Robert Harris’s Conclave turns the election of a new pope into a tense meditation on faith, doubt, and political intrigue ...

But Francis was a much more complex character, with a great fondness for personal authority alongside more participative ...

Last week’s biggest news was the protest by thousands of Turkish Cypriots (around 13,000) against the re-legalisation of ...

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It is from this background that I am a firm believer in the secular state, and that a clear separation between church and state is needed. My view is obviously also influenced by the fact that I ...

Le Pen’s demands, while politically charged, echoed what France’s own intelligence services have already warned: the Brotherhood avoids violence but promotes ideological subversion of secular ...

The key to bringing in a uniform civil code is to examine the meaning of the word secularism and whether such meaning would be in consonance with bringing in a common civil code or be in ...

It was perhaps inevitable, but planned tributes in France following the death of Pope Francis have led to a row about the principle of state secularism. The principle of laïcité - secularism ...