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Ellen Fantini is the Executive Director of the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe, based in Vienna, Austria.
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The Nantes Cathedral fire is a symptom of a growing problem across Europe

July 23, 2020 Ellen K. Fantini 13

This past Saturday morning, many awoke to images of another French cathedral on fire—this time in the heart of Nantes. In the early morning hours of July 18, a fire began in the Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul cathedral. […]

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A Model of Humility: The Beatification of Álvaro del Portillo

October 31, 2014 Ellen K. Fantini 0

The modern world is full of larger-than-life personalities and outsized egos. People everywhere seem far more preoccupied with “self-realization” and achieving their earthly ambitions than anything else. In fact, at times, the ideas of service […]

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The decline of community and erosion of civil society

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In recent years social critics like Robert Putnam (Bowling Alone) and Charles Murray (Coming Apart) have documented and deplored a decline of community among Americans. It’s a development that affects churches along with other institutions […]

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