Beginning of the end

Robert Mugabe, who has brought only desolation to Zimbabwe, looks more vulnerable now than for many years. One veteran observer of the country urges Europe and Africa to prepare together for life after his demise, while Britain must accept its share of the blame for his tyrannical rule...

This time, it?s personal

When Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams sat down together this week they did more than kick-start devolved government back into life in Northern Ireland. They each staked their reputation on Catholics and Protestants, nationalists and Unionists, even at the extremes, working together...

Judas the obscure

What attracted a leading theologian to become involved in a new work seeking to rehabilitate Judas Iscariot, and written by convicted perjurer Jeffrey Archer? Francis Moloney explains all to Elena Curti, who finds he?s a sound defender of the book ? and combative, too....

Bowled over by Ireland

The Emerald Isle caused one of this year?s biggest Cricket World Cup upsets when its team dismissed Pakistan. Some suspected a fix, but more observant fans would have known: this team was not as green as people assumed...

Sacrifice and banquet

In a seasonal return of his series on the opening prayer of the Mass, Daniel McCarthy explores the collect for Holy Thursday, which evokes the marriage supper of the Lamb, and Christ?s eternal sacrifice, offered so that we may draw the fullness of love and life from him, now and at the eternal banquet to which we are invited...

One between two

In many dioceses, parishes are responding to the shortage of priests by allowing one priest to serve two parishes, and reducing the number of Masses. But at the Easter Triduum, problems arise which must be dealt with thoughtfully and sensitively...

Sphere of Harmony

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