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Leo’s Chicago “Trifecta”: Cupich Protégé Tapped to Lead New York
Pope Leo XIV is set to appoint Bishop Ronald A. Hicks — a protégé of Chicago’s progressive Cardinal Blase Cupich — as the 11th Archbishop of New York…
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Christopher Hale
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“I’d Like to Go.” Pope Leo Floats a Ukraine Trip
The first American pope calls on governments to reduce overcrowding, expand rehabilitation, and use pardons for nonviolent offenders.
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Christopher Hale
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This Upside-Down Kingdom Outlasts Every Empire
Christmas isn’t comfort for the powerful — it’s God siding with the poor, the forgotten, and the cast aside.
13 hrs ago
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Christopher Hale
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Trump’s Casual Cruelty and Advent’s Hard Question
Are we willing to step out of the center so God can take our place?
Dec 15
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Christopher Hale
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“Let No One Be Lost” — Pope Leo Urges Clemency as Prisons Overflow
The first American pope calls on governments to reduce overcrowding, expand rehabilitation, and use pardons for nonviolent offenders.
Dec 14
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Christopher Hale
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The Darkness Will Be My Light
Rejoicing doesn’t mean denial. It means learning to listen — especially when the world is loud and cruel.
Dec 14
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Christopher Hale
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Rachel Maddow, Openly Gay MSNBC Anchor, Returns to the Catholic Church
After years away, Maddow says she considers herself Catholic again. She believes Pope Leo can both “soften hearts and sharpen minds” during his…
Dec 13
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Christopher Hale
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The Holy Child of Aleppo and the Prophets We Keep Ignoring
From Elijah to John the Baptist to a wounded child of war, God keeps speaking — and we keep missing him. Advent gives us the chance to listen again.
Dec 13
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Christopher Hale
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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
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Christopher Hale
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Pope Leo to World Leaders: Reject Lies, Hatred, Division — and Welcome the Stranger
In a soaring Our Lady of Guadalupe homily, the first American pope calls out hatred, falsehood, and domination — and demands nations become places of…
Dec 12
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Christopher Hale
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Why Mary of Nazareth Still Terrifies Despots
Our Lady of Guadalupe reveals the Mary who crushes serpents, topples empires, and remakes Advent.
Dec 12
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Christopher Hale
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Trump-Vance White House Targets Beloved Nun in Texas, Retaliates Against Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley — praised by Pope Leo as an “agent of hope” — now faces a six-year federal funding ban. Church leaders say…
Dec 11
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Christopher Hale
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