The New Encyclical arrives in a void. There is no opposition to the Church, nor does anyone care about the common people. The Pope chose to speak for individual men and women, cast aside in a world of machines and superheroes. A century ago, the task of Rerum Novarum was extremely difficult — almost impossible […]
China and Russia are irritated with each other, but a divorce would certainly be worse for either. The two seem destined to navigate their uneasy ties, hoping for a turnaround. Russia today wants to intensify its relationship with China and complains that China is not equally warm in return, treating Russia as a junior partner. […]
In his video message for the “Rededication of the United States to God” on May 17, former Archbishop of New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan remarked that the U.S. Catholic Bishops Conference will consecrate the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 11. The timing of this consecration, as well as the historical significance […]
It was a masterpiece of diplomacy in a very difficult moment. The summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping was above all an exercise in damage limitation — an attempt to prevent a further deterioration of bilateral relations rather than a serious effort to improve them. Little room for the latter was in evidence. The […]
In the heart of the Caucasus and at the border with Russia and the Muslim world, Georgia’s Church plays a pivotal role for the nation and the region. Now it’s in the new Patriarch’s hands. Everything went according to plan. On May 11th Georgia’s bishops elected their 142nd patriarch, confirming the frontrunner from the moment […]
In the USA and Europe, immigration is the root cause of the new identity crisis. In China and Asia, it’s about politics and Taiwan. There seems to be a new global quest for identity similar to the one that shaped nation-states two centuries ago, moving away from old royal identities. America was a nation of […]
King Charles’s address to Congress in Washington was a masterpiece of British humor and rhetoric. It received applause and consensus from both parties because he addressed Congress as a whole. At the same time, it was a carefully crafted diplomatic attempt to mend fences between the two sides of the Atlantic, with religion at its […]
