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Cardinal Müller appearing at National Conservatism conference despite political opposition and threats from Antifa

April 16, 2024

The National Conservatism conference in Brussels has had two venues cancel on hosting the event after facing significant opposition from so-called anti-fascist groups and left-wing politicians. After settling on a third venue, the conference began on 16 April, though there are still doubts as to whether the two-day conference will be able to run normally

Europe’s liberal governing classes would have endless mass-migration and the ‘self destruction’ of traditional Europe: Catholic teaching shows us how to avoid both

April 04, 2024

What’s really behind the “migrant crisis”? Is it even a “crisis” anymore or has a normality been begrudgingly accepted that the borders of the ancient nations of Europe are now completely porous to the multitudes, which invariably includes criminals, terrorists and persons with no intention of assimilating to the religious or cultural landscape in which

Church leaders say Europe must return to Christian roots ahead of EU elections

March 21, 2024

ROME – With European elections just three months away, the continent’s bishops have joined other Christian Churches in lamenting how the Christian principles on which Europe was founded are either being sidelined or instrumentalised for political gain. They have also called for an open and consistent dialogue between Church and State, and asked that all

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

January 31, 2024

ROME – Ahead of looming European elections in June, and with a war on the continent still raging, the president of the European bishops has stressed the need for unity and setting aside partisan interests following a meeting with Pope Francis. Speaking to the Italian news agency SIR after a 26 January meeting with the

Did the Pope’s message to Europe miss the elephant in the room?

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

2022: A tale of two Churches

July 08, 2022

While the decline of Christianity across the Western world, and especially in Europe, is well-documented, this does not give an entirely accurate picture of what is really going on. While Catholic church attendance is in sharp decline across western Europe, especially France, Germany and Spain, it is rising in the east. Meanwhile, the collapse of

Will it be a Hungarian Pope?

June 28, 2022

Hungarian Cardinal Péter Erdő – Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest – may be emerging as a front-runner to succeed Pope Francis. The canon law expert is fast becoming a contender to succeed the Holy Father as rumours mount about the latter’s health, even with a potential candidate from Asia emerging as a frontrunner as well. Filipino Cardinal

Pope Francis calls migrant crisis a ‘shipwreck of civilization’ during refugee camp visit

December 06, 2021

From a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, Pope Francis decried European indifference to the plight of migrants in the Mediterranean as a “shipwreck of civilization.” “The Mediterranean, which for millennia has brought different peoples and distant lands together, is now becoming a grim cemetery without tombstones. This great basin of water, the