Debate in Washington: what if US runs out of its missile stockpiles
How many missiles does the US have left? “As many as we want,” says Trump. 'In reality, stocks are running low,' say the experts. This explains the president’s wavering stance.
Alois: the prince who champions life and defends children from abortion
In the principality, whose capital is Vaduz, centre-left and feminist groups have collected signatures for a referendum on the legalisation of abortion. However, the Crown Prince and Regent has made it clear that he will veto the measure should the referendum pass. This is an example of a sovereign exercising power for the common good.
Irregular migration: the EU remains out of touch with reality
Another social media campaign has been launched in Morocco in preparation for a new attempt to storm Ceuta. The president of the Spanish Bishops' Conference has lucidly denounced the use of migration as a political weapon. Yet the extraordinary EU summit has produced no concrete results apart from the intention to tackle the problem together.
Lefebvre and the refusal to submit to the reigning Pope
For the founder of the Society of St Pius X, St John Paul II was not a Catholic. Lefebvre theorised about communion with past popes whilst effectively disobeying the current one. This is by no means a Catholic theory because only the reigning pope holds the power of the keys.
UK: Judge gives go-ahead for transgender child trials
The High Court has dismissed the appeal lodged by the parents of gender-confused children and detransitioner Keira Bell. They were seeking to halt research into the use of puberty-blocking drugs. The trial, which is due to start on 1 August, involves recruiting 226 participants aged between 11 and 16. A human trial with foreseeable harms.
Here's why the Lefebvrian case merits attention
Many wonder why we devote so much space to the Lefebvrian issue when there are various other problems within the Church. Two aspects are worth highlighting: the nature of the Church and the danger posed by a schism, and the gravity of the Fraternity’s positions and Lefebvre’s judgement of Saint John Paul II.
The Oasis of Medjugorje and the Desert of Satan
The matter of the desecrations in Medjugorje cannot be considered closed because wherever God manifests himself, the devil also plays his part in thwarting Heaven's plans. It is no coincidence that these events took place in the run-up to the Youth Festival, which Our Lady has addressed on multiple occasions with words of salvation.
Mauro Marabini, a champion of Italian genius
Entrepreneur, publisher, cultural patron and promoter of Italian culture abroad. Mauro Marabini, who passed away on Monday in the Principality of Monaco, was all this and more. But above all, he was a great friend of the Daily Compass.
Maaloula: the nightmare of the jihadists’ return, thirteen years after the martyrdom
Maaloula, an ancient Christian village in the Syrian mountains, was occupied by jihadists between 2013 and 2014. Now that the jihadists are in power across the country, the population is reliving the nightmare of the massacres and abductions of that time. Father Fadi’s account.
Poland is home to Europe’s tallest statue of the Virgin Mary
Work is nearing completion on the statue of Our Lady of Mercy (55.6 metres high, including the plinth) in the village of Konotop. The statue, funded by a Polish millionaire, will be blessed on 15 August, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Medjugorje: parish responds with prayer after affront to Our Lady
During the night of 27–28 July, the statues of Our Lady on the Hill of Apparitions in Medjugorje were defaced with blasphemous graffiti; they have since been cleaned. A fire was also set at the outdoor altar of St James’s Church. These sacrilegious acts took place just a few days before Mladifest. The parish has responded by following the example of the Virgin Mary, through prayer, fasting and forgiveness.
Pakistan: where justice protects those who burn Christians
The murderers of a young Pakistani Christian couple, who were wrongly accused of blasphemy and burned alive in a kiln where they worked in Lahore, have been acquitted. Zarish Neno explains the reality of daily persecution.