Luca Barnabé reviews Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, exploring Odysseus’ epic journey home, Homer’s timeless tale, mythical ...

Norbert Frejek explores Ukraine’s human cost of war, its struggle for sovereignty and the challenges of maintaining daily ...

Giovanni Sale examines the 1926 attempt on Mussolini and how it enabled Fascism to restrict freedoms, weaken Parliament and expand authoritarian power.

From September 25 to 28, 2026, Pope Leo XIV traveled to France on his fifth apostolic journey, with stops in Paris, Saint-Denis, Lourdes and Metz, and a visit to the headquarters of the United Nations ...

At the Benedictine monastery of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome, an ancient tradition is renewed every year. In January, the nuns take in and care for two newborn lambs. When they are sheared for ...

William McCormick examines Sudan’s civil war, humanitarian crisis and Pope Leo XIV’s call for ceasefire, humanitarian corridors and lasting peace.

From September 25 to 28, 2026, Pope Leo XIV traveled to France on his fifth apostolic ...

The assassination attempt on Mussolini on October 31, 1926, in Bologna, was the fourth in less ...

The dialogue took place in Indonesian, with translation into Italian. Thank you, Pope Francis, for coming to Indonesia and for this meeting with us. I am a scholastic studying theology. I have a ...

The “prosperity gospel” is a well-known theological current emerging from the neo-Pentecostal evangelical movements. At its heart is the belief that God wants his followers to have a prosperous life, ...

In some countries a form of religious-cultural nationalism is back in vogue. Religion is exploited both to obtain popular support and to launch a political message that is identified with people’s ...

The theme of unity, however, is not the only priority highlighted by the pope. Closely connected to it is mission: “Unity and mission,” Leo XIV stressed, “are two essential aspects of the Church’s ...