Author: Timothy Nerozzi

Pope Leo XIV is being pushed by Western powers to mediate an end to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It’s a responsibility that the pontiff is eager to take on and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is signaling openness to the idea. “The Vatican is a symbol of the highest morality of free Western democratic civilization,”…

It has long been an unwritten rule of the Catholic Church that no citizen of a world superpower can be pope. The informal logic is that such an arrangement would risk putting preeminent temporal and spiritual authority into the hands of the same clan. It is always safer to pick a pope from a more…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa characterized the flight of Afrikaners from his country as an act of cowardice. Approximately 59 Afrikaner refugees arrived in the United States on Monday as the White House decried the “genocide” happening against the white population of South Africa. Instead of helping the efforts to dismantle the nation’s apartheid-era inequalities…

The election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the United States, commanded the attention of the entire world. There was speculation that the media circus surrounding the pope’s debut on Thursday — broadcast live to every nation in the world — would simmer down and dissipate from secular society’s attention after the perennial…

VATICAN CITY — The day after Pope Leo XIV emerged from the conclave as the first American pontiff in history, he headed back into the Sistine Chapel to celebrate the liturgy with the cardinals who elected him. Leo held his first Mass as pope on Friday, in which he delivered a homily reflecting on Jesus…

VATICAN CITY — On Wednesday afternoon, red-hatted clerics who carry the same weight and dignity as princes within the Catholic Church entered the Sistine Chapel for the papal conclave to choose Pope Francis‘s successor.  The 133 cardinals will remain in total seclusion within the chapel and its adjoining buildings until they choose from among themselves…

VATICAN CITY – St. Peter’s Square was bustling on Wednesday morning despite the gray clouds trickling occasional raindrops over Vatican City. Massive television screens were placed under statues of Sts. Peter and Paul. More displays extend down the Via della Conciliazione. Thousands will use these screens to monitor the impending papal conclave, standing too far…

The Liberal Party came out on top in Canada’s federal election but fell short of forming a majority government, setting the stage for a difficult parliament at a time when cooperation is considered a matter of national survival. The Liberals won 155 seats as of Tuesday morning and are leading in another 13, bringing their…

The Liberal Party is projected to win Canada’s federal parliamentary elections, with Prime Minister Mark Carney remaining in office. The CBC made the projection just after 10:00pm as the Liberals pulled ahead and the possibility for the Conservatives to close the gap evaporated. It remains to be seen whether Carney’s party will be able to…

Canadians are watching the federal parliamentary results roll in as the polls close time zone by time zone across the country. Both Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party and Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party are holding events in the capital city of Ottawa tonight. There is excitement within each party about the so-far narrow race, but…