Heavenly bodies
Laurie Taylor finds himself at a feast that's impossible to swallow
Faith & Religion
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
Has doom had its day?
Andrew Tudor on the decline of the disaster movie
Don’t touch the product
Pádraig Reidy falls under the spell of a preacher man
Driving out the demons
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
I’m A Cardinal; get me in there
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
Understanding Jesuits
Ian Hargreaves on the chequered history of a special priesthood
‘Without anti-Semitism Sharon would be impossible’
Brian Winston on anti-semitism
‘There is an obduracy in anti-Semitism’
"It is a source of great comic consolation to Jews to recognise their paranoia and make light of it." Howard Jacobson on anti-Semitism