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Trump blasts Pope Leo in lengthy social media post

USCCB president responds: Pope Leo is not a politician

Pope: ‘I am not afraid of the Trump administration’

Will 'continue to speak out loudly against war,' for peace

Algeria welcomes a pope for 1st time; focus on peace

Catholics there number a few thousand amid 48M Muslims

Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of breaking ceasefire

Which was declared by Putin for 32 hrs of Easter weekend

Priest arrested in Belarus; his whereabouts unknown

Months after regime freed two priests from labor camp

In Paris, TLM draws new generation to the Church

Saint-Roch parish boasts city's largest group of converts

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Gorgon Theology

Pagan or occultic feminism finds all the problems of mankind focused in patriarchy, thus effec­tively blinding feminism to the sin resident also in the heart…

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The News You May Have Missed: April 2026

Home Improvements... Johnny Don’t Read... Swiss Misdemeanor... Picklebrawl... Till Disillusionment Do Us Part... Superhuman Swimmer... and more

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Yes, AI Is a Tool, but It Is So Much More

The technology that makes its use possible is in the background, a “black box” that is barely perceptible and poorly understood even by the technicians…

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Trump blasts Pope Leo in lengthy social media post

USCCB president responds: Pope Leo is not a politician

Pope: ‘I am not afraid of the Trump administration’

Will 'continue to speak out loudly against war,' for peace

Algeria welcomes a pope for 1st time; focus on peace

Catholics there number a few thousand amid 48M Muslims

Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of breaking ceasefire

Which was declared by Putin for 32 hrs of Easter weekend

Priest arrested in Belarus; his whereabouts unknown

Months after regime freed two priests from labor camp

In Paris, TLM draws new generation to the Church

Saint-Roch parish boasts city's largest group of converts

VIEW ARCHIVE
Trump blasts Pope Leo in lengthy social media post

USCCB president responds: Pope Leo is not a politician

Pope: ‘I am not afraid of the Trump administration’

Will 'continue to speak out loudly against war,' for peace

Algeria welcomes a pope for 1st time; focus on peace

Catholics there number a few thousand amid 48M Muslims

Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of breaking ceasefire

Which was declared by Putin for 32 hrs of Easter weekend

Priest arrested in Belarus; his whereabouts unknown

Months after regime freed two priests from labor camp

In Paris, TLM draws new generation to the Church

Saint-Roch parish boasts city's largest group of converts

VIEW ARCHIVE

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The Polyvalence of Passion

April 13th 2026 11:53 AM

Of late, there is an epidemic of excitement. Commerce crackles with it. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry is, respectively, so…

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A Good Man Is Easy to Find

April 12th 2026 7:39 PM

A family member recently moved from a small town in Alabama to an even smaller town in the South Pacific.…

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Walter Cronkite & the Devolution of the News

April 7th 2026 10:39 AM

On March 6, 1981, Walter Cronkite concluded his final broadcast as anchor of CBS Evening News, and with that quiet…

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Latin Mass

At Mass, Actions Speak Louder Than Words... Where Has All the Latin Gone?... The New Mass Just Can't Be Fixed... Whither the Roman Rite?... more

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Mary, Mother of God

Marian Devotion as a Way of Life... Return to the Message of Fatima... The Virgin Birth: Where Science Meets Scripture... and more

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