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.

“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.”

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.

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.

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

The modern mind, which reduces everything to a means—a mere apparatus of use—subordinates even God to such a perverse conception of reality.