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Editorial
Catholic role in Embryo talks  Mission starts with respect Columns
Clifford Longley
‘International law often follows events rather than shapes them’
Christopher Howse
‘Twenty-three people had signed up to re-enact the Crucifixion, four using real nails’
Margaret Hebblethwaite
‘I used to hear the plaster thump down in great clumps in the night, leaving a mess’
Robert Mickens
Letter from Rome 
Jonathan Tulloch
Glimpses of Eden
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Judaism’s way to salvation
Christoph Schönborn
Christian-Jewish relations have grown warmer over the years. But should Christians proclaim the Gospel to the Jews? Here a senior cardinal explains that Christ’s mandate to evangelise all heathen nations did not refer to the Jews, for whom a second kind of proclamation is in order
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Church in the World
Pope baptises Muslim convert at Easter Vigil
Germany
Bishops ‘unhappy’ over Good Friday prayer | | Netherlands
Faiths unite against film about Islam | Rome
‘Let Christ’s wounds heal the world’ | | Russia
Gorbachev kneels in silent prayer at Assisi | Rwanda
Sentence extended for ‘genocide priest’ | | Tibet
Beijing clamps down on Easter services | Turkey
Concession for St Paul anniversary | | Zimbabwe
Ncube ‘confessed on camera’ to adultery | |
Featured Articles
For pity’s sake
Colin Blakemore
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill allows the creation of animal-human hybrids for medical research. A leading neuroscientist argues why it must become law
‘Because we can do these things, does it mean we should?’
Archbishop Vincent Nichols
You will have read about the provisions of this bill to permit the creation of animal/human hybrids, to increase the use of human embryos in stem-cell research, to remove the “need for a father” from law and birth certificates. It may well also be used to change the laws on abortion. 
D-Day for Zimbabwe
Danielle Vella
Today’s elections could be the salvation of a country crying out for change and which has been impoverished and plundered by the party that has ruled it since the 1980s. But it is widely feared that the candidate who actually wins in the polls will not be the one declared the winner
From empty tomb to social justice
The Tablet Interview
Theo Hobson
What does the Bishop of Durham, Dr Tom Wright, think happened on that first Easter Day? Theo Hobson went to the House of Lords to ask him about the Resurrection and the promise it delivers
Femininity within the Trinity
Tina Beattie
The CDF’s banning of any baptism that is not in the name of ‘the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit’ has raised the hackles of feminists who favour a liturgy that is less directly expressive of male domination. But behind the formula is a greater truth that transcends the mere form of words
With complete acceptance and baffling logic
Gerald O’Collins
To some, the crucifixion and death of Christ suggest that God is some kind of celestial sadist. But while Christ’s death was necessary for redemption, his Passion reveals a mysterious convergence of human malice and divine love Happiness without end
Listen to the Word
Daniel McCarthy
The eighth day, traditionally the last day for the wearing of baptismal garments for those baptised at Easter, can represent the intersection of time and eternity. As Daniel McCarthy explains, the prayer for this day links our offering of gifts with our baptismal rebirth and our hope of heaven Homily truths
Parish Practice
Bernard Cotter
Writing a sermon that is relevant and insightful every week is one of a priest’s greatest challenges and he can seek inspiration in a number of sources, including the words of the reading. But the bottom-line question should always be: where is the Good News here? A star in the cosmology cosmos
Across the Universe
Guy Consolmagno
News from Britain and Ireland Scientists and bishops to discuss hybrid embryos More home news Book Reviews War’s gruesome calculus
The Three Trillion Dollar War: the true cost of the Iraq conflict
Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes
Reviewed by Robert Fox
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