Worse, it was just the latest of a decade-long decline of peace and upsurge of war. As author of a book on world peace and how we can achieve it (that's literally the title), here's my assessment.

The sign of peace stresses me out. As soon as I sit down at Mass, I scan my surroundings to gauge the likely rhythm. Who will want a handshake? Who will want a hug? And lately, who will want a nod or ...

Pope Leo XIV’s spiritual lodestar is St. Augustine. In his first months in office, the Holy Father summoned the Church to pray, fast and work for an end to the 21st-century’s wars. That spiritual ...

Pope Leo XIV joins religious leaders at the International Meeting of Dialogue and Prayer for Peace near the Colosseum in Rome Oct. 28, 2025. Credit: CNS photo/Lola Gomez Since he first appeared on the ...

That President Trump thinks of himself as the world’s dominant figure is hardly a secret. Last April, he told two interviewers that, in his first term, “I had two things to do — run the country and ...

Donald Trump entered 2025 pledging to end wars and reorient U.S. foreign policy around what he repeatedly described as "peace through strength." Throughout the year, Trump has cast his diplomacy as ...

A new kind of Mideast peace process is underway, as a determined Trump administration and its allies in the Muslim world seek to broaden a tenuous cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. By David M.

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Pope Leo XIV arrived in Algeria on Monday on a first-ever papal visit, calling for peace and the end of "neocolonial tendencies" in world affairs, while facing an extraordinary ...

In a social media post Thursday night, President Trump said the Board of Peace is withdrawing Canada's invitation. "Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its ...

Sahitya Akademi awardee, 2025, for his memoirs in Maithili called Dhatri Paat San Gaam, renowned writer Prof Mahendra is a worried man seeing the world sitting on explosives. He hopes literature will ...

President Donald J. Trump’s groundbreaking plan for peace in Gaza has galvanized a chorus of international praise as the potential pivotal turning point after years of devastating war. Hailed as a ...