Editor’s Note: In 2023, at the 25th anniversary celebration of the Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo (USAT) in Chiclayo, Peru, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost — now Pope Leo XIV — delivered a powerful address upon receiving an honorary doctorate....
In the days following Pope Leo XIV’s election, the internet has been inundated with AI-generated deepfake videos, images, and messages purporting to depict the new pontiff. These media fabrications, some of which have been circulated on platforms like YouTube and...
Habemus Papam! God bless and protect Pope Leo XIV! What an eventful few weeks this has been! During Holy Week, Pope Francis surprised us by going out and about, visiting St. Peter’s and the tomb of Pope St. Pius X,...
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Back in Spring 2022, I had the opportunity to stay in Pope Francis’s residence, Casa Santa Marta (also referred to as the Domus), for a week. It was in many ways an otherworldly and at times exhilarating experience to know...
Pope Francis came back to us to celebrate Holy Week and Easter. What a gift. His final homily — his last official teaching — came on Easter Sunday. And he taught why it is necessary to always look for Christ,...
On Wednesday, I wrote an article imploring a US bishop to reach out to a congressman he has praised and with whom he is a friend on behalf of immigrants who were — without due process — deported and imprisoned...
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Recent videos uploaded to YouTube have revealed that on March 20, 2025, Bishop Joseph Strickland, emeritus of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, celebrated a public Mass at Mary, Mother of the Light Maronite Catholic Church in Tequesta, Florida. The Mass...
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