17 March 2001
 Black gold in AlabamaMartin PageBlack Catholics in the Deep South of the United States still have to fight against hostility and racial discrimination. In elections in Alabama recently, 40 per cent of voters were against legalising marriages between people of different ethnic groups. A journalist and writer from Britain met black Catholics in Birmingham, Alabama. Church in the WorldTwo scientists vow to clone a baby |
AsiaDayaks on the rampage in Borneo | GermanyPope reprimands ?weak? German Church |
Middle EastMelkite monks expelled | South AfricaCardinal launches anti-poverty campaign |
Anyone for confession?
Confession used to be one of the defining marks of Catholic practice. Yet today confessional boxes often stand empty. What has happened and what is the way forward? The Tablet's executive editor suggests some answers to those questions....
Who can catch Zimbabwe's falling star?
The people of Zimbabwe are subject to arbitrary violence from a regime determined to hold on to power. Below, the former director of the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe who is now an opposition MP says the Christian Churches should do more to bear witness; and a Bulawayo Catholic profiles Archbishop Ncube....
Ulster's transforming act
A new police force is on offer for Northern Ireland. It will fail unless the Catholic community supports it. But for them, the RUC has been seen historically as the arm of the British state. Can they accept the police reforms? A former priest in Derry who acted as an intermediary between the British and the IRA believes they can....
New riders for the Tiger
Ireland has been a land of emigrants. Suddenly, because of its new prosperity, the flow is reversed. Apart form legal immigrants with work permits, there are many asylum seekers. A Dublin parish priest describes how the Republic is coping....
