Masked participants had chanted “Sieg Heil” and “Ku Klux Klan” as well as “Pure Poland, white Poland” and “Clean blood, lucid mind.”
Europe
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Big Ben’s chimes have fallen silent, and Londoners are in mourning.
The hourly peals of Big Ben have been a touch of certainty, regular, you may say, as clockwork.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Review: A Christian town faces its sins in post-war Hungary in “1945”
World War II has just ended, and a little town is struggling to come to terms with its past
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Britain’s National Health Service needs (and deserves) saving
Our national health system is seen as a treasure in Britain yet viewed as an alien, dangerous concept to many in the United States.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Spanish bishops urge unity while Catalonian Catholics advocate self-rule
Cardinal Ricardo Blazquez Perez of Valladolid, president of the Spanish bishops’ conference, expressed sadness for the Catalonian declaration of independence.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
With populism on the rise, Pope Francis calls for unity and dialogue in Europe
“Christians are called to promote political dialogue, especially where it is threatened and where conflict seems to prevail,” the pope stated.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
As Catalonia declares independence, where will Europe’s nationalist surge lead?
Catalonia’s tragedy has become a new kind of threat, not only to Spain, but to the European Union.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
A journey through an ever-evolving Catholic Church on El Camino
Changing churches, confessionals and saints through the centuries
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Populism again casts shadow over booming eurozone economy
What’s occurred in the past few weeks is evidence that those populist forces are not done yet.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
A Jesuit on El Camino with The New York Times
Tuesday, May 4, was our first walk, a 10-mile, six-hour march with a band of 23 men and women.