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For the first time ever, the most famous American in the world is not the president or a Hollywood icon or tech billionaire—it’s the Pope.
This is more than a Catholic triumph; it’s a cultural watershed for the United States.
In a society that often equates American influence with might or money or celebrity, now our foremost representative on the global stage is a humble man in a white cassock, preaching love, justice, and mercy.
My full story here: lettersfromleo.substack.com/…
Marc, you wrote the Pentagon’s case for Iraq while St. John Paul II begged America not to invade.
Two decades later you helped sell Trump on another disastrous war and spent eight months attacking Pope Leo XIV for opposing it.
You’re in no position to lecture anyone about scandal to the Church.
Were you in the room when he decided to abandon his long-held support for the Hyde Amendment and support taxpayer-funded abortion on demand up till the moment of birth? His presidency was a scandal to the Catholic Church and you perpetuate that scandal by holding him up as an example for Catholics in public life.
Here’s Marc on Fox News the night the U.S. and Israel struck Iran, calling it “the greatest day in American foreign policy since the fall of the Berlin Wall.”
I was in the room multiple times when President Biden met with and prayed with Catholic bishops.
They didn’t run cameras, because he and those present didn’t want to politicize prayer and encounter for electoral gain.
When Biden lost his second child in May 2015, he prayed nearly all night in front of the Blessed Sacrament.
It’s the same thing he did in 1972 when he lost his daughter and late wife to a drunk driver.
He went to Mass every single Sunday as president, oftentimes next to the parish cemetery of his children, and relied on his faith to guide him through hell and high water.
You might not like his politics, but I encourage you to act with Christian charity towards the sincerity of his faith and take the view of the late Pope Francis, who called him a “good Catholic” in 2021.
NEW: Vice President JD Vance has told Kansas voters that Adam Hamilton’s preaching “is not Christianity,” calling the Methodist pastor and Senate candidate’s faith “left-wing radicalism dressed in the skin suit of our religion.”
Hamilton answered on Monday with an invitation: “Before he attacks me or the church again, I’d like to invite the vice president to actually attend a service.”
With polls showing a toss-up days before the election, Hamilton could become the first Democrat Kansas has sent to the Senate since 1932. thelettersfromleo.com/p/he-d…
Any native Nashvillain knows that O’Charley’s was fine dining growing up in the 1990s.
Clay Travis claims The Cheesecake Factory was a childhood luxury. Except it didn't open in Nashville until he was 26.
@Timodc and @PabloTorre investigate the curious case of his restaurant nostalgia:
“We are now swift boating Clay Travis for Cheesecake Factory stolen valor.”
So he’ll be extradited on January 20, 2029.
“The State Department will issue visas to Flavio Bolsanaro and his family and allow them entry into the United States," a senior State Department official confirms to @jmhansler.
NEW: Pope Leo XIV declared on Tuesday that “there is no such thing as a holy war,” in a video message to religious leaders gathered in Assisi a week before the American midterm elections.
The pope has clashed with the White House over the Iran war, which JD Vance and Speaker Mike Johnson have tried to defend with Catholic just war doctrine.
On Palm Sunday, Leo said God “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them.” thelettersfromleo.com/p/ther…
“We must rebuild peace everywhere, not prepare for more wars. War can never be waged in the name of God. For us believers, ‘to fight in the name of religion means attacking religion itself.’ There is no such thing as a holy war: only peace is holy.” — Pope Leo XIV
Forgive him for not knowing it was the 250th anniversary.
He spent July 4 in London with one of his mistresses.
Paxton: On July 4th, we celebrated the 200th anniversary of our country.
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July 4 2026 marked the 250th anniversary of US independence not the 200th as claimed in the video. Multiple reports placed Paxton in London England that weekend with videos of the trip.
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Based on some things Pope Leo has written, I addressed participants in the Texas Catholic Conference Assembly in San Antonio TX today on Artificial Intelligence and Education. The text is here⬇️
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NEW: Pope Leo XIV’s new bishop overseeing Trump’s Mar-a-lago estate speaks out in light of the controversy regarding twelve bishops having a public prayer photo-op with the president.
I wish to remind all the faithful of the Diocese of Palm Beach that the Catholic Church does not endorse or support any political candidate or political party.
The Catholic Church remains a nonpartisan community of faith, whose sacred mission is to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ in full communion with our Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, and the College of Bishops.
While the Church upholds its responsibility to proclaim moral principles and promote the dignity of every human person, it does not engage in partisan political activity.
Any action or statement by a member of the Church that may be perceived as an endorsement of a political candidate or party must not be construed as representing the official position of the Catholic Church or the Diocese of Palm Beach.
Such actions, when undertaken in the name of the Church, even in the form of “prayers” or “blessings”, are contrary to its nonpartisan mission and should be regarded solely as expressions of individual political preference.
The dam has broken. Bishop Rodríguez, whom Pope Leo XIV sent to Palm Beach after years serving immigrants in Queens, put the word “prayers” in quotation marks, and Kansas City’s archbishop disowned his predecessor’s Oval Office visit. Sources in Rome tell me the Vatican wants more American bishops to follow. thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope…
