church and state

Catholic coronavirus irresponsibility continues to put lives at risk in Italy, beyond

Catholic coronavirus irresponsibility continues to put lives at risk in Italy, beyond

Coronavirus in Spain

Coronavirus in Spain: mayor tells Church to pay tax to help solve crisis as two bishops take ill

French bishop rips reckless providentialist Catholics 'tempting God' in coronavirus pandemic

French bishop rips reckless providentialist Catholics “tempting God” in coronavirus pandemic

Italian Church group head questions coronavirus Mass suspensions

Italian Church group head questions coronavirus Mass suspensions: “Can the State decide on ceremonies in churches?”

New 'Francis bishops' at helm of Spanish Episcopal Conference promise to finally bring country, Church up to date

New ‘Francis bishops’ at helm of Spanish Episcopal Conference poised to finally bring country, Church up to date

Salvini, with a rosary at a rally

Analysis: Salvini and the Italian Church: who’s using who?

Holy controversy over proposal to mention God in Russia's Constitution

Holy controversy over proposal to mention God in Russia’s Constitution… even communists agree?

Irish Church under data protection investigation for not erasing personal information of former Catholics

Irish Church under data protection investigation for not erasing personal information of former Catholics

Danish Catholic Church tries desperate measure to win back disaffected youth

Danish Catholic Church tries desperate measure to win back disaffected youth

Moscow Patriarch Kirill suggests adding God to Russian Constitution

Debate served as Moscow Patriarch suggests adding God to Russian Constitution

EU Bishops establish 'dialogue' with EU Court of Justice

EU Bishops establish “dialogue” with Court of Justice on non-discrimination, family law, Church-State relations

Finnish Catholic Church in Tampere

Eight parishes in 300,000 square kilometres: Finnish Catholic Church struggles for survival

Far-right Hungarian politician Péter Jakab

Far-right Hungarian Jobbik party elects anti-Semitic Jewish Catholic as president

A priest in a confessional (stock)

French bishop still defending sacramental seal despite pedophile ex-priest admitting he confessed abuse, begged for help

Sahak II Masalyan, Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople

Turkey: Armenian Patriarch says minorities “most comfortable” under Erdogan

Protest in Kosovo against the new Montenegro religion law

Protests against Montenegro religion law spill over into Kosovo, Serbia

Zagreb cardinal Josip Bozanić (l) with new Croatian President Zoran Milanović

Zagreb cardinal invites new Croatian president to “dialogue of mutual respect and understanding”

School chaplain sign

Irish Government accused of opacity, discrimination over public millions for chaplains in State secondary schools

Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Synod

Serbian Orthodox Church blasts Montenegro Government for “unreasonable” new law on religion

Pope Francis December 31 at Vespers and the Te Deum in St. Peter's Basilica

Pope urges “time for others”, “dialogue”: “To listen is already an act of love!”

Church pews (stock)

German, Austrian Christians denounce radical restrictions on Church asylum system for refugees

Polish priest and media and business tycoon Tadeusz Rydzyk

Tens of thousands of Poles petition Pope to silence “hateful voice” of priest media tycoon

Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic

Montenegrin President signs controversial law on religion

Tourists crowd around Rome's famous Trevi Fountain

Rome poor score win as Trevi Fountain coins come back to Church charity

Protest in Montenegro over a controversial new religions law

Amid protests, Montenegro passes law to ‘expropriate’ Serbian Orthodox assets

Dome of the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica

Theologian says Vatican financial scandals signal “end of pontifical monarchy”

Spanish cardinal Antonio Cañizares

Grassroots Christians hit out at Spanish cardinal, Catholic lobbies blocking new left-wing Government

An elderly priest walks down a street (stock)

Demographic cliff forces French Church to tackle aged priests’ retirements, replacements

Croatian flags

Controversial Vatican treaties emerge as issue in tight Croatian presidential vote

Antwerp Cathedral in Belgium's Flanders region

Religions in Belgium’s Flanders region receive almost 500 million euros a year in taxpayer money