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Protesters from the Republic of Ireland joined loyalists groups in anti-immigrant demonstrations that led to street violence in Belfast in early August. Photograph by Declan Roughan/Press Eye
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Hargaden
Loyalist paramilitaries played a central role in organizing the unrest in Belfast, but it was a surprise on both sides of the northern Irish border when they were joined by self-proclaimed “Irish patriots” from the Republic of Ireland.
Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
James T. Keane
C. C. Martindale, S.J., played an important role in the life of the Catholic Church in Great Britain in the 20th century—and brought more than a few seekers along with him.
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 & SocietyDispatches
David Stewart
Some polls are going as far to predict that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak might lose his own seat on July 4. He would be the first Conservative prime minister to suffer such a humiliation.
A damaged inflatable dinghy is seen on Loon Beach in Dunkirk, France, on Nov. 25, 2021, the day after 27 migrants died when their dinghy deflated as they attempted to cross the English Channel. (CNS photo/Johanna Geron, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
David Stewart
Condemned by the Jesuit Refugee Service UK as a “cruel plan” that “violates human dignity,” the policy authorizes deporting people who come to the United Kingdom in search of safety to Rwanda.