Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth. -Pope Leo XIV, April 16, 2026 In Athens, Georgia earlier...
In the fallout from President Trump’s Truth Social Post attacking Pope Leo XIV, defenders seem to be coalescing around a common theme: the Pope should stay in his lane. The idea is actually present within Mr. Trump’s post itself, but...
What if the choice between Jesus and Barabbas didn’t end 2,000 years ago? In this video, Pedro Gabriel explores how that same decision—between domination and dialogue, power and peace—is still shaping our world today. From modern politics on both the...
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...
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...
In my recent article on the media coverage of the first year of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate, I examined the letter from Cardinal Parolin to the French bishops, who met in Lourdes last week, and challenged the unlikely narrative put...
Holy Week is almost here—but before it begins, it’s worth asking: did this Lent really change something in us? In this video, Pedro Gabriel goes through five key insights from Pope Leo XIV’s Lenten homilies—covering freedom, control, encounter, blindness, and...
Over the past two weeks, the narrative that “Pope Leo is correcting Francis” has emerged with renewed vigor in English-language conservative Catholic media. Unlike the aesthetic differences that were desperately held up as dramatic reversals in the early months of...
In November 2025, Cardinal Christophe Pierre delivered his final address to the US bishops as apostolic nuncio, arguing that the Second Vatican Council remained the “guiding light” of the Church’s path forward. He had been delivering this message for nearly...
In a world where headlines move fast and opinions move even faster, it’s becoming harder to know what’s actually true—especially when it comes to news about the Pope. In this video, Pedro Gabriel walks through a simple, practical approach to...
Today in a message commemorating the 10th anniversary of Amoris Laetitia — Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation on marriage and the family — Pope Leo announced a meeting of the presidents of the world’s bishops’ conferences to take place in Rome...
For centuries, the Catholic Church taught that war could be morally justified under strict conditions known as just war theory. But in recent decades, popes have increasingly spoken about war in much stronger terms—sometimes even saying that there is no...
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