The world is at war, but we must think about the post-war world. We should not repeat old mistakes and underestimate the spiritual energy of the world’s religions.
Ukraine
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
The 2022 Foley Contest: Poetry that speaks the unspeakable about the tragedy in Ukraine
We include fragments of poems that, while not contest finalists, provide one more way for America to shine a light on the ongoing horror in Ukraine.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Podcast: How Putin’s ‘holy war’ threatens Pope Francis’ work for Christian unity
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell and host Colleen Dulle discuss the religious implications of the Russia-Ukraine war and how it threatens work towards Christian unity.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
What critics of Pope Francis’ NATO comments don’t understand about Vatican diplomacy
Some observers fail to realize that Vatican diplomacy must be tuned to the church’s centuries-old mission of loving our enemies.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Podcast: Pope Francis is ‘pessimistic’ about the possibility of peace in Ukraine
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell and host Colleen Dulle discuss why Pope Francis is pessimistic about peace talks with Russia.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Cardinal Dolan visits Ukraine: ‘There is no depression…there is hope.’
New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said he was surprised and inspired by Ukrainians he met when he made a brief visit to Lviv, Ukraine.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Turf is one of the worst polluting fossil fuels. The Irish turf-burning industry could learn something from Pope Francis
Destroying bogland is the Irish equivalent of burning the Amazon.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis: ‘I am ready to go to Moscow’ to end the war in Ukraine
Pope Francis is willing to help negotiate an end to the Russian war against Ukraine, but warned that religious leaders “are not clerics of the state.”
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis asks Catholics to pray a rosary for peace in Ukraine every day during the month of May
As the Russian attack on Ukraine entered its 67th day, Pope Francis called on Catholics worldwide to pray the rosary every day during the month of May for peace.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Former ambassador to the Holy See and Russia on Pope Francis’ Ukraine dilemma
This week on Inside The Vatican, Ricardo da Silva, S.J. interviews Anne Leahy, who once served as the Canadian ambassador to Russia and later to the Holy See, to understand Pope Francis and the Vatican in its relations with Russia.