Italy made Rose Busingye a Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy.

Before we condemn or excuse, Nathanael’s story asks whether we have truly seen anyone.

Crosses at crossroads, pilgrimages in costume: Olivier Roy on faith cut off from life.

Europe’s young protesters smashed windows. Giulio Pasi asks which ones he breaks every day.

The Memory of 9/11.

Not an illusion: the impossible is a real presence that moves us.

September is handing you the dissatisfaction that proves you’re still becoming someone.

The Gospel Draws People In by Its Own Appea

What Leo XIV left at the Rimini meeting

The culture of power and freedom’s resistance.

Living faith in the public square

US Post Liberal Movement

Magnifica Humanitas Compare & Contrast.

AI and Democracy

Spiritual longing amid American distraction

The deception of settling for little.

Venezuela is not doomed. Living with dignity.

Will machines replace humans? The story of Kunshan’s robots.

Where is God in the rubble today?

Pope Leo XIV proposed not a doctrine but a method.

The possibility of compromise in politics

Leo XIV at the Spanish Parliament

An Atheist Called the Resurrection the Church's "True Rock and Roll."

Faggin: Consciousness is not algorithm

Renato Farina - On ecclesial movements

Olah - On safeguarding the human person in the time of AI

Pope Leo XIV's lesson to the leaders of ecclesial movements and associations.

Seven words from Pope Leo XIV in Rome.

Remembering the 50th anniversary of the ‘76 military coup

Youth in distress: a new clinical reality.

Fernando de Haro - At 86, Bertinotti finds hope in the I

What agony. What an unspeakable tragedy. Eight children massacred in Shreveport.

Luca Pezzi - A wounded teacher rejects violence, revealing the forces that move history.

We’ve reached the Moon—and still can’t overcome the logic of war.

Faced with the rush of current events: what kind of world is this, and who are we, really?

Testimony, Science, and Moral Choice Eighty Years After Nagasaki

A look at why the world ignores Pope Leo’s urgent call for global peace.

Fernando DeHaro - Kidnapped by Boko Haram, she eventually managed a harrowing escape.

As global regimes crumble, we must ask if true justice begins with our identity.

Amidst AI Chalamet’s ill-advised Oscar-eve remark sparked an unexpected, passionate public return to human arts.

Daniele D’Elia - Holiness as an Open Wound: he Cause for Beatification of Marco Gallo in Milan has begun. an incredible story to follow.

Costantino Esposito - ou cannot flee yourself. But what if that's exactly where freedom begins?

Operation Epic Fury. Six dead Americans. The same gap between victim and executioner.

  A child's open hands — and one silent tear — change everything we know about love.

Fernando De Haro - Why have young people become so impervious to falling in love? In modern relationships, a fear of the unpredictable—of making mistakes or being hurt.

Simone Riva - From Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel to a student's bold question in a school corridor: why the only finger that creates — and never destroys — is God's.

Monsignor Raul Biord Castillo - “There is fear of economic hardship and the danger of violence. Hope is very much alive.

Our world today is full of pain, visible even in the images on our screens. Everything echoes three words.

In the Minneapolis cold, a viral haunting video forces a great choice: will you retreat into analysis or risk a judgment?

Western imagination is stuck in 1979. While Iranian streets pulse with change, American media recycles old ghosts.

After everything that has happened, can we still claim to be rational without sounding like blindly devoted zealots or hopeless Pollyannas and believe that life has a meaning?

A train derails in 20 seconds, and we remember: life hangs by a thread.

Is Liberalism Failing? Mark Lilla, Leon Wieseltier & Ian Buruma Discuss.

Giorgio Vittadini -Without measuring long-term outcomes for those most dependent, welfare reform is reform in name only.

Witnessing the efforts of many to resist despair, Svetlana Panič shares her thoughts on what it means to hope today by rediscovering the novelty inherent in everything.

The law passed in Australia, banning the use of social media for children under 16, invites us to reflect on the nature of attention

Giorgio Vittadini - The diplomat is dying. The strongman rises. Ratzinger knew: compromise itself is political morality.

A conversation with Andrea Accomazzo, Mauro Prina, and Nicolò Riva. Moderated by Chiara Pagani (Baceno)

Desire and a lack of recognition are the defining political categories at the beginning of the 21st century.

An interesting article by the New York Times on the concept of info-politics.

Andrea Mantegna's "Madonna and Child" was made to be held close

On Music, Poverty, and the Ontology of Belovedness

An interview with Professor Costantino Esposito.

We live in an era obsessed with lifestyle, yet we seem increasingly confused about what constitutes life itself

An interview with Cardinal Pizzabla discussing the state of his region—caught between reality and hope—and his efforts to revive dialogue.

Pope Leo XIV - A pope listens, a generation speaks, and hope rises where authentic faith meets youth.

Morris Caplin - When AI rewrites essays, teachers rediscover their mission: awaken freedom, judgment, authentic humanity.

