Millennial writer Chris Crawford writes: “Now is the time for dialogue and building bridges.” These words, from Pope Leo XIV during one of his first speeches as pope, struck a chord with me as a Catholic with deeply held beliefs and as someone who seeks common ground and common action with people of other faiths.… Read More How We Can Build Democracy Coalitions to Meet this Moment

On the first episode of “The Spiritual Life,” Fr. James Martin, S.J., talks to Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, O.P., former Master General of the Dominican Order and a retreat leader for the Synod on Synodality.

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