Sitemap - 2026 - Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics
“No War Is Holy” — Hegseth, the Pentagon, and America’s Unchristian Crusade in Iran
Pope Leo XIV Sees What America Won’t Admit
Pope Francis Never Talked About Poverty
Vance Says He Never Apologized to Cardinal Dolan. Dolan Says He Did
Obama Wants to Meet Pope Leo XIV — And He May Get There Before Trump
Pope Leo XIV Criticizes Trump’s Iran War for the Third Time in Three Days
Jesus Dismantles Washington’s Favorite Religion
We Measure Everything Except Mercy
Pope Leo XIV Called for Peace. MAGA Called Him a Marxist.
Christianity Isn’t Spa Therapy
“Violence Is Never the Right Choice” — Pope Leo XIV Laments “War Again” In Middle East
‘Stop the Spiral of Violence’ — Pope Leo XIV Demands End to Trump’s Iran War
The Gospel Has No Asterisk for Geopolitics
U.S. Bishops Take On Trump At the Supreme Court: “Protect God-Given Human Dignity”
My Fellow Catholics, It Is Time to Choose
Trump’s Border Czar Says He’ll “Educate” Pope Leo XIV on Catholic Teaching
You Cannot Call God “Our Father” While Rejecting His Children
Catholic Bishops Warn Trump: Mass Deportations “Detrimental to Human Rights”
The Most Ignored Gospel Story in Modern Christianity
Far Right Ideology Is Spain’s Biggest Threat, Pope Leo Tells Bishops
The Temptation of the Authoritarian in the Desert
Jesus Calls Forth the Broken and the Excluded
JD Vance Admitted to Cardinal Dolan He Lied About Church Profiting on Migrant Work
In Another Break With Trump, Pope Leo Skips U.S. 250th Celebration for Migrant Island
Pope Leo: The World Is in Ashes — But We Are Not Meant to Stay There
Lent Is the Hour to Redeem America’s Soul
Pope Leo: Health Care Is a Universal Right, Not a Privilege
Pope Leo Rejects Trump’s Gaza “Peace Board” Invitation
Bishop Barron’s Latest MAGA Crusade Sparks Vatican Alarm
Tyrants’ Kingdoms Are Crumbling. God’s Isn’t.
Flanked by Altar Girls, Pope Leo XIV Preaches Peace in Ostia Parish
Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon’s Conspirators in the Plot to Take Down Pope Francis
Here’s What Pope Leo Wants You to Give Up for Lent
“Nothing Less Than an Apology” — U.S. Bishops Blast Trump’s Racist Obama Post
My Interview with Vox: How Pope Leo Is Reinvigorating the Catholic Left
Two American Catholics Stole the Super Bowl Halftime Show
Q&A: Fr. James Martin on Failure, Faith, and Finding God at Work
Epstein Emailed About Getting Pope Francis a “Massage” During His 2015 U.S. Visit
When the World Darkens, We Are Called to Glow
Springsteen Meets New Jersey Bishop After Anti-ICE Anthem Hits No. 1
“Not a Country Club” — Archbishop Hicks Ushers in New Era in New York
Epstein and Bannon Plotted to “Take Down” Pope Francis
Speaker Johnson Denounces Pope Leo’s Call to Welcome Migrants
Pope Leo to Trump: Hands Off Cuba, Choose Dialogue Over Invasion
God Is Using the Weak To Shame the Strong
Under Pope Leo XIV, American Catholics Are Uniting to Defeat MAGA Authoritarianism
Arkansas Bishop Compares Trump’s America to Nazi Germany
“A Profound Moral Failure” — Cardinal McElroy Leads Outcry After Trump-Vance ICE Killings
Pope Leo’s Top Deputy: Trump-Vance ICE Killings in Minneapolis Are An Affront to God
Pope Leo’s Hometown Cardinal: Reject the White House Lies About Pretti’s Killing
Priest Defends Alex Pretti’s Character: “Remember His Kindness, Ignore the Smears”
Bishop Barron Silent Again After ICE Kills Catholic in His Own Backyard
Pope Leo’s Top U.S. Ally Says ‘No’ to Funding ICE
In This Tyranny, Christ Is Calling Us Ashore to a New Life
American Catholics Must Stand Up to This Dictatorship of Lies
“I Was Getting a Haircut” — Harry Styles Explains His Papal Conclave Cameo
Under Pope Leo, Pro-Lifers Are Rejecting JD Vance
John Allen Kept the Faith By Listening To Whole Church
Trump’s Israel Ambassador Attacks Pope Leo’s Gaza Envoy, Sparks Rare Catholic Unity
MAILBAG: Will JD Vance Get the Boot — and Did I Cheat at Confirmation?
Conservative Military Archbishop Says Catholic Troops Can Defy Trump Orders on Greenland
Black Lives Matter Is a Deeply Christian Claim
Backed by Pope Leo, U.S. Cardinals Rebuke Trump’s Greenland Gambit
Pope Leo XIV Tears Up Comforting Families of Swiss Bar Fire Victims
Prophets Of A Future Not Our Own
“Don’t Trust the Hygiene” — MAGA Catholic Brags About Refusing the Eucharist from Indian Woman
Bishop Barron Goes Full MAGA: A Silence and a Scandal Behind His Rightward Shift
The Inaugural Letters from Leo Mailbag
In Anti-Catholic Operation, Trump-Vance ICE Targets Minnesota Parish
Pope Leo: “God Doesn’t Watch from Afar — He Steps Into Our Suffering”
The Only Thing More Original Than Original Sin
Pope Leo to Rome’s Youth: “We Are Made for In Life Encounters, Not Virtual Connections”
War ‘Back in Vogue’: Pope Leo’s Stark State of the World Address
Two Popes Rebuked Him. JD Vance Still Keeps Mocking the Church.
My Interview with Crux: Restoring the Catholic Left in American Politics
“I Confessed Everything Short of Murder” — Pope Leo’s MAGA Brother Bares All
Every Catholic Must Resign from ICE — Today
Pope Leo: Vatican II Is the Church’s “Guiding Star” as Cardinals Meet — Latin Mass Hopes Deferred
Why the Catholic Church Condemned Jan. 6
Resist Tyrants, Welcome Strangers, Reject War, Serve the Poor: Pope Leo’s Epiphany Mandate
Trump’s Vatican Ambassador Misrepresents Pope Leo’s Venezuela Remarks to Defend U.S. Military Action
What the Magi Teach Us About Resisting Tyrants Today
“Venezuela Must Remain Independent” — Pope Leo Pushes Back Against Trump’s Plan to “Run Venezuela”
Silent on Trump’s ICE Raids, Bishop Barron Blasts New NYC Mayor’s Speech
Pope Leo XIV Ousts Traditionalist Priest After Anti-Gay Slur Caught on Open Mic
Pope Leo Rejects ‘Armed Peace,’ Calls for Security Rooted in Mercy
Pope Leo: Welcome Strangers — Stop Using God to Justify War
I Love This Church. I Love This Country. And I Refuse to Give Up on Either.