The position of the Ukrainian Church has become increasingly untenable. On May 27th, it published a document underlining its “disagreement with the position of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia on the actions of the Russian army in Ukraine.”
This time, things are really getting serious because a point of no return has been reached. The French system finds itself confronted with an unprecedented situation that no one has been able to anticipate on such a scale: the recruitment of teachers is becoming impossible.
In Western Europe, Italy has been engaged for several years in a long and discreet process of reducing the practice of abortion. Without any publicised legislative change, without any loud political battle, the Italian population is gradually showing its opposition to a practice that generates a lot of suffering.
Like so many other missionaries before him, on the shores of New France or in Asia, he proved that the ardent desire for missionary work is an extraordinary spur to progressing in the knowledge of others.
Cardinal Joseph Zen, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong since 2009, was arrested on May 11th by the Chinese authorities, along
The new Hungarian President Katalin Novák took the initiative and announced in her inaugural speech on May 14th that her first foreign trip would be to Poland. This gesture was warmly welcomed by President Duda.
Polish President Andrzej Duda chose to pay a surprise visit to his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, May 22nd.
The U.S. president’s remarks could be interpreted as a change of strategy, and a clarification from the White House was needed. This is the third time in recent months that Biden has insisted on U.S. armed support for Taiwan, claims only to be denied by the White House.
A long and relatively unusual wait for the appointment of a government under the Fifth Republic can be explained by the difficulty in finding candidates for ministerial positions while the next legislative elections loom.
A few weeks ago, Zemmour’s candidacy was not yet a foregone conclusion, nor was the place where he would run. Although the candidate of Reconquête obtained good scores in Var, the game remains difficult for him.
Since the beginning of the war, Pope Francis has tried to keep a balanced position toward Ukraine and Russia in order not to close the door on any possibility of negotiation.
More than two-thirds of Swiss voters—72%—voted in favour of increasing their contribution to the agency. Their refusal would have had serious repercussions on the overall functioning of the institution.
