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Pope Leo vs Secretary Hegseth: On the Bad Use of Religion

Marcello Neri /

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4 April 2026

Can one ask for God’s blessing in prayer for a war that spares no defenseless or blameless civilians? Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth—renamed Secretary of War by the current U.S. administration’s thirst for power—believes it is both possible and necessary. Since the start of the war against Iran, which the United States is waging alongside […]

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In Godless, God

Johannes W. Vutz /

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29 March 2026

Faith in one God, and thus, theology is no longer felt as necessary. But it may be all for the best as the study will offer o authority over the people, but it’ll be an interlocutor offering interpretation without pretension. Benjamin Dahlke describes a phenomenon that is difficult to deny: Catholic theology is losing its […]

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Prosperity or Stability, Europe and China

Francesco Sisci / Director

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26 March 2026

A Book review, Two Paths to Prosperity: Culture and Institutions in Europe and China, 1000-2000 by Avner Greif, Guido Tabellini, Joel Mokyr The book offers a truly convincing answer to an enigma that has troubled me for at least 30 years. That is, China is not deaf or blind; it’s not that it hadn’t heard or seen the Western […]

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Pope Leo XIV: Francis’ Last Surprise

Marcello Neri /

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25 March 2026

Yesterday in New York, Gerard O’Connell and Elisabetta Piqué presented their book, The Election of Pope Leo XIV: The Last Surprise of Pope Francis, published by Orbis Books. Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture organized the event in collaboration with America Media, the publishing group behind the eponymous magazine of the U.S. Jesuits. The […]

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Ukraine: Filaret the Machiavellian Has Died

Lorenzo Prezzi /

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21 March 2026

Mychailo Antonovych Denysenko, also known as “patriarch” Filaret and the former Metropolitan of Kyiv, passed away on Friday, March 20th. Born on January 23, 1929, in the Donbas region, he lived through a century of revolutions and world wars, holding prominent ecclesiastical roles. Though virtually unknown to today’s media, he was a highly debated and […]

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Venezuela: Amnesty and Reconciliation

Marcello Neri /

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16 March 2026

In late January, Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez announced her intention to introduce a general amnesty law covering the period from 1999 to the present. On February 5, the ruling party presented a bill to the National Assembly that would contribute to rebuilding democratic coexistence among Venezuelan citizens by granting amnesty. Critics of the proposed law […]

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Once upon a time, a venture capitalist and a theologian entered a Schrödinger box

Marcello Neri /

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15 March 2026

Dear Mr. Thiel, We don’t know each other, and to be honest, I was hesitant to write you this letter. However, a friend of mine who is intrigued by you — not as a venture capitalist, but as a human being — convinced me. Sometimes friends can see things you don’t see, and people with […]