15 March 2003
 Is this Chirac?s finest hour?Henrik LindellJacques Chirac has emerged as the leader of ?Old Europe? against the Americans over Iraq. The French President is an unlikely and ambiguous popular hero, regarded by his own people only a year ago as corrupt Church in the WorldUnilateral attack ?could destroy UN? |
EuropeMore obstacles in Russia | Middle EastMosque to be demolished |
RomeTwelve new saints this year |
The whispering desert
The experience of the desert, whether in fact or in the mind, is basic to spiritual discovery. A London-based journalist explains how he found himself challenged...
The devil with a duster
The urge to tidy everything up ? like Martha in the gospels ? is not new, but modern life can make it worse. A sufferer confesses...
Poems from the Pope
Pope John Paul II has produced a spiritual testament ? in poetry. Our Rome correspondent looks at the message for the Church and the world...
Iraq?s Christians on edge
For some time the Christians of the Middle East, influential in their interaction with Islam, have been leaving. In Iraq they dread the prospect of war...
Deep in Catholic Ireland
Irish Catholicism has changed fundamentally. For this St Patrick?s Day report, a former BBC journalist went back to the diocese of Elphin where she was brought up...
