US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is increasingly framing the war against Iran as a modern crusade with divine sanction. By ...

Archbishop Paul Coakley issued a direct plea to President Donald Trump on Tuesday, calling for the administration to “step ...

Politics / The defense secretary is talking about Iran in bloodcurdling tones of religious extremism—and underscoring how much of a dangerous fanatic he is. Jeet Heer At a worship service at the ...

With Pete Hegseth leading the Department of Defense, the line separating church and state is increasingly blurred.

At a time of U.S. war in the Middle East, Pope Leo XIV says no one can use God to justify war. The pontiff says he's praying ...

Iran has become a personal Crusade.

Writing on Truth Social, he reminded Iran of the deadline of ten days to open up the Strait of Hormuz to shipping, saying ...

The difficulty lies in the blurred boundary between a just war and a holy war. Conflicts are rarely the result of unilateral ...

Pope Leo opened Holy Week in Rome on Palm Sunday, March 29, by making a passionate appeal for peace as the world is torn by war, especially in the Middle ...

War restrictions have left Jerusalem's sacred sites nearly empty this Holy Week, with closed-door liturgies in most churches ...