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TIME is running out. A remarkable life is drawing to a close. Soon the journalists will congregate on St Peter’s Square. Vatican accreditation is being organised. Hotels and studios are being booked. Clergy deemed to be ‘in the know’ are being assiduously courted. Over the coming months you will hear a lot about Karol Wojtyla, the man and his legacy. The good stuff will come from those who, whether they are believers or not, have made it their business to understand the Catholic Church, its faith, its institutions and its personalities. They will be especially familiar with the large body...

Spiritual Formation in Christ: A Perspective on What it is and How it Might be Done ----------------------------------------------------- "... until Christ be formed in you." (Gal. 4:19) "Spiritual formation" is a phrase that has recently rocketed onto the lips and into the ears of Protestant Christians with an abruptness that is bound to make a thoughtful person uneasy. If it is really so important, not to mention essential, then why is it so recent? It must be just another passing fad in Protestant religiosity, increasingly self-conscious and threatened about "not meeting the needs of the people." And, really, isn't spiritual formation...