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FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The Holy Spirit "writes in our hearts before all else the commandment of love that the Lord has made the center and summit of everything,” the pope said.
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
The war in Gaza has become one in which “the heart-rending price is being paid by children, the elderly and the sick.” Israel, along with its allies, especially including the United States, must reckon that cost as well.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Jordan Denari Duffner
In processing the extent of the suffering, it is helpful to recall the foundational principle of our Catholic social teaching—that everyone possesses inherent dignity and the God-given right not just to survive, but to live well.
Pope Francis shares a laugh with Margaret Karram, president of the Focolare movement, at the end of a meeting with participants in an interreligious conference sponsored by the movement at the Vatican June 3, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
FaithDispatches
Connor Hartigan
Margaret Karram, president of the Rome-based Focolare movement, visited the United States to discuss current issues in peacemaking.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Pope Leo XIV's offer to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine was motivated by a conviction that the two sides must start negotiating and stop the killing, the Vatican secretary of state said.
Paola Ugaz, a Peruvian journalist who helped expose the abuse committed by leaders of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, gives Pope Leo XIV a stole made of alpaca wool, during the pope's meeting with members of the media May 12, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Politics & SocietyThe Weekly Dispatch
Kevin Clarke
Pope Leo offered a heartening message for a global media that has endured a pretty awful year.