James Jeffrey

Dec 20, 2024 | defenseone.com | James Jeffrey

Sponsor Message Sponsor Message Sponsor Message Sponsor Message Insights & Reports The epochal collapse of the Assad government, along with much of the Iranian regional network, has opened the door to a more peaceful Middle East, but has also created risks. The current administration must handle these with urgency, not leave them to its successor.

Dec 5, 2024 | catholicherald.co.uk | James Jeffrey

The French prime minister has been ousted just days before the re-opening of Notre-Dame Cathedral, an event that is meant to unify and serve as a rallying point for the French nation. Michel Barnier has become the shortest-lived prime minister since 1958 after he lost a confidence vote in the French Parliament.

Dec 1, 2024 | catholicherald.co.uk | James Jeffrey

As the dust starts to settle following the shock result of the UK Parliament vote on assisted suicide, the subsequent impassioned discussion has included a focus on the “heroic MPs that defended life” during the debate in the House of Commons. Danny Kruger, Conservative MP for East Wiltshire, and an evangelical Christian, has come in for particular attention and praise for the way he tried to oppose the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill during its Second Reading in the House.

Nov 22, 2024 | thespectator.com | Rupert Shortt |Owen Matthews |Rod Liddle |James Jeffrey

Alan Isler’s novel Clerical Errors (2001) features a troubled priest who mocks the faith he has largely abandoned. “How can any rational creature not see in the story of Christ the pattern of countless pagan myths, the universal romance of the sacrificial god, his apotheosis and his rebirth?” Jordan Peterson’s new book, We Who Wrestle With God, stands this argument on its head.

Nov 21, 2024 | thespectator.com | James Jeffrey |John Davidson |Philip Womack |Estella Shardlow

Beneath a stunning Della Robbia Crucifixion a lone candle burns on the floor of the Holy Stigmata Chapel in the sanctuary of La Verna. The immense tranquility belies the astonishing events that occurred in 1224 on this rocky outcrop in central Italy’s Umbrian hills. The chapel marks the spot where, two years before his death, Saint Francis, retreated to fast and pray with two of his brother friars.