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The news from those United States, reaching the Great White North this last fortnight, has been quite surprising. It could be summarized under the headline, “ Sic transit gloria mundi .” Apparently the president of our neighboring republic, who appeared secure, even unassailable after his election victory last November, now floats in the mire of political scandals. Since most of the people reading this column will be Americans, themselves, I don’t think I need do more than list these scandals: 1.
Islamists who recently marched on the nation’s capital wish to “topple the government” and “trigger chaos by means of violence,” the nation’s leading prelate told Aid to the Church in …
Cardinal Peter Turkson, the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, told Vatican Radio that the council’s controversial 2011 document, “Towards Reforming the …
Health officials in Australia have recommended a heavy government subsidy for the abortifacient drug RU-486. Ignoring evidence regarding the health risks caused by the “abortion pill,” …
A Bangladeshi Islamist group is threatening a massive May 5 march on Dhaka, the nation’s capital, unless the government agrees to 13 demands, including the death penalty for blasphemy and …
An Israeli court has affirmed the government’s decision to confiscate most of the land owned by a Salesian convent as the Israeli West Bank barrier through the Cremisan Valley, which is …
Many things happen in modern societies that render a decent human being all but speechless. So many, in fact, that sometimes it seems the better part simply to let them pass and to move on.
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