Pope Francis — Against the West?

Pope Francis — Against the West?

By Patrick J. Buchanan"The Faith is Europe. And Europe is the Faith," wrote Hilaire Belloc after that bloodbath we call World War I. "Either Europe will return to the Faith or she will perish."By 1938, Belloc concluded Christian Europe was done:"The bad work begun at the Reformation is bearing its final fruit in the dissolution of our ancient doctrines -- the very structure of society Continue reading...

A Godly Man in an Ungodly Age

A Godly Man in an Ungodly Age

By Patrick J. Buchanan"To govern the bark of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me."With those brave, wise, simple words, Benedict XVI announced an end of his papacy. How stands Continue reading...

The Smoking Gun of the Benghazi Cover-up

The Smoking Gun of the Benghazi Cover-up

By Patrick J. BuchananOn June 6 of this year, a bomb planted at the U.S. compound in Benghazi ripped a 12-foot-wide hole in the outer wall.On June 11, the British ambassador's motorcade was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, wounding a medic and doctor. The next day, the ambassador was gone and the British Benghazi post was closed.At the same time, the Red Cross, after a second attack, Continue reading...

The Unraveling of Obama’s Foreign Policy

The Unraveling of Obama’s Foreign Policy

By Patrick J. BuchananThree days after Ambassador Chris Stevens was assassinated, Jay Carney told the White House press corps it had been the work of a flash mob inflamed by an insulting video about the Prophet Muhammad.As the killers had arrived with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons, this story seemed noncredible on its face.Yet two days later, U.N. Ambassador Susan Continue reading...

The Antietam of the Culture War

By Patrick J. BuchananIt took Joe Biden's public embrace of same-sex marriage to smoke him out.But after Joe told David Gregory of "Meet the Press" he was "absolutely comfortable" with homosexuals marrying, Barack Obama could not maintain his credibility with the cultural elite if he stuck with the biblical view that God ordained marriage as solely between a man and woman. The biblical Continue reading...