Women raise their voices

Religious who wanted to attend a Dublin conference to discuss women's ordination found themselves under heavy pressure from the Vatican. The Tablet's Dublin correspondent reports on the first meeting of Womens' Ordination Worldwide....

What it's really like for Britain's poor

Next week the General Synod of the Church of England is to debate poverty in modern Britain. The stark realities are here revealed by an Anglican priest who calls for properly funded research into the minimum support that people need....

The mission we can share

Christian attitudes to the Jews have been transformed in the West. The director of the Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations in Cambridge suggests that the emphasis should now be on partnership and acceptance of difference. But the new attitudes have to be spread throughout churches and synagogues....

SOS, send missionaries!

...

Houdinis in the Holy Office

The rehabilitation of Antonio Rosmini will be an encouragement to theologians seeking to engage in dialogue with the world. A Rosminian priest welcomes the move. He wonders whether Rome's method of escape from an untenable position might not prove useful in other contexts also....