Bridge builder

Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond is a Presbyterian by birth, yet he cites the late Cardinal Winning as an important influence. He tells Andrew Collier what led him across the divide...

Primate or protos?

When Catholics and Orthodox meet in Cyprus later this year, an ancient apostolic canon almost as old as Christianity itself could provide the breakthrough in helping to bridge the fundamental rift between the Churches of the West and those of the East ...

Gift of the ambiguous gab

Pulitzer prize-winning author of Angela’s Ashes Frank McCourt died this week having become one of the most successful contemporary writers. But in his negative and comic portrayals of Irish Catholic life, isn’t he just a true heir of Joyce?...

At your service

In recent years the Church has been sponsoring internships for young Catholics that familiarise them with the world of politics. Past and present graduates of the scheme talked to The Tablet about their peek down the corridors of power...

When fist meets nose

Pope Benedict’s recent encyclical is a major contribution to the debate on development goals. But, according to a leading business ethicist, it is less powerful when pitching rights against duties rather than emphasising the human solidarity of shared rights based on common creation in God’s image...

Saved by a gift

All suffering has universal significance. As our understanding of this truth develops over our lifetime, writes Daniel McCarthy, so we begin to see the deeper meaning of Christ’s Passion, and its memorial in the Eucharist...

Come, let us pod

Websites of varying quality have sprung up as parishes look beyond bulletins or newsletters to communicate with their congregations. But it is possible, with the right training, to make your website come alive with podcasts. An award-winning expert is your guide...

Three lunatic questions

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