Rich Raho

Melania’s snub and the Oval Office trap for bishops: what’s wrong between Trump and the Vatican www.repubblica.it/en/europe/ne...

Pope Leo XIV expresses joy and enthusiasm about his upcoming Apostolic Journey to Latin America, as the Holy See Press Office confirms his visit to Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru on November 6-17. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

Pope Leo XIV appealed for an end to hostilities in Yemen and prayed for the victims of a terrorist attack against churchgoers in Jordan, as he addressed the faithful following the Angelus on Sunday, 25 October. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

Pope Leo: “Without love, our faith would be deprived of its essence, our good works would be reduced to mere moralism, and our hope would be in vain. Dear friends, we cannot truly love God unless this love overflows into love for our brothers and sisters.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Pope Leo brokered this deal from his hospital bed last week.

Papal Almoner to travel to Ukraine to bring Pope’s closeness www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-c...

Bishop John Dolan of Phoenix: “There is, in other words, a witness that precedes consciousness. Someone else can testify that I was before I was capable of testifying to myself.” What it means to be human in the age of AI www.ncronline.org/opinion/gues...

The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, came to his audience with Pope Leo XIV bearing gifts, the prayers and gratitude of the Ukrainian people, and a list of hundreds of prisoners of war held in Russia. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

White House names 12 bishops who prayed with Trump, defends president's record www.ncronline.org/news/white-h...

Whether the issue is migration or climate change, calls to regulate artificial intelligence or criticism of the excessive concentration of wealth in the hands of a privileged few, Pope Leo’s positions are diametrically opposed to those of Trump and Trumpism. www.repubblica.it/en/europe/ne...

VATICAN: Pope Leo XIV will not make his scheduled visit to Assisi on October 27 in order to “aid his recovery” following his recent thoracic surgery, according to the Holy See Press Office.

“This is clearly an attempt to hijack the message coming from the leaders of the USCCB and from the senior bishops in the conference who sent messages saying we shouldn't look partisan and we should not send messages that politicize inappropriately our position.” www.ncronline.org/news/ahead-e...

Pope Leo: “We live in a performance-driven culture that constantly compares and ranks people, sometimes ruthlessly” and a “misguided understanding of meritocracy ultimately fails to respect people.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

One of the last unfinished projects of Francis which carried over into Leo’s pontificate, SDF releases major document on “Transmission of the Faith in an Epochal Change” www.vatican.va/roman_curia/...

Pope Leo at first General Audience after cancer surgery: “The first thing I want to say to you is thank you! Thank you for the support of your prayers. Thanks be to God for his generosity. Let us all renew our trust in God’s goodness and. mercy.”

It is beyond me how anyone, let alone a Catholic, can in good conscience continue to support Trump. His racist, vile and disgusting remarks are far removed from what a Christian is called to be. There are no more excuses that can be made to espouse such behavior.

Sr. Nancy Sylvester to Vance: “How would you justify to people of faith, especially those of us who try to follow the Gospel, how the behavior of the ICE men and women can constantly be justified in terms of the kind of values we want to live by?” www.globalsistersreport.org/catholic-sis...

Via Vatican News: U.S. President Donald Trump has suspended sweeping new sanctions against Russia, citing American national interests, as Russian missile and drone attacks killed at least eight people in Ukraine and left more than a million without electricity. www.vaticannews.va/en/world/new...

Brownsville’s Bishop Flores: “The voting decisions we make affect not only ourselves, but also the lives of others in our communities…This means that we vote not out of self-interest, but out of a concern to promote the good of the whole community.”

"Leo XIV is the first pope from the USA, where there is a culture of cancer disclosure that is quite different...Many cultures consider public disclosure of cancer and of other terminal or incurable diseases undesirable." The Fragility of the Pope crc.blog.fordham.edu/faith-religi...

In a telephone conversation with the Ukrainian President, Pope Leo XIV expresses his hope for cooperation to allow food and medical aid to reach civilians in Oleshky, in the Kherson region, and for their safe evacuation. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

Pope Leo has appointed a slew of new members to the International Theological Commission, including professors from Boston College, and Notre Dame University.

Pope Leo XIV will hold his weekly General Audience on Wednesday, October 21, in St. Peter's Square, according to the Holy See Press Office.

Pope Leo at Angelus: “Dear friends, this is precisely what it means to ‘give to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s:’ to be truthful, free from servile fear or hypocrisy, free to do good.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Pope’s Doctor in new interview: “As for a long trip involving air travel in about three weeks, I would say there are no clinical reasons why it should not take place.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

In new report tonight, @mm-repubblica-bot.bsky.social says that doctors will discharge Pope Leo on Saturday, and Leo will possibly lead Angelus on Sunday from St. Peter’s Square. www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2026...

Today, Cardinal Cupich delivered a lecture in Fiera di Primiero, in Trentino, Italy, commemorating the life and enduring legacy of Cardinal Joseph Bernardin: www.archchicago.org/en/statement...