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President Donald Trump posted an unprecedented attack on Pope Leo XIV on his social media platform, Truth Social, calling the Holy Father “WEAK on crime” and captive to the “Radical Left.”...
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The most tempting frame — “Trump versus the pope” — is also the most misleading. It is a narrative that offers the clarity of a duel and the banality of a talk show. But it deforms what is happening. Leo has never named Trump....
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President Donald Trump's attempt to strong-arm Pope Leo XIV via a Truth Social diatribe echoes a pattern seen across global history. Emperors, monarchs and despots have long threatened popes - and often failed - to bend them to their will....
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But the exchange that followed matters more than the accusation. Confronted with criticism from Trump, Leo did not retreat. He made his position explicit: he was not afraid to speak, because his task was to proclaim the gospel....
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The Pope is not against a president: he is against war. More precisely, he opposes the mental, spiritual, and political mechanism that renders war thinkable, acceptable, and ultimately inevitable....
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In the meantime, between remarks from cardinals and the Vatican's own newspaper, it's becoming increasingly clear that the first U.S. pope thinks the U.S. president might need to examine his conscience. ...
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Artificial intelligence is a gun in the hands of children....
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Why the U.S. government’s withdrawal from international organisations is bad news...
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A new era of religious leadership in the U.S Catholic Church has dawned — driven by the immoral and destructive extremes of the Trump administration. ...
President Donald Trump posted an unprecedented attack on Pope Leo XIV on his social media platform, Truth Social, calling the Holy Father “WEAK on crime” and captive to the “Radical Left.”...
The most tempting frame — “Trump versus the pope” — is also the most misleading. It is a narrative that offers the clarity of a duel and the banality of a talk show. But it deforms what is happening. Leo has never named Trump....
President Donald Trump's attempt to strong-arm Pope Leo XIV via a Truth Social diatribe echoes a pattern seen across global history. Emperors, monarchs and despots have long threatened popes - and often failed - to bend them to their will....
But the exchange that followed matters more than the accusation. Confronted with criticism from Trump, Leo did not retreat. He made his position explicit: he was not afraid to speak, because his task was to proclaim the gospel....
In the meantime, between remarks from cardinals and the Vatican's own newspaper, it's becoming increasingly clear that the first U.S. pope thinks the U.S. president might need to examine his conscience. ...
Artificial intelligence is a gun in the hands of children....
Why the U.S. government’s withdrawal from international organisations is bad news...
A new era of religious leadership in the U.S Catholic Church has dawned — driven by the immoral and destructive extremes of the Trump administration. ...