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On the Middle East, Pope Francis channels his inner Donald Trump
Human freedom is not a Western idea.In his recent foreign policy speech, Donald Trump said the time had come for America to stop promoting Western democracy, which is destabilizing the Middle...
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Pope John Paul II, perhaps the most admired pope of the twentieth century, made a name for himself as a symbol of freedom and liberty. He gave moral sustenance for hundreds of millions suffering under...
View ArticleChurch and the social market economy: For an equitable and inclusive economy
“I, Bishop of Rome and Shepherd of the universal Church, from Santiago, utter to you, Europe of the ages, a cry full of love: Find yourself again. Be yourself. Discover your origins, revive your roots....
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The 10 most appalling statements by Western leaders praising Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro was a murderous tyrant who summarily executed dissidents and turned the entire island of Cuba into a tropical gulag. According to the Black Book of Communism – a groundbreaking effort by a...
View ArticleEpisode 31: Is the pope Catholic? - Pope Francis - AEI
The latest Remnant invites New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, author of the newly-released “To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism,” to discuss Pope Francis and state...
View ArticleThe Catholic Church needs a #MeToo moment — and it should start in Washington...
Pope Francis’s letter to the Catholic faithful this week was remarkable in that the Holy Father apologized not only for the sexual abuses carried out by Roman Catholic priests, but also for the coverup...
View ArticleDiscussing the Catholic church scandal: Thiessen on Fox News’ ‘The Story with...
Resident Fellow Marc Thiessen discusses allegations facing Pope Francis on Fox News' 'The Story with Martha MacCullum.'
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Pope Francis’s sex abuse speech was a disgraceful display of excuses - Pope...
Pope Francis’s closing address to the Vatican Summit on Child Protection was a disgraceful display of excuses and evasions. He began with extended meditation on how a “great number of” abuse cases are...
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This Lent, don’t give Catholic bishops a dime - Pope Francis - AEI
On Ash Wednesday, the holy season of Lent begins — and so do the annual fundraising drives by many of the nation’s Catholic bishops known as the bishops’ Lenten appeals. My advice to my fellow...
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Marriage as a matter of social justice
Pope Francis’s commitment to social justice could not have been clearer in his whirlwind trip to Washington this week. In his address to Congress, he said: “The fight against poverty and hunger must be...
View ArticleThe lesson of Lincoln in the words of Pope Francis
After the speech of Pope Francis to the United States Congress and its reference to Abraham Lincoln, among others, I thought it was time to retrieve an old library collection with some of the most...
View ArticleBanter #199: Michael Strain on the Pope, economics, and human flourishing
AEI resident fellow and deputy director of economic policy studies Michael Strain joins us this week to discuss his recent Washington Post op-ed on Pope Francis’s visit to the United States. Strain...
View ArticleThe pope’s subversive message
POPE Francis’ recently concluded tours of Cuba and the United States have been hailed as triumphs. Hundreds of millions, from staunch Roman Catholics to skeptical outsiders, followed his every move and...
View ArticleNeedless to “print” credit (the state is referee)
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s optimism is admirable, especially when he says that Italy is already out of the “quicksand” of a long recession. But for the moment this is a wish rather than an...
View ArticleRefounding Europe on the basis of inclusion: Pope Francis’s reference to...
Pope Francis’s speech on May 6th, after receiving the Charlemagne Award, aimed to denounce the risk of a “European euthanasia” brought about by a will that “is more concerned with preserving and...
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Theodore McCarrick still won’t confess
Disgraced ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick was defrocked in February and ordered by Pope Francis to live a “life of prayer and penance.” It seems the message did not get through. McCarrick, it turns...
View ArticleCardinal Burke: ‘I’m called the enemy of the pope, which I am not’
In mid-October, while the Catholic Church’s internal debates were reaching another crescendo at a synod for the Amazon region held in Rome, I sat down with Cardinal Raymond Burke, best known as Pope...
View ArticleWhile the local church fights Ortega in Nicaragua, Pope Francis is silent
In the late 1970s, Daniel Ortega led a ragtag group of leftist Sandinista guerrillas in an overthrow of dictator Anastasio Somoza. Today, President Ortega’s crackdown on protesters in Nicaragua shows...
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Iraqi Christians receive welcome news this Christmas season
Pope Francis announced earlier this month that he plans to visit Iraq in March 2021. He will become the first pontiff to visit the Arab country, and his trip will mark the first international trip by...
View ArticleBiden’s stance on abortion contradicts his Catholicism
Joe Biden is only the second baptized Catholic president of the United States, and the first since abortion became a central issue in our politics. The Catholic Church’s opposition to the deliberate...
View ArticleThe true importance of the Pope’s visit to Iraq
Pope Francis will begin a historic visit to Iraq tomorrow, the first in Papal history. In Iraq, Francis will meet political leaders in Baghdad, visit Ur, where the Bible says the Prophet Abraham was...
View ArticleAs the pope landed in Iraq, Biden team bashed Shiites
Perhaps Pentagon press secretary John Kirby thought he was being clever. Rather than blame Iranian-backed militias for actions in Iraq that threaten the Iraqi government and American personnel, in his...
View ArticlePope Francis faces another German reformation
For most of the Pope Francis era, the pope himself was the most turbulent figure in Roman Catholicism: dropping rhetorical bombshells, making unexpected gestures and appointments and using his power...
View ArticlePope Francis is tearing the Catholic Church apart
In the summer of 2001, I drove up to Poughkeepsie, N.Y., to find what we called “the traditional Latin Mass,” the form of Roman Catholic worship that stretched back centuries and was last authorized...
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