Thomas Jefferson is said to have quipped, “a government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take away everything that you have.” While history does not support the Jeffersonian attribution, it does support the conclusion—witness Soviet Russia, Communist China, and North
All should be subsumed within an overarching narrative of Russian glory. “And what, exactly, is there to be celebrating?” snapped Vladimir Putin’s press secretary on Oct. 25, a little more than a week before the 100th anniversary of what, in Soviet times, was lauded as the country’s
Let’s talk about some real palace intrigue. On Saturday, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia arrested more than ten princes, four ministers, and dozens of former ministers, including several clerics. That list included the noted billionaire and investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the richest men in
Beijing, China, Oct 25, 2017 / 05:27 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- President Xi Jinping of China announced this week that he wants to tighten Beijing’s strict government controls on religion in the communist country. In a speech this week during the 19th National Congress of the
The Kremlin knows a bargain when it sees it. We are supposed to believe that it bought the American presidential election last year with $100,000 in Facebook ads and some other digital activity. Frankly, if American democracy can be purchased this cheap — a tiny
On Sunday, the people of Austria elected a new government. At 31 years of age, Sebastian Kurz is poised to become Europe’s youngest head of government. The Chancellor-to-be of Austria is a Catholic who says of himself that he has a cross hanging in his
The phrase “new evangelisation” gets thrown around a great deal these days. And St John Paul II’s demand for an evangelisation that is “new in its ardour, methods and expression” is often quoted. But while much attention has been devoted to methods and expression, I
On Sunday, Austria became the latest European country to hold national elections amid a nationalist rival and a migrant crisis that is heading into its third year. The 31-year-old leader of the conservative People’s Party and the current foreign minister, Sebastian Kurz, will be Austria’s next
WASHINGTON — On Monday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Callista Gingrich, wife of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, as the next U.S. ambassador to the Holy See. The vote was 70-23. In a July 18 hearing, Gingrich had voiced her commitment to fight human trafficking and
In a startling breakthrough not seen even in the last Bush administration, the Department of Health and Human Services now says that life begins at conception. The claim appears fives time in the draft of its “Strategic Plan FY 2018 – 2022.” The Obama administration’s last
Praying the Rosary
Familiarize yourself with the prayers of the rosary.
