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

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 […]

In Godless, God

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 […]

Pope Leo XIV: Francis’ Last Surprise

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 […]

Ukraine: Filaret the Machiavellian Has Died

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 […]

The Church, the Party, and their Faiths

In this article, Francesco Sisci “heretically” compares two organizational models that seem to be opposites: the Catholic Church and the Chinese Communist Party. Why is this comparison important for the Church, both as an institution and as a community of faith? The Catholic Church is incapable of viewing itself from an outside perspective and never […]