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As religion returns as a tool of power from Washington to Moscow to Delhi, faith risks becoming an identity weapon; the Church stays effective only by remaining free and unenlistable....
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Dioceses across the country are reckoning with how to accompany a new subset of Catholics that have a distinct vision of the faith and relationship with the church unlike that of the cradle Catholics they have previously known. ...
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In his Message for the 11th World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, Pope Leo warns that war has consequences that destroy far beyond the battlefield and says that we are to imitate the Lord's offering of peace to work toward peace in the world....
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The President subsequently held talks at the Secretariat of State focused on the agreement signed by the United States, Israel, and Lebanon. The Holy See expressed concern over the difficulties in implementing the agreement and assured its support for efforts to that end....
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Pope Leo XIV’s late-July remarks on his American roots and the Ceuta crisis reframe migration itself: stability without justice becomes containment, peace without dignity more than silence at a checkpoint, and every border a test of whom a society will see....
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Wars have always caused needless suffering, destruction and death. But 81 years ago today, the hell of war reached a new all-time immoral low when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima instantly killing over 70,000....
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Communities around the world have raised more than AUD 2.3 million (€1.4 million) to support families recovering from the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela....
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Pope Francis repeatedly insisted that “every war is a defeat.” For Francis, war is “a senseless and inconclusive venture” because “no one emerges a winner.” This distressing statement sounds so true for those who have lived through the unfortunate experience of war or a tragic conflict of some sort....
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The obstinately unique nature of Pope Francis is on a par with that of the Scriptures he loved, which are equally unique....