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New book on Venice could say more on religion’s role in the ‘impossible’ city

April 06, 2024

Venice: The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City Denis Romano Oxford University Press, £31.99, 904 pages The Renaissance scholar Francesco Sansovino (1521-1586) called Venice, and its watery setting, “the impossible in the impossible”. Situated in a tidal lagoon and built largely on artificial islands, the sheer improbability of magnificent churches and shimmering palaces emerging from

The sixth-century saint who opposed mass immigration

March 17, 2017

St Patrick was an undocumented migrant - but the immigration debate was as complex in his time as it is today

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February 17, 2017

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May 27, 2016

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Catholic family launches new rescue mission to save migrants

November 11, 2015

MOAS have launched a new rescue mission to help thousands of Syrians crossing the Aegean sea

Migrants who almost drowned in the Mediterranean to sail in world championship

June 19, 2015

The two men, cared for by the Catholic group Sant'Egidio, were rescued as their ship sank

Catholic aid groups criticise EU response to migrant crisis

May 05, 2015

The EU has said it will strengthen sea patrols by its Frontex border agency and destroy human traffickers' boats

Military action will not help migrants, says cardinal

April 27, 2015

Cardinal Antonio Maria Veglio says he is not happy with EU accord

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