The future Pope Leo XIV in 1982.

In Marc Andreessen’s outburst, we glimpse the original sin of Silicon Valley laid bare: the prideful belief that tech titans are like gods, answerable to no one. But in Pope Leo XIV’s response, we see a different path — a call to humility, to wisdom, to placing human dignity above digital conquest.

A tech billionaire mocked Pope Leo XIV’s call for ethical AI. The post was deleted — but not before exposing Silicon Valley’s deeper discomfort: a pope they can’t buy or bully. It also revealed something older: the Valley’s original sin — the desire to be God.

The fascist youth movement, led by a self-described “Catholic” nationalist who praises Hitler and blames Jews for the death of Christ, is no longer a fringe curiosity. It is now, undeniably, a rising center of gravity in conservative politics. The worst part? JD Vance is trying to win over them.

After 25 years away, the openly gay ABC anchor found his way back to church. He credits Pope Francis’s inclusive legacy — carried on by Pope Leo XIV — and the outreach of Fr. James Martin for guidance.

Why is Pope Leo XIV so good at handling corrupt politicians? He’s been doing it for nearly decades.

Photos like make me miss Pope Francis. If he isn’t in heaven, none of us are making it.

Pope Leo called on U.S. bishops to speak with one voice on migrant dignity. Now Archbishop Alexander Sample — a leading conservative prelate — has answered. In a new statement, he condemns the Trump-Vance ICE raids and affirms: “Their dignity comes from God, not government.”

Make no mistake — Pope Leo will win this fight.

While corrupt leaders plunged Peru into chaos and inflation made life unlivable, a quiet priest in Trujillo held his community together. Decades later, the world calls him Pope Leo XIV — but the people of Peru still call him Padre Roberto.

In 1998, Fr. Robert Prevost told his seminarians to pee on a frozen windshield. They were stuck in the Andes, en route to an ordination. No defroster. No time to waste. “Someone has to urinate on it,” he said. Someone did. The van kept moving. That priest became pope.

Meet a 91-year-old nun who’s showing faith in action while a self-proclaimed defender of the Gospel, JD Vance, stays silent. Read how Sister JoAnn Persch outpace a man forty years younger than her.

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Will any of Catholics in the Trump-Vance Administration speak out against the government banning Masses in the parking lot outside the ICE facility in Chicago? www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/new-ignori...

When Leo XIII wrote Rerum Novarum, the Gilded Age industrialists thought they were gods among men. The pope reminded them who the real God was. Pope Leo XIV will do the same for today’s Silicon Valley’s tech bros high on hubris and low on wisdom.

Half a year into his papacy, Pope Leo has done what no world leader — religious or political — has dared: he’s taking on Trump’s empire of lies, head-on. I was there the night Leo was elected. I’ve spent the last six months watching him find his voice — and it’s shaking the foundations of power.

NEW: The Trump-Vance White House just banned prayer vigils outside a migrant detention center. Yes — prayer. On the sidewalk. And it comes days after Pope Leo XIV publicly warned them not to go down this road.

Much has already been written about Pope Leo’s high-profile roles. But far less is known about the earlier chapter in northern Peru, when a young Fr. Bob lived and worked in Trujillo during the 1990s turmoil. Now, a new book by one of Leo’s closest friends finally illuminate those formative years.

“A Church that sets no limits to love, that knows no enemies to fight but only men and women to love, is the Church that the world needs today.” — Pope Leo XIV www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/in-magna-c...

The Trump-Vance White House is orchestrating a full-scale frontal assault on the religious liberty of the Catholic Church.

If Democrats want to win back the White House in 2028, we need to make our party bigger. As Pope Leo teaches us, that means we must spend more time seeking converts, not punishing heretics.

Here's the story of how Fr. Dominic Legge and Fr. Henry Stephan quietly mentored one of America’s most powerful politicians into Catholicism — and what it reveals about a growing movement of ideologically driven converts whose faith often blossoms in private but manifests explosively in public.

When Cardinal Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, global headlines fixated on his nationality — the first American pope, claimed by both the United States and Peru. But Leo himself immediately pointed to a deeper identity.

