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Where Peter Is

Which Pope said this?

It is enough to recall that the blood of millions, countless unheard-of sufferings, useless massacres and frightening ruins have sanctioned the agreement that unites you with an oath that ought to change the future history of the world: never again war, never again war! It is peace, peace, that has to guide the...

Ceasefire!

In calling for a permanent ceasefire – as the first step in a multilateral, seriously committed negotiated peace process –  Pope Leo echoed the bold proclamations of the last several popes who have all called for ceasefires or the cessation of hostilities in the armed conflicts that continue to plague humanity. With our...

Can War Still Be Just?

This is the second in a trio of articles on peace that we are publishing in preparation for tomorrow’s day of prayer. It is a modified version of an article that first appeared on March 5, 2026, in The Southern Cross. The Iran-U.S.-Israeli war, like all wars, is a hellish nightmare where violence...

Unarmed Peace

This is the first in a trio of articles on peace (and its absence) that WPI will be posting as we prepare to join Pope Leo in prayer for peace tomorrow. This article, which has been updated and modified, was first published by The Southern Cross on January 30, 2026.  Pope Leo started...

Two Days That Shook the Easter Octave

As many WPI readers doubtless know, the past two days have seen (at least) two startling claims, with boundless ramifications for the United States, the Church, and the world. One of these – open, public, and widely disseminated – arrived via social media on Tuesday: This frankly genocidal post, if taken seriously as...

The Courage to Say “No” and to Finish This

There are moments when a single word becomes a moral act. No. Not the lazy “no” of cynicism or disengagement. Not the performative “no” of social media. The real “no” — the one spoken when you know it will cost you something. The one spoken when power expects your silence. The one spoken because a...

Our Dinner with Napa

When V. J, Tarantino and I were invited to represent WPI at a Napa Institute Salon Dinner led by the organization’s founder, Tim Busch, and his wife Steph in New York City on the Solemnity of St. Joseph, a few questions came to mind: Why us? What would we be doing there? What...

How Did We Get Here?

No doubt many WPI readers have read President Trump’s Easter morning Truth Social post  that read, “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran…Open the F****n’ Strait, you crazy b******s, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah,” heard the...

What Pope Leo XIV’s First Easter Reveals About Him

In his first Easter as pope, Leo XIV made a series of subtle but powerful choices that may reveal the deeper direction of his pontificate. From the Chrism Mass to the Way of the Cross, and from the washing of the feet to the Easter Vigil, Pedro Gabriel explores the key themes that...

“Padre, Don’t Forget”

My good friend, a retired priest from the Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario, took a group of kids to the Dominican Republic more than 30 years ago. One day he went out to the outlying regions in Consuelo, called the Bateyes, which are small rural settlements designed for plantation workers. They are very impoverished...