The rain stopped for no one in Chicagoland this summer, Pope Leo XIV included. On August 11, rolling walls of dark clouds loomed from all directions under an...
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During the Second World War, Joseph Stalin is said to have asked, “How many divisions has the pope?” The answer, of course, is none; the pope has neither a...
As a venture capitalist who has spent more than two decades investing in emerging innovations like quantum computing and artificial intelligence, the recently...
“Mama, what’s an empire?” asked my 3-year-old son from the backseat while driving home from Mass. Where had he heard about empires? I wondered. And how was I...
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, was released on May 25, 10 days after its signing. The date of the signing was significant, taking place...
Some time ago, while visiting the Art Institute of Chicago, I was struck by Claude Monet’s series of haystacks. What captivated me was not the subject itself...
For our Sounding Board column, U.S. Catholic asks authors to argue one side of a many-sided issue of importance to Catholics around the country. We also invite...
At a time when calls for peace are met with political hostility, the words of Pope Leo XIV resound with particular urgency. During the prayer vigil...
May 8, 2026, will mark one full year since the election of Pope Leo XIV, following the death of Pope Francis in April 2025. From his earliest appointments to...
About 25 years ago, during the weekly Friday evening Mass in the living room of the Bishop Dingman House of the Des Moines Catholic Worker, a man entered from...
