Pope Leo XIV: An American Pontiff at the Crossroads of Faith and a Fractured World

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Pope Leo XIV: An American Pontiff at the Crossroads of Faith and a Fractured World

By Anne Esther Gittens |Editorial credit: INFOWeather1, Own work, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=164960939 The election in May 2025 of Cardinal Robert Francis Provost as Pope Leo XIV marks a watershed moment in the two-millennia history of the Catholic Church, ushering in its first American pontiff. This development, long considered improbable due to the geopolitical […]

Faith Leaders, Including Pope Francis, Speak Out to Condemn Cruel, Chaotic, and Indiscriminate Harm of Trump Immigration and Refugee Policies

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Faith Leaders, Including Pope Francis, Speak Out to Condemn Cruel, Chaotic, and Indiscriminate Harm of Trump Immigration and Refugee Policies

By America’s Voice | Editorial credit: stu.dio / shutterstock.com Washington, DC — Faith leaders from a wide variety of faith traditions are speaking out against and standing up to the Trump administration’s cruel and chaotic immigration and refugee agenda, calling instead for policies that align with broader values and seek to tamp down, instead of […]