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The World Isn’t Your Friend
I confess that I sometimes allow myself to be deceived. When things are going well professionally, when election results go the way I hoped, when I seem to be getting …
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Synod releases reports on bishops’ appointments, doctrinal issues, including testimonies of men civilly married to other men (CWN)
The General Secretariat of the Synod, led by Cardinal Mario Grech, released the sixth of 15 final reports of the study groups established by Pope Francis during the synod on …
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President Trump again assails Pope Leo; Pontiff responds that criticism should be truthful (CWN)
Renewing his criticism of Pope Leo XIV, President Donald Trump charged that the Pope “thinks it’s just fine for Iran to have a nuclear weapon”—leading Pope Leo to respond, “If …
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, May 6, 2026
A sacramentary is seen on the altar during a traditional Tridentine Mass July 18, 2021, at St. Josaphat Church in the Queens borough of New York City. (CNS photo/Gregory A. …
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A relatable pope: We sort of think we know Leo
The notion of the leader of the Catholic Church playing a word game, lingering at a parishioner’s kitchen table, or going to a ballgame does make him seem more human. …
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Leo’s Augustinian roots are what the church needs today
Since his election, Leo has been pursuing a unity that is founded on the person of Jesus Christ and the proclamation of the Gospel, writes NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.
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One year in, Pope Leo forges ahead with Francis’ ecological legacy
Where Francis sounded the alarm, Leo has remained focused on what he calls ecological conversion: a transformation of heart and mind.
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What we knew then — and what we know now — about history’s first US-born pope
When white smoke billowed out of the Sistine Chapel last May, NCR’s former Vatican correspondent Christopher White was there. White thought it would be Robert Prevost: “His election may have …
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Pope, in audience on Vatican II, reflects on the Church on pilgrimage to Heaven (CWN)
Resuming his series of Wednesday general audiences on the Second Vatican Council and its documents, Pope Leo XIV devoted this morning’s audience to “the Church, pilgrim in history towards the …
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Vatican newspaper shines spotlight on Gaza’s ‘prolonged agony’ (CWN)
In the most prominent front-page article in its May 5 edition, L’Osservatore Romano drew attention to the plight of the people of Gaza, where corpses beneath the rubble are fostering …