Editor’s Note: Rodrigo Guerra López delivered this paper on April 15, 2026, at the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences plenary session on “The Uses of Power: Legitimacy, Democracy, and the Rewriting of the International Order” — a video of his presentation is embedded below. He diagnoses how today’s neo-populisms, right and left, manipulate...
Dear brothers and sisters, today is World Day of Migrants and Refugees, whose theme [this year] is: “Free to choose whether to migrate or to stay”, to recall that to migrate should be a free choice, and never the only one possible. Indeed, the right to migrate has now become an obligation for...
Bishop Robert Barron is at it again. Three months after his ill-judged intervention on the Trump administration’s so-called immigration enforcement policies, Barron has come to the defense of the same administration’s war against Iran, a war that Pope Leo XIV has strongly implied Catholics are to view as unjust and immoral. As people...
Editor’s Note: Rodrigo Guerra López delivered this paper on April 15, 2026, at the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences plenary session on “The Uses of Power: Legitimacy, Democracy, and the Rewriting of the International Order” — a video of his presentation is embedded below. He diagnoses how today’s neo-populisms, right and left, manipulate...
Dear brothers and sisters, today is World Day of Migrants and Refugees, whose theme [this year] is: “Free to choose whether to migrate or to stay”, to recall that to migrate should be a free choice, and never the only one possible. Indeed, the right to migrate has now become an obligation for...
Bishop Robert Barron is at it again. Three months after his ill-judged intervention on the Trump administration’s so-called immigration enforcement policies, Barron has come to the defense of the same administration’s war against Iran, a war that Pope Leo XIV has strongly implied Catholics are to view as unjust and immoral. As people...
Much of Pope Leo XIV’s journey to Africa has been overshadowed by a media firestorm over tweets and comments US President Donald Trump made about the pope, and sadly Leo’s message and the people of Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea have been drowned out by partisan voices on the other side of...
WPI covered the Prayer Vigil for peace last week, however, there was so much other breaking news that the story was likely lost in the torrent of posts and reflections that followed it. For that reason, we are reposting this piece that first appeared in The Association of U.S. Catholic Priests on April...
“I am a dreamer, dazzled by the light of the Gospel, and I look with hope into the visions of the night. And whenever I fall, I discover anew in Jesus the courage to continue fighting and hoping, the courage to keep dreaming.” — Pope Francis Saint Peter’s Basilica Solemnity of Christ the...
Some time between the years 2014 and 2016, I endeavored to read the full texts of Pope St. John Paul II’s Love and Responsibility (he was still Karol Wojtyla at the time of writing) and The Theology of the Body. It was the culmination of fifteen years as a devout Catholic – a...
This interview was first published by Indian Catholic Matters on April 19, 2026. We are republishing it here as we mark the first anniversary of Pope Francis’ death. It has been a year since the death of Pope Francis, a pope who, through his compassion, humility, and vision, left a lasting mark on...
Today marks a year since the death of Pope Francis. Over the past year, my initial anxiety about “who comes next?” has transitioned into a growing appreciation for our new Pope. In fact, much of the admiration that I feel for Pope Leo stems from his ability to pick up where Pope Francis...
What is interesting about the discussion on the road to Emmaus is that the two disciples are talking about Jesus, while the very person they are talking about is right there walking with them, but without their awareness that this person is in fact the risen Christ. They see him as a stranger....
Last time I had Shaun on, we discussed St. John Henry Newman becoming a doctor of the Church. In this episode, we followed up that conversation to talk about Newman’s thoughts on personal conscience and the sensus fidei, and what that means for Pope Francis, and now Pope Leo’s, vision of a synodal Church....
In the end, we see clearly the need to propose and promote a pedagogy of peace. This calls for a rich interior life, clear and valid moral points of reference, and appropriate attitudes and lifestyles. Acts of peacemaking converge for the achievement of the common good; they create interest in peace and cultivate...
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