Posts Tagged ‘European politics’

WYD 2023: Russians and Ukrainians participate without crossing paths

Monday, August 7th, 2023
Ukrainians

On the stage in the Garden of the Empire Square in the Belém district of Lisbon , Mariia, 31, Natalia, 33, and Oksana, 28, sing a patriotic song in Ukrainian, holding the blue and yellow flag, in the admiring silence of the assembly. They come from Ternopil, in the western part of their country devastated Read more

Religious freedom not secularism is Europe’s future

Monday, October 30th, 2017

Religious freedom is now possible in European politics, says the Vatican Secretary for Relations with the States, Archbishop Paul Gallagher. He says religion is no longer a forbidden subject in European politics. Gallagher’s comments came as top ecclesial and political leaders gather in Rome to discuss Europe’s future and identity. “The days when you could Read more