St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg is one of the tens of thousands of churches seized, shuttered, or destroyed following the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. Instead of leveling it – the
In Great Britain, celebrity tax avoidance is back in the news again. The most recent allegation came Thursday against retired sports star and current announcer Gary Lineker, whom the Daily
For months, the UK’s National Health Service has set new records of delay, overcrowding, and denial of service. Within just hours of each other this week, national leaders on different sides
The influence of Christianity in the French political sphere has been gaining ground in recent months and may be of benefit to believers and non-believers alike, according to the Acton
Ryan T. Anderson, senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, delivered the Calihan Lecture at the Acton Institute’s "Crisis of Liberty in the West" conference in London on December 1
Watching the unfolding violence and chaos at UC-Berkeley last night, I could not help but think of two people: August Landmesser and Zacchaeus, the reformed tax collector from the Gospel of
On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order instructing regulators that for every new regulation they write, two must be repealed. Further, the burden imposed by federal
Declan Ganley delivered the following address at the Acton Institute’s "Crisis of Liberty in the West" conference in London on December 1, 2016. Sir Roger Scruton's presentation may be read
The newest section of Acton's website is dedicated to ideas that have impacted the transatlantic sphere, both positive and negative. Among the latter is the recent proposal by the foremost
This morning, the UK Supreme Court ruled that Brexit may not go forward unless Parliament votes to authorize withdrawal from the European Union, despite the fact that the motion won a
For many, the new year probably does not mark any special occasion or evoke any particular historical memory. 2017 is just another odd year on the way to a more potentially significant round
It is surely significant that as soon as the people of Aleppo found themselves liberated from the murderous and brutal control of the Islamic State, they gathered together whatever they