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May 01, 2023
A year or two ago I speculated about whether Pope Francis had intended a snub to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán by only visiting his country very briefly. It seems I was wrong because the Holy Father has been enjoying a rather longer stay in Hungary in the last few days. Part of his agenda was
August 16, 2022
The Holy Father’s vision of Christian politics doesn't account for the realities of governing a nation state
July 18, 2022
The cultural Iron Curtain dividing the European Union (EU) between an secular, post-national and progressive west, and a re-Christianising, nationalist and traditionalist east is becoming more entrenched. Late last Friday, the European Commission decided to sue Hungary over what it sees as an anti-LGBT law as well as Budapest’s refusal to renew the license of
July 13, 2022
Pope Francis has encouraged young people gathered at the European Union Youth Conference in the Czech Republic to present to the world “a new face of Europe”, and one which is more inclusive. “As young Europeans,” he stressed, “you have an important mission. If in the past your ancestors went to other continents, not always
July 07, 2022
Europe is facing a major split, with the more nationalist, conservative and largely Catholic central and eastern EU states increasingly going their own way, against a more liberal, progressive and secular western Europe. The fact this division is continuing despite the ongoing war in Ukraine suggests this unhappy marriage between two competing views of Europe
July 08, 2021
The European Parliament on Thursday approved a resolution calling for legal action in response to a new law in Hungry banning the portrayal or promotion of homosexuality to minors under the age of 18. The new Hungarian legislation would affect the teaching of sex education in schools, by forbidding the use of materials seen as
April 01, 2021
Generous benefits for married couples and subsidised child care are helping to reverse population decline
January 10, 2017
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