Pope Leo closes consistory with appeal for peace, continued emphasis on synodality
“We must not resign ourselves to violence. God continues to open paths of reconciliation and peace throughout history. We have a responsibility to walk these paths with courage and to help the world recognize them.”
The Supreme Court’s Immigration Rulings Reveal a Profound Moral Failure
The hostility to immigrants enabled by yesterday’s Supreme Court decisions marks a profound moral failure in the American understanding of our national heritage.
After Iran debacle, is the Trump admin ready to listen to the Vatican?
After the Iran debacle, are U.S. diplomats ready to accept that the path to the geopolitical good, if not to the perfect, lies through diplomacy and compromise, not threats and missile strikes?
Who are the 4 US archbishops receiving the pallium from Pope Leo XIV?
On June 29, Pope Leo XIV will preside over Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, bless the pallia and confer them upon the new metropolitan archbishops appointed over the past year.
Pope Leo issues challenge to cardinals gathered in Rome: ‘Learn synodality by practicing it’
Leo also surprised the cardinals by telling them, “I wish to ask you for your help.”
The surprising way that God heals
A Reflection for Saturday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time, by William Gualtiere
‘I doubt he will be diplomatic’: What Pope Leo may say to the U.S. on July 3
On the season finale of “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen and Gerry discuss the hectic weeks before Pope Leo’s summer vacation.
Beach reads, old faves and some seriously hefty tomes: The ‘America’ summer reading list
Some of our recommendations are great beach reads; some are serious history books; and one of them is an old encyclical, because Jesuits gonna Jesuit.
The lament and hope of remembering Zion
A Reflection for the Friday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time, by Father Sam Sawyer
The ‘Manosphere’ and a church against extremes
The church must stop allowing itself to be used as a tool in the Christian nationalist extremist resurgence in the United States today.
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