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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…
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“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…
Jan 29
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Christopher Hale
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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…
Jan 29
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Christopher Hale
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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…
Jan 28
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Christopher Hale
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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…
Jan 28
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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.
Jan 28
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Christopher Hale
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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.
Jan 26
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Christopher Hale
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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…
Jan 25
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Christopher Hale
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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.
Jan 25
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Christopher Hale
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“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.
Jan 23
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Christopher Hale
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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…
Jan 23
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Christopher Hale
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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…
Jan 22
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Christopher Hale
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