3 February 2007
 Church 1, State 1James FreestoneFlushed perhaps with its success in the fight against the Government over faith schools, the Church sought a similar outcome in its battle over gay adoption. This time it failed but what is sure is that the growing clash between faith and Westminster is not going to disappear Church in the WorldPope tells Rota to be strict on annulments |
AustraliaCatholic family care welcomed | BoliviaMorales sacks controversial minister |
ChileMorning-after pill free for teenagers | EritreaFresh crackdown on Christians |
IndiaTribal people protest against BJP?s actions | NicaraguaRethink on abortion law urged |
PhilippinesBishops offer help in poll | PolandCardinal Dziwisz accused of abuse cover-up |
RomeConfessional secrets ?exposed? | United StatesBishop says he was forced to retire |
A pastoral deficitA pastoral deficit
The new English translation of the Missal being prepared by the International Commission on English in the Liturgy has caused grave concern. Here a leading liturgist argues that the translation falls short in one of its primary obligations...
Nick and Charlie?s new life
Catholic adoption agencies help create families from the most difficult of situations. Many fear that the continuity of support that characterises the agencies will be lost if they are forced to close within two years following the Church?s failure to secure exemption from the new equality regulations...
Braveheart joins the Church
In England it is seen as a matter of religious conscience over secular control. But in Scotland ?gay adoption? has become another battle in the war between Westminster and Holyrood, uniting clergy and politicians in the spirit of resistance...
Nun, nurse and motherNun, nurse and mother
Her first hospice pioneered rest and respite for disabled children and their families, while her second did the same for young adults. Terry Philpot talks to Sr Frances Dominica, founder of Helen House and Douglas House in Oxford whose work is currently being highlighted on BBC2...
Failure to deliver
There may be a need for a public examination of the paedophile scandal rocking the Church worldwide. If there is, an Oscar-nominated documentary about clergy sexual abuse packing audiences into cinemas across the United States fails to fulfil it...
Just for today
Our desire for God?s definitive and ultimate favour is not directed simply towards the future; the longing we experience today, our living faith, allows the divine to exist in the present moment. Daniel McCarthy explains how, in the Opening Prayer for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, our hope can become its own fulfilment...
Still part of the family
World Day of the Sick falls this year on 11 February. It is a time for churches to think creatively and compassionately about those parishioners who cannot attend Mass and the opportunities for mutual help that arise within the parish...
Every child a schooled childEvery child a schooled child
Gordon Brown is committed to the Millennium Development Goal of free primary education for every child, and the World Bank?s Fast Track Initiative has the same aim. But is that aim achievable? asks Bernard O?Malley ...
