Edge of Armageddon

Many observers believe it is not a question of if but when the American President launches strikes on Iran. Beginning perhaps in weeks, US bombers will target nuclear plants and the Revolutionary Guard, say analysts, provoking a worldwide backlash of terrorism...

Church with an uneasy soul

Nearly 500 beatifications of men and women murdered during Spain?s Civil War have stirred up memories of a time that many Spaniards have tried to forget in their quest to throw off the shackles of dictatorship for the embrace of democracy...

Plane speaking

A year ago this weekend the Bishop of London signed a pledge to give up flying for a year in the interests of fighting global warming and reducing his carbon footprint. So how was it for him? And should we all follow suit?...

When doubt is a friend of belief

In the final article of our series, Terry Philpot meets someone whose open-ended Catholic education prepared her for a career in the sciences and allowed her faith to survive in the sceptical world of psychiatry...

A start to progress

An international conference last week in the Netherlands brought together people who are working to bring about justice and alleviate poverty. While their inspiration for 40 years has been Paul VI?s encyclical Populorum Progressio, there are now new, urgent problems needing to be tackled...

From absence to presence

November is traditionally the season of remembrance, with its feasts of All Souls and All Saints. It is a time to mourn but a time to be freed from grief as well...

Hooray, and up he rises

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