christianity
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If our new American pope, Leo XIV, has a theme in these too-early-for-definition days of his papacy, it is the theme of peace. His first remarks after election began with a call to peace, and he has been a consistent and vocal advocate for peace amidst the growing strife of our decidedly unpeaceful world. As
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Be like … Paul? Even though Paul was my father’s name, my middle name, my confirmation name, and the author of half the New Testament books, he’s not one of my favorite saints. He was crazy smart and went non-stop, but it’s hard to read his letters without thinking he was also really high drama.
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So what? Last Sunday was the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity for Catholics – basically there’s a lineup of deep-topic feast days on Sundays from Ascension to Pentecost to Trinity Sunday to Corpus Christi that celebrate different important but hard to grasp theological concepts. If you are the type that thinks that faith is
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I never intended to become the Papal Meme Police. I blame Esteban for turning me into an internet Javert. It started after the death of Pope Francis, when my social media feed was filled with friends posting the heartwarming yet completely false story of Esteban, the alleged dog who refused to leave the side of
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“My sheep hear my voice.” – John 10:27 I wanted to return to something Pope Leo XIV said to the College of Cardinals in his meeting with them on the day after his election. In what seems to be his first draft of a program for his papacy, Leo underscored his commitment to build on
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Better him than me. Before I dig into something Pope Leo XIV said to the College of Cardinals over the weekend in another post, I just wanted to take a moment of gratitude that I don’t have his job. Today he had a meeting with some of the 6,000 accredited media who have been covering
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I am eager to hear more. My first impressions of Pope Leo XIV, based on his “Urbi et Orbi” message, delivered at his introduction as the new pontiff, and the homily he gave at his first mass with the College of Cardinals after his election, are very encouraging. Two short addresses, given to different audiences
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Second Day Thoughts on Pope Leo XIV More later.
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Here’s what I posted on Facebook today. I plan to write more reflective notes on what Pope Leo XIV from the balcony and what that might mean for the Church tomorrow. OK Real quick because I have a day job: 1) I think this is a great if extremely surprising choice. There’s been a longstanding
Reading Francis 