A forester planted thousands of larch trees to form a vast Celtic cross on an Irish hillside, dying …
Decoding challenges facing the global Church through contemporary theology.
Interpreting contemporary realities through the lens of the Bible and the Church’s Magisterium.
The Christian East viewed through faith, history, and dialogue.
Decoding challenges facing the global Church through contemporary theology.
Interpreting contemporary realities through the lens of the Bible and the Church’s Magisterium.
The Christian East viewed through faith, history, and dialogue.

A forester planted thousands of larch trees to form a vast Celtic cross on an Irish hillside, dying …
The handover of the College of Cardinals from Italy’s Cardinal Re to the Philippines’ Cardinal Tagle marks the …

José Manuel Vidal is a writer at Religion Digital
On a Donegal hillside, forester Liam Emmery planted a giant Celtic cross of larch trees that only revealed itself each autumn, years after his death, when passengers spotted it from the air.
A veteran Italian cardinal identified with the Curia’s long memory hands the baton to an Asian cardinal of evangelization, as the Church’s center of gravity shifts.
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