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When Theology becomes Statecraft: The public clash between Trump, Vance and Pope Leo XIV
The public clash between Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, and Pope Leo XIV is being treated as another episode in the permanent spectacle of American...
Pope Leo Steps into Conflict Zone With Peace Mission as Trump Criticism Intensifies
Pope Leo has embarked on a high stakes visit to Cameroon, positioning himself at the center of both a regional conflict and a broader...
Trump Slams Pope Leo as ‘Terrible’ in Rare Public Clash with the Vatican
In a striking and highly unusual move, Donald Trump has launched a direct and personal attack on Pope Leo, calling him “terrible” and criticizing...
Evangelicals Boost Trump’s Religious Justification for War With Iran
President Donald Trump is using Christian language to gain support for the war with Iran, which has become increasingly unpopular among Americans, according to...
God, Death and Time: Deciphering Iran’s War Priorities
“Clocks slay time.”- William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
Donald Trump’s war against Iran ignores critical aspects of that country’s strategic calculus.Among other things,the...
The Geopolitics of Religious Soft Power: How States Use Religion in Foreign Policy
Peter Mandaville is exceptionally well positioned to edit The Geopolitics of Religious Soft Power. A professor of international affairs at the Schar School of...
Ramadan: A Test of Conscience in Jerusalem
For decades, Jerusalem rested on a fragile balance, sustained not by force but by inherited practices, recognised limits, and a shared ethic of restraint....
The theologizing of the Russian Secret Services and the targeting of Ecumenical Patriarchate
On 12 January 2026, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, the SVR, published a text attacking Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew with language closer to a security briefing...
The Papal presence in Nicaea and the prospective framework of Ecumenical Ecclesiastical Diplomacy
Can a significant and historic presence in Nicaea in commemoration of the 1700th anniversary of the first Ecumenical Council reshape the framework of global...
Pope Leo XIV Prepares First Overseas Tour, Continuing Papal Tradition
Pope Leo XIV is set to make his first trip outside Italy on Thursday, visiting Turkey and Lebanon, continuing a long tradition of papal...