Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo actually calls out Trump’s lies

[OK, NOW the pope and Trump are feuding?!]

May 6 • SDG

Bishop Barron vs. Pope Leo? War and Church teaching

[LONGREAD: The president and the pope really are at odds. Bishop Barron seems to want to separate them into non-overlapping magisteria.]

Apr 22 • SDG

Pope: [is Catholic]; Trump & Vance: ‘Not like that’

[LONGREAD: hubris, hectoring, lies, and damned lies]

Apr 17 • SDG

Pope Leo: on Trumpian war blasphemy. Bishop Barron: still on Mamdani ‘collectivism.’

[two episcopal Chicago natives, two very different scopes of what concerns them]

Mar 31 • SDG

Pope Leo, A.I. ‘homilies,’ and true preaching

[Homiletics 101: You don’t know how to write a homily … and neither do I]

Feb 27 • SDG

Under Leo XIV, the Church’s public voice rings with new strength

[U.S. bishops speak out powerfully on immigration; Pope Leo XIV meets with cinema world representatives]

Nov 21, 2025 • SDG

Misquoting the pope and everyone else: Why it matters

[on taking responsibility for what you share online]

May 16, 2025 • SDG

Meet Leo XIII: What’s in a name?

[what the last Pope Leo may suggest about the latest]

May 9, 2025 • SDG

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