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Putin sacks Paris’ Orthodox Bishop

Lorenzo Prezzi /

- Europe -

11 November 2025

Although there is no mention of it in the media, the Moscow Synod’s removal of Metropolitan Nestor of Chersonese and Western Europe (based in Paris) deserves attention. Although no reason is given in the official communication from November 8, the diaspora and dissidents point to his tolerance of priests expelled from Russia for their aversion […]

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Israeli “Media-eval” Ghetto?

Francesco Sisci / Director

- Middle East -

11 November 2025

Netanyahu’s political mistakes in Gaza could have placed his country in new restrictions, making life harder for Jewish people and their allies worldwide. Meanwhile, a new Middle Eastern political landscape is emerging. Giuseppe Cucchi, a seasoned expert on the Middle East, explains that Iran’s defeat against Israel over the past two years has resulted in […]

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The heart of faith beats socially.

Heiner Wilmer /

- Europe -

10 November 2025

Saturday, November 8, in the closing session of the conference “Europe’s loneliness: the Churches and the Union” (see on SettimanaNews), devoted to perspectives on Europe and from Europe, Mons. Heiner Wilmer, Bishop of Hildesheim and delegate of the German Bishops’ Conference to COMECE (Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community), also spoke. Below […]

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New Cold Outlines

Francesco Sisci / Director

- China -

5 November 2025

The attrition around China is not entirely unprecedented. Now if the USA stops believing in its system, it may lose it all. Just hours before Zohran Mamdani’s election as mayor of New York, the most important and iconic American city, Dick Cheney, the heart and mind of traditional, centrist conservative America, passed away. Perhaps a […]

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New ME Great Game

Giuseppe Cucchi /

- Middle East -

4 November 2025

The uneasy peace in Gaza has started a race among four emerging powers in the region, all competing to replace Iran’s retreat. The ruthless conflict between Israel and Hamas is still fully active in Palestine. It’s so, despite the world’s long pretending to believe in a repeatedly proclaimed truce, which each party respected from the […]

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US-China Hot Truce

Francesco Sisci / Director

- America -

1 November 2025

It’s a battle of systems, where both have advantages. If America doesn’t fully leverage its long-term strengths, it might lose. Markets can breathe for a few months. US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, reached an agreement that averted a trade Armageddon. It may not be a real thaw, but it’s certainly […]

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Politics of Fraternity and Constitutionalism

Marcello Neri /

- Society -

31 October 2025

Chapter V of Pope Francis’s encyclical Fratelli Tutti. On Fraternity and Social Friendship is dedicated to fraternity as a political technique aimed at achieving social friendship, which is capable of constructively and creatively managing conflicts within societies. Democracies that emerged from the two great modern revolutions are essentially based on the combination of freedom and […]