26 October 2001
 The IRA turns the pageJohn HumeOn Tuesday, the IRA announced it had put a substantial number of its weapons beyond use, so removing the major obstacle to the implementation of the Good Friday peace agreement (see leading article). Two figures commited to the Irish peace process give their reactions. Church in the WorldPope pleads for peace as violence reaches birthplace of Jesus |
AngolaPeace workers receive European Parliament award | PhilippinesFilipino bishops condemn return of capital punishment |
SudanCharity frees four thousand slaves | United KingdomCrisis offers chance for Muslim dialogue, says Jesuit general |
United States of AmericaCardinal calls US action in Afghanistan a ?just war? |
Which way to read the Bible?
Twentieth-century biblical scholarship has sought the Jesus of history by the modern critical method. This approach is now challenged by a number of contemporary scholars. The joint editor of The Oxford Bible Commentary describes the competing approaches....
Heads against hearts in Islamabad
Anti-American feeling in Pakistan is running high. For how long can its leader continue to back the US-led bombing of Afghanistan? The senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for World Peace in Washington DC pondered this question last week in Islamabad....
God is always greater
If Jesus Christ is the unique saviour, how can other faiths too be ways of salvation? The Belgian Jesuit Jacques Dupuis, professor at the Gregorian University in Rome, is sure that any new model must start and end with the central Christian doctrine of the Trinity. This is the second of three edited articles extracted from his recent Tablet Open Day lecture....
