10+ hour, 17+ min ago   (346+ words) The Gospel this week turns on two words in the middle of a parable, and most of us read straight past them. Jesus says the king was moved with compassion, and the Greek verb underneath that phrase is built from…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1382+ words) On Tuesday, I published an essay arguing that Bishop Robert Barron contradicted Pope Leo XIV on empathy in the service of a MAGA culture war. By Wednesday morning, two clerics I respect had answered me on X, and their answer…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (610+ words) The late Mark Shields once said that strong institutions seek converts and weak institutions punish heretics. Put another way, are we spending our time and energy making our communities bigger and more vibrant or smaller and more rigid? Pope Francis…...

2+ week, 13+ hour ago   (561+ words) Letters from Leo is not a politics-first newsletter. We ground everything we do here in the faith of the apostles and in the source and summit of that faith, the Sunday Eucharist and its Liturgy of the Word. In today’s…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (376+ words) Today’s Scripture reflection is about St. Augustine, whose feast the Church keeps today, and about the two men who claim their heritage from him: the one who marched on Washington for civil rights, jobs, and justice on his feast day…...

3+ week, 12+ hour ago   (621+ words) From the outset of this project, I have said consistently that Letters from Leo is not a political-first movement. We are formed in the faith of the apostles, and the Sunday Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1744+ words) San Marino is one of the smallest countries in the world. It is also a Catholic republic, governed by two captains regent who serve together for six months at a time. When Leo went to Monaco earlier this year, postliberals…...