Foreign Affairs
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Of Vincent Lambert and Ethical Rubicons
Vincent Lambert is dead. The forty-two-year-old Frenchman, who breathed his last yesterday in Reims, didn’t die by…
Herman Wouk, Storyteller
Ten years ago, a friend and colleague suggested that I write “The Great Vatican Novel.” I quickly…
Unalienable Rights and Foreign Policy
On May 30, a surprise notice in the Federal Register roiled the landscape of international human rights…
The London Ideology
London is perhaps the most open city in the world—open to the millions who come for the…
Icons on Ammo Boxes
Throughout the 20th century—the greatest period of martyrdom in history—persecuted Christians used the dross of this world…
Murder Disguised as Care
On Friday, the United Kingdom’s Court of Protection ordered a mentally disabled pregnant woman to abort her…
High Noon in Poland, Thirty Years Later
Thirty years ago last week, Poland began to self-liberate from communism through the first semi-free elections held…
Reasonable Doubts About Pell’s Conviction
Catholics and non-Catholics around the world are justly outraged by the crimes and coverups of the Church’s…
Brexit Did not Cause Brexit
As a British expat happily living abroad, I considered it inappropriate to cast a vote in the…
Night Train to Europe
My train departed from Amsterdam and headed to Warsaw. Or at least, that was the destination of…
Matteo Salvini and the Bishops
If mixing religion and politics is a tricky affair, keeping them separate is nearly impossible. Matteo Salvini,…
The Politicization of the European Church
Several ecclesiastical figures expressed horror at the results of last week’s European Parliament elections. Their reactions reveal…
Conservative Resurgence inthe West
The European Parliament elections of May 23–26 have struck another hard blow to the European political establishment.…
The European Center Weakens
It is never clear how seriously one should take elections to the European Parliament. The body itself…
The Pell Case: Developments Down Under
In three weeks, a panel of senior judges will hear Cardinal George Pell’s appeal of the unjust…
