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Letter from Rome: Capitalism never satisfies
- We are living in a buyer’s market for criticisms of capitalism. American conservatives are debating the merits and demerits of Tucker Carlson’s January 2 monologue on Fox News. Carlson
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Letter from Rome: Italian power struggles damage the Vatican’s credibility
- “New Year, New Adventures” tweeted my old friend Greg Burke, the now-former director of the Holy See Press Office and papal spokesman, and so it is for the Letter from Rome. I’m pleased to
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Letter from Rome: Economic Freedom and the Common Good
- Dear friends of Istituto Acton, This month’s letter is slightly delayed due to our December 4 conference at the Angelicum in Rome. It was a very successful event and the delay has been po
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Letter from Rome: Defending the Legacy of John Paul II
- Dear friends of Istituto Acton, I generally dislike nostalgia for its sentimentality and diversion from dealing with problems at hand. It is especially a problem for conservatives, often
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Letter from Rome: The political responsibility of bishops
- Dear friends of Istituto Acton, Before I get to the latest from the news factory formerly known as the Vatican, a few housekeeping items. We had some troubles with our new server last month
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Letter from Rome: No justice, no peace in the Vatican
- Dear friends of Istituto Acton, The month of August is normally the quietest of all in Rome. In past years, I have walked through backstreets of the city in the middle of a workday and not
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Letter from Rome: The intractable politics of trade wars
- Dear friends of Istituto Acton, The Trump administration’s current engagment in what it calls multiple “ trade wars” – the raising of import tariffs in retaliation for higher tariffs on
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Letter from Rome: The Politics of Love and Hate
Dear friends of Istituto Acton, I’ve just returned from my annual trip to Michigan for Acton University. This year I also made my first visit to the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural RenewalLetter from Rome: Europe’s secular faith, dead soul
Dear friends of Istituto Acton, The last few weeks have provided us with even more evidence that the European project is crumbling and its leaders are plainly ignorant as to why. ThreeLetter from Rome: Alfie’s political lessons
Dear friends of Istituto Acton, Readers in Italy, the UK and the US are probably already familiar with the case of Alfie Evans, the 23-month-old baby boy suffering from an undiagnosedLetter from Rome: Comic Italian relief for political disorder
Dear friends of Istituto Acton, It comes as no surprise that the March 4 Italian elections produced no clear winner. Recent changes to the electoral laws were made to try to produce one, butLetter from Rome: Is Italy ready for the flat tax?
- Dear friends of Istituto Acton, Writing just a few days before the March 4 election here, I’m tempted to say the results won’t matter much to the life of the Italian nation, which will
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