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“Welcoming, Protecting and Assisting Immigrants” — Pope Leo XIV’s Birthday Letter Says the Words Trump’s Speeches Would Not
Dated June 25, the pope’s letter for the semiquincentennial calls welcoming immigrants a recognition of God-given dignity. When Trump’s two speeches…
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“A Miracle of Compassion” — Pope Leo XIV Spends America’s 250th Birthday With the Migrants of Lampedusa
Leo XIV wore blue vestments stitched with waves and preached the Good Samaritan to an entire continent. Before Mass began, I got to wish the first…
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Why I’m Spending America’s 250th on Lampedusa Island
For the first time, I'm spending the Fourth of July abroad — at Mass on Lampedusa, where Pope Leo XIV stood today and children are buried under crosses…
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“Out of Many, One” — On the Eve of America’s 250th, Pope Leo XIV Defends the Diversity of a Nation of Immigrants
Accepting the Liberty Medal from the Vatican, the first American pope said immigrants made his country “a byword for freedom” — the Bernardin ethic…
Jul 3
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Peter Thiel Accuses Pope Leo XIV of Working for the Chinese Communist Party
Thiel told a nonrecorded Aspen Ideas Festival panel with Francis Fukuyama that the pope’s AI encyclical serves Beijing. The billionaire behind JD Vance…
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One Year of Letters from Leo — A Love Letter From a McDonald’s Off St. Peter’s Square
Letters from Leo was born over an espresso in the crowds after Pope Leo XIV’s election. One year and 35,000 subscribers later, I’m back at the same…
Jul 2
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After Defying Pope Leo XIV, Vatican Excommunicates Right-Wing Dissident SSPX Bishops
The decree from the Doctrine of the Faith reaches past SSPX clergy to the lay faithful who formally adhere. Bernard Fellay, absolved by Benedict XVI in…
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JD Vance to Pope Leo XIV: I Hope You’ve Learned From Trump on Immigration
The vice president told Laura Ingraham the Holy See’s views on immigration are “troubling” — two days after ICE detained a nun walking to Mass in Texas…
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ICE Detains A Texas Nun Walking to Mass
Sister Letty was walking to Sunday Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows when federal agents took her. Nearly nine in ten American dioceses depend on foreign-born…
Jul 1
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“A Sin of Extreme Gravity” — Pope Leo XIV Warns the SSPX Against Schism
The pope has addressed the breakaway society only twice, handing the talks to Cardinal Víctor Fernández rather than meeting its leaders. The morning he…
Jun 30
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Pope Leo XIV Names Salesian Nun to Lead a Vatican Dicastery — With a Cardinal as Her Deputy
Smerilli is the second woman in a month Pope Leo has placed atop a Curia office, succeeding Cardinal Michael Czerny at the dicastery behind his peace…
Jun 30
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“Communion Is Not Built by Clinging Rigidly” — Pope Leo XIV Defends Diversity at the Pallium Mass
The pope’s homily for 35 new archbishops was a defense of unity that makes room for difference. It came days before he marks America’s 250th from Rome…
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