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Pope Leo XIV

  • The Smartphone has remade the papacy

    Technology is transforming the papacy from a distant office into the Vatican in my top pocket.

    The Smartphone has remade the papacy

  • We become what we sing

    Communal singing does more than lift a mood — it forms belief, binds strangers and slowly becomes part of what a congregation holds true.

    We become what we sing

  • JD Vance’s conversion: politics and Catholicism don’t mix

    Baptized in 2019, Vance frames his Catholic conversion around Bonhoeffer’s “cheap grace” concept while his politics tell another story.

    JD Vance’s conversion: politics and Catholicism don’t mix

  • Bigger crowds, same loneliness

    Cities were supposed to bring people closer together. Instead, they’ve perfected distance, keeping everyone somewhere else.

    Bigger crowds, same loneliness

  • Decoding Pope Leo

    Labels like liberal and conservative fail to capture a papacy built around one demand: communion with the successor of Peter.

    Decoding Pope Leo

  • The point of Rome

    King Charles walked into Congress amid dread and left having threaded a needle. Pope Leo’s doing something similar from Rome.

    The point of Rome

  • Racism speaks — Church and World must listen

    Structural racism, papal apology, and one priest’s story converge to ask the Church to listen without defensiveness or excuse.

    Racism speaks — Church and World must listen

  • Knowledge without borders belongs to everyone

    True progress isn’t measured by innovation alone, but by whether AI serves people with no leverage, voice, or seat at the table.

    Knowledge without borders belongs to everyone

  • SSPX ordinations: 40 years on a second schism

    The SSPX’s latest ordinations mark a deeper, more entrenched rejection of Vatican II than its original 1988 schism.

    SSPX ordinations: 40 years on a second schism

  • Being heard

    In a saturated media landscape reaching beyond shrinking parishes means embracing fresh tools that carries the Message further.

    Being heard

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