Yesterday, Thursday 5 June, Pope Leo XIV met with the staff of the Secretariat of State of the Holy See. Marked out by a cordial and grateful atmosphere, this was perhaps the first programmatic act of the new pontificate. The reform of the Vatican Curia launched by Pope Francis has remained suspended, mainly due to […]
The May 11 trade agreement between the US and China was beneficial for calming the markets, which were edgy about a massive tariff war that could upset the global economy. It was also important as it established a mechanism for constant exchanges to keep bilateral tensions in check and avoid sudden disruptive explosions. However, behind […]
The election of Robert Francis Prevost as the new Pope, with the name of Leo XIV, went smoother than the confirmation of the German Chancellor Merz by the Bundestag. Just within three weeks after the death of the late Pope Francis the Catholic Church has regained its full governance. A sign of a system that […]
JD Vance’s ordo amoris found its ecclesiastical placet in Cardinal Camillo Ruini’s unique reinterpretation of the parable of the prodigal son. According to Ruini, with pope Francis the Catholic Church has been too concerned with the son who left: now time has come to set things right and focus on the son who always stayed […]
By Kurt Appel (Director of the Research Center Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society at the University of Vienna. Kurt Appel is full professor of fundamental theology at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna and one of the leading scholars on Hegel’s philosophy.). With the death of Pope Francis speculation about possible […]
Introduction to the book “Intra Omnes” – a collective work in view of the upcoming Conclave. The book can be downloaded free of charge here. Fear not! I am the First and the Last, and the Living. I was dead, but now I live forever and have the keys of death and the underworld. […]
A shepherd for the world and the Church. A Church for the poor and the oppressed. A Church for peace. A Church that gives meaning to life and takes meaning from Christ. These are all interconnected, but not with simple, easy knots. They are twisted and indirect, paradoxical. For the poor and oppressed: capitalism and […]
