After the Iran debacle, are U.S. diplomats ready to accept that the path to the geopolitical good, if not to the perfect, lies through diplomacy and compromise, not threats and missile strikes?
War and Peace
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The Catholic Church and the 13 colonies in 1776
The Catholic Church in the United States in 1776 was so tiny that it didn’t play a major role in the American Revolution—but the war affected the local church in important and lasting ways.
Posted inCatholic Book Club
The moral witness of doctor and writer Robert Coles
Robert Coles—a psychiatrist, sociologist, historian and storyteller—was in many ways the moral conscience of his generation.
Posted inVatican Dispatch
Pope Leo: War is ‘fed more easily’ than the hungry
“The world today could live without hunger,” but “conflicts are ‘fed’ more easily than people are nourished,” Pope Leo XIV said when he visited the United Nations World Food Program.
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Pope Leo speaks out on SSPX ordinations and U.S.-Iran deal
The pope spoke to journalists outside Castel Gandolfo.
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Did Pope Leo actually reject just war theory? Unpacking what ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ said about the doctrine
‘Magnifica Humanitas’ asks: Is just war theory still relevant?
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Gordon Zahn’s influence on Catholic just war teaching
Gordon Zahn’s influence on Catholic views toward state-sponsored violence, conscientious objection, pacifism and discipleship reached far beyond American shores in his long career of activism.
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Pope Leo asks Catholics worldwide to pray rosary for peace May 30
Pope Leo XIV will preside over a worldwide rosary for peace May 30, uniting Marian shrines across continents in simultaneous prayer to close the Catholic Church’s month of devotion to the Virgin Mary.
Posted inThe Weekly Dispatch
Will Pope Leo’s A.I. encyclical produce a Catholic social teaching catchphrase?
With the notion of “disarming A.I.,” Pope Leo primarily means human-made strategies to prevent some of the worst case effects of runaway A.I. on social life and communities. He also means keeping A.I. off battlefields.
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Pope Leo issues plea for Gaza assistance
“I would like to renew my appeal to all authorities to assist the people of Gaza. To help them now to begin to rebuild because the people are truly still suffering.”