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Author: Paul Chu

A Pandemic of Arms and the Logic of Weapons

  Yesterday, after the Sunday Angelus, our Holy Father Pope Leo XIV offered this prayer intention: Our prayers for the victims of the tragic shooting during a school Mass in the American State of Minnesota include the countless children killed...

Today – Papal Fast for Peace

On Wednesday, Pope Leo called on the faithful to devote today, August 22nd, the Memorial of the Queenship of Mary, to fasting and prayer for peace, through the intercession of Our Lady under her title of Queen of Peace. We...

New Martyrs in Africa

A very brief post, but all the more significant for that: Last night in Komanda in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), an all-night Eucharistic liturgy was interrupted by men armed with guns and machetes, believed to have been members...

Pope Leo XIV and Care for Creation

Last week, Pope Leo celebrated a Holy Mass for the Care of Creation at the Laudato si’ Center at Castel Gandolfo; for those wishing to reflect upon the texts from the Mass, a Latin original from the Vatican website with...

Our Sovereign Pontiff

I would willingly have served an authentic master — a royal prince or a king. You can put your two hands folded within those of another and swear faith as a vassal… Of course it’s easy enough to say that...

The Next Pope: Pray for Him

The conclave is convened. It will not be long before the white smoke rises above the Sistine Chapel, and our next pope dons the white cassock and steps out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica. The crowds will cheer,...

The Next Pope and Where Peter Is

Note: I wrote almost all of this before Palm Sunday. By the time I put the finishing touches on it, Monday or Tuesday of Holy Week, it seemed more appropriate to hold it until after Triduum. For obvious reasons, I...

UPDATE: Pope Francis in Critical Condition

Early this evening (UTC +1 – Rome time), the Associated Press reported that our Holy Father Pope Francis is in critical condition. Shortly thereafter, CNN reported a statement from the Vatican, that “[t]his [Saturday] morning Pope Francis presented with an...