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Why the Strange Arrest of Metropolitan Hilarion in Czechia Looks Like a Setup

The downfall of a powerful religious figure rarely happens in a vacuum, but the latest twist involving the Russian Orthodox Church feels like something pulled straight from a Cold War spy novel. On May 24, 2026, Czech police pulled over a vehicle leaving the...
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A Year with Pope Leo: Evangelical Impressions

A gentle yet tough pope? A pope all about peace and dialogue? It is still too early to settle on a definitive assessment of Pope Leo XIV’s papacy. One year after his election (8th May 2025), however, it is possible to discern some key...
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Pakistan’s Sargodha Blasphemy Incident: 100 Arrested, Christians Protest in the Streets

A Christian man was hospitalized in critical conditions after a mob accused him of...
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Pakistan has a serious candidate for Miss Universe—But there is a Problem: She is a Christian

We at “Bitter Winter” are no specialists of international beauty pageants, but those who...
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The Wagner Revolt: Did the Orthodox Church save Putin?

What role did the Russian Orthodox Church play in the aborted Wagner revolt? Two...
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Anglican woman gang-raped and murdered for refusing to convert to Islam

On June 6, a Christian woman called Shazia Bibi, who worked at the Lahore...
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Pakistani Anglican to be hanged for blasphemy

On June 1, Noman Masih, a young Anglican Christian whose age is given by...
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UN: Pakistan Should Halt Forced Conversions, Marriages of Christian and Hindu Girls

A 16-page letter sent on October 26, 2022 by a group of United Nations Special Rapporteurs...
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Vatican: China Breached the Agreement—But We Will Continue with It

Officially, the Vatican line, reaffirmed by Pope Francis himself, is that the Vatican-China deal of 2018 “is...
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England and Wales: New Assault Against the Secrecy of Confession

These are tough times for the confessional privilege, i.e. the legal protection of the...
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Putin Officially Embraces Theories Accusing the West of “Satanism”

On September 30, Vladimir Putin officially proclaimed the annexation of a part of Ukraine...
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Samsung outlet attacked over blasphemy charges in Pakistan

An incident largely debated in the social media opens a window on the peculiar...

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Why the Strange Arrest of Metropolitan Hilarion in Czechia Looks Like a Setup

The downfall of a powerful religious figure rarely happens in a vacuum, but the...
Op-Ed

A Year with Pope Leo: Evangelical Impressions

A gentle yet tough pope? A pope all about peace and dialogue? It is...
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Ndukuba: Nigeria is missing oil windfall while debt, China deals, and insecurity bite

Nigeria should be riding an oil boom. Instead, the Primate of All Nigeria told...
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Italian bishop to LGBTQ people: I speak not of “welcoming” but of “recognition and full integration.”

Editor’s note: On May 16, 2026 at the Parish of Santa Maria Stella in...