'Hope, strength, courage'

The parents of missing Madeleine McCann tell The Tablet how these three words, spoken to them by a Portuguese priest, have become a mantra as they continue the search for their daughter, sustained by the power of their Catholic faith...

TABLET Traveller

Yad Vashem - Pilgrims of St Francis - Marian devotion in England...

Joseph's amazing paradox

That Joseph of the Old Testament was hungry for fame is undoubted, but it was a fame that served God?s purpose. This was apparent in Andrew Lloyd Webber?s musical. But the television search for a star for the latest production of the show revealed a very different story...

Mystery in a drop of wine

A moment at Charing Cross Tube station brings a brief revelation that, unlike between the train and the platform, there is no gap between the innate God of our hearts and the God of Jesus...

New kind of freedom

Young people who have been in trouble with the law often fail to go straight after serving time in young offenders? institutions. But one project has found a solution. It requires faith, hope and mentors...

A saint for our time

For the supporters of the canonisation of controversial Archbishop Oscar Romero, murdered in El Salvador in 1980, progress is slow. One who knew him well reminds us of the man behind the cause...

Called to confess

Today the Sacrament of Reconciliation has a much lower profile in Britain than in Italy, where confessions continue even during Mass. This tradition highlights how significant a homily can be in inspiring the desire for penance...

Of bungs and baksheesh

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