Diplomacy

  • Service, not imposition: the church’s place in public life

    Leo insists the church respects political autonomy, affirming separation of church and state andrejects Christian nationalism outright.

    Service, not imposition: the church’s place in public life
  • Trump raises voice; Vatican lowers heat

    One year into his pontificate, Leo XIV has moved beyond cautious silence. During Rubio’s visit, the Vatican deployed no sanctions or threats — the pope used the vocabulary of peace and compelled the American delegation to echo it. Prevost has emerged as a moral voice insisting that moral authority still commands a hearing.

    Trump raises voice; Vatican lowers heat

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