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A year on from the dismantling of USAID, the consequences are propagating. An update to Tearing the Seamless Garment....
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For half a century, popes have condemned war in sweeping terms—war itself, not just this or that specific war....
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Rubio’s Rome visit exposes the contrast between White House fury and papal diplomacy....
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Like the disciples on the road to Emmaus, in the midst of our debating and disappointment with the state of the world, we should extend hospitality to the stranger and share with each other those moments when our eyes are opened and when our hearts burn within us. Yes,...
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This week on “Inside the Vatican", a roundtable discussion on the recent comments President Trump and other administration officials have made about Pope Leo, and the pope’s response given en route to his tour of four African countries....
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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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On the flight to Luanda, Angola, the third leg of his Apostolic Journey, Pope Leo XIV greets the journalists who have accompanied him in recent days and thanks Cameroon for its extraordinary welcome....
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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....