The Ukrainian people have suffered acutely and many Russian families, who had no gripe with Ukraine, have lost their sons. It might be time to try and end the war, but Trump on the world stage only destroys and dismantles.
A squabble among scholars, a pro-American prelate, an exploding battleship, and the Roman Question all fed into Pope Leo XIII's decision to publish his 1899 letter that condemned the heresy of "Americanism."
When confronted with a perceived slight to his brand of Catholicism, Bishop Robert Barron is quick to post on social media. But when it comes to those on the margins, his alleged prophetic voice is conspicuously silent.
It is not every day that the pope publicly scolds a group of bishops. Those unfamiliar with papal texts can be forgiven for thinking Pope Francis' letter to the U.S. bishops was one of encouragement. It wasn't.
Many legal challenges have stopped something unconstitutional President Trump wanted to do, while others have put his plans on pause, writes Michael Sean Winters. But you only get relief if you are party to the legal challenges.
Passing over 14 centuries of religious intolerance and persecution, as Vice President JD Vance did in a recent speech, in order to deny that religious liberty has a liberal pedigree is intellectually dishonest.
The president seems not to recognize that ownership of the land is the underlying issue in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and removing yet more Palestinians from their land is unlikely to lead to peace.
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