Speaking candidly with journalists aboard his flight to Algeria, Pope Leo reaffirmed that his mission is rooted not in politics, but in the Gospel, as he addressed recent criticisms and renewed his call for peace.
The laboratory and the chapel are not as far apart as we imagine. Both are places where the human heart confronts mystery, where silence and wonder become the truest forms of prayer.
Is there any affliction now endured by mankind that was not endured by our fathers before us? What sufferings of ours even bear comparison with what we know of their sufferings?
