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Arkansas Bishop Compares Trump’s America to Nazi Germany
Bishop Anthony Taylor’s powerful statement adds fuel to the growing moral uprising from U.S. Catholic leaders against Trump-Vance’s MAGA…
 • Christopher Hale
“A Profound Moral Failure” — Cardinal McElroy Leads Outcry After Trump-Vance ICE Killings
It’s an extraordinary moment of moral clarity in Washington: Cardinal Robert McElroy — one of Pope Leo’s three closest American allies — is condemning…
 • Christopher Hale
Pope Leo’s Top Deputy: Trump-Vance ICE Killings in Minneapolis Are An Affront to God
Just back from Denmark — where he warned against U.S. threats to Greenland — Cardinal Pietro Parolin blasted the “unacceptable” deaths of two Americans…
 • Christopher Hale
Pope Leo’s Hometown Cardinal: Reject the White House Lies About Pretti’s Killing
In back-to-back TV interviews, Cardinal Blase Cupich accused the Trump–Vance White House of peddling lies about a protester’s killing and urged…
 • Christopher Hale
Priest Defends Alex Pretti’s Character: “Remember His Kindness, Ignore the Smears”
Father Harry Tasto spent a decade ministering alongside Alex Pretti at a VA hospital. Now he’s urging the faithful not to believe the “vilification…
 • Christopher Hale

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Bishop Barron Silent Again After ICE Kills Catholic in His Own Backyard
It’s happened again: a Minnesotan is dead at the hands of immigration agents, and once again, Bishop Robert Barron is nowhere to be found.
 • Christopher Hale
Pope Leo’s Top U.S. Ally Says ‘No’ to Funding ICE
Cardinal Joseph Tobin calls ICE a “lawless organization” perpetuating a “machinery of death” and urges Congress to defund Trump’s deportation force.
 • Christopher Hale
In This Tyranny, Christ Is Calling Us Ashore to a New Life
Jesus calls his first disciples in the dark, not once order is restored — and America is now being summoned to conversion in the face of a dictatorship…
 • Christopher Hale
American Catholics Must Stand Up to This Dictatorship of Lies
Even more sickening than today’s ICE killing is your government insisting you didn’t see what you just saw.
 • Christopher Hale
“I Was Getting a Haircut” — Harry Styles Explains His Papal Conclave Cameo
In May 2025, as white smoke rose over the Vatican to announce a new pope, fans spotted a very familiar face in the crowd at St. Peter’s Square.
 • Christopher Hale
Under Pope Leo, Pro-Lifers Are Rejecting JD Vance
As the vice president delivered the keynote at the March for Life, many in the pro-life movement saw the moment not as a triumph, but as a jarring…
 • Christopher Hale
John Allen Kept the Faith By Listening To Whole Church
Beloved Vatican reporter John Allen Jr. is remembered as a disciple first — a listener who gave voice to the voiceless and brought the global Church…
 • Christopher Hale
Trump’s Israel Ambassador Attacks Pope Leo’s Gaza Envoy, Sparks Rare Catholic Unity
In an unprecedented move, Ambassador Mike Huckabee issued a “Christian Zionist” treatise aimed at Pope Leo XIV’s Holy Land representative. The result…
 • Christopher Hale

Pope Leo's Life & Formation

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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…
 • Christopher Hale
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…
 • Christopher Hale
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.
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.
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…
 • Christopher Hale
“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…
 • Christopher Hale
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…
 • Christopher Hale
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…
 • Christopher Hale
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