Taking Action for Family Values and a Christian Civilization
China Expands the Role of AI in its Military Artificial Intelligence (AI) has dramatically changed aspects of our lives, bringing remarkable advancements in warfare, healthcare, transportation and communication. Despite some benefits, AI poses catastrophic risks if malcontents exploit it. Indeed, developers should have thought of its misuse before developing it. However, AI’s greatest threat to …
When a ship has a major leak, either the captain fixes the leak or saving the vessel becomes an exercise in futility. The water comes rushing in while the crew bails out the water. Sooner or later, the crew will tire, and the ship will go down. The sinking ship metaphor fits the eco-crisis. Governments …
Why Are We Killing Ourselves With Eco-Standards When China Doesn’t Care? Read More »
After leaving office, America’s most famous diplomat led two lives. By day he was the gravelly voiced dean of American diplomacy, ponderously pontificating on America’s role in the world. By night he was the head of Kissinger Associates, a firm that he set up in 1982 to capitalize on the connections that he had made …
Henry Kissinger was the chief apologist for a brutal Chinese Communist regime Read More »
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s chief diplomat, signed a secret agreement with Communist Chinese officials in September 2018. Although its terms have never been revealed, it is widely thought to have laid out a process by which bishops could be selected by Beijing and confirmed by the Holy See. Read more…
These were the direct words of Our Lady to the three shepherd children at Fatima in July 1917, where the Blessed Virgin spelled out the trajectory of the 20th Century should mankind not turn away from sinful lifestyles. Central to her admonitions, was the call to prayer and conversion and specifically to the Five First …
“Russia will spread her errors throughout the world, creating wars and…” Read More »
Entering a new year, many news commentators customarily do a retrospective analysis of the past year as a means for proposing possible scenarios for the upcoming one. This is an increasingly difficult task as events become more chaotic and unpredictable. Today, we cannot speak of political processes with an internal logic that allows us to …
Will the West Let Itself be Squeezed Between Russia and China? Read More »
In September 2018, the Vatican and Communist China signed a landmark agreement, in which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agreed to recognise the Catholic Church as a legal entity in China. In exchange, the Vatican conceded to the CCP the power to appoint bishops, over which the Vatican retains the right of veto. Although both …
Pope Francis’s New Ostpolitik with Communist China Is Just Like the Old One Read More »
In 1900, the Catholic Church was healthy and growing in China. There were forty bishops, about 800 European missionaries, 600 native Chinese priests, and the number of native Catholics throughout the whole of China proper was estimated at 700,000. It was during this time that the Boxer Uprising (1898-1900) started which ushered in a period …