I am going because I feel the need to do something, even if small, to help those courageous people survive this unjust war and continue to exist as a nation, writes Fr. Peter Daly.
Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Ambiguity in abortion bans; a conservative writer takes on Jordan Peterson over Putin and Ukraine; the collapse of the Biden agenda; left-wing monoculture.
Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Fr. Gerry O'Hanlon on Ireland's pre-synodal assembly; praise for Garvey ignores predecessor; tougher approaches to Russia; codependency as a "toxic myth."
Commentary: Forty years after a massive nuclear disarmament march in New York, the threat of the use of nuclear weapons has never been greater, with the stakes raised due to the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Commentary: During Russia's terrible war on Ukraine, it has become clear that one strain of so-called "realist" thought in international relations — "offensive realism" theory — is an obstacle to human progress.
The deep acrimonies surrounding the conflict in Ukraine have raised questions about interfaith ties with the Vatican and in the World Council of Churches, as well as about the realistic chances of religious mediation.
Commentary: We need an all-out mobilization to build renewable energy in Europe and around the world, and it starts by divesting from fossil fuels. This will help us end the war in my country and rebuild Ukraine from the war ashes.
Michael Sean Winters: Other news items have pushed the war in Ukraine off the front page, but that should not lead Western nations to push Ukraine into a negotiated peace that would not meet the challenge posed by Putin.
Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Bad analogy for student debt forgiveness; damning report on the U.S. leaving Afghanistan; Kremlin disinformation from the pulpit; architectural beauty.
