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The Catholic Observer
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Catholic Voices: The U.S. bishops are speaking out forcefully on politics — and finally being heard

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1024+ words) By Sam Sawyer, S.J., America: The Jesuit Review, September 8, 2026 When the Catholic Church speaks up about politics, who is it who decides what to say? When the Church says something on a contentious political issue, however, we are often tempted to…...

The Catholic Observer
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Catholic Voices: Under Pope Leo XIV, MAGA Country Catholics Are Standing Up to Trump

3+ day, 20+ 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…...

The Catholic Observer
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Catholic Voices: Pope Leo Is Changing U.S. Catholicism. The first U.S.-born pontiff takes up issues on which the American polity hungers for moral guidance.

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (375+ words) By E. J. Dionne Jr., Commonweal, September 1, 2026 This is an orientation straight out of the American progressive tradition emphasizing countervailing power: if the power of the state should be limited to protect the rights of private and community actors, the concentration of…...

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Pope Leo Becomes First Pontiff to Join Feast of Our Lady of the Lake Boat Procession In Castel Gandolfo

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (748+ words) Pope Leo XIV became the first pontiff in history to cross Lake Albano during the annual Feast of Our Lady of the Lake boat procession Saturday evening in Castel Gandolfo, the summer retreat of popes for the past four centuries....