The photograph that never appeared revealed the true power behind Leo XIV’s visit to Spain: the Vatican’s ability to construct meaning even through absence.
Democracy faces growing pressures from polarization, insecurity, and citizen disillusionment, reigniting the debate over the roles of the State and citizenship in strengthening democratic governance.
The extradition request for Mexican officials over alleged ties to drug trafficking pits national sovereignty against international cooperation in the fight against transnational crime.
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical on artificial intelligence warns of the risks of disinformation, job displacement, and the concentration of technological power in the hands of a few.
A just transition is not merely about replacing one economic activity with another; it is also about addressing the social inequalities that the previous model helped to entrench.
