Foreign Affairs
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Murder Disguised as Care
On Friday, the United Kingdom’s Court of Protection ordered a mentally disabled pregnant woman to abort her…
High Noon in Poland, Thirty Years Later
Thirty years ago last week, Poland began to self-liberate from communism through the first semi-free elections held…
Reasonable Doubts About Pell’s Conviction
Catholics and non-Catholics around the world are justly outraged by the crimes and coverups of the Church’s…
Brexit Did not Cause Brexit
As a British expat happily living abroad, I considered it inappropriate to cast a vote in the…
Night Train to Europe
My train departed from Amsterdam and headed to Warsaw. Or at least, that was the destination of…
Matteo Salvini and the Bishops
If mixing religion and politics is a tricky affair, keeping them separate is nearly impossible. Matteo Salvini,…
The Politicization of the European Church
Several ecclesiastical figures expressed horror at the results of last week’s European Parliament elections. Their reactions reveal…
Conservative Resurgence inthe West
The European Parliament elections of May 23–26 have struck another hard blow to the European political establishment.…
The European Center Weakens
It is never clear how seriously one should take elections to the European Parliament. The body itself…
The Pell Case: Developments Down Under
In three weeks, a panel of senior judges will hear Cardinal George Pell’s appeal of the unjust…
Why Australia’s Conservatives Won
Australian elections are usually predictable affairs. Typically, the party expected to win does win. But on May…
Hilltops of the Holy Land
When Aaron Lipkin looks out, he sees biblical history all around. There is Bethel, where two bears…
Persecution and Constitutional Theocracy
The Interim Report on global persecution, issued at Easter by the Rt. Rev. Philip Mounstephen, Bishop of…
The New Family Violence
Family violence can take many forms,” says Madam Justice Marzari of the Supreme Court of British Columbia,…
Fear and the Benedict Option
When people ask me if the Benedict Option is a call to hospitality or to hunker down,…
