Letters from Leo is a chronicle of how Pope Leo XIV’s papacy intersects with American politics, faith, and the digital age during the presidency of Donald Trump.
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This iconic photograph by Shannon Stapleton of Father Mychal Judge being carried from the North Tower on Sept. 11, 2001, is a modern-day American Pietà. It has deeply inspired my own faith journey over the past twenty-five years. (Shannon S...
Invited by Pope Leo XIV’s New Archbishop, Mamdani Will Attend 9/11 Memorial Mass
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Lay Catholics Should Be Partisans. Bishops and Priests Should Not.
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Welles Crowther, the Man in the Red Bandana, Showed the World What Christian Empathy Looks Like
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“Jesus Didn’t Say Have Empathy” — Bishop Barron Contradicts Pope Leo XIV in Latest MAGA Crusade
Four months after Pope Leo XIV called empathy “a call from God,” the Bishop of Winona-Rochester told 3.6 million subscribers it threatens truth, justice, and love. Fr. James Martin answered from the Greek — and Barron’s own audience is talk...
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