Pope Leo XIV
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The point of Rome
King Charles walked into Congress amid dread and left having threaded a needle. Pope Leo’s doing something similar from Rome.
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Racism speaks — Church and World must listen
Structural racism, papal apology, and one priest’s story converge to ask the Church to listen without defensiveness or excuse.
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Knowledge without borders belongs to everyone
True progress isn’t measured by innovation alone, but by whether AI serves people with no leverage, voice, or seat at the table.
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SSPX ordinations: 40 years on a second schism
The SSPX’s latest ordinations mark a deeper, more entrenched rejection of Vatican II than its original 1988 schism.
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Being heard
In a saturated media landscape reaching beyond shrinking parishes means embracing fresh tools that carries the Message further.
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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.
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Leo’s slavery teaching opens door for women’s ordination
In “Magnificent Humanity,” Pope Leo describes the Church’s condemnation of slavery as a genuine development in doctrine, not a clarification of existing teaching. That admission, echoing Cardinal Newman, creates a powerful precedent for revisiting the supposedly final ban on ordaining women as priests.
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Can the church compete?
We do not live the faith alone — but fewer young people are choosing to live it at all. With church attendance competing with sport, children’s parties, and endless leisure alternatives, parishes need to actively reimagine how they engage young people, or there maybe no one left!
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The theology of chairs
There is a particular irony in celebrating free elections and participatory governance from behind a lectern while your audience sits in silent rows. The Vatican’s meeting with lay leaders exposed a contradiction at the heart of the Church’s synodal project.
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Open letter to Pope Leo
Mandatory celibacy, introduced nearly 1,000 years ago, has outlived its purpose. Bishop Bonny of Antwerp plans to ordain proven married men — viri probati — from 2028, reflecting what many laity and clergy quietly believe: declining vocations, abuse scandals, and overstretched priests have eroded whatever once justified the rule. The Spirit is speaking.
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