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5 quotes from Cardinal Robert Sarah, a favorite among conservatives to succeed Pope Francis
Cardinal Robert Sarah – championed by conservatives as reflecting the doctrinaire and liturgically minded papacies of Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI – is among those being considered to replace Pope Francis.
An African cardinal from Guinea, Sarah, 79, is viewed as a spiritual and theological standard-bearer for conservative Catholics, as critics of Francis have argued the late pope was too heavily influenced by modern secularism.
Sarah previously headed the Vatican’s charity office Cor Unum and clashed with Francis on many occasions.
Their ideological divide most seriously came to a head when Sarah and Benedict – who retired as acting pope in 2013 – co-authored a book titled «From the Depths of Our Hearts: Priesthood, Celibacy and the Crisis of the Catholic Church.» The 2020 book advocated the «necessity» of continued celibacy for Latin Rite priests and came out as Francis was weighing whether to allow married priests in the Amazon to address a priest shortage there.
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Cardinal Robert Sarah appears for the presentation of Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke’s book «Divine Love Made Flesh,» in Rome, on Oct. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
As a result, Francis dismissed Benedict’s secretary, Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, from his papal household job, and several months later retired Sarah after he turned 75. The prospect of a retired pope trying to influence a reigning one created the scenario that canon lawyers and theologians had warned of when Benedict decided to retain the white cassock of the papacy in retirement as «pope emeritus.» The scandal died down after Benedict removed himself as a co-author.
It’s actually Sarah’s 2019 book that’s causing more of a stir with conservative Christians in the wake of Francis’ passing.
Sarah has described «The Day Is Now Far Spent» as his most significant book. In it, the cardinal decries how Europe and Western civilization have turned away from Christianity and suffer from ideological challenges brought by mass migration.
By contrast, Francis had openly contradicted the Trump administration and Vice President JD Vance – a Catholic convert – over their crackdown on illegal immigration.
Vance, one of the last dignitaries to meet with Francis on Easter Sunday before his passing, has referenced Pope John Paul II – ideologically more similar to Sarah – in recent public addresses. At the Munich Security Conference, Vance praised John Paul II as «one of the most extraordinary champions of democracy» when emphasizing the importance of Western values. The vice president also celebrated John Paul II’s call for new evangelization at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C.
Sarah co-authored two other books – «God or Nothing: A Conversation on Faith» in 2015 and The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise in 2017 – both with French journalist Nicolas Diat.
Here are some key quotes by Sarah being highlighted ahead of Francis’ funeral later this week. The papal conclave will convene in the coming weeks to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church.
1. The West cut itself off from its ‘Christian roots’
Sarah argued that the West has cut itself off from its Christian heritage in «The Day is Now Far Spent.»
Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah attends a prayer at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Victories in Dakar on Dec. 4, 2023. ( GUY PETERSON/AFP via Getty Images)
«The West no longer knows who it is, because it no longer knows and does not want to know who made it, who established it, as it was and as it is. The West refuses to acknowledge its Christian roots.»
«By losing its faith, Europe has also lost its reason to be. It is experiencing a lethal decline and is becoming a new civilization, one that is cut off from its Christian roots.»
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2. Gender ideology is ‘Luciferian’
Sarah argued that gender ideology is an affront to God’s creation and cannot fundamentally change whether a person is male or female in «The Day is Now Far Spent.»
«Gender ideology is a Luciferian refusal to receive a sexual nature from God.»
3. Called mass migration a ‘new form of slavery’
In a March 2019 interview with the French publication «Valeurs Actuelles,» Sarah reportedly criticized the role of the Catholic Church in supporting mass migration policies in Europe, noting the harm caused to the migrants themselves.
«All migrants who arrive in Europe are penniless, without work, without dignity,» Sarah reportedly said. «This is what the Church wants? The Church cannot cooperate with this new form of slavery that has become mass migration.»
Newly appointed cardinal, Guinean Robert Sarah greets visitors during the traditionnal courtesy visit after the consistory on Nov. 20, 2010 at the Vatican. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)
4. Calls modern distractions ‘the devil’s tool’
In «The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise,» Sarah argues that modern distractions separate humankind from God.
«Distraction is the devil’s tool for cutting man off from God.»
5. Calls Christians to refuse loyalty to popularity or politics
In «God or Nothing: A Conversation on Faith,» Sarah asserts that one’s loyalty must be to Christ – rather than to popularity or politics – and repeatedly argues against moral relativism in family and societal norms.
«The Church is not a human organization. She is not subject to the fashions of the day or the winds of doctrine. She must be faithful to Christ.»
«God or nothing: there is no other choice. Those who choose God have everything. Those who choose nothing are lost.»
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«If truth no longer exists, if everything is relative, then man becomes a slave to his passions.»
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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House conservatives skeptical as Senate deal sacrificing DHS spending reached: ‘Non-starter’
Deal talks intensify as shutdown risk grows
Fox News congressional correspondent Bill Melugin reports on the DHS bill and negotiations between the White House and Senate, as the risk of a partial government shutdown grows on ‘Special Report.’
