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ADVOCATE OF HOPE Time and time again Jesus promised the gift of his own Spirit. He did this to remind us that we would not be left as orphans and to reassure us that he would be in our lives forever. But to truly appreciate the gift of the Spirit, it is perhaps helpful for us to remember what Christ has not promised us. Christ has not promised us life would be easy. He has not promised us that we would never have to face suffering or rejection or pain. READ MORE

IN SEARCH OF ROBERT PREVOST His unwavering stand for peace makes me wonder how God has used Pope Leo’s personal history to shape his present faithfulness. Who is this man who has been elected to lead the Church? Where did he come from?   POPE AND PRESIDENT, AT ODDS AGAIN? Coincidental announcements on capital punishment underscore fundamental differences between Leo and Trump. Trump keeps pushing policies that are opposed by Catholic teaching — and this U.S.-born pope doesn’t seem to be willing to keep quiet about them. CARDINAL MCELROY: WHY THE CHURCH CAN AND SHOULD JUDGE THE MORALITY OF THE IRAN WAR Because the war is a highly volatile issue in our polarized society, it is particularly important that Catholic teaching be clear and well understood as we seek to move forward to peace. For this reason, it is essential to identify and reject three major distortions of Catholic teaching on war and peace.   POPES AND WARS IN THE CONTEMPORARY ERA As people return to speaking about a just war, it is worth recalling the teaching on peace of the popes who have succeeded one another on the Chair of Peter over the past hundred years. This teaching has gradually been enriched and deepened, to the point of recognizing how increasingly difficult it is to claim that a just war exists. "WAR HAS BECOME THE ULTIMATE ANTICHRIST" "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast:" John Dear reflects on the life, witness and teachings of the legendary peacemaker and war resister Jesuit Fr. Daniel Berrigan, who died on April 30, 2016, just before his 95th birthday. LEO IN AFRICA: THE MAGISTERIUM OF PEACE, JUSTICE, AND FRATERNITY The first major apostolic journey of Pope Leo XIV — eleven days, four countries, an entire continent as horizon — was far more than a pastoral pilgrimage. Peace, war, tyranny, corruption, neo-colonialism, extractivism, exclusion, fundamentalism: each of these themes was addressed. WHAT'S PEACE GOT TO DO WITH IT? What do we mean by peace? In a world marked by war, fragile ceasefires and deepening divisions, the word is invoked often, but not always understood. In urging peace, Pope Leo is defending moral clarity: No political cause can justify the destruction of innocent life. HOW WILL THE US CHURCH RESPOND TO POPE LEO'S CALL TO PEACEMAKING? The US Church has come to a turning point, a seismic shift in its understanding and practice of peacemaking. Will it respond with the courage of Gospel nonviolence or settle for the Pax Americana? Clearly, this question cannot be answered by accepting the status quo.