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.

Exact Editions is thrilled to announce that the complete archive is now accessible for subscribers, with over 8000 issues now available to view. This extensive archive goes back 170 years and is fully searchable as well as easy to navigate.

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

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