In a change from a standard political hustings, Euro candidates for the North West have this week been grilled at a 'question time' with a difference - a film night on social justice and corporate responsibility at a local AMC Cinema.

My experience of being a Christian is that of a surprising, continual and contested process of reformation and rediscovery, says Simon Barrow. It's far removed from the caricature of faith that many zealous believers and non-believers seem attached to.

A former Catholic bishop who has campaigned vigorously for the poor has won Paraguay's presidential election to end more than 60 years of monopoly rule by the party that once backed vicious dictator General Alfredo Stroessner.