hope in a place of hopelessness
Ministering to violent inmates in overcrowded jails is often extremely challenging for the dedicated prison chaplains of England and Wales / by Annabel Miller

Christopher Howse’s Notebook
‘London is a great city but, in the language of social concern, definitely vulnerable’