10+ hour, 16+ min ago   (346+ words) The Gospel this week turns on two words in the middle of a parable, and most of us read straight past them. Jesus says the king was moved with compassion, and the Greek verb underneath that phrase is built from…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1215+ words) I was honored to be inside St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Thursday evening for the Memorial Mass marking twenty-five years since September 11, which Archbishop Ronald Hicks celebrated for the families of the dead, the uniformed services, and the civic leaders of…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1325+ words) According to three independent sources, Mayor Zohran Mamdani will attend the Archdiocese of New York’s 25th-anniversary Mass for the victims of September 11 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Thursday evening, along with the reception connected to it. Archbishop Ronald Hicks will…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1382+ words) On Tuesday, I published an essay arguing that Bishop Robert Barron contradicted Pope Leo XIV on empathy in the service of a MAGA culture war. By Wednesday morning, two clerics I respect had answered me on X, and their answer…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1254+ words) JD Vance defended Donald Trump’s mockery of Christ on Monday. Asked by the evangelical podcaster Bryce Crawford about the April image of the president in white and red robes, a glowing hand extended over a sick man as four figures…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (376+ words) Today’s Scripture reflection is about St. Augustine, whose feast the Church keeps today, and about the two men who claim their heritage from him: the one who marched on Washington for civil rights, jobs, and justice on his feast day…...

3+ week, 12+ hour ago   (621+ words) From the outset of this project, I have said consistently that Letters from Leo is not a political-first movement. We are formed in the faith of the apostles, and the Sunday Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian…...