Much of Pope Leo XIV’s journey to Africa has been overshadowed by a media firestorm over tweets and comments US President Donald Trump made about the pope, and sadly Leo’s message and the people of Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial...
“I am a dreamer, dazzled by the light of the Gospel, and I look with hope into the visions of the night. And whenever I fall, I discover anew in Jesus the courage to continue fighting and hoping, the courage...
Last time I had Shaun on, we discussed St. John Henry Newman becoming a doctor of the Church. In this episode, we followed up that conversation to talk about Newman’s thoughts on personal conscience and the sensus fidei, and what that...
Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth. -Pope Leo XIV, April 16, 2026 In Athens, Georgia earlier...
Mr. Vice President: This evening, you were quoted as having said at a Turning Point rally in Atlanta: “I think it’s very, very important for the Pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology.” There is a...
What if the choice between Jesus and Barabbas didn’t end 2,000 years ago? In this video, Pedro Gabriel explores how that same decision—between domination and dialogue, power and peace—is still shaping our world today. From modern politics on both the...
There is no historical documentation as to the physical appearance of Jesus. He never sat for a portrait; no identification photo is available for reference. Post-resurrection, he was not recognized; to the disciples on the road to Emmaus he was...
As many WPI readers doubtless know, the past two days have seen (at least) two startling claims, with boundless ramifications for the United States, the Church, and the world. One of these – open, public, and widely disseminated – arrived...
In his first Easter as pope, Leo XIV made a series of subtle but powerful choices that may reveal the deeper direction of his pontificate. From the Chrism Mass to the Way of the Cross, and from the washing of...
In my recent article on the media coverage of the first year of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate, I examined the letter from Cardinal Parolin to the French bishops, who met in Lourdes last week, and challenged the unlikely narrative put...
Holy Week is almost here—but before it begins, it’s worth asking: did this Lent really change something in us? In this video, Pedro Gabriel goes through five key insights from Pope Leo XIV’s Lenten homilies—covering freedom, control, encounter, blindness, and...
Over the past two weeks, the narrative that “Pope Leo is correcting Francis” has emerged with renewed vigor in English-language conservative Catholic media. Unlike the aesthetic differences that were desperately held up as dramatic reversals in the early months of...
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