Putin, Assad, and Iran, the Pope’s Risky Roadmates
The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria has marked a severe defeat for the powers that…
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Birth and Borders of the State of Israel, a Whole Story to Be Reconstructed
“From the river to the sea,” from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. It is difficult…
Christmas in Wartime. From a Norwegian Bishop, Instructions on How Not to Despair
(s.m.) Erik Varden, 50, has been bishop of Trondheim since 2019, and then also of Tromsø. Since…
Francis Has Demolished the College of Cardinals, but There’s a New Website Meant to Fix It
Pope Francis has left intact the rule that assigns to the cardinals the task of electing the…
That Jesus Whom Today’s Man Has Lost. A Never-Before-Published Interview With Joseph Ratzinger
(s.m.) In bookstores as of a few days ago is the third book of volume XIII of…
Israel Genocidal? The War of Words That the Pope Wants to Fight in Too
In the judgment of Edith Bruck, the Jewish writer and Holocaust survivor who two years ago got…
Those Catholics Who Voted for Trump. And the Reactions of the Churches in Rome and Kyiv
56 percent of Catholics in the United States voted for Donald Trump, versus 41 percent for Kamala…
Innocent, but Right Away Treated as Guilty. Cardinal Becciu’s Letter of Protest
(s.m.) The Vatican media finally published the very strongly worded letter of protest from Cardinal Giovanni Angelo…
That Primacy of the Pope Which Divides the Churches. But on Which Francis Blocks Reform
2025 will not only be the year of jubilee for the Church of Rome. It will also…
Everything, Except for Synodal. The Strange Church Pope Francis Wants
Three years of discussions without end, crowned by a document that is not final. This is the…