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Police halt a counterprotest organized against a planned far-right anti-immigration protest in Walthamstow, London, on Aug. 7. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Politics & SocietyThe Weekly Dispatch
Kevin Clarke
Rioting was sparked by a knife attack at a dance studio in Southport on July 29. Three children were killed and other children and adults injured and seriously wounded.
Detail of embroidery in Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, explaining the origin of the church ​​​​​​​Stephencdickson - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73268446)
Arts & CultureDispatches
David Stewart
The Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts seeks to reclaim a place for Christian faith in human culture and put faith back into the festival season.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Anthony R. Lusvardi, S.J.
The display at the Olympics was not innocent fun gone too far or Europeans just being artsy. It was bullying a minority.
Delegations arrive at the Trocadero as spectators watch French singer Philippe Katerine performing on a giant screen, in Paris, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024 in Paris. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kevin Clarke
The half-hearted “sorry if people were offended” apologies have been Olympian exercises in gaslighting, but I find myself wishing that the Christian community reserved some of that righteousness for more legitimate experiences of persecution.
FaithNews
Caroline De Sury — OSV News
The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games—a sports festival aimed to unite all nations of the world—created shock and disbelief instead as Catholics around the world felt offended by the parody of the Last Supper, which was part of the opening ceremony.
The world's tallest cross dominates the scene above a Spanish Civil War cemetery and memorial in the Valley of the Fallen (renamed the Valley of Cuelgamuros) near Madrid, pictured in October 2019. (CNS photo/Emilio Naranjo, pool via Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Bridget Ryder
Spanish media reports that the ministry of culture is drafting a law that will expel monks. But that task will not be easy. The 21 monks do not wish to leave their monastery.