Ethical and Independent Journalism… Journalism for immigrants
Monday, November 9, 2026
John Berger was a household name amongst the British literati in the three decades before the end of the twentieth century. A biography, published this week, invites a fresh appraisal of his life and his work. Sean Sheehan Berger shot to instant fame in 1972 for two reasons. […]
We are living through days of uncertainty. As if the choice were to submit to the promises of God, homeland, security and order, or to retreat into the defence of freedom, of difference and of the hope that dialogue might prevail over the noise of the enemies of the homeland. […]
Wars, migration and other global issues have led the Pope to express himself on issues tending to be in the realm of international politics. His calls for peace and his criticism of those who promote violence raise how the moral voice is articulated with his status as sovereign of Vatican […]
This 1916 oil on canvas painting, by Jewish pacifist artist Mark Gertler (1891-1939), is the more disturbing the more it is studied. Yet, in it, Gertler has much to say that is challenging and valuable to Christians. Indeed, it ought to disturb, and this was no doubt Gertler’s intention. […]
Emily Wilson’s verse translations of Homer have been justly acclaimed and a new collection of her reflections on ancient literature, in “Crossing the wine-dark sea”, are welcome reading. Sean Sheehan Looking at the poetry of Sappho and how it has been received over the centuries, Wilson resists the […]
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