At the home of his Chicago White Sox, Pope Leo offered his advice to young people, sometimes citing St. Augustine: “We have to look for ways of coming together and promoting a message of hope. Saint Augustine says to us that if we want the world to be a better place, we have to begin… Read More Pope Leo XIV’s Message to the Young People of Chicago and the World

Bishop Mark Seitz writes: Since Inauguration Day, the Trump administration has taken aggressive and extensive actions to restrict migration and to target immigrants already living in our country. These actions include the effective and total suspension of asylum and international protection at our border, the ending of U.S. commitment to refugees around the world, and… Read More Bishop Seitz: Trump’s Dystopian Immigration Policies and Rhetoric Are Morally Indefensible

Archbishop John C. Wester writes: The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a budget reconciliation bill that is contrary to Catholic social teaching. The bill is now waiting to be debated in the Senate. It should be strongly opposed. Moreover, the church and the bishops of the United States should lead the way in speaking… Read More Trump’s Bill Steals From the Poor to Give to the Rich, says Archbishop John Wester

via Ruth Graham, Elizabeth Dias, and Jason Horowitz: Almost 40 years ago, an American graduate student in Rome was closely examining the question of what it meant to be a wise and effective leader in the Catholic Church. Today, the doctoral dissertation that Robert Prevost produced in the mid-1980s is one of the most detailed… Read More Pope Leo on Power and Authority in His Doctoral Dissertation

via the Vatican: In the context of the ongoing digital revolution, we must rediscover, emphasize and cultivate our duty to train others in critical thinking, countering temptations to the contrary, which can also be found in ecclesial circles. There is so little dialogue around us; shouting often replaces it, not infrequently in the form of… Read More Pope Leo: Let the Voice of the Poor be Heard