The Parliament of the World’s Religions conference, first held in 1893, was condemned by Pope Leo XIII in 1895, at which time he also forbade Catholics from attending any of the organization's future events.
Many of us may never know justice or reparations after these three agonizing years following COVID restrictions. But by archiving these stories, we should be able to, somehow, quantify some visible parts of the immense sufferings imposed on the world.
The Pope’s June 14 address to the committee failed to mention Jesus Christ. Its only reference to God was a claim that peace is His ‘dream for humanity.’
His message comes at a time of conflicting interests over the war, which on closer examination do much to explain the difference of opinion emerging between military planners and the Pentagon, and the politicians who have staked their political future on the defeat of Russia.