Álvarez’s exile to the Vatican rewards Ortega
The release of the bishop of Matagalpa and 18 other Nicaraguan religious to reside in Rome is good news but also a dangerous precedent: the regime can get rid of clergy by reaching an agreement with the Holy See.
Uganda, millions of anti-Covid vaccines to be destroyed
Uganda must dispose of 5.6 million doses of expired anti-Covid vaccines. The situation is similar in other African countries. Among the factors responsible are the shortage of health personnel, but also the lack of fear of a virus that has claimed fewer victims in Africa than expected.
There is a fourth undeclared candidate in Taiwan: Communist China
Demonstrations of force, investigations against Taiwanese interests in China, propaganda: this is how Beijing wants to influence Taiwan's presidential vote.
Wars in 2024 will be decided by three key elections
Not only are the wars of 2023, Ukraine and the Middle East in the lead, unlikely to be resolved in the course of the year, but the conflicts appear to be escalating. The outcome depends on the elections in Taiwan, the EU and the US.
Gaza, war without limits. The siege of the small Christian community
There are no more limits or any rules to the engagement in Gaza. The siege on the Catholic parish of the Holy Family where Israeli snipers without reason, also killed two volunteers, is proof. The battle also rages in the West Bank. Appeal for peace by Patriarch Pizzaballa.
Israel is in a dead end
If annihilating Hamas is a legitimate goal, to achieve it by any means, is not. In fact, Netanyahu government's military action raises major political-strategic and moral problems.
- Israeli attack on Catholic parish in Gaza
'New' Poland is born anti-Catholic
Prime Minister Donald Tusk's new government takes shape under the banner of the Brussels agenda: loss of sovereignty, ecologism, abortion rights and LGBTQ+ rights.
Academia Christiana alarms France more than terrorists
Government Minister Darmanin aims to disband the Christian association deemed subversive, while jihadists shed blood on French soil and a self-styled anti-fascist and truly violent movement is invited to the National Assembly.
Riots in Dublin, social unrest explodes on the green isle
The criminal act of an immigrant, who stabbed three children, triggered violent protests even the police struggled to contain. But, it is just the tip of the iceberg of the growing social tension caused by the disintegration of Irish society.
Anti-abortion and libertarian, Milei is a paradox
Milei is a paradoxical outsider in the Argentine political scene: his idea of anarcho-libertarian capitalism was condemned by Rerum Novarum. He rejects social justice by disqualifying his compatriot Pope Francis. But unlike a Church today embalmed in the progressive political scheme, he has spoken out clearly against abortion.
Middle East, no one believes in the fairy tale of two peoples in two states anymore
'Two peoples in two states' is the diplomatic mantra for resolving the Middle East conflict. Giving one state to the Jews and one to the Arabs was first proposed in 1947. The Arabs refused. And from that refusal, which persists to this day, everything else ensued.
Assault on Israel is Biden's foreign policy failure
Biden's foreign policy has undermined the establishment of the 'Abraham Accords' that isolated Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas. And the clash with Putin has embarrassed Israel, which has economic and political relations with Moscow. A domino effect of disasters, polarising anti-Jewish hatred to the delight of fundamentalists.
