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Jonathan RomainOne of the plot lines currently being aired on the radio soap The Archers is that of the marriage of the fictional village’s vicar to a Hindu solicitor. Against a backdrop of increasing mixed-faith marriage, a rabbi examines the consequences, pitfalls and pleasures of marrying out Free
From the editor’s desk
| Finding the right balance Free It is refreshing to have a bishop who unburdens his mind as candidly and comprehensively as Bishop Patrick O'Donoghue has done in his latest contribution to a series of papers he has been publishing on the state of his diocese, Lancaster ... | Lessons from Iraq for Russia |
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Features
Just a heartbeat away …Michael McGoughSome, like George Bush Sr, aspire to office; some, like Lyndon Johnson or Gerald Ford, have office thrust upon them; a few, like Dick Cheney, grab power without waiting for office; most just cut a lot of ribbons. So what lies in store for Joe Biden if he joins Barack Obama in the White House?...
| Life-giving remedyDaniel McCarthyThe Prayer Over the Gifts, as a miniature Eucharistic Prayer, asks that the blessing that is at work in the eucharistic mystery be conferred upon us. In doing this, writes Daniel McCarthy, the blessing will bring to completion in humanity what it accomplishes in the sacrament...
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 At your serviceJames RobertsAhead of the Carmelite aid workers’ annual meeting in Paris next week, the contemplative order’s Prior General, Fr Fernando Millán Romeral, explores with The Tablet’s James Roberts how prayer brings a human dimension to the struggle for justice and peace... |  Chill wind off the SteppesJonathan LuxmooreFormer Soviet-bloc countries of Central and Eastern Europe are feeling the political blast blowing in from Russia’s invasion of Georgia. But, while Moscow may enjoy domestic approval, its action may just propel the new republics further towards the West... |
Pakistanis dance prematurelyKevin RaffertyDespite billions of dollars of American aid being poured into Pakistan to fight global terrorism, it is in a much worse state today than when departing President Pervez Musharraf seized power nearly a decade ago. And it’s going to get still worse...
| A new age for old ageTerry PhilpotWith the elderly now outnumbering the under-16s, and numbers of migrants continuing to rise, the role of the Church in providing a sense of humanity and dignity for such groups considered so often as mere uneconomic units is increasingly vital...
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 When the tide went outRichard AbbottOur summer series ends at the parish of St Anthony of Padua in Rye, the Sussex town from where the sea retreated a long time ago, but where the Catholic faith has survived through times of turbulence as well as calm.... |
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Columnists
 Clifford Longley‘Fixed penalties have made law-breakers of the cheeky and the mischievous’  Christopher Howse‘Art is one field where religion remains open to public discussion in a considered way’
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Books and arts
Going straight to the top Free
Handel: the man and his music
Jonathan Keates
Of all the great composers, probably least is known about George Frideric Handel. Almost everyone has some experience of the Messiah, and probably more amateur singers have performed ... |
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Is the Church too slow in recognising that academies are the future for Catholic schools?
Christopher Lamb
According to the chairman of governors at the Cardinal Vaughan School, west London, one ... Goodwin the scapegoat
Elena Curti
There was an old Sixties TV series, Branded, about a disgraced soldier that always began ... The pain of being a coeliac Catholic
Sr M, guest contributor
"Whoever comes to me, I shall not turn (him) her away" (John 6:37). Many readers will recognise ...
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