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As allegations of clerical abuse continue to surface around the world, a curial official has for the first time given facts and figures about the cases that have been reported in the last 10 years. Mgr Charles Scicluna answered questions put to him by the journalist Gianni Cardinale Free From the editor’s desk
Features
 Solidarity made simpleElena CurtiPriests and Religious working in El Salvador while it was in the grip of civil war drew courage and inspiration from the example of Archbishop Oscar Romero. One of these was a Franciscan,
Fr Peter O’Neill, who died earlier this month after years of service to the country’s poor
... |  Saint in all but nameJosé HenríquezThousands are travelling to El Salvador to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero. The Church has not yet recognised him as a martyr but many in his home country have no doubts about the sanctity of this great champion of the people ... |
 The poor are not the priorityJonathan LuxmooreMaterially, the Polish Church has done well in the post-Communist era and the economy generally appears to be thriving. But the gap between the rich and the seriously impoverished in Poland has widened, and the Church has done little to address this trend
... | Inspired to giveDaniel McCarthyWhen the faithful come together to form the body of Christ, this offers a particular image for Christian life. The Communion about to be received can also be perceived in the daily lives of believers. As we receive the body of Christ, so we become his body for the world...
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Curse of El DoradoSarah Mac DonaldClashes over gold mining threaten to turn the clock back to the time of torture and killings that characterised the El Salvador of Archbishop Oscar Romero. Three decades on, can the tiny country’s first left-wing president prevent a return to the violence?...
| Beyond tragedy to gloryNicholas HenshallThere is a hidden narrative to the Passion story that is in contrast to the one of bleakness that we are familiar with from Matthew, Mark and Luke. In John, we are invited to respond to the events of Good Friday in a very different way – as a celebration...
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 So much we can do togetherGordon BrownWhen the Pope visits Britain in September, this will be a time of joy for people of all faiths and none, the Prime Minister writes. This is because religion and faith have a key role to play in the public life of the nation... | Reap the harvest with joyTom WrightThe pain of exile and the joy of return are the subject of this week’s reflection by Tom Wright on the Psalms during Lent. But with every fresh start comes a fresh appeal to God
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Columnists
 Ann Wroe‘Ideally, I like a book to be pristine, like a field of snow’  Christopher Howse‘In future, possession of a few grains of incense may become an imprisonable offence’
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Books and arts
Doomed genius’ fatal flaw Free
Chopin: prince of the Romantics
Adam Zamoyski
Hats off, gentlemen – a genius!” Robert Schumann’s 1831 verdict on his contemporary, the 21-year-old Frédéric Chopin, confirmed what much of Europe ... |
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Can the Church support abuse victims on its own terms?
Elena Curti
The clear message that emerged from the symposium on child sexual abuse held in Rome from ... 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 ...
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