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Pope Leo XIV and Vatican Diplomacy

Pietro Parolin /

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21 May 2025

By: Cardinal Pietro Parolin Speech delivered by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, at the Reception at the United Nations – New York (May 19th 2025), on the Occasion of the Election of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV. Excellencies, distinguished ambassadors, ladies and gentlemen,It is a pleasure to address you today, as we gather […]

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Democracy’s Original Sin and Its Limits

Francesco Sisci / Director

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21 May 2025

Democracy is not perfect. It has flaws that were apparent to the ancient Greeks and that modernity has attempted to rectify. Present challenges may require those fixes again. Democracy was born with an existential flaw, as the Hellenist Luciano Canfora warns. The rabble (perhaps a more accurate translation of the ancient Greek demos than “the people”) elects its leader. […]

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Nicaea and Us. A Lesson from the Past for Our Impoverished Democracy

Heiner Wilmer /

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20 May 2025

On May 20 (375), the Council of Nicaea began, which would than define the divinity of Jesus and the Trinitarian dimension of the Christian God. Heiner Wilmer, Catholic bishop of Hildesheim (Germany), shows how significant ideas for restoring strength and substance to our democracies in crisis are hidden in the structural folds of this Christological […]

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US, History and its Risks

Francesco Sisci / Director

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18 May 2025

America needs a comprehensive strategy to address the current global challenges. Without it, even short-term gains may turn into severe medium and long-term setbacks On Sunday, Pope Leo XIV, the head of the Catholic Church, a beacon of Christianity, and a continuity with ancient Rome, is inaugurated. The Church’s long-term view helped it survive for […]

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Big Meloni in Little Italy

Francesco Sisci / Director

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15 May 2025

The Premier’s fortuna is that no one else is eager to move on to rearmament, the big transatlantic agenda. But this also makes the Belpaese small and ultimately a burden for the allies. The ancient Roman notion of fortuna was a mix of skill and fate—the ability to take advantage of what chance had bestowed. Ancient China […]

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Slumber into Total War

Francesco Sisci / Director

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14 May 2025

BRI, BRICS, and the US retreat are fraying the old global order and kindling sudden flare-ups. China needs essential reforms to lead the world, but they are tricky. The US could make it, but its bets are high risk. Is everyone sleepwalking into destruction like before WWI? The recent brief but violent clash between […]

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The American Pope

Francesco Sisci / Director

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10 May 2025

Pope Prevost shortens the distance between the Vatican and Washington, imparting a new, unprecedented dynamic to the USA and the world. China is left out, with still unclear consequences. (photo credit: Ninan Tan) As Italian political commentator Stefano Folli noted, the distance between the two banks of the Tiber, between political Rome and the Holy […]