Thiel misunderstands Ratzinger. The project of “pure Church” failed. A Pope at the service of a US President would harm the US and the Church. But perhaps the Church can help the US and world find a new balance when the old one is gone. In an article published in First Things, Peter Thiel continues […]
Can Christ help us speak with the world and understand it better than its opposite? It’s a matter of the AI revolution and the rule of law. The techno-billionaire Peter Thiel is fascinated by the anti-Christ. He gave lectures in Rome and recently even wrote an essay for the US Catholic magazine First Things (https://firstthings.com/the-pope-and-the-antichrist/). […]
In his messages to the United States on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Pope Leo XIII builds upon Cardinal J. Bernardin’s discourse on a consistent ethics of life in order to define the position of the Catholic Church in the face of major moral and social challenges. It was […]
American conservative Catholics could help steer the presidency away from the losing battle of the “culture wars” and toward a pragmatic and substantial Trump’s political revolution. Following the episcopal ordinations performed by the Lefebvrian Society of St. Pius X, the Holy issued a decree of excommunication formalizing the schism. Excommunicated are all bishops, priests, and […]
The 250th anniversary of the USA could be a turning point for its coming centuries and for the Catholic Church, which today, more than ever, is projecting itself into the world. It was, or is, a special place. The Americas were a place to find a new life, a new chance. They were especially so […]
The President wants America Great Again; the Pope wants liberty and care for the poor for the whole world. The complex intra-religious relationships between the two dreams The real beginning is with Rerum Novarum, the encyclical that Leo XIII (the predecessor of Leo XIV) issued in 1891. In 1891, the Church had lost the Papal […]
Donald Trump launched his campaign to “re-Americanize” America with two moves that immediately put him on a collision course with even the Catholic bishops most aligned with his policies. These moves were a crackdown on undocumented immigrants and a restrictive interpretation and of ius soli regarding the right to U.S. citizenship. In his second term […]
