Historian shot himself in apparent protest at gay marriage
Topic: France
The saint who showed a revolutionary fervour for educating the poor
Jean-Baptiste de la Salle (April 7) was the founder of the Institute for the Brothers of the Christian Schools
The political exploitation of the Toulouse killings revealed Sarkozy’s rivals as contemptibly opportunist
The massacres never had anything remotely to do with the French debate on immigration
Wearing the burqa in our streets is a hostile act: the French are right to ban it
Our refusal to do the same has nothing to do with toleration: we just don’t have the political courage
Pope to meet Sarkozy in Italy
Pope Benedict to meet the French president amid tension over French deportation of Roma people







Religious persecution has existed through the ages. We must continue to fight it, and take it as a compliment
As the sacrifice of the Mexican martyrs shows, anti-Catholicism will always rebound on itself