Foreign Affairs
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Only Francis Can Go to China?
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See, recently told an Italian journal that relations…
Where the Icons Aren’t Yet Dry
This monk is not letting us go without a sermon, but he’s earned it. We—a group of…
The Latino Marriage Paradox
Eduardo and Graciela Valdez met on the dance floor of a New York salsa club in 2000.…
Pope Francis, Erich Przywara, and the Idea of Europe
Last Friday, on May 6, Pope Francis was awarded the Charlemagne Prize, which is conferred annually by…
Christian Freedom Amidst Persecution
Christianity and Freedom, Vol. II, Contemporary Perspectives edited by allen d. hertzke & timothy samuel shah cambridge,…
Cosmopolitan Dream
The Lure of Technocracyby jürgen habermastranslated by ciaran croninpolity, 200 pages, $22.95 The European project, as it…
Silence of the Churches
Tomorrow, on April 29th, Rome’s white marble Trevi Fountain—its swirling waters and the charging baroque statues of…
After the “G-word” has been spoken
In the early Church, witnesses to the faith who had been persecuted and tortured but not killed…
Euthanasia by Organ Harvesting
Shallow are the souls that have forgotten how to shudder.—Leon Kass The ethics of medicine aren’t what…
Trump and the American Alliance System
The cliché is that Donald Trump says what people think. On foreign policy, that cliché is actually…
A Sordid Anniversary, To Be Remembered
On September 24, 1949, Georgii Karpov, chairman of the agency that provided “liaison” to the Russian Orthodox…
Canada Declares War on Christian Doctors and Nurses
Last year, the Canadian Supreme Court created a right to euthanasia and assisted suicide. To qualify for…
The Breath of Mercy
A mother shouldn’t have favorites, but I have often observed that she inclines more to the child…
ISIS, Genocide, and Us
The Monuments Men was a disappointing movie, but one of its most chilling scenes sticks in my…
Called to Unity
Like many Ukrainian Greco-Catholics, I am pleased that Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill finally met in Havana…
