Is America having a Catholic revival? The idea that the United States is seeing a surge in converts to the faith, especially Gen Z-ers, might be more projection than fact. But the reaction to the clashes between Pope Leo XIV and President…
Sarah Mullally prays with Pope Leo XIV
The Archbishop of Canterbury has continued her pilgrimage to Rome with a visit to St Paul’s Within the Walls, the first non-Catholic church to be built in the city since the Reformation.
Canterbury archbishop to visit pope, a milestone for churches split on women clergy
Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally will travel to Rome this weekend to meet Pope Leo XIV — a visit she calls a pilgrimage, akin to the one she took to prepare for her installation at Canterbury.
There Is Much More to Pope vs. President Than Meets the Eye
The feud between the pope and the Trump administration over the justice of the Iran war may be the most important theological debate of my lifetime. It reveals the moral bankruptcy of the war, it illuminates the risks to our…
Vance shows how not to navigate church-state issues
The estuary where politics and religion intermingle has rarely been a place of great clarity. Brackishness is a form of unpleasantness; you can’t drink brackish water. Yet, religion and politics are two of the great engines of history and so…
St. Augustine is key to the difference between Pete Hegseth and Pope Leo
In the aftermath of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s recent Pentagon prayer and Pope Leo XIV’s Palm Sunday homily, much of the public commentary has settled into a familiar framework. A conservative official invoked God in the context of war and a supposedly…
Archbishop of Canterbury expresses solidarity with Pope Leo XIV in calling for peace in Iran
The Archbishop of Canterbury on Thursday expressed solidarity with Pope Leo XIV in calling for peace in the Middle East.
False bomb threat made at suburban Chicago home of Pope Leo’s brother
The suburban Chicago home of a brother to Pope Leo XIV was the site of a false bomb threat Wednesday night.
‘We need the moral courage to stand where Pope Leo stood this morning’
Posting an image of himself as Jesus, making apocalyptic threats against Iran and criticizing Pope Leo XIV gave faith leaders and political strategists plenty to condemn about President Donald Trump during a recent symposium hosted by Yale Divinity School. Speakers…
Vatican visitors slam Trump over attacks on the US-born pope’s message of peace
Inappropriate. Ridiculous. Absurd. Visitors to the Vatican on Tuesday had some choice words for U.S. President Donald Trump after his harsh criticism of Pope Leo XIV for his calls to soften the rhetoric of war.
Pope Leo arrives in Africa with message of peace, unity amid global tensions
Pope Leo XIV’s trip to Africa comes at a moment of deep global tension, as wars, inequality and religious divisions intensify. Visiting countries marked by colonial history and modern conflict, the pope is expected to project a message of unity…
Pentagon-Vatican meeting latest flash point in Trump’s clash with religious leaders
On Wednesday (April 8), Vice President JD Vance stood in front of Air Force Two in Budapest and was confronted with the latest chapter in an emerging, global drama: rising tensions between the U.S. military and religious leaders.