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Rich Raho
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Catholic theologian, M.Div. Theology Department at DePaul College Prep, Chronicler of all things Catholic. Pope Leo XIV Vatican analyst.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 2h
Pope Leo at General Audience: “No fall is definitive, no night is eternal, no wound is destined to remain open forever. However distant, lost or unworthy we may feel, there is no distance that can extinguish the unfailing power of God’s love.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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‪Pope Leo was also presented with letters fr migrants in the US who are living in fear.‬
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3h
The delegation showed Pope Leo a four-minute video from undocumented migrants addressed to him and to fellow American Catholics:

“We come to you in the midst of a heavy trial. Listen to us. We are a voice woven from the prayers, hopes, and tears of the immigrant community.”
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3h
Today, with Bishop Seitz and members of the immigrant community, Hope Border met Pope Leo and gave him messages and a video from those fearing Trump’s mass deportations. ‘The church cannot stay silent before injustice. You stand with me. And I stand with you’, the pope said.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 12h
Rev. Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day pilgrimage Monday from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York to bring attention to the cause of immigrant children. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...
Chicago Heights priest begins walk for immigrant children from Pope Leo’s childhood home in Dolton
Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day justice walk from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 20h
Asked by journalists about ICE raids on Chicago, the Pope responded: “I prefer not to comment at this time about choices made, about political choices, in the United States.”
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 21h
‪Recent statement from Israel’s Ambassador to the Holy See.‬
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 22h
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Parolin on October 7, Gaza: Human beings are not collateral damage - Vatican News
The Holy See Secretary of State speaks to Vatican Media on the second anniversary of Hamas's “inhuman” attack on Israel, which unleashed the ...
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 22h
Asked while leaving Castel Gandolfo about the statement from the Israeli Embassy attacking Cardinal Parolin for his interview with Vatican media that could risk undermining peace efforts, the Pope says: “the cardinal expressed the Holy See's opinion very well.”
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d
Pope Leo in message for 40th World Youth Day: “True witnesses are humble and inwardly free, above all from themselves, that is, from the pretense of being the center of attention.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d
BREAKING: Pope Leo has announced his first apostolic journey; he will visit Turkey from November 27 to November 30, with a pilgrimage to İznik for the 1700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, and then to Lebanon from November 30 to December 2.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d
Pope Leo during Vespers at Domus Australia: “I t has often been said that the Incarnation first took place in Mary’s heart, before it took place in her womb. This emphasizes her daily fidelity to God.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 2d
Note: 6 of the 9 SCOTUS justices are Catholic, and for the first time as far I as I can remember, not a single justice was present at today’s Red Mass in DC.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 2d
Cardinal McElroy: “We live at a moment in which politics is tribal, not dialogical, and where party label has become a short-hand for world-view on the most volatile topics in our national life. The result is explosive, within politics, family life, and friendships.” adw.org/news/homily-...
Homily for Red Mass Given by Robert Cardinal McElroy - Archdiocese of Washington
HOMILY: Red Mass Men and Women of the Law as Architects of Hope Given by Robert Cardinal McElroy, Archbishop of Washington Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Washington, DC Sunday, October 5, 2025 ...
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 2d
“Our age has witnessed a dramatic collapse of faith in institutions of all kinds. The benign examination of institutional life that is vital for societal health has turned into a corrosive instinct to attack every major institution…“ - Cardinal McElroy
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 2d
Cardinal McElroy: “We live at a moment in which politics is tribal, not dialogical, and where party label has become a short-hand for world-view on the most volatile topics in our national life. The result is explosive, within politics, family life, and friendships.” adw.org/news/homily-...
Homily for Red Mass Given by Robert Cardinal McElroy - Archdiocese of Washington
HOMILY: Red Mass Men and Women of the Law as Architects of Hope Given by Robert Cardinal McElroy, Archbishop of Washington Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Washington, DC Sunday, October 5, 2025 ...
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 2d
While full text has yet to emerge, in Red Mass homily, DC’s Cardinal McElroy summons lawmakers to become “architects of hope,” cites “assassination of Charlie Kirk” and “assault on the Capitol” as examples that “we live in a moment where politics has become tribal, not dialogical.”
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d
Pope Leo: “In recent hours, in the dramatic situation in the Middle East, some significant steps forward have been taken in peace negotiations…I ask all those in positions of responsibility to commit themselves to this path, to bring about a ceasefire and to release the hostages..”
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d
Vatican has given a sneak peek ahead of Oct 9 presser introducing Dilexit te; rollout to be headlined by Cardinal Czerny, Pope’s head of migrants and refugees, Cardinal Krajewski, the papal almoner, and Fr. Frédéric-Marie Le Méhauté, OFM Provincial in France and Belgium.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d
“Today, the frontiers of the missions are no longer geographical because poverty, suffering and the desire for a greater hope have made their way to us. The story of so many of our migrant brothers and sisters bear witness to this.” - Pope Leo
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d
Pope Leo at Jubilee of Migrants: “Brothers and sisters, those boats which hope to catch sight of a safe port, and those eyes filled with anguish and hope seeking to reach the shore, cannot and must not find the coldness of indifference or the stigma of discrimination!” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d
Echoing Leo’s consistent ethic of life remarks this week, and without mentioning Trump’s ICE invasion on Chicago streets, at Sat. Vigil Mass, Cardinal Cupich says: “If we are inclined to support legislation that protects the unborn, we also should be open to the immigrant that is at our doorstep.”
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d
“To Francis, with Love” - While rancor in some corners already prevails over Leo’s upcoming manifesto on the Church’s poor, no one should be surprised by the choice of name, and timing of its signature on today’s Feast of Assisi - an ode to Francis’ wish of “a poor Church for the poor.” #Dilexite
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d
Pope to Swiss Guards: “To all of you who have made this oath: it is a very important witness in today’s world. It shows us the value of discipline, of sacrifice, of living the faith in a way that truly speaks to young people—about the value of giving one’s life, of serving, and thinking of others.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 4d
Pope’s first apostolic exhortation Dilexi te (“I have loved you”), signed today and slated for release Oct. 9 was a work in progress during the last months of Francis’ pontificate, but Leo has put the finishing touches on it. The letter is destined to be a masterclass on treatment of the poor.
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