The three million young pilgrims attending World Youth Day this year are just one part of a radical Catholic movement begun by John Paul II and developed by Pope Benedict

Today's blog from the Catholic festivities in Madrid sees our correspondent sit in on a presentation of new evangelisation — an attempt to teach "the art of living".

Read her latest post here

As US Congress threatens to withdraw aid to the Palestinian Authority, its role as the Middle East's political victim is reprised yet again

'Rowan Williams likes to see himself as the Church of England's first celebrity archbishop — almost as famous as the Vicar of Dibley'

Britain's claim to be the world's foremost philanthropic nation is under threat under George Osborne's new reforms

A new online scheme is taking publishing back to its roots, bringing authors closer to their readerships

‘The Fred Goodwin case raised an important question — when is it in the public interest to disclose the fact of a sexual relationship?’

‘Under my proposal well-behaved banks would have a strong interest in preventing their risk-prone rivals from ruining the system’

‘The more information is available from the new media, the fewer critical questions we seem able to ask’