# pope francis (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover pope francis. Page: Feed: --- ## [Pope Leo XIV Guts the Case for Vance’s Postliberal Catholicism in San Marino](https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope-leo-xiv-guts-the-case-for-vances) _2026-08-22 · Christopher Hale · Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics_ In the world’s oldest republic, the pope made Thomas More his model of political virtue and warned against projects that invoke freedom while serving power. The argument has an American address. ## [The Data Center Revolt Finds Its Champion in Pope Leo XIV](https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/the-data-center-revolt-finds-its-champion-in-pope-leo-xiv) _2026-08-21 · Christopher Hale · Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics_ Seventy-one percent of Americans oppose the data centers, and Ro Khanna just flew to Rome for the argument underneath the anger. This morning the pope handed it to lawmakers everywhere. ## [Nation’s Top MAGA Catholic Group Accused of Suppressing Israel Criticism in Tucker Carlson Interview](https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/nations-top-maga-catholic-group-accused) _2026-08-20 · Christopher Hale · Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics_ Kelsey Reinhardt says no donor pressured Zeale and Ambassador Burch never intervened. Her statement confirms the donor talks, the Burch meeting, and a review process aimed at the topic of Israel. ## [Pope Leo’s Detroit Archbishop Confronts ‘Christian’ Nationalists Ahead of Anti-Islam Rally in Dearborn](https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope-leos-detroit-archbishop-confronts-christian-nationalists) _2026-08-19 · Christopher Hale · Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics_ Edward Weisenburger stands among Pope Francis’s last American appointments, blessed at Pope Leo’s first pallium Mass. On Tuesday, with swastikas in Dearborn’s streets, the choice explained itself. ## [The Weight of the Robe](https://judgeschlegel.substack.com/p/the-weight-of-the-robe-8a6) _2026-08-19 · Judge Scott Schlegel · \[sch\]Legal Tech_ Judgment, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Courts ## [MAGA Pushes Back as Pope Leo XIV Defends Palestinians Under Siege in the West Bank](https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/maga-pushes-back-as-pope-leo-xiv) _2026-08-18 · Christopher Hale · Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics_ David Friedman, Trump’s ambassador to Israel from 2017 to 2021, told the pope he was damaging his credibility — and addressed him as “Your eminence,” a cardinal’s honorific. ## [The Woman Who Would Not Leave](https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/the-woman-who-would-not-leave) _2026-08-17 · Christopher Hale · Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics_ Pope Francis said that God does not resist when he is prayed to. Today’s Gospel puts a mother outside the boundary and lets her prove it, one refusal at a time. ## [“Our True Beauty Does Not Lie in Hiding the Signs of Aging” — Pope Leo XIV’s Answer to Bryan Johnson](https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/our-true-beauty-does-not-lie-in-hiding) _2026-08-15 · Christopher Hale · Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics_ Johnson has built a movement that’s trying to live forever through science, and he says he has done more against death in two years than Jesus managed in two thousand. Leo answered him Saturday. ## [The Nuns Who Built Catholic America Are Living in a Lutheran Care Home](https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/the-nuns-who-built-catholic-america) _2026-08-14 · Christopher Hale · Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics_ About eighty nuns make up more than a third of the residents at Wartburg in Mount Vernon, New York. Their final years are giving the Church one more lesson in gratitude, care, and Christian witness. ## [We Are Not Reading the Same Brief](https://judgeschlegel.substack.com/p/we-are-not-reading-the-same-brief) _2026-08-14 · Judge Scott Schlegel · \[sch\]Legal Tech_ Last November, I wrote a piece called Are We Reading the Same Brief? I had read about “white text” being used to influence automated review in academia and started wondering what would happen when the same idea