Category: Europe
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A German diocese criticised a donor who offered money in exchange for baptisms. Why paying for a sacrament has a name — simony — and why churches have banned it for centuries.
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The Vatican has confirmed Pope Leo XIV will meet abuse victims during his visit to France. Why these meetings have become standard, what survivors say about them, and why papal trips are diplomatic events too.
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Poland is appealing a Brussels ruling ordering it to pay €1.3 billion for COVID vaccine doses it doesn’t want. How advance purchase contracts worked, and why both sides have a real case.
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Italy’s health ministry issued red alerts for a record 25 cities in the country’s fourth heatwave of the summer. What a red alert means, and why heat kills more quietly than other disasters.
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Scotland has refused a licence for the centuries-old guga hunt on Sula Sgeir after bird flu deaths hit the gannet colony. The tradition, the disease, and how conservation decisions like this are made.
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Falling rivers are revealing Nazi-era wrecks in the Danube while nuclear plants face cooling problems and Greece fights wildfires. How one heatwave strains several systems at once.
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A drone carrying an explosive device was found beside a runway at Leipzig/Halle Airport. What happened, and why small drones remain such a difficult problem for airports to stop.