The Italian Vaticanologist Andrea Gagliarducci, who has a web page called Monday Vatican, is a careful observer of the papal transition—which means he is a careful observer of a very careful pope, Leo XIV. Gagliarducci commented on Pope Leo’s approach to understanding the political process in this way: “Leo XIV does not seem to be…

The U.S. government is afraid. For the last few years, we have watched a slow-motion collision between the Department of Defense and a reality it cannot explain. We have seen Congressional hearings where decorated pilots testify about objects performing impossible maneuvers. We have heard intelligence officials invent sterile, bureaucratic language to describe the inexplicable: “Instantaneous……

Grant, Lord, a blessing. Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement. ℟. Amen. Reading 4 From the Sermons of St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo. 2nd on the Epiphany. Many kings of the Jews had been born, and died, but which of them was sought after by wise men to worship…