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19/04/2012

French press review 19 April 2012

With just three days to go to the first round of the French presidential election, there's no shortage of balanced advice, sober analysis and rabble-rousing rant in today's French newspapers.

01/04/2012

European press review

In Syria former UN secretary general Kofi Annan has brokered a plan to stop the fighting - but will it work? Spanish unions call a general strike. Ireland prepares to vote on another ...

09/01/2012

French press review 9 January 2012

You can have your politics any colour you like in this morning's media.

 

Pope Benedict XVI delivered his Christmas message at the Vatican
25/12/2011 - Italy - Europe

Pope delivers Christmas message

Pope Benedict XVI gave his Christmas message to thousands at the Vatican on Sunday, praying for victims of violence, famine and floods around the world.
 

21/11/2011

French press review 21 November 2011

Local politics, the pope, unemployment and the crushing defeat of the Spanish Socialists in Sunday's elections make up the front-page menu this Monday morning.

19/11/2011 - Italy

Benetton kiss adverts appear in Italian papers - minus the Pope

Italian fashion company Benetton has launched its latest shock-tactics advertising campaign with photomontages of

31/10/2011 - On-the-spot France

Does religion matter in modern France?

Last Wednesday world religious leaders gathered in the historic Italian town of Assisi for a show of solidarity for world peace, at the invitation fo the Pope.

22/09/2011

French press review 22 September 2011

There's not a glimmer of good, or even moderately good, news on this morning's French front pages.

03/09/2011 - Ireland-Vatican

Vatican admits mistakes in Irish abuse scandal

In a long-awaited reaction to an official report, the Vatican has admitted "grave failures" over the handling of a child sex abuse scandal involving priests in southern Ireland but ...

21/08/2011 - Spain

Pope winds up controversial World Youth Day in Madrid

Pope Benedict XVI promised to meet the faithful again in two years’ time, when the World Youth Day celebrations will be in Rio de Janeiro, at a mass which signalled the end to controversial ...

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