In her political ads in the leadup to last week’s EU parliamentary elections, European Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen bizarrely…
Occasionally, the historical narrative will dabble in fairytales, usually at the intersection of knowable facts and unknowable mystery. Those stories…
Donald Trump’s hyperbolic threat to sic Russia on our NATO allies who fail to spend enough on defense prompted the…
Germany’s Catholic bishops are officially launching their first commission for “queer” pastoral care. Auxiliary Bishop Ludger Schepers of the troubled…
Germany’s Catholic bishops have abandoned their plans to form a forbidden Synodal Council to replace the authority of bishops with…
Germany’s Catholic bishops may be preparing to defy the Vatican, despite Pope Francis’s efforts to rein in the heterodox prelates….
China calls it the “Polar Silk Road.” It’s the “northern wing of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative.” It consists of…
I’ve spent years researching different ways of celebrating New Year’s Eve around the world. I guess I was looking for…
Henry Kissinger began contributing to America’s national security during World War II. After fleeing Nazi Germany in August 1938 at…
