Category: NEWS

EU To Send Arms to Somalia and Niger

The EU is under pressure to control illegal migration and secure resource requirements for the green transition. Sending military aid to Niger and Somalia is part of the EU’s strategy to strengthen its presence in Africa.

TikTok Ban On Phones of French Civil Servants

France goes further than the countries that have already taken the step of banning TikTok for their agents. ‘Recreational’ platforms such as Candy Crush or Netflix may be next.

Germany To Simplify Legal Change of Gender

Adults will only need to self-declare their desire to legally transition, while teenagers will be able to take their parents to court if they oppose it.

Office of AfD MP Attacked by Alleged Left-Wing Extremists 

Office of AfD MP Attacked by Alleged Left-Wing Extremists 

The attackers smashed one of the office’s windows and released butyric acid inside of the building, resulting in several people suffering injuries and extensive property damage.

June 25, 2022
German Finance Minister: Severe Economic Crisis on the Horizon 

German Finance Minister: Severe Economic Crisis on the Horizon 

Germany’s finance minister has joined a growing chorus of government officials—past and present—and leaders of business and industry who have warned that an economic crisis, the likes of which the country has not seen in many decades, is now beginning to come into view.

June 25, 2022
Roe v. Wade Overturned After Almost Half a Century

Roe v. Wade Overturned After Almost Half a Century

To the pro-life movement the decision published on this day, which Catholics celebrate as the Feast of the Sacred Heart, is a monumental victory won after a bitter 5-decade fight for the protection of the unborn. 

Brussels Summit: European Union Grants Ukraine Candidate Status

Brussels Summit: European Union Grants Ukraine Candidate Status

The decision is above all a symbolic one, as a response to Vladimir Putin who declared only a few weeks ago that the Ukrainian state had never properly existed and had no international legitimacy.

June 24, 2022
Tories Lose Two Parliamentary By-Elections

Tories Lose Two Parliamentary By-Elections

The Prime Minister has vowed to continue as leader, claiming he understands that his government must “listen to what people are saying.”

June 24, 2022
Split in the Cinque Stelle Movement Weakens Draghi’s Government

Split in the Cinque Stelle Movement Weakens Draghi’s Government

Now more than ever, Matteo Salvini is essential to the maintenance of the Draghi government.

June 24, 2022
Official Document from the French Synodal Path: A Misleading Way

Official Document from the French Synodal Path: A Misleading Way

Whether or not this document is truly representative of current opinion among French Catholics is largely questionable. Not only did very few ordinary laity take part, but those who did are not a reflection of all churchgoers.

June 24, 2022
EU Parliament Grills Pegasus Makers

EU Parliament Grills Pegasus Makers

The Israel-based NSO Group is the maker of Pegasus, a spyware that can infiltrate smartphones and other devices, extract information from them, and even control their functions such as turning on a camera.

June 24, 2022
France: Highest Administrative Court Upholds Ban on Burkinis in Public Pools

France: Highest Administrative Court Upholds Ban on Burkinis in Public Pools

France’s highest administrative court, has rendered a final decision banning burkinis in publish swimming pools.

June 24, 2022
Europe Warned to Prepare for Gas Rationing

Europe Warned to Prepare for Gas Rationing

Birol warned that governments had not taken sufficient steps to prepare for a complete cut off from Russian natural gas supplies.

June 24, 2022
Brussels May Decide Lithium Is Toxic

Brussels May Decide Lithium Is Toxic

“The European Commission may rule lithium to be toxic. If it does, there will be widespread repercussions for Europe’s fledgling EV car and battery industries.”

June 23, 2022
Bishop Refuses Cardinalship After Criticism over Sex Abuse Mishandling

Bishop Refuses Cardinalship After Criticism over Sex Abuse Mishandling

On the website Bishop Accountability, which collates information regarding clerical abuse, the bishop’s entry mentions how his diocese allowed a Belgian predator priest active in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Ghent to continue without much hindrance.