Nearly a year after the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV, two deeply sourced books offer competing portraits of the context and maneuvering behind the first U.S.-born pope’s election. Popes, Dollars and Wars, by renowned Italian journalist Massimo Franco, traces how the church in the United States, long treated in Rome as a periphery of the…
(RNS) — Nearly a year after the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV, two deeply sourced books offer competing portraits of the context and maneuvering behind the first U.S. pope’s election. “Popes, Dollars and Wars,” by renowned Italian journalist Massimo Franco, traces how the church in the United States, long treated in Rome as a…
When Donald Trump hosted Sanae Takaichi, the Japanese prime minister, last month, he could not resist a gratuitous reference to Pearl Harbor. The US president is impelled to trash longstanding alliances. He has done more than anyone to demolish the postwar global order. This week alone, the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, questioned whether the US…
Shorouk Express The state visit of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to Kazakhstan was more than a diplomatic headline — it marked a shift toward systemic integration across Central Asia. In a world where global trade routes are being redrawn under the weight of sanctions, energy transition, and technological nationalism, the region stretching between the Caspian…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email The leader of Hungary’s largest opposition party on Sunday told thousands of supporters that he would guide his country out of its international isolation…
