Benedict XVI's new apostolic exhortation is an important ecumenical document, says Cardinal Angelo Scola. Zenit spoke to Cardinal Scola who highlighted certain elements of the document.
A new wave of anti-feminism is taking hold of Germany. Former career women-turned-housewives are spreading the word about a "new femininity" which encourages women to stay at home and embrace motherhood.
Chancellor Merkel put improving bilateral ties high on her agenda before leaving for talks in Warsaw. Now she must wonder why she bothered. German-Polish relations have taken another turn for the worst.
The World Security Network has been granted an exclusive interview with His Imperial Highness, Archduke Dr. Otto von Habsburg about issues as varied as the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome and the role of God in European politics.
Nobody drinks more than the Europeans. The Irish, Brits and Finnish in particular like to get plastered in excessive boozing marathons. A new EU study has found worrying continental drinking habits and warns of the consequences beyond the next morning's hangover.
President Putin tightened Russia's grip on European energy markets yesterday by striking a $1.25 billion deal to build an oil pipeline across Bulgaria and Greece.
A UN report is calling for an immediate halt to work by the Israeli authorities at a Jerusalem site holy to both Muslims and Jews.
A government-appointed committee investigating last year's Lebanon War slightly lifted a heavy veil of secrecy over its thoughts and led some analysts to conclude it was going to shock Israel. "They are preparing the public for a bombshell."
The confession of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed may be exactly what Washington wanted. But Guantanamo's history makes his admission suspect, DW's Peter Philipp warns.
The Bush administration's greatest success is its ability to escape accountability for its numerous impeachable offenses. What explains Bush-Cheney invulnerability to accountability? In future history books, will Bush-Cheney mark the transition of the US from constitutional rule to the unaccountable rule of the unitary executive who cancels out Congress with signing statements and silences critics with the police state means that are now part of the US legal code?
Divided we fall...
We celebrate this year the 300th anniversary of what can justifiably be claimed to be the most successful voluntary union between two countries. It's a partnership that has brought the citizens of both Scotland and England prosperity, stability and an astonishing influence in the world. Britain's influence then and now depends on this unique partnership.
The German finance minister said that a plan to mitigate risk to the worldwide financial system posed by the rapid growth of hedge funds probably would not be ready when world leaders met this summer.
Tiny tremors and temblors recently discovered in fault zones from California to Japan are generated by slow-moving earthquakes that may foreshadow catastrophic seismic events, according to scientists.
Pagan pussies...
American men in general, and Christian men in particular, have surrendered their masculinity to the shackles of political correctness, especially within the framework of the typical present day church.
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