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Reports: Pentagon Delivered "Bitter Lecture" to Vatican Ambassador, Warning that the U. S. "Has the Military Power to do Whatever it Wants"
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (947+ words) The Defense Department summoned the Vatican's ambassador to the U. S. to the Pentagon in January and subjected him to a "bitter lecture warning that the United States has the military power to do whatever it wants " and that the Church had…...
Watch: Harlem Globetrotters Teach Pope Leo to Spin a Basketball On His Finger
11+ hour, 28+ min ago (108+ words) The Catholic Observer Watch: Harlem Globetrotters Teach Pope Leo to Spin a Basketball On His Finger The viral moments came Wednesday during the pontiff's general audience in St. Peter's Square. Pope Leo XIV got some pointers on spinning a basketball…...
Pope Leo Welcomes U. S. -Iran Two-Week Ceasefire Agreement As "Sign of Genuine Hope"
16+ hour, 7+ min ago (628+ words) Pope Leo XIV welcomed the two-week ceasefire deal between the U. S. and Iran on Wednesday as "a sign of genuine hope" and called for dialogue and prayers for lasting peace after hours of "extreme tension" for the Mideast and entire world....
Pope Leo Condemns Trump Threat to Destroy Iranian Civilization As "Truly Unacceptable"
20+ hour, 22+ min ago (482+ words) Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday denounced as "truly unacceptable" President Donald J. Trump's threat to destroy Iranian civilization while calling on U. S. citizens to urge congressional lawmakers to end the Iran war. On Tuesday, Leo he summed up his message to world…...
UPDATED: "Let those who have weapons lay them down!" Pope Leo Says In First Easter Address As Pontiff
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (692+ words) Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter as pontiff Sunday with a fervent appeal for peace, imploring world leaders to lay down arms and choose dialogue over the death and destruction of war. "Let us allow ourselves to be transformed…...
A City to Come: A Monastery In Irvington, West Baltimore, Holy Week, 2026
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (1414+ words) BALTIMORE " A bald-headed priest of a certain age wears a scarlet cape and sits nervously on a donkey in the 3800 block of Frederick Avenue in Irvington. Father Mike Murphy isn't crazy about the idea but it's all in a day's…...
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5+ day, 1+ hour ago (19+ words) Updated: Pope Leo Carries the Cross at Rome's Colosseum, Leads Good Friday Prayers for a Suffering World'The Catholic Observer...
A Wave of New Catholics is Coming this Easter -- Not All for the Right Reasons.
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (859+ words) The Catholic Observer A Wave of New Catholics is Coming this Easter -- Not All for the Right Reasons. Many influencers offer a version of Catholicism unfamiliar to the Church, theologian and author Steven P. Millies writes in a Religion News Service…...
Why Do We Persevere? Praying the Rosary At An ICE Detention Center
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (574+ words) When we ask for Mary to guide us, we should be prepared. The journey might be inconvenient, rainy, freezing cold, dangerous. Sometimes Mary brings us to the foot of the cross, sometimes to the gates of ICE detention. I pray…...
Pope Leo Urges Trump to Seek "Off-Ramp" to End Iran War
1+ week, 1+ day ago (646+ words) Pope Leo XIV made a rare direct appeal to President Donald J. Trump Tuesday to seek an "off-ramp" to end the Iran war as the conflict rages across the Mideast. "I'm told that President Trump recently stated that he would like…...