On Thursday, 9 October, Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural document will be presented at the Vatican: an apostolic exhortation on love for the poor entitled Dilexit te, on which his predecessor, Pope Francis, had already begun work. The new pontificate officially opens with a commitment to social justice and to contributing in shaping a higher, more […]
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 […]
The conclave that led to the election of Pope Leo XIV was more geopolitical than its participants were willing to admit. It also demonstrated that the Catholic Church is capable of making timely decisions in response to global emergencies when taking a stand within a world order undergoing profound transformation, if not outright disintegration. The […]
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 […]
