There is an occupational danger for a priest living close to Washington, DC. A predisposition for politics and foreign affairs can eclipse his religious mission. Of course – as Abraham Lincoln (or was it Mark […]
Short Histories – Nothing is certain in a country where the past is constantly rewritten, says Owen Matthews. The Russian enigma (The Spectator) Papal Infallibility – “A pope speaks ex cathedra when he presents some teaching […]
One of the more irritating tropes of this age in which sloganeering has replaced argumentation is the alleged distinction between “wars of choice” and “wars of necessity.” That distorted and distorting antinomy was first deployed […]
In arranging to meet in September with Russia’s Patriarch Kirill, Pope Francis evidently has two goals in view: peace in Ukraine and progress in Catholic-Orthodox relations. While both are highly desirable, it is far from […]
In recent months, as Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has shocked the world, Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), has emerged as a brave moral leader, recalling such […]
CRACOW. Four and a half months after Russia invaded Ukraine on the Orwellian pretext of displacing a “Nazi” regime — a regime that enjoys a democratic legitimacy absent from Russia for two decades — what […]
Pope Francis’ general audience in St. Peter’s Square, June 8, 2022. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.
Vatican City, Jun 14, 2022 / 02:32 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has described Russia’s use of mercenaries in the Ukraine war as “monstrous” in an interview publi… […]
Given the rubbish about Ukraine spewed out by Russian propaganda trolls and regurgitated by foolish or ideologically besotted Americans, this year’s annual Summer Reading List will focus on serious books that explain the background, including […]
Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki. / Episkopat.pl.
Rome Newsroom, May 24, 2022 / 09:27 am (CNA).
The president of Poland’s Catholic bishops’ conference has said that the Vatican’s approach to Russia is “naive and utopian.”Archbishop Stanisław Gądeck… […]
In 1845, President James K. Polk sent diplomat John Slidell to Mexico City to offer $30 million for New Mexico, California, and other territories north of the Rio Grande. Mexico refused the offer. A frustrated […]
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