The Pelicot case, the circumstances and the choice for evil
All 51 accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot have been convicted. So why did these apparently 'normal' people choose to behave like this? The key comes from a story written by G.K. Chesterton and the forgotten consequences of original sin.
Father Abdo Raad recounts tragedy of Lebanese Prisoners in Syria
Some 600 Lebanese disappeared during and after the civil war and ended up in the hell of Assad's Syrian prisons. Father Abdo Raad, a Lebanese Greek-Melkite priest and president of the National Council for Social Services in Lebanon, has been working on the issue of detainees for fifteen years. In this interview, he talks about a little-known reality and the hopes of their families for their return after the end of the regime and the opening of the prisons.
Health terrorism identifies its next culprit: the Jubilee
In the run-up to the Holy Year, virologists are unleashing fears of pandemics: from the omnipresent Covid to monkeypox and tropical diseases. It’s an explicit invitation to consider Catholic pilgrims as health-threatening plague-spreaders and to direct the media's hatred towards them
Luther exalted by Italian Bishops’ daily as precursor of Amoris Laetitia
The Italian Bishops Conference (CEI) daily newspaper Avvenire, exalts the "surprising convergences" between the German reformer and the 2016 exhortation on the family written by Pope Francis. A praise that confirms doubts and dubia about the heterodox mentality behind certain 'openings'.
Gay pilgrimage removed from Jubilee calendar embarrasses Vatican
Mystery surrounds the pilgrimage of LGBT associations surreptitiously removed from the official website of the Holy Year. Above all, the Vatican kept silent about the planned event, then removed it following protests, but it will take place anyway.
How Islam is changing the face of work in France
The latest report from the Institut Montaigne on the impact of religion on the working life of the French. In seven out of ten cases, religion influences management. It is almost always Islam. France is changing, as the writer Houellebecq predicted.
Syria, an example of the West's short-sighted foreign policy
In order to gain an immediate anti-Russian and anti-Iranian strategic advantage, the United States and the European Union have endorsed the victory of a jihadist formation in Syria, setting the stage for even more serious problems in the not distant future.
Trump effect on future Middle East balance of power
With the removal of Assad in Syria weakening Russia and Iran, Trump's line is already very clear: stabilise the Middle East with a rebalancing in favour of Israel and the Sunnis, but trusting Moscow for a comprehensive security agreement in Eastern Europe. Meanwhile, Europe stands by and is represented by Macron's inertia at the Paris trilateral.
The immigrant church venerates 'relic' from boat tragedy
With pomp and circumstance, the diocese of Mazara has accepted a fragment of wood from the boat that sank carrying illegal migrants in Cutro, Calabria, in 2023. It then proffers it to the faithful as a relic to be venerated in a month-long pilgrimage. But it is an idol fruit of immigrant ideology which confuses the 'victims' of migration with martyrs. The denunciation by the association Iustitia in Veritate (Justice in Truth)
Syria: Assad’s fall is Turkey's triumph
The jihadist HTS army conquers Damascus without resistance: Assad's ministers and officials are already collaborating with their new masters. A sudden breakthrough under the direction of Ankara, with the support of the United States and the complacency of Israel.
The world celebrates Notre Dame symbol of Christian civilisation
World leaders and heads of state are in Paris for the reopening of the cathedral. And certainly not to see its modern interior. The world's attention is focused on a timeless monument, heritage and symbol of the Europe that was once Christian.
Daniel Lord: The Jesuit Who Shaped Hollywood’s Moral Compass
Adopted by the film industry in 1930, the Hays Code was a set of guidelines that governed film content for over 25 years. Its principal author was the Jesuit Daniel Lord, whose involvement remained a long kept secret due to the widespread anti-Catholic sentiment in the US at the time.
