The Tablet is a progressive international Catholic weekly newspaper, published in London, which was founded in 1840 by a Quaker convert to Catholicism, Frederick Lucas, just 11 years before the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales. It is the second oldest surviving weekly journal in Britain after the Spectator (which was founded in 1828). It has an international readership of over 55,000. 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, or Friends, is a religious community founded in England in the 17th century. ... Frederick Lucas (1812 - 1855) was a British religious polemicist and founder of The Tablet. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... This article is about the country. ... The Spectator is a British conservative political magazine, established 1828, published weekly. ... Year 1828 (MDCCCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

For the first 28 years of its life, The Tablet was owned by the Catholic laity. In 1868, Fr (later Cardinal) Herbert Vaughan, who had founded the only British Catholic missionary society, the Mill Hill Missionaries, purchased the journal just before the First Vatican Council that defined papal infallibility. The Tablet then remained in the trusteeship of successive Archbishops of Westminster and Superiors General of the Mill Hill Missionaries for 67 years. In 1935, Cardinal Hinsley and Mill Hill sold the journal back to a group of Catholic laity. In religious organizations, the laity comprises all lay persons collectively. ... Media:Example. ... Herbert Cardinal Vaughan (April 15, 1832 - June 19, 1903) was a British churchman, cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster. ... Mill Hill Missionaries is a society of Catholic missionaries founded in 1866. ... The First Vatican Council was summoned by Pope Pius IX by the bull Aeterni Patris of June 29, 1868. ... In Catholic theology, papal infallibility is the dogma that, by action of the Holy Spirit, the Pope is preserved from even the possibility of error[1] when he solemnly declares or promulgates to the Church a dogmatic teaching on faith or morals as being contained in divine revelation, or at... The standard of the Archbishop of Westminster The Archbishop of Westminster heads the Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster, England. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ...

After the restoration of lay ownership, the first two Tablet editors were Douglas Woodruff, formerly of The Times and for many years assisted by Michael Derrick, and the book publisher Tom Burns (Graham Greene's first publisher). They were followed by the BBC producer John Wilkins who after 22 years in the editorial chair retired at the end of 2003. Catherine Pepinster, formerly executive editor of the Independent on Sunday was appointed as The Tablet's first ever woman editor at the beginning of 2004. The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom since 1785, and under its current name since 1788. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Under John Wilkins's editorship the journal's political stance was centre-left and it often disagreed with the Vatican and Cardinal Ratzinger on a number of issues especially those related to sexual morality.

Wilkin's successor Catherine Pepinster says the journal will continue to provide a forum for 'progressive, but responsible Catholic thinking, a place where orthodoxy is at home but ideas are welcome'. The writer Andrew Brown has described The Tablet as 'the finest expression in print of the ethos of the BBC World Service'.

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