The monarchy has great symbolic power: the royal couple could set a standard about the purpose and meaning of matrimony
Topic: Russia
Prince William and his bride have the chance to shape Britain’s ideas about marriage
Posted on Monday, 2 May 2011
‘Prayer is absolutely essential – or you die’
Posted on Thursday, 10 March 2011
Ed West meets Fr Michael Shields, the priest who exchanged the frozen wastes of Alaska for the post-Soviet wilderness of Siberia
Benedict XVI meets President Medvedev
Posted on Thursday, 17 February 2011
Pope receives Russian president at the Vatican and exchanges gifts
Benedict XVI meets Russian president
Posted on Thursday, 17 February 2011
Pope receives President Dmitry Medvedev at the Vatican
It could be that Rome has finally worked out what kind of nuncio we need
Posted on Monday, 20 December 2010
But we really don’t know; maybe I’m being guilty of wishful thinking
Holy See’s ambassador in Moscow is named nuncio to Great Britain
Posted on Monday, 20 December 2010
Archbishop Mennini is widely credited with improving relations with the Russian Orthodox
Britain should follow Russia’s lead and urge its citizens to have more children
Posted on Wednesday, 8 December 2010
You don’t need to ask the experts for a solution to population decline. It stares one in the face: more babies
Two million Russians venerate Marian relic believed to boost fertility
The belt of the Mother of God, believed by the Orthodox to have been worn by the Virgin Mary, has been brought to Russia from Mount Athos