Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics

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“He’s a Saint” — Francis’s Last Word on Pope Leo XIV
New reporting in Salvatore Cernuzio’s “Padre” shows Pope Francis had already seen the remarkable qualities in his future successor before anyone else…
12 hrs ago • Christopher Hale
“I’m Uniquely Qualified” — Sean Hannity Lectures Pope Leo XIV on the Bible
A Fox host who dropped out of college and quit the Church tried to tutor a canon lawyer turned pope — and the U.S. church, across every ideological…
17 hrs ago • Christopher Hale
Pope Leo XIV Will Outlast Donald Trump — and Why We Will Defeat MAGA Anti-Catholicism
Trump started this fight. JD Vance picked up the baton. The American Catholic Church has buried every movement that came for her since 1776 — and she…
Apr 17 • Christopher Hale
“Ravaged by a Handful of Tyrants” — Pope Leo XIV in Cameroon
Leo spoke from Bamenda, epicenter of a war that has killed 6,000 Cameroonians. The Trump administration’s attacks on the Church continue unabated.
Apr 16 • Christopher Hale
After Trump’s Attack on Pope Leo, a Bomb Threat Came for His Brother in Suburban Chicago
John Prevost is a retired Catholic school principal who plays Wordle with his brother the pope every morning. On Wednesday night, police evacuated his…
Apr 16 • Christopher Hale
Trump Administration Strips Catholic Charities of $11 Million After Attacking Pope Leo XIV
In a grave attack on religious liberty, the Miami facility named for the priest who sheltered 14,000 Cuban children during Operation Pedro Pan will shut…
Apr 16 • Christopher Hale
“Something Called the Just War Doctrine” — Speaker Johnson Lectures Pope Leo XIV on Augustine
The Speaker, an evangelical with no theological training, told Pope Leo XIV he misunderstands the doctrine his patron saint invented while the pope…
Apr 16 • Christopher Hale
U.S. Bishops’ Doctrine Committee Rebukes JD Vance After He Lectures Pope Leo XIV on Theology
Bishop James Massa issued a statement today defending Leo XIV's authority as the Vicar of Christ — hours after Vance told a Turning Point USA crowd the…
Apr 15 • Christopher Hale
JD Vance Twice Tells Pope Leo XIV to Stay Out of American Politics
A stunning reversal for a Republican Party that once raged at JFK for promising to keep his Catholicism out of the White House — eight weeks before…
Apr 15 • Christopher Hale
Today, the Church Fought Back Against Donald Trump
A late-night letter from a day American Catholics will remember forever.
Apr 14 • Christopher Hale, Mike Nellis, and Mike Madrid
21:31
“I Am Not Afraid” — Pope Leo XIV Responds to Trump’s Tirade Against the Church
Sources tell Letters from Leo that Trump became enraged watching the 60 Minutes cardinals segment aboard Air Force One. Archbishop Coakley and Bishop…
Apr 13 • Christopher Hale
Trump Attacks Pope Leo XIV: “If I Wasn't in the White House, Leo Wouldn't Be in the Vatican”
The president called the pope “weak on crime,” praised his brother Louis as “all MAGA,” and demanded Leo “stop catering to the Radical Left.”
Apr 13 • Christopher Hale
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