The Russian Orthodox Church gains a larger political role, supporting Putin’s war in Ukraine. It pushes forth new laws that should prepare to project power abroad. The total and uncritical justification of the war allows the Patriarch of Moscow to present his requests for legislative changes to the Russian political world. A situation that, on […]
From the other side of the US border, crime and immigration. The Mexican Church denounces the difficulty in fighting rising organized crime, whose root may be found in the vast persecution of Christians a century ago. The bishops call for a change in the social and cultural environment. In 2026, important events are scheduled to […]
Catholicism and communism have many overlaps. Many revolutionaries studied in Catholic schools, and for them, the gospel was the first step toward getting hooked on Marx’s Manifesto. Yet none is like the story of Camillo Torres, the Colombian priest turned guerrillero, the inspiration of Liberation Theology that rocked the Church for decades. It risked splitting […]
They will meet in St. Pölten (Austria, February 16–19) — the 56 bishops of the Armenian Church and their Catholicos, Karekin II — for a council that could prove decisive for that Church’s future. In a country precariously clinging to survival, the Armenian Apostolic Church must regain its unity to secure the nation’s future. The […]
It’s not just a war in the trenches of Ukraine, it’s a battle for the hearts and minds of people of the post Soviet world. Moscow made it ideological, and it is determined to win it against the Rome-supported Greek Orthodox Patriarch. It usually happens in post-Soviet Russia. One runs into the sanctification of a […]
In his first address to the diplomatic corps (January 9), Pope Leo, within a reasoned geopolitical presentation, did not spare criticism of Western culture. It was not to take a leave of it, and even less to give voice to the “quasi-religious” right, but rather so that it may have a role in the world’s […]
Rome, December 4, 2025, Presentation of the Document Denouncing Persecutions by Sergei Chapnin Four Premises: · The limited competence of a religious writer (not an academic, not a geopolitical expert). · Never confuse the glorious, millennia-long history of the peoples of ‘Rus’ with the current historical segment of the war; never confuse the theological-spiritual heritage […]
