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The appointment of Archbishop Gabriele Caccia as apostolic nuncio to the United States brings to a close the tenure of one of the most significant papal nuncios in the history of the Vatican's relationship with the U.S., that of Cardinal Christophe Pierre. Caccia has some very large shoes to fill....
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In the meantime, between remarks from cardinals and the Vatican's own newspaper, it's becoming increasingly clear that the first U.S. pope thinks the U.S. president might need to examine his conscience. ...
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Over the past decade, the New York Archdiocese has sold assets, merged parishes, reduced budgets with layoffs, and restructured health care and retirement systems in order to absorb the financial shock of abuse litigation....
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The new Iran-U.S.-Israeli war – like all wars – is a hellish nightmare where violence feeds upon violence, and the innocent suffer the most – especially the children....
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Against the idolatry of the nation...
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I wrote a few months ago how Pope Leo XIV “Needs No Divisions.” His election augured a pretty clear opportunity to move past the culture wars and give an alternative to the brutishness of the Trump era. But those who do need divisions have told us they won’t go...
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A new biography of Pope Leo, “Leo XIV: Citizen of the World, Missionary of the 21st Century,” contains the full text of the interview granted by the Holy Father to Elise Ann Allen, covering a wide range of topics....
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Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala speaks of his experience as a refugee from violence and how Catholics should act toward the strangers among us....
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I will be blunt: a genocidal war criminal—who speaks explicitly about his aggressive intentions to re-conquer the countries that freed themselves from the atheistic Soviet yoke—was welcomed on American territory and given red carpet treatment....
The appointment of Archbishop Gabriele Caccia as apostolic nuncio to the United States brings to a close the tenure of one of the most significant papal nuncios in the history of the Vatican's relationship with the U.S., that of Cardinal Christophe Pierre. Caccia has some very large shoes to fill....
In the meantime, between remarks from cardinals and the Vatican's own newspaper, it's becoming increasingly clear that the first U.S. pope thinks the U.S. president might need to examine his conscience. ...
Over the past decade, the New York Archdiocese has sold assets, merged parishes, reduced budgets with layoffs, and restructured health care and retirement systems in order to absorb the financial shock of abuse litigation....
The new Iran-U.S.-Israeli war – like all wars – is a hellish nightmare where violence feeds upon violence, and the innocent suffer the most – especially the children....
Against the idolatry of the nation...
I wrote a few months ago how Pope Leo XIV “Needs No Divisions.” His election augured a pretty clear opportunity to move past the culture wars and give an alternative to the brutishness of the Trump era. But those who do need divisions have told us they won’t go...
A new biography of Pope Leo, “Leo XIV: Citizen of the World, Missionary of the 21st Century,” contains the full text of the interview granted by the Holy Father to Elise Ann Allen, covering a wide range of topics....
Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala speaks of his experience as a refugee from violence and how Catholics should act toward the strangers among us....
I will be blunt: a genocidal war criminal—who speaks explicitly about his aggressive intentions to re-conquer the countries that freed themselves from the atheistic Soviet yoke—was welcomed on American territory and given red carpet treatment....