Dr. Robert Moynihan

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About Dr. Robert Moynihan

Dr. Robert Moynihan is founder and editor-in-chief of Inside the Vatican magazine. He is an American journalist who speaks five languages, and a seasoned Vatican analyst. He is a world-renowned commentator on Catholic issues who has appeared on Fox News, CNN, ABC, EWTN and other international networks to discuss the legacy of Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI; he appeared live on Fox as the lead analyst for the election of Pope Francis.

Letter #61, 2025, Monday, September 8: New saints

The new St. Pier Giorgio Frassati, canonized yesterday, September 7    The new St. Carlo Acutis, also canonized yesterday September 7     Pope Leo XIV at yesterday's canonization in Rome. Leo will turn 70 in one week, on September 14, Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross     Letter #59, 2025, Monday, September 8: Two New Saints [...]

Letter #60, 2025, Mon, Sep 8: Pope Leo First Book

    Crux’s Elise Ann Allen and Pope Leo XIV at the Villa Borghese, the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, on July 10, 2025 (Credit: Cruxnow.com.)     Letter #60, 2025, Monday, September 8: Pope Leo XIV's 1st Book     It was announced this morning that Pope Leo earlier this summer granted his first interview (in two parts) to [...]

Letter #59, 2025, Monday, September 8: Gaza

    Pope Leo XIV meets Israel President Isaac Herzog inside the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace September 4, 2025. (link, Credit: Vatican Media (link)     Letter #59, 2025, Monday, September 8: Gaza     In the Vatican, Pope Leo, 69, met four days ago with the President of Israel, Isaac Herzog, on Sepetmber 4, to speak about Gaza's plight, and the [...]

Letter #58, 2025, Monday, September 8: The Two Hands of God

    The left angel symbolizes God the Father. He blesses the cup, yet his hand is painted at a distance, as if passing the cup to the central angel. Viktor Lazarev suggests that the central angel represents Jesus Christ, who in turn blesses the cup as well and accepts it with a bow as if saying, [...]

Letter #57, 2025, Friday, August 15: Fr. Boniface on the liturgy

    Above, left, the then-young Cardinal Joseph Malula (1917-1989), of Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), who, as a young bishop, had participated in the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). Malula's theological assistant ("peritus") during the Council was Archimandrite Boniface Luykx (1915-2004), right, who also served on the liturgical commission which, under the direction of [...]

Letter #56, 2025, