If the referendum is approved, Turkey’s parliamentary system would be scrapped in favor of an executive presidency.
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Defiant and united, London carries on after Westminster Bridge killings
Across the capital Londoners have been resolute, demonstrating an absolute refusal to be intimidated by this or any terror event
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis sees hope for European Union, urges leaders to return to roots
Pope Francis said opportunity can come by restoring “the pillars” on which the union was first founded.
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French presidential candidates are breaking tradition by playing the religion card.
Playing the religion card so openly is unusual in France, where the official separation of church and state is normally taken so seriously that politicians rarely if ever mention in public whether they have a faith or not.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
If Scotland leaves the U.K., will Northern Ireland be next?
Each forecasted outcome would have been mocked only a few years ago—yet today, neither is unthinkable.
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What’s at stake in the Dutch election?
The election is seen as a test of far-right populism ahead of national elections in far bigger European nations, France and Germany.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Catholics in the United Kingdom: A creative minority
Catholicism in England and Wales is without question a minority faith.
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Outrage in Britain as unaccompanied migrant children are abandoned
Some estimates suggest that there could be as many as 90,000 unaccompanied refugee minors scattered across Europe.
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Fear of immigration drives populism in Netherlands, too
“Enough is enough,” Willem van Vliet said. “We lost our country.”
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Cardinal Nichols: Pope Francis’ ‘toughness’ will see the Catholic Church through reforms
“Creating space for a variety of pastoral responses is not decentralization. It’s a response to the realities in which people live.”