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House conservatives are expressing skepticism after Senate Democrats and the White House announced a deal had been reached to fund the government without a long-term Department of Homeland Security funding bill. One House member warned that Republicans should not give in to demands to «handcuff ICE.»
With any deal reached in the Senate needing approval in the House of Representatives, Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., told Fox News Digital, «[Senate Minority Leader Chuck] Schumer’s current demands, compounded by a lack of conservative priorities, are an absolute non-starter» in the lower chamber.
«With Chuck Schumer’s demands to handcuff ICE and his Democrat colleagues threatening to shut down the government over it, this is yet another example of the radical left prioritizing criminals over American citizens,» said Harris.
Schumer, D-N.Y., and President Donald Trump labored over a deal from late night Wednesday into Thursday evening after the top Senate Democrat unleashed several funding demands and the White House accused Schumer of blocking a meeting with rank-and-file Democrats.
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«The separation of the five bipartisan bills the Democrats asked for, plus the two-week DHS [continuing resolution] has been agreed to,» Schumer said in a statement.
In response, one House conservative remarked to Fox News Digital, «We’re still looking at what is being discussed in the deal, but 14 days is awfully short.»
«We sure think we should be getting something out of this deal when it’s Democrats who are threatening a shutdown, not Republicans,» the House member said.
Not all House Republicans were against the compromise. Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., reacted on X, «I stand with @POTUS, a shutdown will only hurt the American people. I will vote YES on this package should it make it through the Senate!»
In a Truth Social post on Thursday evening, Trump urged the GOP to agree to the deal, saying, «Hopefully, both Republicans and Democrats will give a very much-needed bipartisan ‘YES’ Vote.»
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The White House and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., reached an agreement to fund the government on Thursday, sidelining the controversial DHS funding bill in the process. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters)
The president added that the «only thing that can slow our Country down is another long and damaging Government Shutdown.»
«I am working hard with Congress to ensure that we are able to fully fund the Government, without delay,» Trump said. «Republicans and Democrats in Congress have come together to get the vast majority of the Government funded until September, while at the same time providing an extension to the Department of Homeland Security (including the very important Coast Guard, which we are expanding and rebuilding like never before).»
The deal brokered between the two would see the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill stripped from the broader six-bill package. Schumer and Democrats have been adamant that if the bill is sidelined, they’d vote for the remaining five, which includes funding for the Pentagon.
Their agreement also tees up a short-term funding extension, known as a continuing resolution (CR), for two weeks to keep the agency funded while lawmakers negotiate restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
If passed in the Senate, the deal would still need to pass the House again. With lawmakers there not expected back in Washington until Feb. 2, three days after the Jan. 30 funding deadline, a brief partial government shutdown is all but certain.
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., has yet to weigh in on the deal. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Tensions have been boiling over in the House over the prospect of the Senate’s compromise on DHS.
Caucus member Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., told Fox News Digital via text message on Thursday, «THE HOUSE DID OUR JOB BY PASSING THE REMAINING SIX APPROPRIATION BILLS TO THE SENATE AND THERE IS NO RATIONAL REASON TO REMOVE DHS FROM THE APPROVAL PROCESS.»
Norman accused Democrats of trying to «demonize» and «bludgeon» DHS, adding, «IF THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO SHUT THE GOVERNMENT DOWN, ‘DO IT’!!»
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Meanwhile, Mark Bednar, a GOP strategist and former spokesperson for then Speaker Kevin McCarthy, told Fox News Digital, «President Trump wants to ensure that our troops, air traffic controllers and DHS patriots are on the job and get paid, and this path will help ensure they do that.
«It’s now on Democrats to negotiate in good faith with President Trump so that the homeland is secured with a long-term funding bill — because that’s what the American people want and deserve.»
Fox News Digital’s Alex Miller contributed to this report.
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Rubio revokes Iranian officials’ US travel privileges over deadly protest crackdown killing thousands
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently revoked Iranian senior officials and their family members’ privilege to travel to the U.S., citing ongoing oppression by the regime.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s regime is accused of killing more than 6,200 protesters since Dec. 28, with nearly 17,100 additional arrests as internet communications remain halted, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
«As the people of Iran continue to fight for their basic rights, [Rubio] took action this week to revoke the privilege of Iranian senior officials and their family members to be in the United States,» the State Department wrote in an X post. «Those who profit from the Iranian regime’s brutal oppression are not welcome to benefit from our immigration system.»
In addition to the potential civil rights violations in Iran, tensions have flared between Khamenei and President Donald Trump, as the U.S. attempts to strike a nuclear deal.
Demonstrators in London burn pictures of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei outside the Iranian embassy during a rally in support of nationwide protests Jan. 12 in Iran. (Toby Melville/Reuters)
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Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi warned on Wednesday the nation’s military is «prepared—with their fingers on the trigger—to immediately and powerfully respond to ANY aggression against our beloved land, air, and sea.»
Araghchi claimed that Iran has «always welcomed» a mutually beneficial, fair and equitable nuclear deal that would ensure Iran’s rights to peaceful nuclear technology, and guarantee no nuclear weapons.
