As a monstrous Hurricane Melissa bore down on Jamaica, Prime Minister Andrew Holness said Monday that he had made time for one thing in addition to intense preparations. “I have been on my knees in prayer,” he said at a news conference ahead of the storm’s arrival,. (Dennis, Noll & Mellen, The Washington Post)
Read MoreIn a new biography published in Spanish last month, Leo said it was “very unfortunate” that the traditional Latin Mass had become divisive, and that he was open to discussion on the issue, in line with his stated desire for unity and reconciliation in the church. (Povoledo & Graham, The New York Times)
Read MoreOutraged by progressivism and alarmed by the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, [Allie Beth] Stuckey aims to mobilize a swath of conservative Christian women ranging from dyed-in-the-wool true believers to prairie-core MAHA moms. (Bernstein, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreSince early summer, pastors, ministers, imams, rabbis and priests have stood between police and protesters in Los Angeles. They've been arrested by ICE agents in Chicago and Portland, and taken into custody at the U.S. Capitol and in congressional offices. (Wire, USA Today)
Read MoreThousands of pilgrims turned out Sunday in Romania’s capital for the consecration of religious paintings inside the world’s largest Christian Orthodox church that was being opened after 15 years of construction. (Ghirda & McGrath, AP News)
Read MorePope Leo XIV prayed Thursday with King Charles III and Queen Camilla under the frescoed ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, marking a first time a British monarch publicly worshiped with a sitting pontiff since Henry VIII broke with the Vatican and formed the Church of England in 1534. (Faiola, The Washington Post)
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