Europe

European farmers' protest denied entry to Vatican—along with star cow

rome – as part of continent-wide protests against low food prices and rising costs, a small delegation of farmers on sunday led a cow that h...
Crux Staff

GMC clears Catholic doctor investigated for 'trying to save patient's life'

the general medical council has cleared an experienced consultant neurologist who was investigated for three years for misconduct after givi...
Simon Caldwell

Why French farmers have the support of the Church in their protest movement

the tractors have lifted their blockades of paris and other major french cities, and the farmers have made their way home.  their two-w...
Gavin Mortimer

Brussels can feel like a city that has abandoned God

working and living in brussels can feel like finding yourself marooned in enemy territory. a friend who once worked there on human rights le...
James Jeffrey

A Divided Heart: how the pilgrim paths through Austria led me into the Church

the current appreciation of el camino , the pilgrim route to santiago de compostela, is the climb of the pyrenees from south-west france and...
Mathew Thorpe

Sound of silence: the British Museum's latest exhibition only tells part of an important story

it’s fair to say that there’s a lot of interesting stuff in the british museum’s latest exhibition, legion: life in the roman army . in fact...
Ben Stephens

Maryann Corbett: Profound and darkly comic

nick ripatrazone enjoys the latest collection of poems by maryann corbett both entertaining and devotional. tucked in the back of a book, an...
Nick Ripatrazone

Poland grapples with changes to abortion law as Catholic Church hits back

poland’s catholic church has spoken out against proposals by poland’s new ruling coalition to liberalise the country's abortion law and rest...
The Catholic Herald

Elisabeth Frink: Doing away with the bambino

a recent journey down a particularly long online rabbit hole – the kind of digression at which the internet still sometime excels – led me t...
Archie Hill

Senior bishop warns European Union faces a 'critical step' this June for its 'future'

rome – ahead of looming european elections in june, and with a war on the continent still raging, the president of the european bishops has ...
Elise Allen