2 February 2002
 A violent end to a violent chapterTrevor MostynThe Lebanese civil war ended in 1990 with the Christian grip on the country torn away. None of the terrible events of the war was worse than the massacre by Christian militiamen of Palestinian refugees in 1982. Last week the man who led those attackers, Elie Hobeika, was assassinated. Our Middle East correspondent chronicles this warlord?s dark past. Church in the WorldReligious leaders of the world assemble in Assisi to beg for peace |
AsiaDalai Lama seriously ill | EuropeNew Albanian cathedral dedicated |
Middle EastSupport for Holy Land Christians | RomeVatican backs UN ban on biological weapons |
South AmericaChurch at loggerheads with state in Venezuela |
What I saw in Assisi
Is there a shift among the world?s religions towards active peacemaking? The Tablet?s assistant editor, who was in Assisi last week with representatives of the world?s religions, thinks so. But the obstacles remain formidable....
No right to be perfect
A controversy has raged in France over a ruling that a child born handicapped deserved compensation. A Bill before Parliament would redress that decision and lay to rest 'the myth of the perfect child'. Our Paris correspondent reports....
The right road for the liturgy
The prayer of the Church is at the centre of its faith. Present attempts to 'reform the reform' of the liturgy therefore affect all Catholics. The Benedictine Archbishop of Milwaukee sets out the issues. He fears that the restorationists are seeking to cancel vital dimensions of the Vatican II vision....
Bitter-sweet homecoming
After living first in Portugal and then in Rome, Martin Page has returned to Britain. How does he find the Catholic Church in his own country after so many years away? The balance sheet is positive - but he has needed a second conversion....
