Beyond the clash: What Trump’s attacks on Leo reveal about history of US-Vatican relations
The Vatican’s influence lies less in direct political power than in its ability to shape moral debate over time, one expert says.
The Vatican’s influence lies less in direct political power than in its ability to shape moral debate over time, one expert says.
Leo’s words in response to the Trump administration are not some sort of dramatic turn. In his very first public words as pope, Leo wished all “the peace of the …
Vice President JD Vance needs to better understand the moral truths of Christianity before he tries to apply them, especially the truths of just war theory, writes NCR columnist Michael …
On Kenya’s fragile plains south of Nairobi, where drought has killed millions of livestock and hunger is spreading across the dry lands, Maasai farmers and Catholic sisters are reshaping how …
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of His Holiness, sent a message in the Holy Father’s name to the archbishop of Milan to mark the 102nd “Catholic University Day” …
[After Jesus had fed the five thousand men, his disciples saw him walking on the sea.]The next day, the crowd that remained across the seasaw that there had been only …
Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. — St. Teresa of Kolkata
The Church in Wales celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Beuno or Benno (545-690), one of its greatest saints. He was a monk who founded his own community and performed …
Pope Leo XIV venerates an image of Mary before leading the faithful in the rosary at the Marian shrine of Mama Muxima in Kimbaxe, Angola, on April 19, 2026. (Credit: …
Pope Leo XIV sits during a meeting with government officials and civil leaders in Luanda, Angola, Saturday, April 18, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media You can tell the crowd had …
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