Who do you believe — the ICE spokeswoman or Pope Leo?

The 91-year-old nun ministering to Catholic migrant detainees isn’t a fan of the vice president.

I didn’t expect to end up in a public brawl with the most powerful Catholic in America. But after JD Vance’s team smeared the pope, I wrote him a letter — not with anger, but with an invitation. It made national news. Here's what should happen next:

Under the Trump-Vance administration, convicted murderers, rapists, and pedophiles can receive the Eucharist. Migrant detainees cannot.

JD Vance and his fellow Republicans have no one to blame but themselves for the rise of the antisemitic, racist, fascist movement now consuming their party.

JD Vance wants his wife to convert to Catholicism. Maybe he should try practicing it first. While he preaches nonsense from the White House, a 91-year-old nun is living the Gospel inside America’s most notorious ICE facility.

JD Vance evidently supports the Administration's efforts deny Catholic migrant detainees the sacraments of his faith.

Pope Leo has asked JD Vance to retake Christianity 101.

A fascist youth movement, led by a self-described Catholic nationalist who praises Hitler and blames Jews for the death of Christ, is no longer a fringe curiosity. It is now, undeniably, the rising center of gravity in conservative politics.

In response, Christopher Hale — a Democratic Catholic activist who awareness of the pope’s comments, was one of dozens of social media users who criticized McLaughlin.“ “Calling the pope a liar is beyond the pale, Tricia,” he wrote.

Before he was the world’s first American pope, Leo XIV was a young priest in Peru — helping mothers feed hungry children during a national collapse. Today, his story finally comes to light in a new book — and it changes how we understand the man now confronting Trump and the politics of cruelty.

"A Church that sets no limits to love, that knows no enemies to fight but only men and women to love, is the Church that the world needs today." — Pope Leo XIV

People can't afford groceries, and Trump is hosting a taxpayer-funded Gatsby party with strippers at his gilded Florida estate.

After 287 days of Trump’s presidency with no comment, America’s most famous bishop says he quietly raised concerns behind the scenes — a timid step forward as Pope Leo urges bolder action. It's not enough.

Nancy Pelosi is stepping down after a historic career as Speaker. But behind the gavel was America’s most powerful Catholic woman — one who worked with four popes, defied her archbishop, and quoted St. Francis as her farewell word to the nation.

There he goes again. The first American pope has once again denounced the Trump-Vance Administration’s treatment of undocumented migrants in the United States.

Instead of working to allow Catholic migrant detainees to receive the Eucharist, the Trump-Vance White House has instead decided to call Pope Leo XIV a liar.

Nick Fuentes’s Groyper movement — rooted in right-wing reactionary Catholicism — is fracturing conservatives and igniting an civil war over Israel, race, and religion. The GOP only has themselves to blame.

“Christ is King” is no longer just a pious phrase — it’s a political rallying cry for young Catholic fascists. The Groyper movement is remaking the American right — and if JD Vance wants to be president in 2028, he can’t ignore them.

🚨 NEW: A top Trump official just accused Pope Leo XIV of lying about ICE. But the real lie? It’s coming straight from the Trump-Vance White House. Here's the latest.

Pope Leo XIV expects U.S. bishops to lead the fight against injustices faced by migrants. That means not just quiet meetings with power, but public witness for the powerless. Until Bishop Barron and his peers move from cautious words to bold deeds, Leo’s directive remains unfulfilled.

JD Vance is mad at me for telling the truth and defending the pope.

If President Trump and Vice President Vance put as much energy into lowering prices as they put into denying Catholics the Eucharist, tonight might’ve gone better for them.

An unnamed White House spokesperson told me “the pope doesn’t know what he’s talking about.” I then asked if Trump has read the gospel. They declined comment. This enraged Letters from Leo reader JD Vance who requested I unmask the person. Full story: www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/breaking-p...

Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old Muslim Democratic socialist, has been elected the 111th mayor of New York City. He's the first Muslim ever elected mayor of a major city in the United States.

NEW: Abigail Spanberger has been elected the next governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It’s the quickest call for governor in modern Virginia history.

I reached out to a White House spokesperson for comment. They said “the pope doesn't know what he’s talking about.”