"[Leo] might ask why, in the age of the internet, the Vatican spends millions of dollars every year publishing an afternoon newspaper in Italian — the 164-year-old Osservatore Romano — whose readers could fit comfortably in a slice of St. Peter’s Square." nytimes.com/2025/05/22/opi…

The point of view Pat advocates here has it substantive origin in the legal opinions that Carl Schmitt wrote to justify the Enabling Act and the political murders that allowed Hitler to rise to power, not in the mainstream of the natural law tradition. thedispatch.com/article/natura…

Mass at Notre-Dame today. What a gift.

Retreat swag arrived today, so we *had* to test it out... Join us America Magazine later this month for the our young adult story-telling retreat!

Pope Leo XIV Apologizes for being Late to a Meeting in English

Archbishop Weisenburger: Immigrants are—and always have been—the lifeblood of America. americamagazine.org/faith/2025/06/…

Happy to share some big news, which we've been keeping under wraps: We're starting a new podcast called "The Spiritual Life," to on June 17 at America Media. You can listen on Spotify, Apple podcasts, YouTube and everywhere you listen to podcasts: americamagazine.org/thespiritualli…

One of my most memorable Corpus Christi celebrations was in 2017 in China’s Shanxi province, Dongergou village. The entire village (pop. 1500) is Roman Catholic and filled the streets for a beautiful Eucharistic procession.

Bishop Michael Pham, Auxiliary Bishops & Priests in the Diocese of San Diego celebrate Mass, before joining migrants in federal court. Pham was the first Bishop in the U.S. appointed by Pope Leo XIV. Story on ABC 10News San Diego at 4 and 6 PM.

1. If you want hope in this dark moment, listen to chant of "no more war" that broke out among the thousands that came out to hear Bernie Sanders in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There is only one off-ramp from Trump's mad rush to war: the quick mobilization of an anti-war opposition. The

War does not solve problems; on the contrary, it amplifies them and inflicts deep wounds on the history of peoples, which take generations to heal. No armed victory can compensate for the pain of mothers, the fear of children, or stolen futures. May diplomacy silence the weapons!

Last week, Bishop Michael Pham made me proud to be a Catholic and Brad Lander made me proud to be a New Yorker. They both went to accompany immigrants who are being terrorized by a gravely unjust system. My latest in America Magazine americamagazine.org/politics-socie…

NEW: Andrew Cuomo just conceded the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City to Zohran Kwame Mamdani. Cuomo had universal name ID, a $25M PAC backing him and tons of institutional endorsements. Mamdani is a 33-year-old socialist. The magnitude of this can't be overstated.

LET’S GOOOOO

Inspired by Bishop Pham in San Diego, Bishop Tony Celino of El Paso, an immigrant Filipino auxiliary bishop, joins local clergy and @hopeborder organizer Aimee Santillan and heads to court to stand with families being unjustly taken by ICE after cases are dismissed.

NEW PODCAST with the prolific Christopher White about his new book about the election of Pope Leo XIV podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jes…

Thanks to my pals Ashley McKinless and Zac Davis for having me on America Magazine’s Jesuitical to talk about my book on #PopeLeo

Aquinas: “It is a quality of mercy to regard another’s distress as one’s own, because to be merciful is to have a heart distressed at the distress of another.”

Woj (scriptural) bomb 💣

NEW: Cardinal McElroy of Washington DC describes the rounding up & deportation of immigrants as "inhumane" and "morally repugnant". In an interview with CNN the cardinal discussed Trump's megabill, the role of women in the church & Iran. edition.cnn.com/2025/07/03/ame…