Editorial - It is not often that U.S. bishops invoke a “Special Message.” The last time was twelve years ago.

Fernando De Haro - Leo XIV visits Lebanon: A fragile land where disarmed Christians test peace against armed power.

John Merritt - The word peace is light on the tongue. It floats above microphones, inscribed on banners, repeated until it becomes air.

Epochal Change - The Promise of a Generation - A Harvard study found that 58% of young people report struggling to find meaning or purpose in life,

John Merritt - What Augustine Understood About Learning and Education That We've Forgotten.

Interview with Zane Lowe where Rosalía talks about her creative process, personal growth, and the making of “LUX.

Martina Saltamacchia - A green van fed Austin's homeless. From that seed grew today's Community First! Village.

Fernando De Haro - Why True Dissatisfaction Isn't the Same as Social Suffering

Giacomo Gambassi - Archbishop Pace on 60 Years of Nostra Aetate and Interfaith Dialogue.

In a wounded land, Jerusalem’s Patriarch says true peace requires a whole new language.

A once-in-a-generation exhibition in Italy shows how the Renaissance painter believed something with his whole heart, and then made it manifest.

Fernando De Haro - Forgiveness, not revenge, reveals a deeper power: transforming pain into reconciliation and renewed humanity.

Fernando De Haro - As global powers merge faith and politics, the West faces a critical challenge.

Cesare Maria Cornaggia - Today’s teens are not 'problematic' but are searching for adults capable of facing their pain and rebuilding a relational context.

Mothers from opposite sides of war discover that forgiveness is more realistic than revenge could ever be.

Fernando De Haro - The words Pope Leo XIV spoke to young people in Tor Vergata are vital for all people and for the Church.

There is a way of living as if Christ were not present, as if He were not flesh. Such a life reduces us to spectators and servants of the world.

A young man alone on the beach reflects on human restlessness and the Jubilee. By Simone Riva.

Cardinal Pizzaballa's visit to the bombed church in Gaza and its parishioners is a tangible sign of the mystery and love of Christ.

After 12+ years of war, a devastating earthquake, and a crippling economic crisis, Syria faces one of the world's most forgotten humanitarian disasters.

Meaning is something achieved through reason—that is, through experience, the only useful, though always subjective.

We are wonderfully made by God, and for this reason, each of us is a beacon of hope. “I give you thanks that I am fearfully, wonderfully made.”

There is always the great temptation to give power to Jesus and exclude God's weakness. But Christ came to free us through suffering, not from suffering.

Suppressing desire may ease suffering, but risks apathy, dehumanization, and losing the profound longing central to human dignity.

Antonio Spadaro - A Month with Pope Leo XIV . On May 8, the Conclave elected Robert Francis Prevost. And he immediately made it clear: “I will not be a lone leader.”

Pope Leo : How can we find unity in a troubled, divided world? The answer lies in the Holy Spirit, who inspires a journey of togetherness, changing hearts and our future.

Simone Riva in this article deepen how In the Sistine Chapel, cardinals begin the solemn, secretive conclave to elect a new Pope. The world watches the chimney and listens for bells, awaiting the smoke signaling the choice of a new spiritual father to lead the Church.

Pope Leo XIV’s tearful debut on St. Peter’s balcony moved the world. As cheers echoed through the square, a new era began. Uncover the heartfelt story by Fernando De Haro of his introduction and the emotions that defined this moment in our in-depth article.

Discover in this article by Simone Riva the profound impact of Pope Francis' universal fatherhood and his Easter-timed passing :“Leaving the day after the Resurrection means staying, tying one’s destiny to that of Christ, in presence and in absence.”

The war in the Holy Land, where “nothing will ever be the same again.” The crisis of a model of the Church whose problem “is not its relevance but having something to say.” A conversation with Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, between bitter realism and Christian hope.
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In this article by theologian Javier Prades, the Spanish author reflects on Pope Francis’s legacy as a “Revolution of Joy” and how Francis leaves us the joy of the essential: the encounter with Christ as a response to the changing times, through gestures and words that continually are touching the human heart.

Susanna Tamaro in this stunning article reflects on Pope Francis’s overlooked encyclical Dilexit Nos, a spiritual testament exploring the heart’s role in countering modern despair, emphasizing authentic relationships and divine love amidst a materialistic, manipulative world.

Why are successful young professionals leaving coveted jobs? It's a crisis of meaning. This article delves into the human need for the "infinite" that work can't fully satisfy, guided by Julián Carrón's insights on genuine fulfillment.

Forget worldly conclave analysis. The heart lies in Christ's inescapable question to Peter: "Do you love me?" This piece reveals why focusing on this radical question of love is essential for the Church and you.

Forget immediate results and power. Pope Francis reveals why "God's time," prioritizing the heart's conversion and initiating patient processes, is the key to authentic human and Christian change in our era.

Emilia Guarnieri: We hide in hoodies and behind screens, wounded by a world that's lost its way. Is there any point from which to start again?