The Moynihan Letters
Letter #24, 2026, Friday, Aug 14: Remembering Mary
Above, Titian's Presentation of the Virgin Mary, painted between 1534 and 1538. Mary is the small child on the stairs, evidently only about seven years of age. She climbs the great staircase alone toward [...]
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St. John Paul II And Benedict XVI: Defenders Of The Faith
Pope John Paul II and then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger are seen together at the altar during the Easter Vigil liturgy in St. Peter's Basilica, March 30, 2002 By Joseph Pearce What have St. [...]
Pope meets with Catholic same-sex attraction ministry Courage International
Bishop Frank Caggiano of Bridgeport, Connecticautt, Chairman of the Courage International Episcopal Board. On the morning of February 6, 2026, Courage International was blessed to participate in a private audience with Pope Leo [...]
People: March-April 2026
By Matthew Trojacek with Grzegorz Galazka photos Benedict XVI’s Former Secretary hopes Beatification Process opens soon Archbishop Georg Gänswein, former secretary of Pope Benedict XVI, has said he hopes the beatification process will begin soon [...]
The Danger of Schism
By Robert Moynihan “In the early stages of any schism, its promoters find themselves obliged to hold by outworn traditions, because they have no central authority which can initiate, and sanction, disciplinary developments. Hence they [...]
St. John Paul II And Benedict XVI: Defenders Of The Faith
Pope John Paul II and then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger are seen together at the altar during the Easter Vigil liturgy in St. Peter's Basilica, March 30, 2002 By Joseph Pearce What have St. [...]
Pope Leo XIV and Food
By Mother Martha Pope Leo XIV at Castel Gandolfo near Rome announcing the opening of a new restaurant there With French, Italian, Spanish and Creole grandparents, Papa Leone XIV is multi-ethnic. He is [...]
Pope meets with Catholic same-sex attraction ministry Courage International
Bishop Frank Caggiano of Bridgeport, Connecticautt, Chairman of the Courage International Episcopal Board. On the morning of February 6, 2026, Courage International was blessed to participate in a private audience with Pope Leo [...]
Marking All Saints’ Day in Song
Hymns That Remind Us the Christian Life is a Battle to Be Won By Anthony Esolen All Saints’ Day is upon us, and that means that Catholics in English-speaking countries may well be singing [...]
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Letter #24, 2026, Friday, Aug 14: Remembering Mary
Above, Titian's Presentation of the Virgin Mary, painted between 1534 and 1538. Mary is the small child on the stairs, evidently only about seven years of age. She climbs the great staircase alone toward [...]
Letter #23, 2026, Wednesday, July 8: Eyewitness
Letter #23, 2026, Wednesday, July 8: Eyewitness Greetings. I will be on a live podcast today with Fr. Charles Murr, in about 2 hours, at 5 pm Rome time, 11 am Eastern Standard Time [...]
Letter #22, 2026, Saturday, June 27: Mary
"Mary offers a hermeneutical key for engaging herself with Truth Himself that is both fully free and personal, as well as irrevocable and objective. She combines and surpasses both how we understand objective truth [...]
