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Pope Leo XIV

  • Church culture problem closer to home than Pope Leo thinks

    Despite papal acknowledgment of the problem, dioceses worldwide have made almost no progress on women’s roles in ministry.

    Church culture problem closer to home than Pope Leo thinks

  • The real presence that walks out the church doors

    Encountering Christ at the altar is meant to send believers toward the poor and marginalised in daily life.

    The real presence that walks out the church doors

  • The Prevost smile

    Pope Leo’s fidgeting hands, darting eyes, and a love of fast driving reveal an inner intensity beneath the pope’s tranquil surface.

    The Prevost smile

  • 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

  • Pope Leo doesn’t mess around

    Vatican officials pushed back hard after Trump’s ambassador tried to frame the pope’s political criticism as merely secular.

    Pope Leo doesn’t mess around

  • 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

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