23 February 2002
 What lies ahead for Rome and Moscow?Konstantin EggertA new Vatican move has worsened the always uneasy relationship between the Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church. There are misunderstandings on both sides. Yet the Orthodox and the Catholics continue to need each other. Can they set their sights on the real challenges? Church in the WorldPope hopes to end Pius XII controversy by opening archives |
AmericasDocuments expose Chinese repression | AsiaDeath sentence on Masih is revoked at last |
EuropePriest gets away with ?20 million | RomeLay people no answer to priest shortage |
Choose life, not death
There is a growing consensus in the Catholic Church against use of the death penalty. But in the United States a top Catholic judge has voiced a totally opposite opinion. He added that US judges who thought capital punishment immoral should resign. Justice Scalia?s viewpoint is here criticised by a QC at the Scottish Bar....
Colombia's peace island
Colombia is locked into a seemgly endless conflict between paramilitaries and guerrillas. A Colombian bishop recently in London told The Tablet's executive editor that hopes of peace depend o the people taking and saying 'no' to the gun. And he has a model to prove it can be done - the town of Mogotes....
Trapped on the streets
On the streets of Bristol every night, more than 100 prostitutes are for hire. Almost all are addicted to drugs. The Tablet's reporter-at-large has been speaking to an Anglican sister involved in a project to help the girls, and to local police....
