Tag Archives: Europe

‘Will they stop at burning an empty church?’: Anti-Christian attacks rise in Europe

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

From CNA (Catholic News Agency): The fire that ripped through the Gothic Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul in Nantes July 18 was reported around the world. But suspected arson attacks on French churches usually do not make international … Continue reading →

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Why we all need Holocaust Memorial Day; No Man Is An Island.

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Gertrude

The following article from The Daily Telegraph (minus the short poem by John Donne added by me) http://www.telegraph.co.uk should be required reading by everyone on this Holocaust Memorial Day. No Man Is An Island No man is an island, Entire … Continue reading →

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Christianophobia, and beyond: Father Samir on Europe and Islam in the wake of attacks against Copts in Alexandria

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

by Samir Khalil Samir The attack against the Church of Saints in Alexandria, Egypt, on December 31 last, shows in an increasing harsh light the growth of Christianophobia in the Islamic world (and beyond). It is important to denounce this … Continue reading →

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