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Catholic Voices: Under Pope Leo XIV, MAGA Country Catholics Are Standing Up to Trump
4+ day, 14+ min 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…...
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, 3+ 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…...
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....
Catholic Voices: Learning from Ross Douthat, the longtime New York Times columnist who just left the paper to join “60 Minutes”
2+ week, 5+ day ago (195+ words) By Massimo Faggioli, Commonweal Magazine The latter sentiment was expressed in an article by my friend Bill McCormick, SJ, in America, which praised Douthat for bringing back the voice of the lay Catholic intellectual in the public square. I think…...
“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…...
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....
UDPATED: On Eve of America's 250th Birthday, Pope Leo Extols America's Heritage of Protecting God-Given Human Dignity, Welcoming Immigrants
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (956+ words) Pope Leo XIV called on America to live up to its founding ideals by protecting the dignity of human life from conception through natural death, welcoming immigrants, supporting religious freedom and fostering peace at home and abroad. The first U.S.-born…...
Faith Leaders Win Access to Minister to Immigrant Detainees After Months-Long Legal Fight
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (720+ words) Catholic and other faith leaders can now minister daily to detainees at a Chicago-area immigrant-processing center — six months after filing a lawsuit arguing that the Trump administration had unlawfully denied them access. The nonprofit Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership…...
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…...