https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to pope leo XIV en https://religiondispatches.org/2026/06/02/celebrating-mysterious-depth-human-life-magnifica-humanitas-misses-opportunity Watching Pope Leo XIV announce and release the first encyclical letter of his papacy last week felt achingly surreal. In our age of rapid technology, livestreaming and immediate access build an aura displaced for the genre. Encyclical letters were once… Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:54:55 EDT Jacob J. Erickson edccbcd0-459f-45df-8a0a-1a8c6b0f2acc https://religiondispatches.org/2026/04/10/why-would-pentagon-allegedly-threaten-popes-ambassador-avignon-papacy During a January closed-door meeting at the Pentagon, a Trump administration official reportedly warned a Vatican ambassador that America had the military power to do whatever it wants in the world, and that the Catholic Church had better take its… Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:24:01 EDT Thomas Lecaque 8f3fc388-2a4d-4f3f-9a13-68f3a4c1d412