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Church in the WorldLebanese Christians caught in crossfire desperate for help |
AfricaReligious volunteer groups ignored in fight against Aids | AustraliaAgency highlights deaths of asylum seekers |
CubaCardinal appeals to US to keep away | IndiaGhandi backs anti-conversion law campaign |
IraqIraqi Church community flees anarchy | UgandaLRA rebels declare ceasefire |
United StatesDiocesan report exposes gay affairs | VaticanPope renews calls for peace in Middle East |
Exodus under fire
As Islamist intolerance and conflict increases throughout the Middle East, ancient church communities are fleeing westwards. While the exodus is denuding traditional cradles of Christianity, it is at the same time helping to heal the wounds of antique schisms...
Tinker, tailor, soldier, priestTinker, tailor, soldier, priest
A spate of revelations by priests in Poland, and in other former Communist countries, that they had spied for state secret police forces, has left Catholics divided over the best way to move forward. Should the church authorities further investigate the priests or should the past be left behind?...
What is Hezbollah?
Formed during an earlier conflict with Israel 21 years ago, Hezbollah, or the Party of God, now runs a vast social services network for the Shia Muslims of Lebanon and has elected representatives in the Beirut Parliament. So where does it come from and why does it need its own private army?...
Paradise beyond a rusty gate
Created by immigrant miners, the now neglected shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes in the Welsh valleys is still a place of spirituality and delight, as Richard Abbott discovers...
Why Br Roger died
The violent killing in August 2005 of Br Roger Schutz, founder of the ecumenical religious community of Taiz? in Burgundy, shocked the world. Here, one of his fellow brothers assesses the legacy of a man who had a profound understanding of both good and evil...
Being the Good NewsBeing the Good News
Contemporary society often seems to have lost its link with religion. According to speakers at a recent conference in Australia, communicating faith is about embodying the message rather than telling it...
Intimate with a majestic God
In his analysis of the collect for this Sunday, Daniel McCarthy describes how in the prayer we call on God in intimate terms as our father. In the role of children we ask him to perfect us in the spirit of adoption and to make us worthy of entering into the promised inheritance...
Making marriage work again
A new programme for healing relationships in trouble is coming to England from North America...
