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“A Grave Precedent” — Israel Bars Cardinal Pizzaballa from Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre
For the first time in centuries, the head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land was physically prevented from entering Christianity's holiest site…
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“Your Hands Are Full of Blood” — Pope Leo XIV’s Palm Sunday Message to Warmakers
On the first day of Holy Week, the pope invoked Isaiah to declare that God rejects the prayers of those who wage war — with the U.S.-Israeli bombing of…
Mar 29
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“The Small Make History” — Pope Leo XIV Tells Monaco’s Billionaires to Reject War and Greed
The first papal visit to Monaco in nearly five centuries delivered a pointed rebuke of greed, war, and the logic of profit. The pope told the world's…
Mar 28
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Pope Leo XIV’s Secretary of State Says Trump’s War Violates Catholic Teaching
Parolin said Easter was the perfect time to end President Trump and Vice President Vance’s "foolish" war in the Middle East.
Mar 26
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A Late Night Letter From My Heart
On my birthday, I give thanks to God for the gift of this community and for your friendship.
Mar 26
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Epstein and Bannon Plotted to “Take Down” Pope Francis
New Epstein Files reveal a chilling alliance between Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon — and a failed campaign to crush the Francis papacy.
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Bishop Barron Goes Full MAGA: A Silence and a Scandal Behind His Rightward Shift
Once seen as a centrist evangelist with wide appeal, Bishop Robert Barron has spent the past few years aligning himself with MAGA politicians…
Jan 15
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Secrets of Leo XIV’s Election: Smuggled Phones, Double Votes, and a Terrified Papabile
A major insider account of the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV has arrived — in Spanish — spilling jaw-dropping anecdotes from the Sistine Chapel.
Nov 21, 2025
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Pope Leo vs. the Empire of Lies: The Long Game to Defeat Trumpism
He’s already rebuked immigration crackdowns and blasted the “logic of exclusion” fueling rising nationalism. Now, as the youngest pope in 35 years, Leo…
Oct 26, 2025
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A Chicago Priest Is Walking 800 Miles for America’s Undocumented Families
Starting from Pope Leo’s childhood home, Fr. Gary Graf’s pilgrimage to the Statue of Liberty is a prayer for compassion and immigration justice.
Oct 11, 2025
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Every Crucifixion Has a Crowd
Our vanity tells us we would have been different. The Gospel challenges us to consider otherwise.
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What Our Silence Is Costing Us
Most people abandon the truth gradually, not all at once. A trimmed sentence here, a swallowed conviction there. Today’s readings ask what we’ve lost in…
Mar 27
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A Late Night Letter From My Heart
On my birthday, I give thanks to God for the gift of this community and for your friendship.
Mar 26
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Romero Was Killed Mid-Mass. His Story Isn’t Over.
A bullet interrupted the consecration on March 24, 1980. Forty-six years later, the man who carried Romero’s relics is the Archbishop of New York.
Mar 25
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“A Scandal for Humanity” — Pope Leo XIV Escalates Ceasefire Demand as Trump Boasts of Obliteration
The pope named the Iran war a wound on the soul of humanity. The president responded by bragging about destruction — the widest moral gap between the…
Mar 22
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Trump Rejects Pope Leo XIV's Ceasefire Call in Iran: “We’re Obliterating Iran”
The president told EWTN he has no interest in the pope’s call for peace — the third time he has rejected papal counsel on war in four months.
Mar 21
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My KQED Interview: Catholics Can No Longer Accommodate Trump
I said it on KQED, and I’m saying it again: standing up to creeping authoritarianism is the biggest secular project American Catholics must undertake…
Mar 20
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Pope Leo XIV Calls for Universal Healthcare as 4 Million Americans Lose Coverage
The first American pope called healthcare a “moral imperative” at the Vatican — while back home, ACA subsidies have expired and millions are going…
Mar 19
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“Put an End to It” — Pope Leo XIV’s Secretary of State Tells Trump to End Iran War
Cardinal Parolin tells Trump to end the war. Pizzaballa calls it sinful. Three American cardinals reject it outright. The two Catholic frontrunners for…
Mar 18
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“The Gravest Sin” — Pope Leo XIV’s Middle East Envoy Rebukes Hegseth for Invoking God in Iran War
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem — who has walked the rubble of Gaza — responded to the Secretary of War’s Crusade theology with the sharpest rebuke…
Mar 18
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Amid Trump-Vance ICE Raids, Hicks Defends Immigrants at NYC St. Patrick’s Day Mass
In his first St. Patrick’s Day Mass, Pope Leo XIV’s most important American appointment quoted Hamilton, told the story of an Irish farmer who died to…
Mar 17
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Before He Was a Saint, Patrick Was an Immigrant
Cardinal Tobin reminds Americans what St. Patrick's Day actually means — and who the "new Irish" are in 2026.
Mar 17
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DEADLINE TODAY: Letters from Leo Bracket Pool
$26 entry fee. $500 to the winner. $750 if you pick a Catholic school to win it all. $1,000 if you pick Pope Leo XIV’s Alma Mater Villanova.
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Pope Leo XIV Warns Media Against Becoming War Propagandists
After Cupich called the White House's Iran war video “sickening,” the pope echoed his language in a pointed address to broadcasters — as the FCC…
Mar 16
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Pope Leo Meets Opus Dei Investigator Gareth Gore in Rare Vatican Audience
The pope sat with the British journalist for over forty minutes in the apostolic library — and Gore asked him to shut the organization down if the…
Mar 16
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JD Vance’s Top Donor Brings His War on the Pope to Rome
The billionaire behind JD Vance’s political rise delivered invite-only Antichrist lectures blocks from the Vatican — and Catholic institutions rushed to…
Mar 15
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Villanova Days: How College Shaped Pope Leo XIV
Before he was the pope railing against a “throwaway culture,” he was Bob Prevost, a quiet and nerdy math major at Villanova University with a passion…
Dec 13, 2025
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The Pope’s Closest Aide Is a Millennial from Peru
The charismatic young priest’s close bond with Leo — from the villages of Peru to the halls of the Vatican — has already won him a following among the…
Nov 29, 2025
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How Peru Made Pope Leo XIV
New revelations from Pope Leo XIV’s years in South America show why his gentle style hides a radical vision for the Church and the world.
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How Pope Leo Faced Corrupt Politicians and Economic Collapse in Peru — and Built Hope Instead
Long before he was Pope Leo XIV, Fr. Roberto Prevost learned what real power in the fact looks like: presence, patience, and courage.
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Pope Leo's Hidden Years in Trujillo: The Theology of Friendship in the Making the First American Pope
In this two part series, we'll explore a new book that gives us the deepest insight ever to the young Fr. Robert Prevost's time as a missionary priest…
Nov 6, 2025
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“He Corrects Me When I'm Wrong” — Pope Leo’s MAGA Brother Breaks Silence
It’s the first interview Pope Leo’s outspoken brother has given since a flurry of media appearances right after Leo’s election. Louis Prevost, a proud…
Nov 1, 2025
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The Pope of “New Things”: Leo XIII’s Legacy in Pope Leo XIV’s Vision
From Rerum Novarum to the age of artificial intelligence: Pope Leo XIV says he chose his name to carry forward Leo XIII’s mission of confronting the…
Oct 31, 2025
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Pope Leo vs. the Empire of Lies: The Long Game to Defeat Trumpism
He’s already rebuked immigration crackdowns and blasted the “logic of exclusion” fueling rising nationalism. Now, as the youngest pope in 35 years, Leo…
Oct 26, 2025
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