OBITUARY: Tom Burns

From: The Independent - London | Date: December 9, 1995| Author: JOHN WILKINS | Copyright information

Tom Burns, the Roman Catholic publisher and editor of the Catholic weekly the Tablet from 1967 to 1982, was an influential figure on the Catholic scene in Britain. The Catholic faith was the foundation of his life, the backdrop for everything he did. His confidence in the Church supported him when, in 1968, he had to cope with the crisis caused by the publication of Humanae Vitae, Pope Paul VI's encyclical reaffirming the traditional ban on contraception. No editor of the Tablet, Burns though...

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