2 August 2002
 Once in Baghdad, what then?Hazhir TeimourianAn assault on Iraq again seems imminent. Whether it happens depends on the Iraqi leader himself, according to a Kurdish-born commentator on the Middle East. If Saddam Hussein once again misreads the signs, and the Americans get to Baghdad, will they know how to reconstruct the country? Church in the WorldGuatemala hails ?symbol of hope? |
AmericasSalvadorean officers guilty of atrocities | AsiaJailed nun released on bail |
EuropeNow the Czechs sign a concordat |
Psychodrama in Toronto
Our young reporter was stunned by the colour and vigour of the World Youth Day in Toronto. Here she records her experience of the latest of these occasions, which the Pope himself pioneered in 1987. But though the young pilgrims were on a spiritual high, there were some limitations to the exciting fare they were offered....
Goodbye to Peter Pan
Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop-designate of Canterbury, argues that children are being corrupted by consumerism. The headmaster of Downside School, Somerset, agrees. But, he says, children can only be themselves if adults learn to grow up....
A taste of heaven
Leisure suggets not doing, but being. But the Professor of Moral Theology at Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, MA, found that ?busy baroque? was the key. He explains what a true experience of leisure means to him: shared in friendship, it gives an experience of the kingdom....
