“Walking Around Shining Like the Sun” — What a Louisville Street Corner Taught Me About Pope Leo’s America

Thomas Merton found his vision at Fourth and Walnut in 1958, and a Tennessee priest put his books in my hands. With the midterms weeks away, I’m asking you to help us carry it.

Pope Leo XIV, the first pope born in the United States, waves to pilgrims from the popemobile in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, a small American flag at his side.

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