When the current session of the British Parliament ends this spring, the nation will abruptly bring to a close a 700-year institution. On March 10, the House of Commons voted to abolish the hereditary lords in the House of Lords. The effort ends a process started in 1999 by then-Prime Minister Tony … Read more
In 2023, Vermont media reported a severe shortage of foster parents. The state soon made the situation far worse. It removed foster parents who didn’t support the “LGBTQ+ agenda.” A lawsuit ensued. The Federal District Court backed the state policy. Later, the U.S. government told Vermont that its policy might violate federal … Read more
It took over seven years, but he finally got the press conference he always craved. Back in 2019 (!), we reported how Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha was among several AGs across the country seeking to replicate the public relations triumph that Pennsylvania’s AG Josh Shapiro garnered in 2018 with his blockbuster “grand jury report” … Read more
The world is suffering from a terrible crisis of masculinity. Many young men go through life adrift, unsure of themselves and their role in society. In the United States and the United Kingdom, fewer and fewer men are reaching the traditional milestones of adulthood, such as graduating high school and college, entering … Read more
Visitors to El Paso, Texas’s Saint Patrick’s Cathedral on March 1, 2026, must have been startled when thumbing through the parish bulletin. On page six, they found there a reprint of a poster promoting the “March and Vigil for Human Life and an End to Mass Deportations.” An Outrageous Image The poster … Read more
A new film describes the treatment of Catholic priests caught in the crossfire of the four-year-long war between Russia and Ukraine. No Priests Left is a story of deportation and torture. “Priests and pastors were arrested. They were interrogated. They were beaten. They were held in … torture chambers,” Father Oleksandr Bohomaz … Read more
Few Catholics have never heard of Our Lady’s apparition in Lourdes, France, to Saint Bernadette Soubirous in 1858. Most famous are the many thousands of miracles that have taken place there through the miraculous spring that Our Lady produced in the Massabielle grotto on the outskirts of the village. It is perhaps … Read more
On December 30, 2025, in compliance with Canadian law allowing Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), doctors oversaw the euthanasia of a twenty-six-year-old man, Kiano Vafaeian. The young man had three medical conditions that the authorities used to green-light the procedure—he had diabetes, lost vision in one eye and suffered from seasonal depression. … Read more
In modern American politics, unfortunately, some candidates for office seem to believe that they can gain election by calling upon those who cause disorder. A recent example was a proposal by Rogelio Martinez, one of five candidates running for mayor of Long Beach, California. In a recent video, Mr. Martinez asked local … Read more
Two sets of Catholic parents, in league with a pair of public school teachers, are turning back the transgender movement’s timetable. Six Concerned Americans Challenge the State of California These six committed individuals brought their case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Their argument was elegant in its simplicity—parents play the most important … Read more