The war in Ukraine and international efforts to initiate a peace process have put global diplomacy in the spotlight. My impression is that neither the media nor its audience fully comprehends the ...

With the May 8 election of Pope Leo XIV, many commentators noted that the last Leonine pontificate gave us Catholic social teaching, that branch of moral theology that rose out of the experience of ...

(RNS) — Immediately after his election, Robert Prevost signaled his commitment to Catholic social teaching by choosing Leo as his papal name. As he explained to the College of Cardinals, he chose his ...

Want to know how the first American pope might lead the Catholic Church? Look no further than his name. Seattle Archbishop Paul D. Etienne said Cardinal Robert Prevost's chosen name, Leo XIV, "tells ...

JD Vance speaks in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington D.C. on Jan. 25, 2025. (Credit: Rob Lamkey, Jr./AP.) Listen Say what you ...

(RNS) — Those who hoped an American pope would be more supportive of unregulated capitalism will be very disappointed in Leo. (RNS) — Immediately after his election, Robert Prevost signaled his ...