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David Stewart, S.J., London Correspondent for America 2014-2020, files from his native Scotland where he now lives and works.
Dispatches
David Stewart
35,000 have arrived by boat in southern Europe. Some 1,600 are dead or missing.
Dispatches
David Stewart
Up to 1,500 migrants rescued over Easter weekend
Dispatches
David Stewart
Here in Britain we cling to many habits that have long outlived their relevance or utility not least the notion that an electoral campaign runs for only the three weeks prior to the Parliamentary General Election We used to shake our heads in feigned wonder when we noted that U S White House cam
A crown sits atop King Richard III's coffin March 22 in Leicester Cathedral in Leicester, England. (CNS photo/Andy Rain, EPA)
Dispatches
David Stewart
It rsquo s meant to be over by nbsp noon nbsp on April 1 so they say It doesn rsquo t work after midday and you rsquo re not allowed to come out with any April Fools gags after then although it rsquo s not clear what purgatorial penance might await a malefactor mdash perpetual exposure to extreme
Late 16th century portrait, housed in the National Portrait Gallery, London. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
Dispatches
David Stewart
Cardinal Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster, spoke of Richard’s baptism.
(Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
Signs Of the Times
David Stewart
A significant celebration occurred on March 10 this year in Glasgow, Scotland. The city lauded St. John Ogilvie, S.J., on the 400th anniversary of his martyrdom. On the previous weekend at the Church of St. Aloysius in Glasgow, staffed by the Jesuits, many gathered for liturgical commemorations of t
Dispatches
David Stewart
Scotland's only recognized martyr was a champion for religious tolerance and freedom.
Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster speaks during a human trafficking conference in London, Dec. 6, 2014.
Dispatches
David Stewart
The Catholic Bishops rsquo Conference of England and Wales one of two Conferences in Britain has issued an outspoken open letter that discusses key issues in the forthcoming UK parliamentary election May 7 They cited immigration a hot-button topic in the national political conversation here a
Constantinos Polychronopoulos, 47, an unemployed marketing specialist, distributes food portions at a soup kitchen for the poor in Athens, Greece, April 24, 2012 (CNS photo/John Kolesidis, Reuters).
Dispatches
David Stewart
Rising popular movements question the common neo-liberal orthodoxy
Liberian children are seen in home after death of both of their parents due to Ebola virus.
Signs Of the Times
David Stewart
The first days of January always cast their shadow over the coming year’s events, just as the final dwindling days of December encompass and focus the year just ending. We’re meant to look back, if not in anger, at least with relief that we got through it, and it seems, each year with an