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Latest issue: 13 July 2007  Beyond languageMark FrancisPope Benedict?s sanction for wider use of the Tridentine Mass is an unprecedented change in the Church?s liturgical life. But as this professor of liturgy argues, it also has troubling theological and pastoral consequences
Church in the WorldPope allows unlimited use of Tridentine Mass |
Argentina'Dirty war' chaplain goes on trial | AustraliaNew Missal ready in next few months |
AustriaMarried former Lutheran pastor ordained | ChinaBeijing vows to go on ordaining bishops |
ColombiaChurch appeals for release of hostages | FranceMinister hints at help for faith groups |
GermanyOpponents of Cologne mosque accused of anti-Islamic sentiments | PolandGive us a break, Poles tell Tesco |
VaticanSadness and anger provoked by document |
Guilty until proved innocent
The Cumberlege Commission?s review of the Church?s child-protection policy is about to be published. While treatment of the abused has improved, disturbing evidence has emerged that priests who have been accused and not charged are left in limbo, suspicion still hanging over them...
Jonah: the tale of man betrayed
Thousands of Zimbabweans have sought asylum here after suffering persecution by Robert Mugabe?s regime. But, as the Norwich Justice and Peace Group discovered when it tried to help one desperate man, refugees? experience of injustice does not necessarily end when they arrive...
Inside Hizb ut-Tahrir
Liberalism has long been characterised as a ?live and let live? philosophy. But as an encounter with the controversial Muslim group Hizb ut-Tahrir reveals, radical Islam challenges liberals to be far bolder in defending the worth of their own way of thinking...
Human dignity on trial
A recent public consultation on the future of scientific research involving animal-human hybrids was attended by passionate advocates from both sides. The appetite for these experiments turned out to be rather less than the Government might have expected...
Rivers of revelation
The recent flooding in the United Kingdom has for some evoked the biblical notion of divine retribution for man?s sins. Here, a theologian reflects on finding meaning amid the meaningless destruction...
Living the good lifeLiving the good life
A panel of atheists and believers went head to head last week in a debate that tackled the question of whether religion is a benign force in the world. Could those who saw only the here and now and those who saw faith as transforming find any common cause?...
Use of the Liturgy
This is an edited version of the letter by Pope Benedict XVI to the Bishops accompanying the Apostolic Letter ?Summorum Pontificum?...
Discover how to celebrate
A Mass for parents with preschool children offers insights into the different ways that the typical, richly varied congregation can combine to develop the art of worship...
