Foreign Affairs
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Refugees
In 1975 I decided I was going to get me a refugee, and I did. A lot…
European Reconciliation
Currently, visitors to the Vatican Museums in Rome have the opportunity to visit an exhibition devoted to…
Overlooked Philosophy
Philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds: A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Vol. II by…
John Paul II’s “Beloved Krakow”
Several years ago, Father Raymond de Souza, one of my fellow faculty members at an annual Kraków-based…
Nostra Aetate Fifty Years On
It was, on the face of it, a minor theological gesture, yet it brought about one of…
A Tale of Two Cities—And of Two Churches
You will recall the lapidary opening of Dickens’s famous novel of London and Paris in the period…
Mirror of Magistrates
For Christians, 1 and 2 Samuel are “history.” For Jews, they are among the writings of the…
Pius XII, Co-Conspirator in Tyrannicide
Written from Rome: The great Piazza San Pietro is a five minute walk from where I’m living…
When Francis Came to Cuba
We should cheer any time a pope mingles with sinners. It’s what Jesus did, and what his…
Remembering Castro’s Crimes
Last December, when the United States announced that it would be re-establishing diplomatic relations with Communist Cuba…
We Meet
Desmond Tutu once said that what holds Anglicans together is the fact that “we meet.” From 2000…
Learned Ignorance
On Wednesday evening, a capacity crowd assembled at the Calvary Chapel on the campus of Biola University…
Remembering “The Few”
Seventy-five years ago, on Sunday, September 15, 1940, Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine were driven from…
Did Muhammad Perform Miracles?
On Thursday, August 27, 2015, the first part of Iran’s most expensive movie trilogy, “Muhammad, the Messenger…
Who Was Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab?
Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab by michael crawford oneworld, 160 pages, $40.00 ISIS is only the latest (and certainly…