Secular Europe forces Orthodox Greece to roll out Sunday trading
When it comes to Sunday trading, at least HM Government is intent on deploying the statutory instrument in the democratic process. The Greek government, on the other hand, has…
Christendom
Happy Reformation Day
Quite why Martin Luther chose to protest against Tetzel and his sale of indulgences on All Hallows' Eve is unknown, unless it was simply a marketing decision to ensure that his 95 Theses were read by as many as…
Welby: "Europe as a whole must rise up and seek to do what is right"
"What is your response to this, then?" barks BBC journalist Lyse Doucet, in the wake of hundreds of migrants drowning in the Mediterranean, with dozens of rescue boats now…
Mehdi Hasan: "No Reformation in Europe without Muslim theologians"
Mehdi Hasan delivered an oratorically brilliant if rather sanctimonious speech at the Oxford Union in May 2013, which now rings in the head like tinnitus in the wake of…
Real Madrid and the offence of the cross
It was a really tiny cross. Honestly, it was barely noticeable in all that pearly pizzazz and gaudy gold. The Crown of Alfonso XII has been a sacred symbol of…