Providence: A Journal of Christianity and American Foreign Policy

2 weeks ago | providencemag.com | Marc LiVecche

The obituary superlatives helped tell the tale of the late Pontiff. A search of the most common words or themes used to describe Pope Francis testifies to a “pontificate of the heart” characterized by “personal warmth,” “mercy,” “fraternity,” “humility,” “compassion,” and an emphasis on “inclusion,” the suspension of judgment, and peace. These characteristics often served his mission well.

4 weeks ago | providencemag.com | Mark Tooley

May 8 is the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s surrender to the Allies, but America is hardly commemorating its greatest victory. Why? Nazi Germany was the greatest scourge in modern American history. It successfully conquered or subdued nearly all Europe, murdered many millions, and planned to murder tens of millions more. Its ideology, which seduced and intimidated tens of millions, was passionate, hypnotic, and demonic.

1 month ago | providencemag.com | Marc LiVecche

Eighty years ago, as news of Germany’s surrender spread, good people throughout Europe and the wider world flowed into the streets and open places to celebrate the end of Nazism and Hitler’s fever dream of blood and soil nationalism. To be sure, there was still much fighting to be done in the Asia-Pacific—though, happily, it would prove to be much less fighting than expected. True, also, a full accounting of the horrors of the death camps was yet to be grasped.

1 month ago | providencemag.com | Marc LiVecche

Eighty years ago, as news of Germany’s surrender spread, good people throughout Europe and the wider world flowed into the streets and open places to celebrate the end of Nazism and Hitler’s fever dream of blood and soil nationalism. To be sure, there was still much fighting to be done in the Asia-Pacific—though, happily, it would prove to be much less fighting than expected. True, also, a full accounting of the horrors of the death camps was yet to be grasped.

1 month ago | providencemag.com | Mark Tooley

Today is the 50th anniversary of South Vietnam’s collapse, one of the late 20th century’s greatest tragedies. It followed 30 years of war, 20 of which had direct U.S involvement, entailing over 58,000 dead Americans and perhaps 1 million Vietnamese. U.S. Marines helping the last Americans and Vietnamese refugees escape by helicopter from the U.S. embassy roof was an optic that emblemized America’s decline. April 30, 1975, was America’s Cold War Dunkirk.