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Articles by David Gray
When Words Matter: Pope Leo, the Great Mosque of Algiers, and Sacred Spaces
What Was Actually Said On 13 April 2026, during his apostolic journey to Algeria, Pope Leo XIV visited the Great Mosque of Algiers.
Magnifica Humanitas: Purpose, Thread, New Ideas, and the Missing Theology of Labor
The Purpose of the Document Issued on 15 May 2026, the 135th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, Magnifica Humanitas is Leo XIV’s encyclical on “safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence.” Its purpose is not to regulate a technology but to defend an anthropology.
Pope Leo XIV Moving Towards Declaring that Illegitimate War is ‘Contrary to the Gospel’
I was in Rome, Italy, on March 29, 2026, when, at his very first Palm Sunday Mass, Pope Leo XIV dared to preach words that stunned the square and echoed across the Church: “Brothers and sisters, this is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war.
Pope Leo XIV’s Teaching on the Six Faces of Christ Jesus (Dilexi te)
For the second piece in this series on the theology of Pope Leo XIV, I was asked by a reader explain what it means in practice to live out Pope Leo XIV’s call that we encounter Jesus fundamentally through the lowly and powerless. “This is not a matter of mere human kindness but a revelation: contact with those who are lowly and powerless is a fundamental way of encountering the Lord of history. In the poor, he continues to speak to us” (Dilexi te, 5).
The Liturgy of Littleness: At the Heart of Leo XIV’s One Homily
It is often said that every priest has only one homily. Beneath the humor or the eyes drawn to his written text lies something profoundly true about the human heart. No matter what swirls around us—successes, failures, crises, or joys—when life grows quiet, and the noise recedes, a single desire continues to echo within us. For many parents, it is the well-being of their children. For prisoners, it may be the longing for freedom.
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