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.
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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.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
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.”
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As political landscape shifts, bitter divisions resurface in Northern Ireland
For the first time since the partition of Ireland, Unionists are not in a majority in Stormont, where Northern Ireland’s parliament meets.
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Why are we so fascinated with the lives of the English queens?
If the rich are different from you and me, how much more different, then, are royalty?
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Trump’s state visit to United Kingdom debated as hate crimes are up in London. Is Brexit to blame?
This is not a country at ease with itself, if it ever were. The United Kingdom continues to display more and more intolerance and anger.