reached the courts. ## [AI publishing with human taste (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/MXU5aj9p8adS) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ Convert AI research into blogs, podcasts, and newsletters with optional human review. ## [“The Moral Compass of the World” — Matthew McConaughey Meets Pope Leo XIV](https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/the-moral-compass-of-the-world-matthew) _2026-08-14 · Christopher Hale · Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics_ The actor told Jimmy Fallon that meeting the pope was like writing an Oscar speech — and that Leo made him laugh. From Harry Styles to Patti Smith, secular America keeps arriving at the American pope’s door. ## [In Ode to Pope Leo XIV, 40,000 White Sox Fans Exchange the Sign of Peace](https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/in-ode-to-pope-leo-xiv-40000-white) _2026-08-13 · Christopher Hale · Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics_ Sister Mary Jo Sobieck threw the first pitch and every fan got a mitre. And I’m told a meeting between Pope Leo XIV and Barack Obama — the club’s two most famous fans — is moving closer. ## [Pope Leo XIV Elevates Pro-LGBT, Pro-Women Ordination Voices to Major Church Offices](https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope-leo-xiv-elevates-pro-lgbt-pro) _2026-08-11 · Christopher Hale · Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics_ Fifteen new consultors to the Vatican’s religious-life office include sisters who want women’s ordination on the table. With the synod’s 2027 assemblies approaching, the pope’s guest list is the story ## [“A Suicidal Denialism” — Pope Leo XIV and the Catholic Church’s Defense of the COVID Vaccine](https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/a-suicidal-denialism-pope-leo-xiv) _2026-08-11 · Christopher Hale · Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics_ Trump rewrote the childhood vaccine schedule, Florida is threatening Catholic schools, and the Senate wants Fauci jailed. Before he was pope, Leo XIV fought for vaccines, oxygen, and to save lives. ## [The Weight of the Robe](https://judgeschlegel.substack.com/p/the-weight-of-the-robe) _2026-08-11 · Judge Scott Schlegel · \[sch\]Legal Tech_ For the past several years, I have been writing here about courts, technology, and more recently artificial intelligence, usually because something happened that made me stop and think about where the justice system was headed. ## [Is Hope Even More Important Than Faith?](https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/is-hope-even-more-important-than) _2026-08-09 · Christopher Hale · Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics_ Pope Leo XIV said this morning that the Lord’s presence changes everything. Peter’s faith gave out a few steps from the boat, and what carried him is the virtue we neglect most. ## [The DSA Was Born in the Catholic Church](https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/the-dsa-was-born-in-the-catholic) _2026-08-07 · Christopher Hale · Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics_ Michael Harrington founded the DSA three decades after Dorothy Day put him to work on Chrystie Street. Bishop Barron has spent a year attacking a movement his own church helped raise. ## [Very Good May Be Good Enough](https://judgeschlegel.substack.com/p/very-good-may-be-good-enough) _2026-08-04 · Judge Scott Schlegel · \[sch\]Legal Tech_ The models found a way out. ## [The Next AI Issue in Criminal Cases](https://judgeschlegel.substack.com/p/the-next-ai-issue-in-criminal-cases) _2026-07-28 · Judge Scott Schlegel · \[sch\]Legal Tech_ A federal court in West Virginia recently issued one of the most interesting AI orders I have seen. ## [Who Gets to Swim?](https://marianamazzucato.substack.com/p/who-gets-to-swim) _2026-07-22 · Mariana Mazzucato · Mission Economics by Mariana Mazzucato_ Public pools, a tale of two cities, and the moonshot for a swimmable city ## [Stream Torrents and IPTV Instantly (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Xxmq5iEpdzOe) _2026-07-22 · **Sponsored**_ Search, index, and play music, movies, books, and live TV in your browser. ## [The Four-Minute Mile Was Never the Story](https://judgeschlegel.substack.com/p/the-four-minute-mile-was-never-the) _2026-07-20 · Judge Scott Schlegel · \[sch\]Legal