Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
Greece: Leaders lash out as tempers fray
As talks between Greece and its creditors drag on and pressure mounts on both sides to find a deal, relations between Athens and its European partners are getting worse. Tensions over reforms-for-aid negotiations came to a…
Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
Holy See (Vatican City State): Pope against computers in children's bedrooms
Pope Francis has warned of the dangers of allowing children to have computers in their bedrooms, saying it can lead to them watching pornography. He approved of parents putting them in a communal room in the…
Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
Hungary: Europe losing Christian identity
Hungary's prime minister Victor Orban, who has expressed fears that migration will undermine Europe's Christian identity, told Egypt's visiting president on Friday that he nonetheless respects Islam ‘as one of the great intellectual and spiritual creations…
Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
Iceland: Icelanders have started worshipping Norse gods again
Icelanders will soon be able to publicly worship at a shrine to Thor, Odin and Frigg with construction already started in February on the island's first major temple to the Norse gods since the Viking age.…
Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
Ireland: Marriage referendum - perspective from Rt. Rev Dr. Paul Colton
Whichever view we took on the referendum proposition, the result gives all of us in the Church pause for thought. I know that in this, throughout our Church of Ireland in this Republic, there were people…
Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
Italy: 1,200 rescued migrants
On Monday Royal Navy warship HMS Bulwark arrived in an Italian port, carrying 1,200 migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea. The ship docked at Catania, in Sicily, where the migrants will be handed over to the…