Month: July 2026

Ann Widdecombe: A Trailblazing Convert

Miss Widdecombe was a politician very much in the spirit of St. Thomas More, always letting her faith drive her commitment to public service, staying true to her principles to the bitter end.

UPDATE: German Politician Steps Down, Defending His Personal Surrogacy Deal

UPDATE: German Politician Steps Down, Defending His Personal Surrogacy Deal

The Bundestag’s Jens Spahn was hearing calls for him to quit after he used a U.S. surrogate mother abroad, contradicting the stance he took while a health minister.

July 20, 2026
Nation and Race and Ta-Nehisi Coates

Nation and Race and Ta-Nehisi Coates

In 2015, Coates became the moral beacon of Western liberals by hurling regurgitated antisemitic vitriol at all white Americans, specifically including Jews. Now the bill is coming due.

July 20, 2026
Last Hope of the Holy Land’s Christians

Last Hope of the Holy Land’s Christians

The birthplace of Christianity is in danger of losing its indigenous Christian communities. A recent visit to Jerusalem and the West Bank revealed both the severity of their plight and the practical ways in which they can still be helped.

July 19, 2026
The Smartphone and the Disorder of Modernity

The Smartphone and the Disorder of Modernity

The phone—and technology in general—must be restored to its place in the natural hierarchy: subordinate to higher ends and aspirations, rather than becoming the anchor around which modern life is ordered.

July 18, 2026
From Gavroche to Hamza: France’s Crisis of Authority

From Gavroche to Hamza: France’s Crisis of Authority

Hamza is more than a viral delinquent—he embodies a France where shame has vanished and outrage has become fame.

July 17, 2026
Amnesty Forced Into Humiliating Climbdown Over ‘Anti-Trans’ Report

Amnesty Forced Into Humiliating Climbdown Over ‘Anti-Trans’ Report

The shift from prisoners of conscience to gender ideology has led to a disastrous couple of weeks for a long-established humanitarian campaign.

July 17, 2026
Prosecution Drops Charges Against Hungarian Right-Wing Influencer

Prosecution Drops Charges Against Hungarian Right-Wing Influencer

The Budapest Chief Prosecutor’s Office revoked the terror suspect status of right-wing influencer István Szakács due to insufficient evidence.

July 17, 2026
Mother of Henry Nowak’s Killer Jailed for Hiding Murder Weapon

Mother of Henry Nowak’s Killer Jailed for Hiding Murder Weapon

Kiran Kaur was sentenced to three years in prison after taking the knife used to kill 18-year-old Henry Nowak from the scene and hiding it before police could recover it.

July 17, 2026
EU Court Backs Sánchez’s Catalan Amnesty Deal

EU Court Backs Sánchez’s Catalan Amnesty Deal

The judges ruled that Spain’s controversial law does not breach EU legislation, while leaving the final decision on Carles Puigdemont’s case to the Spanish courts.

July 17, 2026
Enoch Burke Ordered to Pay Over €200,000 in Fines

Enoch Burke Ordered to Pay Over €200,000 in Fines

The Irish teacher has been locked in a lengthy legal battle for years after refusing to use the “they” pronoun when referring to a ‘transitioning’ biological female in his class.

July 17, 2026
Italy Defies New EU Rules, Rejects Migrant Returns From Germany

Italy Defies New EU Rules, Rejects Migrant Returns From Germany

Italy has rejected all 12 formal migrant return requests since the EU’s new Common European Asylum System took effect on June 12.

July 17, 2026
Italy Investigates NGO ‘Rescuing’ Migrants from Smuggler Boats

Italy Investigates NGO ‘Rescuing’ Migrants from Smuggler Boats

Frontex footage shows 90 migrants being transferred, in the Mediterranean Sea off Tripoli, from a vessel controlled by masked men to a ship of German NGO Sea-Watch.

July 17, 2026