Tech_ Years ago, I wrote about the four-minute mile. ## [What Carnival Teaches Us About Building The Common Good Economy](https://marianamazzucato.substack.com/p/what-carnival-teaches-us-about-building) _2026-07-15 · Mariana Mazzucato · Mission Economics by Mariana Mazzucato_ Notes on Notting Hill Carnival, as it launches its 60th year. ## [What the Agent Learns from the Room](https://judgeschlegel.substack.com/p/what-the-agent-learns-from-the-room) _2026-07-14 · Judge Scott Schlegel · \[sch\]Legal Tech_ A couple of weeks ago, I wrote that Claude Tag gave the agent a seat. ## [When the Agent Joins the Channel](https://judgeschlegel.substack.com/p/when-the-agent-joins-the-channel) _2026-07-01 · Judge Scott Schlegel · \[sch\]Legal Tech_ Did you see last week that Anthropic released a Slack agent they call Claude Tag? ## [What Labour Should Do Next](https://marianamazzucato.substack.com/p/what-labour-should-do-next) _2026-06-23 · Mariana Mazzucato · Mission Economics by Mariana Mazzucato_ It’s not enough just to elect a new leader–Labour needs to re-commit to a clear, ambitious agenda that shapes the economy for the common good ## [There Is Only One \[Insert Your Name\]](https://judgeschlegel.substack.com/p/there-is-only-one-insert-your-name) _2026-06-23 · Judge Scott Schlegel · \[sch\]Legal Tech_ Over the past few months, some of the most interesting AI announcements in law have come from firms trying to build something more than faster drafting tools. ## [The Tool Followed My Instructions. My Clerk Understood the Assignment.](https://judgeschlegel.substack.com/p/the-tool-followed-my-instructions) _2026-06-17 · Judge Scott Schlegel · \[sch\]Legal Tech_ I recently got access to a new legal GenAI tool built on top of real cases. ## [The Common Good Economy: a new compass](https://marianamazzucato.substack.com/p/the-common-good-economy-a-new-compass) _2026-06-04 · Mariana Mazzucato · Mission Economics by Mariana Mazzucato_ A new book, and why this argument is urgent now ## [Saving British Steel: Another Bailout or a New Beginning?](https://marianamazzucato.substack.com/p/saving-british-steel-bailout-or-new) _2026-05-13 · Mariana Mazzucato · Mission Economics by Mariana Mazzucato_ The debate around nationalisation vs. privatisation is missing the point: it’s about governing in the public interest ## [‘Buy British’ isn’t enough](https://marianamazzucato.substack.com/p/buy-british-isnt-enough) _2026-04-02 · Mariana Mazzucato · Mission Economics by Mariana Mazzucato_ Why procurement should be used to build productive capacity and dynamic value, and how to do it ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/evsD05Cu5OFm) _2026-04-02 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when a friend signs up for the Graphite Business Card ## [From Dispute to Morality Play: Wikipedia and Olympic Boxing Eligibility](https://wikipediocracy.com/2026/03/04/from-dispute-to-morality-play-wikipedia-and-olympic-boxing-eligibility/) _2026-03-04 · admin · Wikipediocracy_ In 2023, the International Boxing Association (IBA) disqualified two women’s boxers — Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting — launching a controversial and ugly media barrage. Here we examine how Wikipedia handled it. Spoiler: Poorly - they handled it poorly. ...continue reading From Dispute to Morality Play: Wikipedia and Olympic Boxing Eligibility ## [Carnival Economics: Dispatches from Rio, Brasília and Salvador](https://marianamazzucato.substack.com/p/carnival-economics-dispatches-from) _2026-02-20 · Mariana Mazzucato · Mission Economics by Mariana Mazzucato_ How Brazil's ‘Carnaval’ reveals what conventional economics misses about the public value of arts and culture ## [Industrial Strategy: the art of the real deal](https://marianamazzucato.substack.com/p/industrial-strategy-the-art-of-the) _2026-02-13 · Mariana Mazzucato · Mission Economics by Mariana Mazzucato_ It has worked for America before, but Trump’s approach is all wrong ## [Closing Out 2025: Don't give up on missions just yet, Prime Minister!](https://marianamazzucato.substack.com/p/closing-out-2025-dont-give-up-on) _2025-12-22 · Mariana Mazzucato · Mission Economics by Mariana Mazzucato_ Earlier this week, as we wind down for the Christmas break, Prime Minister Keir Starmer appeared before the Liaison Committee to defend his government's record. ## [Dispatches from