July 2017

Beijing Retains a Tight Grip on the Church

The Chinese Communist Party’s top leader in charge of religion has made it clear that Beijing intends to retain a tight grip on the Catholic Church. Yu...

When An Ex-Pope Speaks

When retired Pope Benedict XVI sent a personal message to be read at the funeral of Cardinal Joachim Meisner in Cologne, it was received with loud applause...

This Week’s Issue: 26 July-1 August

»Church licence law ‘could limit freedoms’ »What does ‘laicising’ a priest mean? »The tradition of Jerusalem’s ‘holy tattoo’ »The need to share ‘dangerous memories’ »Why Jesus wants...