David Warren is a former editor of the Idler magazine and columnist in Canadian newspapers. He has extensive experience in the Near and Far East. His blog, Essays in Idleness, is now to be found at: davidwarrenonline.com.
Note: Robert Royal files his second report from Rome today for our new The Vatican Thing page. This new initiative will be ongoing, and in today’s second installment, “Religion – and the Pope – Still Matter,“ Bob writes about reactions in the Eternal City to the Holy Father’s evolving comments about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Click on the title or choose EVENTS above and, from the drop-down menu, THE VATICAN THING to see all the reports so far.