1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1495+ words) I apologize for adding one more 9/11 story after closing the series last night. Over five days I wrote about the end of my childhood, Welles Crowther, Mayor Mamdani’s invitation to St. Patrick’s, Father Mychal Judge, the memorial Mass that Trump…...

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, 17+ 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, 1+ day ago   (1409+ words) Cardinal Domenico Battaglia of Naples has written the preface to a new Italian book on transgender people, and Outreach, the LGBTQ Catholic ministry founded by Father James Martin, published the English translation on Thursday. The book, Persone transgender: Scienze, teologie,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (754+ words) Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass on Tuesday evening at a garden altar inside the papal grounds at Castel Gandolfo, opening the Season of Creation on the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. The homily was short, and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1207+ words) The Vatican has advanced Dorothy Day’s cause for inclusion among the Church’s recognized saints. On July 15, Casey Mullaney of the Dorothy Day Guild announced that the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints had approved the first portion of Day’s canonization…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1241+ words) In Rimini on Saturday afternoon, Pope Leo XIV became the first pope to visit the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples since John Paul II came in 1982. Around 60,000 people attended the annual event, a mini-regional World Youth Day of sorts. The…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1744+ words) San Marino is one of the smallest countries in the world. It is also a Catholic republic, governed by two captains regent who serve together for six months at a time. When Leo went to Monaco earlier this year, postliberals…...