Rotterdam, bombed mercilessly in May 1940 by Hitler’s Luftwaffe, is famous for its Zadkine sculpture depicting the city without a heart. However, a walk through the urban centre on Saturday overwhelmingly convinced a trans-confessional group of ‘fellow pilgrims’ that God…
Today, Sunday June 15, is World Refugee Sunday. Or, if you prefer, next Sunday, June 22. Its a day to recall that 45 million people–the population of Spain–are forcibly displaced refugees in our world today. The Refugee Highway Partnership, in…
Stavanger, on Norway’s westernmost coastline, is the nation’s oil capital servicing the drilling rigs in the North Sea, making it the most expensive city in Norway, perhaps in the world. Before oil was discovered in the 1960’s, Stavanger was chiefly…
The loss of solidarity signalled by last week’s European election outcomes has prompted much concern and uncertainty concerning Europe’s future. Roy Searle of the Northumbria Community wrote in his blog that he woke up feeling depressed, downcast, demoralized and quite…
Earthquakes in Paris and London, but not much has changed in Brussels or The Hague. That’s the bottom line of the European Parliament elections. Geert Wilders’ ‘glorious revolution’ didn’t exactly happen for him in Holland, although it did in France…
