The political manipulation of faith in contemporary neo-populisms Plenary Session, Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences April 15, 2026. Casina Pio IV, Vatican City Introduction One of the most telling signs of the historical moment we are living through is the growing difficulty in clearly articulating the relationship between Christian faith and political life. For several decades, it seemed that the dominance of secular humanism, scientism, and the global spread of the li

El Heraldo de México April 13, 2026 BY RODRIGO GUERRA LÓPEZ, SECRETARY OF THE PONTIFICAL COMMISSION FOR LATIN AMERICA E-mail: rodrigoguerra@mac.com https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/opinion/2026/4/13/la-paz-no-es-una-utopia-795043.html Last Saturday, April 11, a large crowd awaited Leo XIV in the Square and in the packed St. Peter’s Basilica. With only a few days’ notice, the Pontiff had called for a prayer vigil for peace. At a time when military power asserts itself and the la

Within the framework of the meeting “The Defense of the Unborn Child: Life Back on the Argentine Public Agenda,” held on March 25 at the Honorable Senate of the Argentine Nation, Rev. Dr. Rubén Revello, President of the International Federation of Personalist Bioethics (FIBIP), offered a reflection focused on the ethical and anthropological foundations of respect for human life from its earliest stages. During his presentation, he emphasized that the principle of “not killin

By Elena Postigo Bioethics Expert Yesterday I was asked to say something about the #Noelia case from the perspective of #Bioethics. I confess that her story has deeply moved me. It is the story of a young woman, the daughter of divorced parents facing difficulties, who was taken into the care of Social Services and placed in a juvenile center. There, she suffered a gang rape and did not receive the psychological care or the human support she needed. After a failed suicide att

El Heraldo de México March 16, 2026 BY RODRIGO GUERRA LÓPEZ, SECRETARY OF THE PONTIFICAL COMMISSION FOR LATIN AMERICA E-mail: rodrigoguerra@mac.com https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/opinion/2026/3/16/tecnoautoritarismo-780478.html Peter Thiel is not merely a Silicon Valley billionaire. He is one of the most influential thinkers in contemporary technopolitical power. Founder of PayPal, he is also the founder of Palantir. The latter is not a simple software company, but rather a p

This past March 25th, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith released a new document that addresses the issue of human dignity: the...