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Prophet (2022), directed by Michal Kondrat

January 03, 2023

Ferdie Rous on Michal Kondrat’s treatment of Blessed Stefan Wyszyński

Europe’s cultural Iron Curtain entrenches as Brussels takes Hungary to court

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

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

Is a Catholic-led super-state about to emerge in eastern Europe?

July 04, 2022

Last month, Moldova and Ukraine were granted candidate status by the EU. Cue much back-slapping and cheering from Brussels. But the self-congratulation masked a very different reality. For starters, neither Ukraine nor Moldova is likely to ever join the EU, certainly not on terms either would find acceptable, while both would quickly be disabused of

Grounded for life

May 27, 2022

The beauty of growing up in a Catholic country

EU ruling over abortion harms us all

November 25, 2021

The birth of the Christ child is an occasion to reflect on other babies and on life in the womb that precedes birth. The most dispiriting development recently in respect of prenatal human life is the European Parliament’s vote last month, directed mainly at Poland, but having far wider implications. Andrew Tettenborn examines its implications

The European Union’s attack on conscience

November 11, 2021

As its row with Poland intensifies, the EU has passed an abortion resolution that betrays an alarming strain of anti-religious feeling

Poland’s Catholic Church to hold collection for migrants at Belarus border

November 09, 2021

Warsaw, Poland, Nov 9, 2021 / 04:00 am The Catholic Church in Poland will hold a collection this month for migrants facing deteriorating conditions on the country’s border with Belarus. Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, the president of the Polish bishops’ conference, appealed to Catholics to aid the thousands of migrants caught up in a “humanitarian catastrophe”