St. Vincent's life provides a psychologically credible account of how shame and status anxiety, left unexamined, curdle into avoidance, and how that same emotional material, consciously redirected, can drive a life moving toward what one once fled.
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.