Welcome to The Light, your quiet hour of reflection.
Pope Leo the Fourteenth continued his meditation on Gaudium et Spes this week, reminding the faithful that politics carried out with genuine care — tending wounds, confronting injustice — is not merely civic duty but a source of living hope for the world.
That spirit of engaged compassion extended further when the Pope met with foundations supporting Eastern Christians, calling for what he named an unarmed and disarming peace — one rooted not in force, but in the patient conversation between cultures and the long memory of history.
Meanwhile, in the United States, Tuesday's midterm elections brought a significant shift in the balance of power, with Democrats taking control of both the House and the Senate, narrowing the path forward for President Trump's agenda as his presidency moves into its final two years.
That's this hour's reflection. Carry the light gently.
