How Leo XIV’s Rarely-Seen Thesis Sheds Light on His Vision for the Church...
Before he became Pope, Leo XIV was Augustinian Father Robert Prevost, a quiet friar studying the inner workings of religious life. He earned a licentiate in canon law from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome in 1984, followed by a doctorate in 1987. His dissertation may seem obscure at first glance...
All Eyes on Sunday: Leo XIV’s First Words May Cast His Image on Church’s Future...
Pope Leo XIV will solemnly inaugurate his pontificate on Sunday — the Fifth Sunday of Easter, otherwise the feast of the martyred Pope St. John I (523-526), and the birthday of Pope St. John Paul II. The entire Church and much of the world will eagerly await what he will say. Recent inaugural homilies have merited careful attention. Cardinal Robert Prevost became pope immediately upon accepting his election in the Sistine Chapel and has been exercising his office since.
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Why Pope Leo XIV Gives Me Real Hope...
When Pope Leo XIV stepped onto that balcony and said, “Peace be with you,” the whole world watched in stunned silence. But what most people missed was what those words actually revealed. In this powerful episode of The Chris Stefanick Show, I sit down with my friend and Archbishop, Samuel Aquila, to unpack everything we’re seeing in these early days of Pope Leo’s pontificate — and why it gives me hope.
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How to Make Stability in Your Home...
Our lives today are marked by changeability. Where we live, where we work, and the cast of people with whom we share a life, even if we stay in the same place, change at an unprecedented rate. Other key things also change regularly, such as the basic tools of our work, leisure, and communication. We have gotten so used to variability that we assume it is normal, and so we can miss the great good of stability.
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‘The Church Needs You’: Pope Leo XIV Meets With Eastern Catholics From 23 Churches Worldwide...
Italy's Olive Garden, and Bishop Fan's Heroics...
On April 13, 1992 — 33 years ago last month — an old man died alone, suffering from pneumonia, in an undisclosed location in northern China, a prison with no name and no warden, a place which did not officially exist. The man was Peter Joseph Fan. When he died, his family and friends had not heard from him in years. Most assumed he was dead already, and those who believed he was still alive probably prayed that his death would come quickly.
On Pope Leo’s Desk: Fixing Vatican Finances...
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New Pope Leo XIV Shows God's Love for Catholic Church...
Cardinals’ Voting Patterns Emerge as Leo XIV Is Welcomed as a Pope of Peace...
“You must be very happy that an American was elected,” said a smiling Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, as he walked with an associate along the Via della Conciliazione toward to the Vatican. Out for a stroll Sunday afternoon under warm spring sunshine, the Italian cardinal, who was an initial front-runner during the conclave, told the Register of his hope that the Church will be “at peace” as it was “at the time of the apostles, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.”
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Why You Should Become Your Son's Drinking Coach...
It is a fact that in our society high school students live in a culture of drinking. Not all teenagers drink, and many of them handle this culture impressively well. But they are all exposed to it, so parents ought not to ignore it. Whether you have a teenage son already or your sons are younger, I want to offer some ideas as to how to deal with this reality. It is never too early for you and your spouse to start developing an approach to this topic.
How my 2012 interview of the future Leo XIV led to the first controversy of his new pontificate...
Modern Efficiency Battles Traditional Aesthetics in Rome...
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Is Leo XIV an American Pope? No. He’s a Pope From America. Here’s the Difference...
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On Pope Leo’s Desk: The Vatican-China deal...
Ever since the Vatican-China deal on the appointment of mainland bishops was first agreed in 2018, the deal itself and the resulting episcopal nominations have been shrouded in controversy and confusion. The exact text of the agreement itself is not public, and it is likely that Pope Leo XIV will, as pope, be getting his first real look at the text and what it is, exactly, the Vatican signed up for, and signed away, with the Chinese Communist Party nearly seven years ago.
‘Love Is the Master Key to Life’: How to Understand the Readings for This Sunday...
Jesus gives us a new commandment this Sunday, the Fifth Sunday of Easter Year C, but it is easy to get this new commandment wrong.“Love one another as I have loved you,” he says. We imagine this means “Have a big heart that embraces humanity.” What he really means is a whole new way of life. Here are six takeaways from Sunday Readings columns at this site and the Extraordinary Story podcast.
How We Must Respond to the Growing Demand for the Church’s Social Doctrine (May 17, 2025)...
Pope Leo XIII, who lived in an age of momentous and disruptive change, sought to promote peace by encouraging social dialogue between capital and labour, technology and human intelligence, and different political cultures and nations. Pope Francis spoke of a “polycrisis” in describing the dramatic nature of our own age, marked by wars, climate change, growing inequalities, forced and contested migration...
12 Consoling Bible Verses During Times of Suffering...
As Christians, we know that suffering is part and parcel of this present life. But we also know that we are not alone in our suffering, for Jesus Christ has entered into it and redeemed it by the power of His Cross. We take heart, therefore, in the knowledge that “we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him” (Rom 8:17). And we turn to Sacred Scripture for encouragement and consolation on our pilgrim journey through this valley of tears.
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Hopes for a New Pontificate...
That is what my friend and many others hope for from Pope Leo — that and, I imagine, a more vigorous defense of the persecuted Nicaraguan Church and its people than was forthcoming from the Vatican over the past dozen years. Such a vocal, public defense of the persecuted may not produce immediate results, but it shines the light of international publicity on cruelties that tyrants would prefer to leave in the dark...
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New For All Ages: A Reflection on the Upcoming 5th Sunday of Easter...
By God’s goodness and compassion, the doors of His kingdom have been opened to all who have faith, Jew or Gentile. That’s the good news Paul and Barnabas proclaim in today’s First Reading. With the coming of the Church—the new Jerusalem John sees in today’s Second Reading—God is “making all things new.” In His Church, the “old order” of death is passing away and God for all time is making His dwelling with the human race, so that all peoples “will be His people and God Himself will always be with them.” In this the promises made through His prophets are accomplished
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Caesar, like the poor, is always with us. So is Judas. And so are the disciples of Christ. The Tyrant, the Traitor, and the Martyr. These three types of men form the very threads from which the tapestry of history is woven. Caesar and his followers come in many philosophical shapes and many ideological guises, but they are always animated by the same spirit of secularism, the same spirit of worldliness...
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The Complete List of Popes
- St. Peter (32-67)
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- St. Marcus (336)
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- St. Damasus I (366-84)
- St. Siricius (384-99)
- St. Anastasius I (399-401)
- St. Innocent I (401-17)
- St. Zosimus (417-18)
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- St. Celestine I (422-32)
- St. Sixtus III (432-40)
- St. Leo I (the Great) (440-61)
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- Adeodatus (II) (672-76)
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- Gregory IV (827-44)
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