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Soon after his election, Pope Leo XIV revealed why he chose his papal name, and he noted that the rise of artificial intelligence was on his mind: The new pope’s comments should signal to every Catholic: if you aren’t preparing for AI and how it will impact the world, you should be. It’s a cliché…
The corporate media is already spilling tons of ink to paint a picture of a pope and a U.S. president with nothing in common. Reports even goad Pope Leo XIV and President Donald Trump against each other. And to the pro-war ruling classes and their agents in the media, there’s an urgent reason to drive…
Last week I marveled at the liturgical providence of the Conclave – it took place between the “two” Good Shepherd Sundays in the Latin rites each year. The first, in the ancient Roman Rite, took place on the Sunday before the Conclave began. The second, in the Novus Ordo Missae, took place on the Sunday…
As the cardinal proto-deacon concluded the announcement of the new pope, 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost stepped onto the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica. He wore a white cassock, a white zucchetto, a red pellegrina, a red-and-gold stole, and a pectoral cross. He had chosen the name Leo XIV. Many were surprised by the election…
Congratulatory messages to Pope Leo XIV were issued by world leaders of Catholic and non-Catholic nations alike on his elevation to the Throne of St. Peter. Even Russian President Vladimir Putin offered his “cordial congratulations,” saying, “I am confident that the constructive dialogue and cooperation between Russia and the Vatican will continue to flourish, grounded…
While the pro-abortion activists at the heretical organization Catholics for Choice continue to openly attack the Vatican and its status as a permanent observer at the United Nations, faithful Catholics finally have an ally with the Trump administration in the fight to obstruct the anti-life goals of the population-control zealots and gender ideologues at the…
As there is only one Our Lady, all her authentic revelations, judiciously put together, show a clear, coherent, common message with a genuine narrative, giving us a preview of the future. The most well-known message came from Our Lady of Fatima, where she called everyone back to repentance, prayer, and sacrifice in order to avoid…
From the onset, I am sure we all feel a sense of anticipation about the new pontificate of Leo XIV. There is anxiety in the waiting and there is joy at the fulfillment. This is a theme of today’s Gospel as well, for Christ uses the image of childbirth in speaking to His Apostles in…
I begin with the following proposition. It is one which, among committed Christians certainly, may be taken as a given, as axiomatic. Not a statement of fact, mind you, as in the sum of two plus two will always be four. It is instead a statement of value, the certainty of which is hardly a…
Ludwig von Pastor’s massive History of the Popes from the Close of the Middle Ages is an interesting source to go to for reactions to the election of the head of the Roman Church. First impressions of the general bearing of a man who would bear the weight of the world on his shoulders were…
