COMMENTARY By David W. Virtue, DD | www.virtueonline.org | June 9, 2026 Pope Leo has again declared that the war against Iran does not qualify as a just war under Catholic teaching. "I believe it has been already declared clearly," Leo told Italian journalist Franca Giansoldati of Il Messaggero. "There is no just war there," he said, referencing the conflict. The remark came in response to Vice President JD Vance, who invoked just war theory in April to justify the military campaign against...

By David W. Virtue, DD | www.virtueonline.org | June 8, 2026 Jerry and Stacy Kramer are two unlikely missionaries. Pass them on the street and you might wonder if they were looking for a hot meal and a place to lay their heads. Jerry is an ordained Anglican priest who doesn't wear a dog collar. He’ll snipe that he can’t remember where he put it. You would be hard pressed to know what he was about — until you see him and his wife in action. Together they bring nearly a quarter century of...

EDITORIAL By David W. Virtue, DD | www.virtueonline.org | June 5, 2026 It is Pride Month, and the Episcopal Church—already at odds with most of the Anglican Communion’s Global South on sexuality issues—is boosting the issue in churches and cathedrals across the country, hoping perhaps to entice homosexuals who show no interest in passing through their red doors. In Washington, Bishop Mariann Budde presided over a "Pride Eucharist," draped in a rainbow stole that seemed to weigh heavier...