Belém](https://marianamazzucato.substack.com/p/dispatches-from-belem) _2025-11-27 · Mariana Mazzucato · Mission Economics by Mariana Mazzucato_ COP30 and why building state capacity includes developing the capacity to listen ## [Reedsy: A Study in Persistence](https://wikipediocracy.com/2025/10/01/reedsy-a-study-in-persistence/) _2025-10-01 · admin · Wikipediocracy_ The CEO of a publishing services company created their Wikipedia article, and despite their obvious conflict of interest, eventually prevailed in promoting their company via Wikipedia. The lesson here is that if you want to have an article about your company on Wikipedia, you need to be persistent. Don't give up the first time it is deleted. Or the second. Or the the third. Just keep trying. It… ## [Wikipedia is Not News: “Habemus Papam”](https://wikipediocracy.com/2025/05/10/wikipedia-is-not-news-habemus-papam/) _2025-05-10 · admin · Wikipediocracy_ By Ming The Merciless At 1:15 PM EDT, CNN made the call: Robert Prevost had been elected pope. But the edits had already started: the first was at 12:16 from an IP in Chile, changing his titles; this was immediately reverted and then reapplied differently. But the real action came at the time of the CNN post: in that minute, there were ten edits, none of which made substantial changes; but one of… ## [Not the News: The Race to update Pope Francis’s Wikipedia Article Upon His Death](https://wikipediocracy.com/2025/04/22/not-the-news-the-race-to-update-pope-franciss-wikipedia-article-upon-his-death/) _2025-04-23 · admin · Wikipediocracy_ One of the many things that "Wikipedia Is Not" is The News. The policy in question states that Wikipedia is not for original reporting, ephemeral news items, bios of everyone who appears in a media report, or (and especially) celebrity gossip. In practice, this is a principle that is routinely violated. Whole classes of "noteworthy" events get articles as soon as news reports come out, absent any… ## [Pope Francis Should Not Have Met with JD Vance](https://www.iamimminent.com/2025/04/pope-francis-should-not-have-met-with.html) _2025-04-20 · Unknown · iamimminent_ By meeting with JD Vance, Pope Francis gave the Trump sycophant the photo op he wanted and appeased someone who defends crimes against humanity and violations of international law. Pope Francis meets with US Vice President JD Vance. Vatican Pool/Getty Images On Easter Sunday, Pope Francis met briefly with JD Vance, a fellow Catholic who has irreconcilable views on how migrants and other humans… ## [A Recipe for Recession: Tariffs, Firings, and Mass Deportations](https://www.iamimminent.com/2025/04/a-recipe-for-recession-tariffs-firings.html) _2025-04-17 · Unknown · iamimminent_ A Trump Recession is coming, and it is going to be as painful as it was avoidable. Trump on announcing devastating tariffs on "Liberation Day." Donald Trump seems to be intent on creating a recession so deep it will rival the economic collapse of 2008. High tariffs, firing hundreds of thousands of federal employees, and carrying out the mass deportation of immigrants are the perfect recipe for… ## [Harvard Decides to Fight Against Trump's Fascism](https://www.iamimminent.com/2025/04/harvard-decides-to-fight-against-trumps.html) _2025-04-15 · Unknown · iamimminent_ Harvard decides to fight against fascism after seeing what happened to Columbia University, which tried to appease Trump and is now being told it must make more concessions. Students protest Trump's fascism. Harvard has decided to fight back against Trump and his fascist attempts to stifle free speech and academic freedom at American universities under the pretext of protecting students from… ## [Trump and the Supreme Court Have Ended Due Process](https://www.iamimminent.com/2025/04/trump-and-supreme-court-have-ended-due.html) _2025-04-15 · Unknown · iamimminent_ Trump and a Supreme Court that has given him too much power have ended due process as we know it. Secret police can now decide on their own to disappear people and not have to answer to a judge. Will you be next? The United States is a nation in distress. Trump hosted authoritarian President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador today, and both men joked in front of the media and the world about how they… ## [Trump Hosts Dictator Imprisoning 179 Immigrants with No Criminal Record](https://www.iamimminent.com/2025/04/trump-hosts-dictator-imprisoning-179.html) _2025-04-13 · Unknown · iamimminent_ Trump illegally deported over 200 immigrants to an El Salvador concentration camp on March 15th, and at least 179 of them had no criminal record and were denied due process. He has proposed sending American citizens to the same place. El Salvador President Nayib Bukele and Donald Trump. (SAUL LOEB) SAUL LOEB/AFP/AFP On Monday, Donald Trump is hosting El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, who is a… ## [Another Wikipedia Admin Caught Making PR Edits](https://wikipediocracy.com/2025/04/12/another-indian-faker-teaches-wiki-pr/) _2025-04-12 · admin · Wikipediocracy_ In 2013 we discovered a number of administrators from India who secretly had conflicts of interests and were using Wikipedia for PR. Today, we reveal another. ...continue reading Another Wikipedia Admin Caught Making PR Edits ## [Trump Still has Tariffs in Place, Don't Get Stockholm Syndrome](https://www.iamimminent.com/2025/04/trump-still-has-tariffs-in-place-dont.html) _2025-04-10 · Unknown · iamimminent_ Despite the announced 90-day pause on tariffs, it only applies to "reciprocal" tariffs and all others are still in place. There is nothing to celebrate here. "Stable Genius" Donald Trump. Contrary to what investors desperate for positive news and MAGA faithful want to believe after the market rallied today, Donald Trump is not some genius playing 28-dimensional chess. He is a fraud and… ## [The Supreme Court is 20 Pounds of Fascism in a 5-Pound Bag](https://www.iamimminent.com/2025/04/the-supreme-court-is-20-pounds-of.html) _2025-04-08 · Unknown · iamimminent_ The Supreme Court supports Trump using the Alien Enemies Act against immigrants and his mass firing of federal workers all within 18 hours. Fascism is officially here. The Current Justices of the Supreme Court. (Supreme Court Historical Society) The Supreme Court that Trump appointed 1/3 of keeps siding with Trump. Last night, the high court essentially ruled Trump could continue illegally… ## [Republicans in Congress Must Grab the Purse Back from Trump, End the Tariffs](https://www.iamimminent.com/2025/04/republicans-in-congress-must-grab-purse.html) _2025-04-07 · Unknown · iamimminent_ Congress can block the destructive tariffs Trump is putting in place, but Republicans need to stop being cowards and Democrats need to put the heat on them before it's too late. US Capitol. By Diliff To avoid an economic catastrophe, Congress must take back the purse from Trump and immediately reassert its authority under the Constitution to decide if and when a tariff is imposed on other… ## [Trump Refuses to Return Man Illegally Deported to El Salvador](https://www.iamimminent.com/2025/04/trump-regime-refuses-to-return-man.html) _2025-04-05 · Unknown · iamimminent_ Trump illegally deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia to an El Salvador concentration camp due to an "administrative error" and is defying a court order to bring him back to the United States. In this undated image, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia confirms her husband is pictured above at the El Salvador concentration camp Trump sent him to. (U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland via AP)… ## [Gay Asylum Seeker One of Many Illegally Sent to Concentration Camp by Trump](https://www.iamimminent.com/2025/04/gay-asylum-seeker-one-of-many-illegally.html) _2025-04-02 · Unknown · iamimminent_ Andry José Hernández Romero, a gay Venezuelan man requesting asylum in the US due to persecution in his home country, was disappeared to an El Salvador concentration camp on 3/15/2025 by the Trump regime without any due process. Andry José Hernández Romero On March 15th, a 31-year-old gay Venezuelan man named Andry José Hernández Romero was sent to an El Salvador concentration camp with hundreds… ## [Meet Alexandre Gilbert](https://wikipediocracy.com/2024/09/29/meet-alexandre-gilbert/) _2024-09-29 · Moonage Daydream · Wikipediocracy_ By Sidney UlpsWikipediocracy sports and traffic reporter Do you remember our 2023 blog post about a French court case involving a Wikipedia editor accused of libeling a French businessman? You might have wondered who the editor was in real life. We decided not to name him at that time, but since he is back on English Wikipedia in a bigger way than usual, the time has come to introduce you to the…