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Joseph Roth: Riddles and reinvention

endless flight: the life of joseph roth keiron pim granta, £25, 544 pages it is easiest to imagine joseph roth – the most elegaic writer of ...

Rowan Williams: Why my favourite book of the bible is the Second Epistle to the Corinthians

st paul’s second letter to the church in corinth is one of the most unusual documents of the ancient world. it displays a painful vulnerabil...

Finnish politician on trial for 'hate speech' for defending traditional marriage

finnish politician päivi räsänen is on trial this week for “hate speech” and “ethnic agitation” after publicly sharing in 2019 her biblical,...

Olenka Hamilton

Moscow thanks Pope for 'balanced approach' to war in Ukraine

rome – russian spokespersons have praised what they called pope francis’s “balanced approach” to the war in ukraine, in the wake of protests...

The rampant anti-Catholicism of the French Left

on the morning of 8 june this year, henri d’anselme heard a commotion in an annecy playground. the 24-year-old frenchman then saw something ...

Ortega boots Jesuits out of Nicaragua

rome – a week after nicaragua’s government confiscated a prestigious jesuit-run university, it has officially expelled the society of jesus ...

Rebel Italian cleric formally dismissed from priesthood

rome – a high-profile italian priest who championed euthanasia and same-sex marriage has been dismissed from the priesthood at his own reque...

Pakistani Bishops announce Day of Prayer for "peace and harmony" in wake of mob violence

rome – after angry mobs of muslims attacked a series of christian homes and churches in pakistan on wednesday 16 august, the country’s catho...

Violent attacks on Christians in Pakistan "co-ordinated and meticulously planned"

pakistan - evidence emerging from pakistan’s jaranwala district is pointing towards a comprehensive attempt to force the ejection of each an...

Politician who calls Pope 'imbecile' and 'son of a b*' comes out top in Argentine primaries

são paulo – catholics in argentina appear both somewhat startled and also divided by the surprising recent success of a firebrand politician...

Eduardo Campos Lima