It still is about the poor

Ten years after the death of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, her mission to care for the poor is flourishing in the hands of her fellow sisters, who, helped by more volunteers than ever, are committed to carrying their charismatic founder?s compassionate vision into the future...

New beat for the Mersey's heart

The fatal shooting of 11-year-old Rhys Jones has drawn eyes again to Liverpool, and following that shocking event people there braced themselves for a barrage of negative publicity. But as a resident journalist observes, there is a fresh mood about the city that defies the clich?s and promises real hope...

Clouds of witness

Pro-life should mean saying no to pollutants ? yet recent contradictory events in the Vatican highlight continued confusion within the Catholic Church over ecological issues...

Brighton's unofficial queen

In the last in our summer series, we visit the south coast and St John the Baptist, the church beloved of Maria Fitzherbert, a Catholic who in 1785 the Prince of Wales defied the Act of Settlement to marry. A mystery lingers over their relationship, and the disappearance of pages from the parish register means that it may never be solved...

Sensibility and the senses

A liturgist reflects on what Pope Benedict?s Apostolic Exhortation ?Sacramentum Caritatis? has to say about how we participate in the Mass...

Beware the temples of convenience

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