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Pope Leo in the Footsteps of Cardinal Joseph Bernardin

Marcello Neri /

- America -

6 July 2026

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 […]

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China’s Tao of War, Now

Francesco Sisci / Director

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4 July 2026

Beijing has a clear, long-term strategy to survive and win a global power competition. It has nimbly adapted to setbacks. The US seems less clear. Asians may decide to move on the PRC alone. China and the rest of the world may be at a grand turning point, but it is very unclear which direction […]

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U.S. Catholicism in the Vise of the Lefebvrian Schism

Marcello Neri /

- America -

3 July 2026

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 […]

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Exchanging Politics for Economics

Francesco Sisci / Director

- China -

28 June 2026

Beijing may be facing a confusing short circuit in its economic and political calculations that could seriously harm China over the next few years. A huge and growing trade surplus seems to be the main obstacle driving China toward friction and conflict with much of the world. It is thus crucial for China to oppose […]

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Pope Leo: Human Dignity in the Digital Age (Part Two)

Marcello Neri /

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25 June 2026

Artificial intelligence and the digital systems on which it is based represent a total environment — the world, plain and simple — in which machines produce culture rather than human beings. The humanistic challenge lies in shaping a way of inhabiting this (digital) world, begetting culture through practices of love that enable each individual to […]

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Pope Leo: Human Dignity in the Digital Age (Part One)

Marcello Neri /

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23 June 2026

Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical offers theological and humanistic insights into the potential and risks of artificial intelligence for human dignity. It is also a declaration of the “dream of a new modernity,” in which the Catholic Church, nations, peoples, and international institutions collaborate to create ways of inhabiting the world that are worthy of […]

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A Prophet, and the Road from Islamabad

Moss Roberts /

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21 June 2026

Can Nixon’s 1971 analysis of China be helpful today? The country is very different from 55 years ago, but the American challenges could be just as important. On June 9, 1971, Henry Kissinger arrived in Pakistan with a delegation. Something he had eaten must have disagreed with him for he retired to his room with […]