Europe

Respect for life has become taboo in Belgium

Recent developments in Belgium’s euthanasia debate reveal a moral framework in which self-determination has eclipsed concern for the value of life itself
Brother René Stockman

The Löbs: the joy and tragedy of a Dutch Jewish Catholic family

In a remarkable and happy family of eight siblings, six entered the Trappists – and five met their earthly fate at Auschwitz
Andrew Cusack

Conversions increasing as ‘Ukraine defends peace in Europe with its blood’

The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has launched a psycho-spiritual rehabilitation programme for priests and Religious
Nathalie Raffray

Pope tells Schwarzenegger summit faith is ‘essential’ to care for creation

The Pope sent a video message to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Austrian World Summit in Vienna
Thomas Colsy

Tabernacle stolen from Rome hospital chapel

The Vicariate of Rome has condemned the theft from Aurelia Hospital chapel as an attack on the Eucharist
The Catholic Herald

What Pope Leo XIV did – and did not – say about ‘remigration’

Media coverage has flattened the Pope’s careful language on migration into a political slogan
Thomas Colsy

Italian municipality faces scrutiny over ‘Pride’ event involving children

Politicians in northern Italy have questioned a municipality’s support for an all-ages Pride event after reports that sexually explicit material was displayed in areas accessible to children
The Catholic Herald

Chesterton and the crisis of Western civilisation

As debates over wealth dominate public discourse, Chesterton’s account of civilisational decline points towards a different diagnosis and a different remedy
Ruadhan Jones

Backlash grows after Paris church hosts Nuit Blanche sound installation

A sound installation hosted in a Paris church during the city’s annual arts festival has reignited debate about the use of consecrated spaces for secular cultural events
Thomas Colsy

Spanish priest faces protests after denying Communion to man in same-sex union

The parish priest said the public nature of the civil union was incompatible with the Church’s discipline for the Eucharist
Thomas Colsy