Last Men in Aleppo director Feras Fayyad explains how Russia has launched a smear campaign against the Syria Civil Defense (the White Helmets):

via Reuters: The U.S. government is conducting an intensive examination of alleged atrocities against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, documenting accusations of murder, rape, beatings and other possible offenses in an investigation that could be used to prosecute Myanmar’s military for crimes against humanity, U.S. officials told Reuters. The undertaking, led by the State Department, has involved… Read More US Investigating Atrocities against Rohingya

Here are ten quotes from Gaudete et Exsultate on holiness: I like to contemplate the holiness present in the patience of God’s people: in those parents who raise their children with immense love, in those men and women who work hard to support their families, in the sick, in elderly religious who never lose their… Read More 10 Key Quotes on Holiness in Pope Francis’ Gaudete et Exsultate

Stephanie Mencimer has written one of the most important articles in recent years. It’s on alcohol, breast cancer, and the industry’s efforts to try to make moderate alcohol use seem healthy. I encourage everyone to read it in full. Here are just some of the many important points in this exceptional piece: At 47, I… Read More The Alcohol-Cancer Link and Big Alcohol’s Efforts to Downplay it

Millennial Catholic Anna Keating writes: Once openly discussed in early 20th-century America as eugenics, it was widely accepted as a moral duty for mainline Protestants and progressives to avoid having diseased or deformed children. The American Eugenics Society referred to them as “people born to be a burden on the rest.” After World War II… Read More Eugenics in a Consumerist Culture of Choice and Convenience