Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics

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JD Vance Attacked His Faith. Now Pastor Adam Hamilton Could Flip Kansas for the First Time Since 1932.
The Methodist preacher invited the vice president to church. His opponent, Sen. Roger Marshall, sued more than 700 of his own patients over medical…
17 hrs ago • Christopher Hale
“There Is No Such Thing as a Holy War” — Pope Leo XIV Rebukes the Iran War a Week Before the Midterms
Recovering from lung surgery, the pope sent a video to the 40th anniversary of John Paul II’s 1986 Assisi summit. JD Vance and Mike Johnson had tried to…
Oct 27 • Christopher Hale
Pope Leo’s Mar-a-Lago Bishop Rebukes Trump’s Oval Office Photo Op
Bishop Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez says the Church backs no candidate, and Kansas City’s archbishop disowned his predecessor’s visit. Sources in Rome say…
Oct 27 • Christopher Hale
Des Moines Bishop Says White House Exploited Trump Prayer Photo Op as Two of Twelve Now Express Regret
Bishop William Joensen says the White House exploited the Oval Office prayer. More than 2,500 Catholics now ask the ten silent bishops to follow him and…
Oct 26 • Christopher Hale
Justice Is the Least That Love Asks
Pope Leo XIV told St. Peter’s Square this morning that love for God has to overflow into love for our neighbor. Nine days before the election, today’s…
Oct 25 • Christopher Hale
Whose Image Do You Carry?
Less than a day after leaving the hospital, Pope Leo XIV came to the window this morning and preached on Caesar’s coin. Sixteen days before the…
Oct 25 • Christopher Hale
Archbishop Grob Apologizes for Praying Over Trump, Accuses White House of Manipulating the Moment
Milwaukee’s archbishop accused the White House of manipulating a sacred prayer and posting the video without the bishops’ consent. He is the first of…
Oct 25 • Christopher Hale
New York Nuns Rebuke the 12 Bishops Who Prayed Over Trump
Sisters of Charity, who have served immigrants since 1817, asked where the poor were in the Oval Office. More than 1,800 have signed our letter asking…
Oct 24 • Christopher Hale
White House Takes Credit for Pope Leo XIV’s Oleshky Ceasefire
Three days after cancer surgery, the pope phoned Putin to seek a ceasefire in a starving Ukrainian city. A week later, with Trump’s Catholic approval at…
Oct 24 • Christopher Hale
Archbishop Golka Distances Himself From the Trump Video, Falls Short of an Apology
Denver’s archbishop told his own paper he never meant the video as an endorsement of Trump. He blamed critics for the disunity and never mentioned Paula…
Oct 23 • Christopher Hale
The Heritage Official Who Brought 12 Bishops to Trump Claimed Degrees He Never Earned
Mario Enzler spent weeks recruiting prelates for the Oval Office prayer, The Pillar reports. Archbishop Coakley was “deeply frustrated,” and Vatican…
Oct 23 • Christopher Hale
What John Paul II Taught Leo XIV About Fighting MAGA Authoritarianism
On the feast of the Polish saint, the pope who helped topple communism has an American heir, and MAGA authoritarianism is his Iron Curtain.
Oct 23 • Christopher Hale
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