President Trump’s attack on Pope Leo XIV has brought a simmering tension into the open.
Read MoreBoth events indicate what has become a key theme of the new pontificate: easing frictions and tensions.
Read MoreIn his first Easter ‘Urbi et Orbi,’ Pope Leo drew attention to a part of Easter Sunday often overlooked.
Read More‘It is finished.’
Read MoreFather, into thy hands I commend my spirit!
Read More‘I thirst.’
Read MoreA President Preaches of Sin and Redemption
Read More‘Woman, behold your Son. Behold your Mother.’
Read More‘Today you will be with me in paradise.’
Read More‘Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.’
Read MoreINTRODUCTION: Two hundred and fifty years is significant in the life of a nation.
Read MoreNow that Leo has moved back to the papal apartment, will the relics of St. Peter return, too?
Read MoreAs the Society of St. Pius X is again on the brink of schism, perhaps a more traditional approach from the Holy See would serve the universal Church — and the adherents of the SSPX — better.
Read MoreThe Holy Father’s bold choice of Bishop Erik Varden as retreat leader speaks volumes.
Read MoreHow many souls have been impressed, amused, uplifted and comforted by priests exercising this common practice?
Read MoreArchbishop Gómez’s 2021 statement on President Biden is worth revisiting, for it addressed many of the points stressed this week by three cardinals’ joint statement on President Trump.
Read MoreIn a season of triumph and acclaim, Indiana Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza echoes a Psalm sung for centuries by believers who knew that victory, like defeat, ultimately belongs not to man but to God.
Read MoreEarly signs from Leo’s first consistory suggest continuity with Pope Francis’ original pastoral vision — more in what he said than in how he later governed.
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