Moral clarity rarely emerges from comfort. It comes from the willingness to name what is wrong, even when doing so risks alienating congregants, donors, or political allies.

Berliners line up to pay their respects at one of the city's Soviet World War II memorials. May 8, 2025. (Dave Braneck/Courthouse News) BERLIN (CN) — The horrifying history of World War II doesn’t ...

In the new mini-series, the German actor plays the former head of Deutsche Bank whose dramatic murder remains one of the country's great unsolved crimes. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief “The ...

At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Katarina Witt, the figure skater once dubbed “the most beautiful face of socialism,” took to the ice to perform a routine set to Bizet’s opera Carmen.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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The opening line of L.P. Hartley's seminal coming-of-age novel The Go-Between reads, "The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there." That sentiment resonates throughout writer and ...