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Month of December , 2007

Is Christmas still Christian?

Christmas in Europe has a lot to do with shopping, partying and money-making, but not much to do with religion, complains the Vatican »

A Steamy Little Saga

Bubbling with life and legends, Iceland makes a great holiday destination for those with a taste for seismic creative activity, reports Brigid Grauman  »

Bye Bye Borders

The final vestiges of the Iron Curtain that once divided Europe will be erased on Dec. 21 when border controls between most old and new EU states are scrapped »

Enter the Saint

Unlike Belgium’s Eurostar hub, London’s sparkling new Saint Pancras station is clean, safe and demonstrates a near continental appreciation for the good things in life  »

Cleansing the past in Omarska

Three years after ArcelorMittal bought an iron ore mine once used as a concentration camp, there is still no memorial to the thousands slain at the site.  »

Guest-book of the gods

Our man in the Balkans sidesteps amorous nature lovers to scale Mount Olympus, home of the ancient Greek gods »

Vatican 2.0: Jesuits in Second Life

Second Life, the online virtual community, has become fertile ground for Jesuit evangelists and other cyber-missionaries, writes our Vatican reporter »