politics

Pope Francis at the Angelus January 19

Pope prays Berlin summit can lead to end of violence, “much-desired stability” in Libya

Syriac Orthodox monk arrested and freed in Turkey, Sefer Bileçen

Turkey frees Syriac Orthodox monk arrested for complicity with Kurdish separatist PKK

Russian Orthodox Church: Stalin could have made a good bishop

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán

Hungarian Catholics denounce country’s collapse into “mafia State of hatred”, PM Orbán’s descent into “religious insanity”

Protest in Kosovo against the new Montenegro religion law

Protests against Montenegro religion law spill over into Kosovo, Serbia

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán

Priest-journalist denounces Hungary PM Orbán’s “propagandist manipulation” of persecuted Christians

Parliament Buildings of Stormont in Belfast, Northern Ireland

“New hope”: Church leaders welcome end to Northern Ireland political stalemate

A protest over pensions in France

French Catholics push bishops to speak up on controversial pension reforms

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

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

Derry bishop Donal McKeown

Derry bishop says Northern Ireland needs Government now to avoid worst-case Brexit