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2026-10-16T11:26:28-06:00

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Pope Leo Celebrates Mass for Nurses & Docs While in Hospital

Last updated on: October 16, 2026 at 11:26 am By Rebecca Hamilton

I don’t have any idea how he did it, but Pope Leo was able to celebrate mass this week after the surgery in which part of one of his lungs was removed for cancer. I’ve never had part of one of my lungs removed, but I have had serious surgeries. I can tell you that there is no way I could have done something like this a couple of days later. Our Holy Father is obviously determined to live up... Read more

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2026-10-15T17:32:30-06:00

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Pope Leo has Lung Cancer. We Need Him in this Dangerous Time

Last updated on: October 15, 2026 at 5:32 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

I’ve been caught up with a conundrum in my own life and haven’t written anything for quite a while. But I have to say something now about the news that our Holy Father, Pope Leo, has had surgery to remove part of his right lung due to lung cancer. I don’t have any beautiful thoughts to share with you. All I can do is say that I was grieved by this news. We need Pope Leo at this time. We... Read more

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2026-09-16T13:13:28-06:00

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MA Enacts Law Allowing Abortion at any Stage of Pregnancy

Last updated on: September 16, 2026 at 1:13 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

Hilarion to his sister Alis, heartiest greetings… I beg and beseech you to take care of the little child, and as soon as we receive wages I will send them to you. If—good luck to you!—you give birth, if it is a boy, let it live; if it is a girl, throw it out. xyrhynchus Papyrus 744 Massachusetts’ state government recently enacted a law that would allow abortion at any stage of pregnancy. Ten states, along with Washington, DC, which... Read more

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2026-09-11T16:08:23-06:00

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Pope Leo’s Prayer Intention for Sept: For the Care of Water

Last updated on: September 11, 2026 at 4:08 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

Pope Leo’s September prayer intention could not be more pertinent to Americans. The Holy Father asks us to pray for the care of water. Plain, simple, water, without which we cannot survive for more than a day or so. Water, that we crave after a few hours. Water that is literally the liquid in the blood that flows in our veins and the spark that fires our neurons. There is no life of any sort without water. None of us... Read more

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2026-08-12T10:38:49-06:00

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Pope’s August Prayer Intention: Evangelization in the City

Last updated on: August 12, 2026 at 10:38 am By Rebecca Hamilton

Pope Leo’s prayer intention for August is a call for us to pray for evangelization in our cities. Cities offer a lot of good things — easy access to health care, cultural and educational opportunities and career options. But cities also separate us from the natural world and from one another. Instead of creating community, cities splinter people into small groups. For those who can’t or don’t find their group, this can result in being absolutely and profoundly alone. Over... Read more

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2026-07-23T09:32:01-06:00

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There is a Difference Between Damnation and Salvation

Last updated on: July 23, 2026 at 9:32 am By Rebecca Hamilton

There is a difference between doing an immoral thing and not having any morals at all. There is a difference between witnessing to your faith and faking faith to gain power. There is a difference between telling a lie and lying about everything, all the time. There is a difference between telling a lie to make yourself look good, or to get out of something you did, or to make someone else feel better, and lying to destroy other people’s... Read more

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2026-07-07T09:31:08-06:00

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Pope Leo Addressed America on July 4. Watch his Speech Here.

Last updated on: July 7, 2026 at 9:31 am By Rebecca Hamilton

Pope Leo was awarded the Liberty Medal on July 4. He gave a wonderful address when he accepted it. He spoke as an American, to Americans. He also spoke as our shepherd. I believe that the Holy Spirit guided the choice of this good man as our papa in this fraught time. Here’s his address. Enjoy. Read more

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2026-06-24T20:06:34-06:00

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Our National Embarrassment: Meloni & Reflecting Pool Edition

Last updated on: June 24, 2026 at 8:06 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

Flood the zone with s—. This is not about persuasion: This is about disorientation. Steve Bannon So, how did Trump Flood the Zone last week? A lot of people think that the reason Trump started — and then proceeded to lose — his Iran war was to Flood the Zone so that We the People would be distracted from the Epstein Files and the testimony in them that Trump beat, raped and threatened to kill a 13-year-old girl. This came... Read more

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2026-06-21T05:36:27-06:00

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Where I’m From, We Call Our Fathers Daddy.

Last updated on: June 21, 2026 at 5:36 am By Rebecca Hamilton

Where I’m from, we call our fathers “Daddy.” It’s not unusual to see 60-year-old cowboys, complete with the hat, the cattle and the big belt buckle, addressing their 80-year-old fathers as “Daddy.” It’s just the way we talk. My Daddy was what pundits condescendingly refer to as “blue collar” or “working class.” What that means is that he was a highly skilled person who could pull an engine out of a car, take it apart, rebuild it like new, put it... Read more

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2026-06-18T15:32:46-06:00

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Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Don’t Let Evil Win.

Last updated on: June 18, 2026 at 3:32 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. Jesus Christ Margaret Atwood has said that she didn’t know she was writing prophecy when she penned The Handmaid’s Tale. In fact, she thought the premise of the book — that a religious nationalist dictatorship would take over the United States and reduce a subset of women to sex slaves used as human incubators — was so outlandish that it might not find an audience. ... Read more

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