Invited to join the Jesuits in Spain for a big meeting on synodality, I found I could get from Belfast (where I had given a ...

The author and his last act : with this novel two mighty Pullman trilogies have come to an end ...

Founded in 1840, The Tablet is the leading independent English-language Catholic weekly, celebrated for great writing, astute ...

Founded in 1840, The Tablet is the leading independent English-language Catholic weekly, celebrated for great writing, astute ...

Their stated purpose is to signal to people seeking safety that they are unwelcome here. These proposals are, yet again, an ...

Church-backed unions condemned new labour codes introduced by India’s federal government, warning that the increased the ...

In Judaism, the requirement is to pray formally three times a day. It’s lucky that this specifically refers to men (at least ...

When I was a child, my dream was to become a doctor – to help people, to heal, to give back. It’s what kept me going through ...

Quite apart from its other purposes, a conclave makes for marvellous telly visuals. Which is why in the forthcoming ...

It’s 11 a.m. on a Sunday morning and I am in church, submerged in deep and meaningful thoughts about God, the universe and everything. In fact I’m submerged ...

New employment regulations in the Swiss canton of Zurich mean Church employees cannot be dismissed for failing to follow Catholic teaching.

Chiara Atik’s recent drama Poor Clare (reviewed in The Tablet by Mark Lawson, 28 June) reawakened what seems a recurrent interest in the complex relationship ...