While it has long been a gleam in the Russian eye, it has been a thorn for Western diplomacy.
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Donald Trump has some choice words for a wind farm that spoils his view in Scotland
President-elect Trump took rhetorical swings at Scotland’s first minister as a wind farm threatens to ruin the view from in Aberdeen.
Posted inArts & Culture, In All Things
What do Graham Greene, Flannery O’Connor and Caravaggio have in common? Their Ignatian imagination.
‘Imagination is a spiritual reality that can draw us toward the good, the true and the beautiful.’
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Why people of faith in the UK need to fight against bigotry and fear this Advent.
The upsurge of xenophobic and hate-filled public conduct in the United Kingdom requires an urgent response from people of faith.
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German Catholics search for consolation in prayer after Berlin attack
“The past night has struck us and shaken us deeply,” Bishop Gebhard Furst told attendees at Rottenburg’s Cathedral of St. Martin.
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Pope Francis: Nonviolence is not weakness
In a world marked by violence, “the choice of nonviolence as a style of life is increasingly demanded in the exercise of responsibility at every level,” the pope said.
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German churches denounce the arms trade in Yemen war
Government licenses and German arms exports had risen 96 percent in 2015 to a value of $13.6 billion, a priest said.
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Europe’s union looks shakier than ever.
The continent ends the year much as it began: in disarray, devoid of any vision for the future and united in hardly any sense at all.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Meeting between Pope Francis and President Tran Dai Quang of Vietnam suggests continuing progress
The Holy See would like its relationship with Vietnam developed further through full diplomatic relations.
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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.