Sean McDonagh SSC sketches the life of Columban, praised by EU founder Robert Schumann as 'the patron saint of all those who seek to build a united Europe' (first published in the RITE & REASON column of the Irish Times, 15 January 2013).

Christa Pongratz-Lippitt reports  the views of the abbot of Switzerland's second-most important monastery on how bishops should be chosen, given their pivotal role in the Church (first published in the 15 January issue of the National Catholic Reporter).

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