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Today marks my last day as NCR's Vatican correspondent. A brief farewell to the Rome and a few lessons learned along the way: ncronline.org/vatican/view-v…

Pope Leo has appointed Father Pedro Chau as auxiliary bishop of Newark — the first Nicaraguan ever named a U.S. bishop. Both of Pope Leo’s U.S. appointments have been immigrants — a powerful contrast to the Trump-era immigration policies he’s openly criticized.

Cardinal Stephen Chow recounts that #PopeLeoXIV wants to visit #China. And he asks for prayers that the "unfulfilled dream of #PopeFrancis" may come true michel chambon 陳立邦 Claire Giangrave Victor Gaetan fides.org/en/news/76425-…

"This past Wednesday, I took advantage of the general audience to visit Saint Mary Major, where Pope Francis is buried. I had hoped to spend a few moments in prayer before his tomb, but the Vatican gendarmes kept instructing us to keep moving." ucanews.com/news/wednesday…

Congrats to Christopher White on wrapping up his time as Vatican correspondent for NCR! ncronline.org/vatican/view-v…

As one of Chris's friends, even before he ever arrived in Rome, I - like many other colleagues - will really miss him being here. Ad multos annos, Chris!

"Elie’s third book is also his most personal: the period under review is one he lived through. The book revisits the 1980s—not as a decade of political conservatism, but as a rich period of spiritual and artistic questioning." -from Nora Futtner's profile berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/visual_stories…

Buona festa della Repubblica!

Franciscans honor Bartholomew I, Leonardo Boff, and other for their care of our Common Home cruxnow.com/vatican/2025/0…

BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries calls for Trump's masked ICE agents engaged in aggressive overreach to be identified, because "This is America, this is not the Soviet Union, we're not behind the iron curtain." BOOM!💥

Gonna say something obvious to most: real masculinity defends the defenseless, punches up not down, has compassion, and fights only on behalf of others to battle injustice or evil. It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel

They committed treason. Pure and simple.

For years we've heard from the right about "welfare queens" and other so-called "freeloaders" pulling one over on the government. But actually, it's the wealthy who are the real freeloaders — pulling one over on us all by skirting their taxes. Where is the outrage over that?

So by my count, in less than a month, Pope Leo has now appointed three immigrants as bishops in US dioceses; one from Vietnam, one from Nicaragua, and now one from Uganda. Is Bishop-elect Engurait the first US bishop born in Africa? usccb.org/news/2025/pope…

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“Despite disappointment and disbelief that people we love could vote for Trump, some of us are even more dismayed that our Catholic leaders supported him or were too cowardly to speak out against him.” ucanews.com/news/the-ameri…