Andrew Tudor on the decline of the disaster movie
Should we care who the next Pope is? For millions of Catholics in the developing world, it's a matter of life and death, says Orlando Radice
Brian Winston on anti-semitism
Pádraig Reidy falls under the spell of a preacher man
Editorial
Ian Hargreaves on the chequered history of a special priesthood
Jim Herrick reports from Africa's first humanist conference
"It is a source of great comic consolation to Jews to recognise their paranoia and make light of it." Howard Jacobson on anti-Semitism
They brandish crosses, sprinkle holy water and have grown in number from 20 to 300 in ten years. Orlando Radice charts the renaissance of Italys exorcists
Evan Harris warns of the dangers of religious lobbying