Quote of the Day

Samantha Power: “The idea behind the Nuremberg Tribunal – that the international community has a stake in holding accountable those who commit such unthinkable crimes – undergirds many of the norms and institutions that we have helped create since the Second World War. But those norms and institutions have value only if they are put… Read More Quote of the Day

Marguerite Barankitse, Catholic Humanitarian, Wins the Aurora Prize

via the Aurora Prize: Marguerite Barankitse from Maison Shalom and REMA Hospital in Burundi was named as the inaugural Laureate of the $1 million Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity. At a ceremony held in Yerevan, Armenia, Barankitse was recognized for the extraordinary impact she has had in saving thousands of lives and caring for orphans… Read More Marguerite Barankitse, Catholic Humanitarian, Wins the Aurora Prize

Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: Granted a new life by the pope, refugees speak of horrors that drove them from Syria by Tom Kington: “In March of last year, Al Shakarji decided to risk fleeing down mined roads and past snipers to reach Turkey, taking his wife and three children with… Read More Around the Web

What Alexander Hamilton and Pope Francis Share on Immigration

Millennial writer Christopher White has a new article at Crux. He writes: Today Europe faces a crisis on a scale never before seen—and the latest numbers reveal the situation to be getting worse. The month before Pope Francis traveled to Lesbos, almost 9,600 migrants attempted to cross the Mediterranean into Italy, more than four times… Read More What Alexander Hamilton and Pope Francis Share on Immigration