The modern democratic system’s transformation, sometimes toward authoritarian models, and the upheaval of the world order under the Trump administration’s international policy cannot be irrelevant to Catholic theology. However, Catholic theology is unprepared to intelligently and wisely interpret today’s political events, both in evangelical and civil perspective. The public square seems foreign to the ways […]
Chapter V of Pope Francis’s encyclical Fratelli Tutti. On Fraternity and Social Friendship is dedicated to fraternity as a political technique aimed at achieving social friendship, which is capable of constructively and creatively managing conflicts within societies. Democracies that emerged from the two great modern revolutions are essentially based on the combination of freedom and […]
Following the appointment of Sarah Mullally as Archbishop of Canterbury, Anglican churches affiliated with the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) issued a statement. Founded in 2008, GAFCON is governed by the Jerusalem Declaration. The statement was signed by President Laurent Mbanda, Primate of the Anglican Church of Rwanda, and announced «the reordering of the Anglican […]
On October 6, marking the second anniversary of Hamas’ terrorist attack against Israel, the Secretary of State of the Holy See, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, gave an interview with the Vatican media. The Israeli Embassy to the Holy See responded with a harsh message on X: «The recent interview with Cardinal Parolin, though surely well-intentioned, risks […]
In a recent interview with Crux correspondent Elise Ann Allen, Pope Leo briefly touched on the issue of democracy, adopting an apparently negative tone: «Democracy is not necessarily a perfect solution to everything.» However, when you consider the context in which this statement was made and the subject to which Pope Leo refers, it becomes […]
The murder of Minnesota legislator Melissa Hortman and her husband, the attempted murder of Minnesota State Senator John Hofman, the arson attack on the home of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, the attack on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta which resulted in the death of a police officer, the murder of Charlie […]
No matter how far removed their views may be from our own, every time violence silences a voice, it causes deep damage to our democracies. The killing of Charlie Kirk undermines the “right to be heard” of every voice and every word, which are fundamental principles of democratic order. A theological reading of the relationship […]
