'Populism' revealed as 2017 Word of the Year by Cambridge University Press
30 November 2017The word 'populism' has been announced as the Cambridge Dictionary 2017 Word of the Year.
Opinion: What will happen when the Pope meets the Patriarch?
09 February 2016John Pollard (Trinity Hall) discusses the relationship between the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches, and what the meeting between their two leaders may hold.
Opinion: ‘Vati-leaks 2’ scandal hinders attempts by Pope Francis to reform Catholic HQ
11 November 2015John Pollard (Faculty of History) discusses the latest book exposing battles for power and misbehaviour in the Vatican.
Mitrokhin’s KGB archive opens to public
07 July 2014KGB files from the famous Mitrokhin Archive – described by the FBI as ‘the most complete and extensive intelligence ever received from any source’ – will today open to the public for the first time.
No Curia for old age: the radical act of papal resignation
15 February 2013Dr Sara Silvestri, a specialist in religion and politics and a Research Associate with the Von Hügel Institute, St Edmund’s College, examines the implications of the resignation of Benedict XVI for the institutional role of the pope and the future of the Catholic Church.
