Decent, honest and truthful?
Frank Jordans uncovers the spiritual loophole that allows healers, clairvoyants and mystics to advertise their bogus wares
Faith & Religion
Halo inflation
Behind the grand ceremonies attended by faithful pilgrims, says Raffaella Malaguti, there is a complex agenda and a Pope who has become the most prolific saint maker in history
The Golden Rule of Compassion: Laurie Taylor interviews Karen Armstrong
Karen Armstrong tells Laurie Taylor that religion is more about doing than believing
Blood on their cassocks
Linda Melvern reveals the role of the Catholic Church in the Rwandan genocide
Sailing to Byzantium
Anti-Enlightenment dogma is creeping into public life in Orthodox eastern Europe, says Christopher Lord
Shock and awe
Is the idea of 'the sacred' available to atheists? Richard Norman navigates the widely differing views at a recent humanist conference
Heavenly bodies
Laurie Taylor finds himself at a feast that's impossible to swallow
One hellhole under God
Christopher Lord explains why American conservatives suddenly care about Sudan
Turbulent priests
Lionel Fray Lewis reports from Spain on moves by the newly-elected socialist government to ex-communicate the Church
Secular spiritualities
David Boulton meets a rational primate