5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1230+ words) The pope clearly disagrees. Four months earlier, on May 11, he told a Vatican colloquium on compassion and empathy that the two “are not something additional or optional, but are a call from God to reflect his goodness in our daily…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1207+ words) The Vatican has advanced Dorothy Day’s cause for inclusion among the Church’s recognized saints. On July 15, Casey Mullaney of the Dorothy Day Guild announced that the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints had approved the first portion of Day’s canonization…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (872+ words) Pope Leo XIV became the first pope to carry the statue of the Madonna del Lago across Lake Albano by boat on Saturday evening, and he used the homily before the crossing to warn that “hatred and violence bring nothing…...

3+ week, 4+ 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…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (493+ words) Letters from Leo is open to anyone who wants to be informed and inspired by our pope — and to turn that inspiration into action that leaves America and the world more just, less cold, and more alive with hope. Subscribe…...