If you think our enthusiasm for our basketball team was intense, just wait until you see our support for Pope Leo XIV.
Pope Leo XIV
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Cardinal Czerny on if Pope Leo is a new Francis, a new Benedict—or something else
“I don’t think he’s the kind of man who sends coded messages,” Cardinal Michael Czerny says in this exclusive interview with Gerard O’Connell.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Pope Leo XIV: The overlooked experiences that will shape his papacy
This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley chat with Mark Francis, C.S.V., who attended Catholic Theological Union with Leo XIV (then known as Bob Prevost), about the unique education that shaped the future pope.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Pope Leo warned about fake news. President Trump just showed us a worst-case scenario.
President Trump offered a vibrant demonstration of the kind of worst-case scenario Pope Leo may have had in mind about the collapse of critical thinking.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Leo names religious sister in first top-level Roman Curia appointment
In his first appointment of a top-level official of the Roman Curia, Pope Leo XIV named Sister Tiziana Merletti, a canon lawyer, to be secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Cardinal David: How the Sistine Chapel spoke to me in the conclave
A cardinal reflects on his experience of the conclave
Posted inFaith, News
Vatican warns about fake Pope Leo quotes and videos
The Vatican News site published the warning after a 36-minute “deep fake” —A.I.-generated—video of Pope Leo was posted on YouTube.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Podcast: Inside Pope Leo XIV’s first week
A week into the papacy of Pope Leo XIV—the first U.S.-born pope—hosts Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell take stock of the emerging contours and dimensions of his leadership.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Leo XIV, in first U.S. appointment, names San Diego’s new bishop
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Michael M. Pham of San Diego to head the diocese.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Leo XIV: An American pope for the end of American empire?
Pope Leo I helped to ensure that Catholicism would outlast the Roman Empire. His name is a reminder that our faith rises above contemporary politics and temporal authority.