God?s sceptical storyteller

Robert Winston, one of Britain?s best-known fertility doctors, has ventured into new territory with his latest television series and book, this time investigating God. He talks to Catherine Pepinster about doubt, certainty and his conflicts with Catholics...

Heart of the Council

On 8 December 1965 the Second Vatican Council came to a close. Ever since then, it has had a profound influence on many aspects of the Church, its governance, its liturgy and its relationship with the world. But its richest legacy is Christ himself...

Advent reflections

The central message from Gerard W. Hughes SJ in the third of our reflections for Advent is about the nature of Christ?s peace and how it differs from how we go about achieving peace in the world today....

The lawless skies

This week, Condoleezza Rice has denied that the CIA has been flying terror suspects to places where torture takes place. But kidnap is nothing new to that organisation...

When faith and feelings conflict

The Civil Partnerships Act, coming into effect this week, will give same-sex couples many of the legal rights of married couples. Here, three gay Catholics reflect on what the move means to them, and how they regard the Church?s attitude to homosexuality...

Windows on to the soul of the Church

The sumptuous display of sacred silver and stained glass in the Victoria and Albert Museum?s new gallery highlights old questions about the ethics of ecclesiastical display, but in doing so, presents a dazzling history of church decoration in this country...

Divided it stands ? just

One hundred years after the formal separation of France?s Church and State, secularisation has come to trouble the government in ways that could not have been foreseen. The Archbishop of Paris describes, opposite, how the notion of la?cit? is holding up today...

Long live the difference

New ways of helping parishes become more welcoming towards families with disabled children are long overdue...

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