Month: April 2025

Turkey Opposition To Defy Ban on Protests

The largest opposition party will hold a demonstration on Wednesday, a month after the arrest of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s biggest political rival.

Violent Migrant Crime in Germany Increases Dramatically

Violent Migrant Crime in Germany Increases Dramatically

Crimes committed by Turks, Egyptians, and Ukrainians rose by the highest rate.

April 22, 2025
Vatican: Cardinals Prepare for Pope Francis’s funeral

Vatican: Cardinals Prepare for Pope Francis’s funeral

The pontiff will be buried in Rome’s Santa Maria Maggiore basilica.

April 22, 2025
<em>Requiem Aeternam</em>: Pope Francis (1936–2025)

Requiem Aeternam: Pope Francis (1936–2025)

The Acton Institute takes a moment to reflect on a pontiff who focused on the “least among us.”

What Is the Legacy of Pope Francis (1936-2025)?

What Is the Legacy of Pope Francis (1936-2025)?

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21st, at his Casa Santa Marta residence. His papacy challenged tradition and orthodoxy, upsetting many conservatives in the Church.

April 21, 2025
Could the Pope’s Death Mean the Demise of Liberal Catholicism?

Could the Pope’s Death Mean the Demise of Liberal Catholicism?

Pope Francis’ final audience with U.S. vice president JD Vance might have marked the divide between the past and future of the Church of Rome.

April 21, 2025
The Euro’s Paper Empire: Germany’s Big Bond Gamble

The Euro’s Paper Empire: Germany’s Big Bond Gamble

Without fundamental reforms and a return to market-oriented policies, Germany—and with it the euro zone— will continue to lose ground.

April 21, 2025
Our Easter Constitution

Our Easter Constitution

One of our challenges, as men and women of the Right, is to make our own contributions to the modicum of good in the world. How? One way is by simply giving ourselves to others; by living with integrity; by acting with humility and charity—even when we wield great power or influence.

April 21, 2025
Amid Moral Confusion, the Church Offers Resurrection and Belonging

Amid Moral Confusion, the Church Offers Resurrection and Belonging

The substitute affiliations progressives seek to impose on us cannot replace the true bonds we have inherited—those of faith, identity, and family—and do not bring happiness.

April 20, 2025
How China Left Europe in the Dust in the Electric Car Race

How China Left Europe in the Dust in the Electric Car Race

Beijing has taken advantage of European naivety to fill the Common Market with its vehicles while protecting its own.

April 19, 2025
Defeat Begins Not on the Battlefield, but Within

Defeat Begins Not on the Battlefield, but Within

When the adversary denies borders, morality, and the value of human life itself, refusal to resist is not a path to peace. It is a path to erasure.

April 18, 2025
This Easter, the Church Is Rising from the Grave

This Easter, the Church Is Rising from the Grave

The country’s elites and powerholders would do well to take Christ’s advice and learn to interpret the signs of the times.

April 18, 2025
Kovács: ‘Criminals in Suits’ Can’t Lecture Hungary

Kovács: ‘Criminals in Suits’ Can’t Lecture Hungary

“This is not oversight. This is a political smear campaign,” the secretary of state said.

April 17, 2025