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Today we celebrate the feast of Saints Peter and Paul. Pope Leo will bestow the pallium, a woollen band, over the chasuble of each new archbishop in attendance this day in Rome. The pallium is a symbol of the archbishop’s authority over his province. At his own mass of installation...
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How will Pope Leo XIV deal with the Catholic bishops in his native United States who, as a collective body, resisted the pastoral priorities set by his Argentine predecessor and helped pave the way for Donald Trump's election?...
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To make matters worse, the bill undermines other important church teachings, such as the need for a progressive tax structure based on the ability to pay and measures to combat climate change, as it raises taxes on the working poor and repeals clean energy tax credits. The list goes...
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To be fair, I once found much to like in JD Vance. I enjoyed his book Hillbilly Elegy and the account of his 2019 conversion to Catholicism. His speech at a security conference in Munich a week before the Oval Office meltdown turned heads here in Europe in ways that needed turning....
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The archbishop's comment reminds us of a painful and easily misused lesson of history: A traitor to freedom inside the castle is much more dangerous than an enemy outside....
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The bishops took note of the darkening sentiment toward Ukraine in the Trump White House. “The war has now entered a new chapter,” they said. ...
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A world without a pope like Francis will in some ways resemble a Hobbesian dystopia without a prophet pointing to our better angels or a sensible idealist showing a better way....
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As the United States faces moral and political turmoil, the Catholic Church’s response is increasingly scrutinised. Are its leaders upholding the values of Christ, or merely reflecting a divided society?...
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Through his theological writings and pastoral exhortations, Pope Francis has consistently pointed the world toward a strong critique of Trumpian politics, helping us to understand how MAGA ideology has inverted Christian values and blinded its supporters to the true needs of others....