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Latest issue: 22 June 2007  Parting of the ways?Thomas NortonAmnesty International is shifting its position on abortion, from its long-held neutral stance to one that regards abortion as a mother's right in certain circumstances. An association with the Catholic Church that dates from the charity's foundation is now under threat
Church in the WorldAmerica?s theologians urged to be less critical of the Vatican |
AustraliaPell detects whiff of Stalinism in reaction to stem-cell remarks | AustriaChurch leaders defend Waldheim |
FranceTeilhard Foundation may be evicted from Paris museum | IraqUnprotected Christians terrorised |
JordanSabbah predicts onslaught by Islamic extremists | RomePope reclaims the true St Francis |
SwitzerlandIntegration accord proposed for Muslims | United StatesAmericans want a religious president |
Hidden agendas in the Holy LandHidden agendas in the Holy Land
Michael Hirst looks at how al-Qaida, Syria and Iran are involved in the destabilisation of Israel, while, below, Trevor Mostyn examines why Palestinian has turned on Palestinian in Gaza...
A sorry tale of violence and broken promises
One day in 1994, when I was involved in a European Union media programme that brought Arab, Israeli and EU journalists and filmmakers together through co-productions and training, I was taken by Ahmed, one of our radio trainees, to lunch with his family in Gaza City's Shati refugee camp....
A growing flock of friends
On the final day of the Second Vatican Council, Enzo Bianchi moved to Bose in Piedmont, beginning a monastic way of life that has since grown into an ecumenical community. Robert Mickens met a man little known to the public but with increasing influence on the Church...
Ditch the sofa, GordonDitch the sofa, Gordon
Tony Blair?s premiership has been characterised by informal decision-making in the parlours of Number 10 ? so-called ?sofa Government?. With a new Prime Minister taking over next week, there is a chance for the Cabinet and civil service to re-establish their constitutional roles...
Reducing poverty must top new PM?s agenda
In the early 1990s the Zacchaeus 2000 Trust was conceived by a group of academics, clergy, lawyers and charity workers concerned at the damage being done by the poll tax to people with the lowest incomes, writes Paul Nicolson....
Among the convict community
Brazil?s prisons have a reputation as places of violent depravity. But, in the last of an occasional series, we visit a jail where the cooperative spirit is flourishing...
By any other name
Sir John Tavener?s work based on the names for God in the Qur?an was given a controversial premiere in Westminster Cathedral on Tuesday. Here, music critic Rick Jones gives his verdict on the performance while Martin Boland answers those protesting at the choice of venue...
In the depths of one?s self
A rare exhibition of some 75 works by the seventeenth-century French painter Philippe de Champaigne currently on show in Lille casts a lambent light over Jansenist life and thought at the Paris convent of Port Royal where many of his paintings were first hung...
Welcome that can last a lifetime
The pre-baptismal encounters between parents and parish can be fraught with tensions for both parties, as motives are assessed and reactions judged. On the feast of St John the Baptist, ways to make this key moment in a family?s life as meaningful and faith-affirming as possible are examined...
