Trump's aims on neighbors: symptom of a multipolar World
Provocative Trump's claims of future U.S. influence and control over the Panama Canal, Greenland, and even Canada, jokingly referred to as a "State of the Union". This is not a joke. This is the premise of a new strategy for a multipolar World.
Catholic influence increases with Brian Burch, new US Ambassador to the Holy See
Father of nine children, Brian Burch is president of CatholicVote, which under his leadership has defended Church teaching, rejected sedevacantist theses and monitored attacks on churches and pro-life centres after the Dobbs ruling. A friend of J.D. Vance, Catholic influence in the future Trump administration increases with his appointment.
Patriarch Pizzaballa visits Gaza Christians: "You are the light of Christ"
After a long struggle with the Israeli authorities, the Cardinal was finally permitted to celebrate Mass in the Church of the Holy Family, where he highlighted the witness of the Christians of Gaza and gave support to be hopeful. Controversy between the Pope and the Israeli Embassy to the Holy See.
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.
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.
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.
Civil war in Sudan causes the world's largest humanitarian crisis
The conflict, which has been going on since 2023, has caused the world's worst food and health crisis. In the face of international efforts to help the Sudanese people, other countries are stirring the pot by siding with the two warring generals.
Trump's victory is a blow to Poland’s liberal leaders
The leaders of the current Polish government, from Prime Minister Tusk to Foreign Minister Sikorski, have not only been extremely critical recently but even insulting towards America’s president-elect Donald Trump. A rhetoric which will boomerang affecting negatively Polish-US relations.
Trump's America: interclass, interethnic and anti-ideology
‘Trumpism’ is not so much a populism, as often derogatorily described by its enemies, but a ‘people's party’ that expresses the new economic, social and cultural balances in the United States that have matured in recent decades.
Cardinal Pizzaballa challenges clichés on Middle East conflict
Hatred will make the post-war situation worse than the war itself. Peace? It is not even thinkable today, let's aim for a ceasefire. The two-state formula is unrealistic. We need a change of leaders to find a solution for the future. The Patriarch of Jerusalem challenges clichés about the Middle East situation.
