As the head of a church and the head of a state (Vatican City), Pope Leo’s message is consistent with hundreds of years of theology on war; that wars are not something anyone should be quick to start or slow to end.

Join us to hear from the frontlines of resistance.

“There’s not a saviour that’s going to come around and upend the tables of corruption, not a person, but perhaps a collective could.”—Kevin Garcia

Can we agree that checking in on our loved ones and reminding them we love them can be enough?

As these disasters often do, they intersect with the environment, government, and marginalized people.

A reward in heaven, frankly, doesn’t mean much to me in the face of so much suffering in my present. That being said, I am grateful that Jesus places me and us in the line of the persecuted prophets, and that by being “blessed,” God’s solidarity with us is assured.