Antonio's articles (4 total)

Trump raises voice – Vatican lowers heat
Antonio Spadaro

Trump raises voice – Vatican lowers heat

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s Rome visit exposes the contrast between White House fury and papal diplomacy.

Trump has turned the pope into an adversary – and exposed himself
Antonio Spadaro

Trump has turned the pope into an adversary – and exposed himself

By targeting Pope Leo XIV, Donald Trump has exposed the limits of political power when confronted with a moral authority it cannot silence or absorb.

Pope Leo reframes the moral language of war
Antonio Spadaro

Pope Leo reframes the moral language of war

Leo may help break a trend that has dominated American Catholicism – less religion as national glue, more faith as a critique of power.

Artificial intelligence as seen by two popes
Antonio Spadaro

Artificial intelligence as seen by two popes

As artificial intelligence reshapes work, culture and decision-making, two pontificates converge on a deeper concern – not technological progress itself, but the risk of reducing human life to efficiency, calculation and control.