Friends, our new Holy Father is Pope Leo XIV! Born and raised in Chicago, Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost entered the novitiate of the Order of Saint Augustine in 1977 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1981. The first-ever American pope, Prevost served most recently as the

Friends, as St. Paul put it, “Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus.”

“Today our Lord Jesus Christ ascended into heaven; let our hearts ascend with him.” —St. Augustine

St. Justin Martyr, pray for us!

Friends, getting the Ascension of the Lord right is very important for understanding many aspects of the Church’s life. So I want to dwell on that a little bit with you today, and I want to do so under two headings: the first I’m going to call more political, and the second more