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In NBC Interview, Pope Leo XIV Says Immigrants Are One of America’s “Greatest Wealths”
Speaking to NBC before his Concert for Peace, the pope said his American trip will come “in the next couple of years.” He spent this year’s Fourth of…
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As Trump-Vance White House Attempts to Deport Haitian Catholics, Church Fights Back
One night after protections lapsed for more than 300,000 Haitians, a Maryland parish held a mass of solidarity — and Miami’s archbishop spent two days…
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“Just Say Nothing” — What I Learned in Rome About Pope Leo XIV
An Irish novelist’s essay has become a key reading of this pontificate. Two weeks of Roman conversations revealed a pope building for decades — and…
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Christians Never Retire
Pope Leo said this morning that once you find the pearl, selling everything registers as gain rather than sacrifice. Today’s Gospel is filled with…
Jul 26
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On the Feast of St. Christopher, A Letter From My Heart
Today is the feast of the saint I was named for, a ferryman who carried a child across a flooding river and nearly drowned doing it. Pope Francis warned…
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Pope Leo XIV Sends a Maronite from Beirut to the United Nations as Israeli Troops Hold Southern Lebanon
Archbishop Christophe-Zakhia El-Kassis is the first Arab country prelate ever to represent a pope at the UN, and the first Eastern Catholic in the job.
Jul 25
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Nun Arrested By ICE Walking to Mass Speaks Out
Handcuffed in her habit one block from Our Lady of Sorrows, the Nigerian nurse was told no when she asked to receive Communion. ICE now wants her sent…
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After Lawsuit Threat, Bishop Barron Falls Deeper into MAGA Abyss
Bishop Barron’s lawyers sent me a threat of legal action this week, demanding a correction about his YouTube numbers. Their letter never asks me to…
Jul 24
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“Nothing Could Be Less Catholic” — Trump Is Suing the Church to Remove Shrine for Border Wall
Rep. Veronica Escobar’s Mount Cristo Rey Protection Act would halt the federal seizure of 14 acres of diocesan land beneath a 29-foot statue of Jesus.
Jul 24
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“Run Like Mary Magdalene” — Pope Leo XIV’s Vision for Women in the Church
Gregory the Great turned her into a prostitute with one sermon. Fourteen centuries later, Pope Francis handed her an apostle’s feast — and from what I…
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Pope Leo XIV’s College Years Included a Laxative Prank — and the Vatican Put It on Film
An Augustinian friar recounts the practical jokes of the international college in “Leone a Roma,” and the editors cut to a photo of young Bob Prevost…
Jul 22
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Quoting Bob Dylan, Pope Leo XIV Demands Nuclear Disarmament as Trump Reignites the Iran War
In a new Vatican book out today, the pope asks whether the human species may “continue to inhabit the Earth.” One month after Trump’s Versailles peace…
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