Weekly Briefing

Pope Leo XIV’s Catholic perspective on international relations, communicated via the Holy Father’s January 9 “State of the World” address to foreign ambassadors accredited to the Holy See, has been taken to be an implicit criticism of the “Donroe Doctrine.”

As Xi Jinping purges one general after another, seeking to further consolidate his power, the population at large remains quiescent. Even as his digital dictatorship tightens controls and the economy slows down, there are no mass demonstrations rocking the streets

“A SQUAT grey building of only thirty-four stories. Over the main entrance the words, CENTRAL LONDON HATCHERY AND CONDITIONING CENTRE, and, in a shield, the World State’s motto, COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY.”                                              ~ Aldous Huxley, Brave New World   So read