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Pope encourages Azerbaijan’s tiny Catholic minority

October 02, 2016

Pontiff celebrates Mass for 300 people in the capital Baku

Dialogue is the key to progress, Pope tells Azerbaijanis

October 02, 2016

Francis meets President Ilham Aliyev at end of three-day trip

Isn’t Iran a better partner for the West than Saudi Arabia?

September 09, 2016

The Sunni-Shia conflict forces Governments to make tricky diplomatic choices. Iran seems a better prospect

Mother Teresa’s martyrs

March 17, 2016

The four nuns served the vulnerable without regard to politics. But they were caught in the middle of Yemen’s disastrous civil war

The road back to peace

December 22, 2015

The Middle East is more polarised along religious lines than ever before. Yet recent history shows the region can return to the enlightened tolerance it once enjoyed

Orhan Pamuk: ‘Now I only have one bodyguard’

October 01, 2015

Nobel Prize-winner Orhan Pamuk received death threats when he spoke up for Turkey’s religious minorities. On a visit to London, he explains why he won’t be silenced

Morning Catholic must-reads: 26/03/15

March 26, 2015

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Without action from the West the catastrophe in Syria could carry on for a decade

March 12, 2015

The conflict is not the West's fault. But Syria will not reach a solution on its own