https://aleteia.org/2021/05/26/chinese-authorities-arrest-bishop-priests-seminarians/#
Arrested in May 2021, Bishop Joseph Zhang Weizhu has not been seen or heard from
in six months. Hoping to find some kind of workable arrangement with Beijing,
Pope Francis signed the 2018 accord which afforded Beijing a voice (and
presumably a veto) in Vatican selections for Chinese episcopal sees.
Some readers will have seen the 'viral' video that appeared
in October of a fight that broke out in a Lakewood, Washington Roman Catholic
Church.
As the Washington Post reports, Pomfret's new book reveals
that Polish collaboration with Washington began in earnest only months after
the fall of the Berlin Wall. It's hardly a surprise as the people who came into
power had been working clandestinely with the United States for more than a
decade.
https://www.breakpoint.org/parents_find_support/
As usual Stonestreet
presents a dishonest assessment of the issues. In this case he's referring to
questions of education, parental rights, and so-called sphere sovereignty, the
doctrine usually associated with Dutch theologian Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920).
https://www.thedefensepost.com/2021/10/28/india-tests-ballistic-missile/
As China intensifies its missile programmes, India is keen to
do the same. While Beijing's primary focus is on the US Navy and in particular
its fleet of aircraft carriers, an East Asian War would almost certainly
involve India. Beijing and New Delhi have been on edge for decades and thus
India is pursuing this technology and as with all tests – sending a signal.
https://theintercept.com/2021/10/30/fbi-libya-erik-prince-weapons-trafficking/
Erik Prince is once more in the news. His star has faded
somewhat, especially when compared to his days of fame and notoriety during the
Bush and Trump administrations. And yet he hasn't gone away.
Many Evangelicals have celebrated the win of Glenn Youngkin in the Virginia gubernatorial race. There have been various discussions regarding whether or not he's actually an Evangelical, his place in the GOP vis-à-vis Trump, and what his win means in terms of the pending 2022 mid-term elections.
https://journal-neo.org/2021/10/14/erdogan-rushes-to-form-a-broad-coalition-of-pro-turkish-forces/
Turkey is still attempting to put its stamp on Central Asia.
As expected with Erdogan, his programme is focused on Pan-Turkism with a veneer
of Islam.
https://today.in-24.com/News/499825.html
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/10/22/spai-o22.html
In the Madrid Forum are
found the seeds for Operation Condor 2.0, a reiteration or reincarnation of the
Right-wing campaign launched during the Cold War to dominate the politics of
the Latin world (or Iberosphere), and to crush (by means of political maneuvering
and violence), the forces of the Left.
And as before, the new
iteration of the project finds its essential ally in the American Right.
https://www.vcyamerica.org/crosstalk/2021/10/20/pushback-enough-is-enough/
To Jim Schneider of VCY's Crosstalk, you're right – enough is
enough.
It really is time for some 'pushback' as they say.
This is a case of the United States rewarding faithful
countries like Romania, which is fully on board with US foreign policy in
Eastern Europe. Romania's inner turmoil and problematic bureaucracy have kept
Washington somewhat aloof in terms of visas, but apparently they've found a way
to make it work and it will open the door for easy Romanian business and travel
in the United States. Washington wants to continue building strong ties with
the nation that sits in a pivotal spot on the European map.