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 […]
The media worldwide have begun speculating about possible names for the next pontificate. It’s not just journalistic curiosity but also an attempt to influence the next Conclave somehow. The more the same names are repeated, the more the media seems to be telling the cardinal electors: “Look, the world expects the pope to be chosen […]
The Pope threw his heart into Asia and sowed many religious and political seeds. The future is to grow them into plants. It won’t be easy, and an analysis of why is possibly needed on the eve of his next birthday. Many prayers for you, your Holiness. One of Pope Francis’s primary legacy is that […]
