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Category Archives: politics
Francis & Bernie: Two Demagogues Meet
Crux: ROME (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said in an interview with The Associated Press that he met with Pope Francis, describing the meeting as a “real honor.” Sanders said the meeting took place Saturday morning before the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 Elections, Bernie Sanders, Peronism, Pope Francis, Socialism, Vatican
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Two “Brothers”: Pope Francis and the Chekist
Cross-posted on the Corner. The Pope’s decision to meet his “brother”, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in, delightfully, Havana (you can find some details here of the way that the persecution of Christians has spiked since last year’s Francis-brokered deal between … Continue reading
Posted in politics
Tagged Cuba, Patriarch Kirill, Pope Francis, Russia, Russian Orthodoxy, Ukraine, Vatican, Vladimir Putin
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Pope Francis, (Partly) Explained
Hayek: But the near-universal acceptance of a belief does not prove that it is valid or even meaningful any more than the general belief in witches or ghosts proved the validity of these concepts. What we have to deal with … Continue reading
Mosquito as “Enforcer” of Social Solidarity
America Magazine is, in its own way, an entertaining corner of the religious left published by Jesuits. It’s a reliable source of by-the-numbers leftism supplemented by pious distortions, holy evasions, extra helpings of sanctimony and regular hosannas for the Dear … Continue reading
Posted in politics, Religion, Science & Faith
Tagged Climate Change, Jesuits, Religious Left
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The Vatican and Brexit
The Roman Catholic Church has always been somewhat suspicious of the nation-state, an institution it regards as an obstacle to its own claims of universal authority, so this story from the Daily Telegraph comes as no surprise: The Vatican wants … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State, politics, Religion
Tagged Brexit, Henry VIII, Roman Catholicism, UK, Vatican
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Multiculturalism as Sacred Idea
An intriguing suggestion from Ed West in The Spectator: I’d go as far as to say it that immigration has become a sacred idea, and that many believe multiculturalism to be a moral good in itself, whatever the end result. … Continue reading
New Heights in Wishful Thinking
A Facebook friend posted this today: This person isn’t particularly political – a well-intentioned but corny meme isn’t really the stuff of those more consumed by politics, in my experience – but their taken-for-granted progressivism was kicked into gear following … Continue reading
Jerry Brown Gets It Right
Credit where’s credit is due: I am not exactly a member of the Jerry Brown fan club, but the California Governor’s decision to sign his state’s cautiously drafted assisted suicide law (perhaps too cautiously: to take one example, those with … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State, law, politics
Tagged assisted suicide, Brittany Maynard, California, Jerry Brown, Religious Privilege, Suffering as a blessing
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On ISIS, Enchantment and Authoritarians against Totalitarians
Over on his blog, Sam Harris interviews Mark Riebling, the author of Church of Spies: The Pope’s Secret War Against Hitler. The historical ground covered is interesting—how could it not be?—but these passages, in particular, caught my attention: Conservative, even … Continue reading
Posted in culture, politics, Religion
Tagged enchantment, ISIS, Islam, Jung, Myth, Syria, totalitarianism, Vladimir Putin
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The Political Religion of Jorge Mario Bergoglio
This intriguing piece by Claudio Ivan Remeseira is a (very) long read, but (very) well worth it. It underlines yet again how much Pope Francis remains shaped by the intellectual and religious traditions of his homeland. That might be disappointing … Continue reading
Posted in politics, Religion
Tagged Argentina, Peronism, Pope Francis, Religious Left, Roman Catholicism
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