The Solidarity of the Hopeful

Along with Zadie Smith, Tash Aw and Juan Gabriel Vásquez contributed to The Solidarity of the Hopeful, an article for the New York Review of Books with an introduction by Thomas Banchoff and Pankaj Mishra.

“In our own era of convulsive breakdowns, the Catholic Church is one of the few global institutions with moral and intellectual authority. The warm reception for Pope Leo XIV across the world is testament to the successful pontificate of Pope Francis (2013–2025), the only major world leader to offer a sustained critique of the final, explosive phase of neoliberal globalization—what he referred to as ‘a third world war fought piecemeal.’”

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