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- Has the world abandoned war-torn Sudan? May 17, 2025Two years into Sudan’s brutal war, regional powers fuel the violence while Western nations offer aid but no political solution, leaving the crisis to escalate largely unnoticed by the world.
- Inside the long road to justice in Cambodia May 17, 2025Interview: Jean-Marc Lavergne, one of two French judges appointed by the United Nations to serve in the Khmer Rouge trials in Phnom Penh reflects on one of the 20th century’s greatest atrocities.
- Always striving to be the best May 17, 2025In a world driven by competition, Maryse Quashie, a columnist for La Croix International, reflects on the state of African education systems.
- Leo XIV’s roots in Peru shaped his vision for the church May 16, 2025Before becoming pope, Leo XIV spent nearly a decade in northern Peru, where he earned deep respect by reforming a conservative diocese through listening, inclusion and a quietly transformative leadership style.
- Leo XIV praises educational creativity of De La Salle Brothers May 16, 2025Pope Leo XIV urges the De La Salle Brothers to boldly meet today’s educational challenges, praising their global mission to serve the poor and form young hearts through faith, creativity and community.
- Did Teresa of Avila inspire Descartes’ ‘I think, therefore I am’? May 16, 2025What if Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582)—whose body is on public display for the first time in 110 years—influenced René Descartes’ famed cogito ergo sum? That’s the argument made by Léa Waterhouse, author of Philosophesses, an essay published in April that aims to restore women philosophers to their rightful place in intellectual history.
- Sunday reflection: Love is the Christian's bracelet May 16, 2025May 18, 2025: FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Readings: Acts 14:21b-27 / Psalms 145:8-9.10-11.12 -13ab / Revelation 21:1-5a / John 13:31-33a. 34-35.
- Papal residences through the upheavals of history May 16, 2025Pope Leo XIV reopened the papal apartment, sealed since Francis’ death. The pope’s residence hasn’t always been in the Vatican, a choice that has often reflected the upheavals and turning points in the history of the papacy.
- Leo XIV urges eastern Christians not to 'abandon' their homelands May 15, 2025Pope Leo XIV calls for stronger protections for Eastern Catholic traditions, warning against their erasure and urging Latin-rite clergy to respect and support diverse liturgical and theological identities.
- The joy over Pope Leo XIV’s election must not obscure the seriousness of the moment May 15, 2025By choosing the name Leo XIV, the new pope signals continuity with Francis’ Laudato si’ and Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum—a legacy fit for today’s social and ecological crises.