Backtracking on his earlier statements, Japan’s celebrity academic argued that terms like “mass suicide” and “mass seppuku” were intended as “abstract metaphors.”

The one leading the Church is Pope Francis. We should pray for him, not deny his authority.

Parents should be consulted “where appropriate,” states the document, but the will of the child would “ultimately take priority.”

Demonstrations in Belgrade against Europride and in favour of traditional values showed the strength of patriotic movements and the Church. The new National Rally will hold a large meeting on 20 February in Nis.

Leftists MEPs are more likely to have neglected the rules before, finds Transparency International’s new report.

A deal between the UK and EU to implement the Northern Ireland Protocol is close at hand.

Maria Arena and Alessandra Moretti have been added to the list of suspects in Qatargate. Both MEPs previously accepted junkets to Qatar.

Once Christianity faced off with modernity, says Chantal Delsol, the handwriting was on the wall. And even though a handful of elites deluded themselves into believing in the future of atheism, most people need gods—and soon the old gods began to creep back in.