John Paul II Archives - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
by | Feb 16, 2024

Some people find God after falling off a horse, but most Christians approach faith on a day-to-day basis through a cocktail made up of God’s grace, prayer, the cultivation of virtues and sacraments, a… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support…

by | Feb 11, 2024

There were seven. Seven figures above all, with varying influences, some more intentional than others, who brought down the Berlin Wall, freed Eastern Europe from communism, took down the Soviet Union… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism and…

by | Sep 9, 2023

Poland already boasts notable saints from the 20th century — Pope John Paul II, Faustina Kowalska, and Maximilian Kolbe, to name a few. Today, those great saints look on as the Ulma family is beatifie… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here….

by | Jan 10, 2023

WASHINGTON — I am engaged in reading a very fine book by my colleague Paul Kengor. It was written six years ago, so do not feel bad if you missed it. You still have time. It is called A Pope…

by | Jan 7, 2023

Communism and the Conscience of the West By Fulton J. Sheen (TAN Books, 280 pages, $28) Born on the Midwestern plains of El Paso, Illinois, in May 1895, Fulton J. Sheen was ordained a priest in 1… No hoodwinking or…

by | Jan 7, 2023

Last Thursday afternoon, I hired a driver from Yango, the Ivory Coast’s version of Uber, to take me to Yamoussoukro, the political capital of Côte d’Ivoire. I wanted to see the Notre Dame Basilica, th… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support…

by | Oct 30, 2022

There’s many a curious way to mark Halloween. I’ve told Bob Tyrrell, founder of this venerable publication, about a fellow columnist of mine at the Pitt News in the late 1980s, Mario Oliverio. Like ma… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here….

by | Oct 19, 2022

Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Astana, Kazakhstan, appeared on Tuesday on Steve Bannon’s War Room, where he criticized the Vatican’s Ostpolitik approach to the Chinese Communist Party regime. He contr… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism and get unlimited…

by | Sep 28, 2022

The European elite’s sour reaction to the rise of Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s next prime minister, reveals less about her politics than its own. It harbors a death wish for Europe — a willfulness passed o… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here….

by | Sep 21, 2022

Crux reports that the trial of Cardinal Joseph Zen, a stalwart opponent of the atheistic Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is set to begin this week in Hong Kong. Zen is facing charges for his associatio… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here….

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