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Catholic Voices: Under Pope Leo XIV, MAGA Country Catholics Are Standing Up to Trump
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (372+ words) By Christopher Hale, Letters from Leo Last August I wrote that Catholics in MAGA country had become the most visible, organized counterweight to Donald Trump’s ICE raids, and I counted six red states to prove it. Dan Merica of The…...
“Blue Lou” Marini In His Own Words: In a new Vatican Radio interview, he reflects on family, a life in music, the first American pontiff and the lasting legacy of “The Blues Brothers”
2+ week, 6+ day ago (348+ words) Francesca Merlo (Vatican Radio): I’ll start us off. Obviously, the Blues Brothers is the clear starting point. How did that come about? How did you first meet John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd? How did you become a member of the…...
Wisdom for the Ages: "Listening to some of the populist leaders we now have, I am reminded of the 1930s, when some democracies collapsed into dictatorships seemingly overnight."
4+ week, 13+ hour ago (300+ words) The Catholic Observer Wisdom for the Ages: "Listening to some of the populist leaders we now have, I am reminded of the 1930s, when some democracies collapsed into dictatorships seemingly overnight." -- Pope Francis, Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better…...
On the Internet But Not of It: An Ignatian Approach to AI (and Digital Life)
2+ mon, 4+ hour ago (1022+ words) The Catholic Observer On the Internet But Not of It: An Ignatian Approach to AI (and Digital Life) A Jesuit Media Lab piece asks what it means to be faithful in the age of AI, reading Magnifica humanitas through the…...
Pope Leo's Message to America On the Nation's 250th Birthday
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (721+ words) The Catholic Observer Pope Leo's Message to America On the Nation's 250th Birthday "Defending human life also includes welcoming, protecting and assisting immigrants, whose hopes, sacrifices and contribution have formed part of the history of this country from its very beginning....
A thank you.... and good news: Yes, I have pneumonia, but, thank God, tests revealed no tumor or blood clot in my lungs.
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1618+ words) By Anthony Faiola and Stefano Pitrelli The Washington Post, May 3, 2026 ROME — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is slated to travel to Italy to meet with Pope Leo XIV this week, according to a senior Vatican official, marking the first high-ranking…...
A note from Catholic Observer editor and founder Gary Gately
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (173+ words) The Catholic Observer A note from Catholic Observer editor and founder Gary Gately My apologies to Catholic Observer readers for not posting much of late. I’ve been struggling with some of the worst health issues of my life, and today,…...
Pope Leo Condemns Death Penalty As Trump Administration Approves Firing Squad Executions
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (787+ words) Hours after the Trump administration announced that it would reinstate the firing squad to execute federal death row prisoners, Pope Leo XIV reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s rejection of capital punishment as an “inadmissible” attack on human dignity. “The Catholic Church…...
OPINION: Armageddon Wars and Oval Office Prayers: A Catholic Response
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (487+ words) By Father Enzo Del Brocco, CP Images of Christian leaders praying over the president in the Oval Office recently circulated widely online. For many believers, they raised an old question: What is the proper relationship between Christian faith and political…...
UPDATED: El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz Calls Mass Deportation, Mass Detention of Immigrants a "Grave Moral Evil," Which "Must Be Opposed"
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (1005+ words) El Paso Bishop Mark J. Seitz on Sunday denounced the Trump administration’s campaign of mass detention and mass deportation of immigrants as “a grave moral evil, one which must be opposed, with prayer, peaceful action and acts of solidarity with those…...