Month: December 2022

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Dies

The 95-year-old retired pope died at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, his chosen residence after resigning from the papacy in 2013.

FORGOTTEN CLASSICS:
Dante’s Youthful Passion and the Love of God

Dante’s La Vita Nuova is indisputably the work of a young man, a man whose passions (and poetic compositions) are still discovering the place they ought to have in the world. Thankfully, though, Dante’s ‘immature’ juvenilia is far greater and more penetrating a work than most poets can ever compose in the entire course of their lives.

National Minority Rights: A Bone of Contention Between Ukraine and Hungary

The Ukrainian government’s long-term plan was to pursue a policy of total Ukrainisation of the country. The context of war and the need to get into the good graces of its neighbours led Kyiv to reconsider. But for the Hungarian minority in Ukraine, it is not enough.

Swedish PM Delivers a Grim Christmas Speech

“Sweden is in a very serious situation,” the prime minister began, warning that “the years ahead may be the toughest financially for our country since the 90s crisis and the financial crisis.”

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Dies

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Dies

The 95-year-old retired pope died at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, his chosen residence after resigning from the papacy in 2013.

December 31, 2022
FORGOTTEN CLASSICS: <br>Dante’s Youthful Passion and the Love of God

FORGOTTEN CLASSICS: <br>Dante’s Youthful Passion and the Love of God

Dante’s La Vita Nuova is indisputably the work of a young man, a man whose passions (and poetic compositions) are still discovering the place they ought to have in the world. Thankfully, though, Dante’s ‘immature’ juvenilia is far greater and more penetrating a work than most poets can ever compose in the entire course of their lives.

December 31, 2022
National Minority Rights: A Bone of Contention Between Ukraine and Hungary

National Minority Rights: A Bone of Contention Between Ukraine and Hungary

The Ukrainian government’s long-term plan was to pursue a policy of total Ukrainisation of the country. The context of war and the need to get into the good graces of its neighbours led Kyiv to reconsider. But for the Hungarian minority in Ukraine, it is not enough.

December 31, 2022
Swedish PM Delivers a Grim Christmas Speech

Swedish PM Delivers a Grim Christmas Speech

“Sweden is in a very serious situation,” the prime minister began, warning that “the years ahead may be the toughest financially for our country since the 90s crisis and the financial crisis.”

December 31, 2022
The Grand Mosque of Paris Sues Michel Houellebecq

The Grand Mosque of Paris Sues Michel Houellebecq

The Grand Mosque condemns Houellebecq’s remarks as “staggeringly brutal.”

December 31, 2022
ECHR Upholds Eric Zemmour’s “Incitement to Discrimination” Conviction

ECHR Upholds Eric Zemmour’s “Incitement to Discrimination” Conviction

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) dismissed Zemmour’s complaint, ruling that decisions made by the French courts were in fact justified.

December 31, 2022
Béla Bangha: A Jesuit on the Crossroads of Catholicism and Racism

Béla Bangha: A Jesuit on the Crossroads of Catholicism and Racism

Why was Bangha remembered by the Jewish press as an ‘enemy of racism’ if his papers were full of anti-Semitism in the early 1920s? The answer seems to lie in his understanding of the role of Catholicism in public life.

Rupnik Scandal Reveals Complicities All the Way to the Vatican

Rupnik Scandal Reveals Complicities All the Way to the Vatican

During the first days of the storm, the Vatican preferred to remain silent, a stance no longer possible since it seems clear that Fr. Rupnik has been protected in the highest places.

December 30, 2022
Czech President Miloš Zeman Affirms Support for Ukraine in Final Christmas Speech 

Czech President Miloš Zeman Affirms Support for Ukraine in Final Christmas Speech 

“I have always been a supporter of correct economic relations with the Russian Federation, especially due to the supply of relatively cheap energy raw materials. But there are situations when economic interests must give way to security interests.”

December 30, 2022
German Retirement Insurance Expects Surprising Surplus in 2022

German Retirement Insurance Expects Surprising Surplus in 2022

The surplus is in large part explained by the high excess mortality, which officials chalk up to COVID. But statisticians say the numbers don’t add up.

December 30, 2022
ExxonMobil Sues EU Over Windfall Tax

ExxonMobil Sues EU Over Windfall Tax

According to the company, the tax on ‘excess profits,’ whatever boon it might be for the EU’s coffers in the short term, is ultimately “counterproductive,” since it would scare off prospective investors.

December 30, 2022
Poll: Large Majority of Germans Want Negotiations Between Ukraine and Russia Now

Poll: Large Majority of Germans Want Negotiations Between Ukraine and Russia Now

The wish for peace talks prevails among voters of every political party represented in the Bundestag.

December 30, 2022