The Holy See would like its relationship with Vietnam developed further through full diplomatic relations.
Europe
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Future Post-Truth: What happens when lying is just practical politics?
What is to be done? The world is full of anger.
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British cardinal: some media foster ‘climate of fear’ against migrants
“We were concerned about the levels of intolerance, of attitudes hardening, of attitudes of exclusion.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Signs Of the Times
Unaccompanied Minors Neglected As Calais Camp Is Demolished
The move to shut down the camp put further pressure on the British government to accept more of the refugees who have been piling up at Calais, especially the camp’s many unaccompanied children. Almost all the refugees had been hoping to make it to Britain. In mid-October, as the first young p
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The church has never taught that justice is inevitable.
If human progress itself is God’s agent of change, why does God, or humanity, need a church?
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Will the U.K. parliament get its own Brexit vote?
What we thought was the probable next stage in the process to disentangle the United Kingdom from the European Union has been blocked by the court.
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After-Brexit Worries
The U.K.’s Catholic Association for Racial Justice plans to identify and support specific groups who have become newly vulnerable since Brexit.
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While French authorities clear out a migrant camp, U.K. politicians stall on response to child migrants
French authorities’ move to shut down the camp put further pressure on the British government to accept more refugees, especially unaccompanied children.
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Italian quake destroys historic Catholic landmarks
The quake felled several significant churches including the 14th-century Basilica of St. Benedict in the main square of Norcia.
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At Citizens Assembly, Ireland’s abortion laws come back into focus
The assembly will be examining what is widely referred to as the Eighth Amendment, which gives effect to Ireland’s ban on abortion.