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sits next to a senior military official in Iran. (Getty Images)
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Trump fired back on Truth Social, warning a «massive» armada was heading to Iran «with speed and violence, if necessary.»
«Time is running out, it is truly of the essence!» Trump wrote in a post. «As I told Iran once before, MAKE A DEAL! They didn’t, and there was ‘Operation Midnight Hammer,’ a major destruction of Iran. The next attack will be far worse! Don’t make that happen again.»
The president said Thursday night it would be «great» if the U.S. did not have to use the military fleet.
The state tax building burned during Iran’s protests on a street in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 19, 2026. (Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters)
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The State Department on Wednesday also demanded Tehran overturn the death penalty for 19-year-old Saleh Mohammadi, a decorated Iranian wrestler who was arrested while peacefully protesting against the regime earlier this month.
Fox News Digital’s Alex Nitzberg contributed to this report.
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¿Cómo llegaron las piedras a Stonehenge? Un descubrimiento reciente cambiaría la historia del monumento
El misterio sobre el traslado de los megalitos de Stonehenge a la llanura de Salisbury experimentó un giro decisivo. Un grupo de investigadores de la Universidad Curtin (Australia) publicó un estudio que desecha la hipótesis glaciar y atribuye el transporte de estos enormes bloques de piedra exclusivamente a la acción humana. Esta resolución modifica décadas de debate arqueológico. Los resultados, divulgados en Communications Earth & Environment, emplean avanzados análisis geoquímicos y ofrecen nuevas evidencias sobre el origen y las rutas de estas piedras emblemáticas.
Stonehenge, situado en el sur de Inglaterra, es uno de los monumentos prehistóricos más reconocidos a nivel mundial. Fue construido en varias fases por comunidades del Neolítico y de la Edad del Bronce entre el 3000 a. C. y el 1500 a. C. El conjunto está compuesto por bloques de arenisca locales de unas 25 toneladas cada uno, piedras azules más pequeñas, de entre dos y cinco toneladas, y la Piedra del Altar, que alcanza seis toneladas.
La procedencia de estos materiales ha sido objeto de múltiples investigaciones, según detalla el equipo de Clarke y Kirkland en Communications Earth & Environment. Los bloques de arenisca provenían de Marlborough Downs, a unos 32 kilómetros de Stonehenge. Las piedras azules se extrajeron de las colinas de Preseli, al suroeste de Gales, a 290 kilómetros de distancia. La Piedra del Altar se atribuye actualmente a la cuenca Orcadiana, en el noreste de Escocia, a más de 700 kilómetros del monumento.
Durante décadas, la comunidad científica defendió dos posturas opuestas sobre cómo se movilizaron estos bloques. Una apoyaba el transporte humano mediante rodillos, trineos o rutas marítimas; la otra sugería que los glaciares podrían haber arrastrado y depositado las piedras en tiempos prehistóricos. La controversia persistió ante la falta de pruebas directas concluyentes.
La reciente investigación liderada por Anthony J. I. Clarke y Christopher L. Kirkland aplicó métodos de análisis geoquímico, en particular la datación U–Pb en minerales como circones y apatita, para reconstruir la historia del transporte de sedimentos en la región. El equipo recolectó muestras de sedimentos de varios arroyos alrededor de Stonehenge con el fin de identificar señales minerales que indicaran un posible paso glaciar por la zona.
Los resultados fueron contundentes, según los autores del estudio. El análisis de circones presentes en los sedimentos fluviales mostró correspondencia únicamente con rocas locales de Gran Bretaña, sin aportes relevantes desde regiones distantes, como cabría esperar si los glaciares hubieran arrastrado las piedras desde Gales o Escocia. Además, la apatita analizada no presentó indicios de un origen glacial externo y su composición coincidía con depósitos locales.
El equipo identificó una coincidencia aislada con minerales característicos de las piedras azules galesas, pero la evidencia resultó insuficiente para sostener la hipótesis glaciar. Communications Earth & Environment destaca que, si los glaciares hubieran desplazado cientos de toneladas de megalitos, la huella en el registro sedimentario local sería evidente. La ausencia de estas señales y la uniformidad de los minerales analizados permitieron descartar la intervención de procesos glaciales en el transporte.
La investigación excluye la llegada de megalitos por acción glaciar y sugiere una movilización manual, o al menos sin intervención de glaciares. El estudio refuerza la idea de que las poblaciones neolíticas poseían capacidades avanzadas de organización y transporte, suficientes para recorrer cientos de kilómetros con grandes bloques de piedra. Persisten grandes interrogantes: “Algunos sostienen que las piedras podrían haberse movido por mar o sobre troncos, pero quizá nunca sepamos cómo lo lograron”, afirmó el geólogo Clarke en declaraciones recogidas por Anne Doran.
El trabajo demuestra el potencial de la geoquímica avanzada para resolver cuestiones históricas y arqueológicas de larga data. El enfoque interdisciplinario de los autores aporta nuevas perspectivas para comprender la relación entre las sociedades antiguas y el entorno natural.
Aunque el método exacto de traslado de los enormes bloques sigue sin determinarse, el consenso científico es claro: las piedras de Stonehenge no llegaron hasta allí por acción del hielo.
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