Many of Iraq?s once thriving Christians have fled violent persecution by Muslim extremists. Some of those remaining see a Christian enclave as their only hope. Others resist being ?locked in a ghetto?. But will either be enough to save one of the world?s oldest Christian communities? Free
So Tony Blair was not led from 10 Downing Street in handcuffs as his enemies had dreamed: he departed the political stage on the crest of a wave of goodwill such as few prime ministers have experienced before him. The House of Commons stood, clapped ...
Gordon Brown claims a strong sense of social justice which he says he wants to put at the core of Government. Here, his biographer urges him to show that commitment by reversing the tax trend where the super rich pay little or nothing at all and the poor lack the support that they need...
London?s Missionary Institute closed its doors for the last time on Friday. For 40 years it trained people to work in the developing world; now students from Asia or Africa will be trained at home. Here its president celebrates its short but intense history...
It may seem trivial compared to liturgy or catechetics. But the parish outing offers opportunities for establishing and renewing relationships as well as much-needed recreation for all. The key to success is people who are willing to take responsibility...
The question of whether Catholic politicians who support legalised
abortion should be allowed to take Communion is threatening to become a major issue in the 2008 presidential election, writes Michael McGough...
There are so many ways to offend these days with, from tomorrow, smoking a cigarette in an enclosed public place being but the latest secular sin to be added to contemporary society?s proscriptions...
In this highly provocative account, a fellow Anglican argues that Tony Blair?s drift to Rome highlights the recent dilution of the Church of England?s identity...
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Prophecy as American PolicyFree Have a nice doomsday: why millions of Americans are looking forward to the end of the world Nicholas Guyatt Nicholas Guyatt has bravely set out on an important mission to explore what most Europeans and liberal Americans view as a "playpen for lunatics": the world of millions ...