Leo XIV: The (Great) Migrations Pope?
Ever since those velvet curtains parted to reveal that Robert Francis Prevost—aka Leo XIV—was the…
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Against American Exceptionalism? Pope Leo XIV v. US Christian Nationalism
During the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, where bishops, archbishops, and abbots convened in 1884…
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Remembering ‘MOVE’ as American religion on the 40th anniversary of Philadelphia bombing its own residents
Forty years ago today, the city of Philadelphia dropped a bomb on itself. The city…
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White Smoke, Black Pope? Pope Leo XIV, first US pontiff, has African roots
The Catholic Church has a new leader, with the Augustinian cardinal Robert Prevost elected as Pope Leo XIV,…
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HABEMUS PAPAM: New Pope Selection Signals Church’s Concerns about Spread of US, Global Authoritarianism
White smoke emerged over the Sistine Chapel this afternoon, notifying the world that the College…
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This White Man’s Blunder — Why RFK’s Obsession with Chemtrails and Terrain Theory Won’t Make America Healthy
Another day, another series of alarming claims from Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the current head…
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Catholic Right Support isn’t the Only Reason Trump Believes He Can Get Away with Mockery of Catholicism
Last week, just days after Pope Francis was laid to rest in Rome, Trump was…
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EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
While too many American leaders are content to quibble over definitional particularities, experts are (finally)…
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What The Roman Catholic Church needs is a wholesale reset, not a new Pope
The death of Pope Francis, after a very public diminishment, closes a signal chapter in…
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“I Don’t Do Horror, Ryan Coogler” — Black Magic’s Dr. Yvonne Chireau on Sinners and Bringing Hoodoo to Life
It was my absolute pleasure to chat with Dr. Yvonne Chireau, author of the iconic…
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