free-market conditions were preventing the young from having children. births in italy dropped below 400,000 in 2022 for the first time, registering a 14th consecutive annual fall, with the overall population declining by 179,000 to 58.85 million. speaking at a conference on the growing dem...
Kyiv estimates nearly 19,500 children have been taken to Russia or Russian-occupied Crimea since the start of the war, in what it condemns as illegal deportations. The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant in March against Putin, accusing him of the war crim...
Such ideas are contagious – the UK in the 2010s is a case in point, culminating in the tragedy of Brexit – but I think most Europeans still want to live under a regime that stands for values that are more sharing, caring, fair and collaborative. EU countries like Belgium where I live...
Putin wants a summit quickly to "emerge from his pariah status" - but the sooner he's brought to one, the more pressure he'll be under to agree to a ceasefire. "He will be trying to manipulate both the date and the modalities of any summit that he has with Trump...
Putin wants a summit quickly to "emerge from his pariah status" - yet the sooner he's brought to one, the more pressure he'll be under to agree to a ceasefire. "He will be trying to manipulate both the date and the modalities of any summit that he has with...
In 1954, the pivotal Battle of Dien Bien Phu began during the First Indochina War as Viet Minh forces attacked French troops, who were defeated nearly two months later. In 1996, a gunman entered an elementary school in Dunblane, Scotland, and opened fire, killing 16 c...
Frankly, a beaver like that wouldn’t last very long in the wild. A beaver with that disordered inclination would probably win the Darwin Award, so to speak, and leave the gene pool. Living Human Life™ as God intended is more complicated than living Beaver Life™ as God intended. We...
"At this age my brother wants more rest." Benedict emphasized that carrying out the duties of being pope — the leader of more than a billion Roman Catholics worldwide — requires "both strength of mind and body." "After having repeatedly examined my conscience had to recognize my in...
Timeline for Marc Ouellet 1944 June 8: Marc Ouellet is born in the small town of La Motte, Que., about 580 kilometres northwest of Montreal. He is the third of eight children. 1959-1964 Attends Amos Teacher Training College. 1964 Obtains a B.A. in education from Laval University. 1968 ...
Francis endorsed European proposals to develop jobs and education in African countries. Italy and some other European Union nations that have borne the brunt of the migrant crisis have been pushing for more development aid to Africa so poor people there won't risk their lives in the ha...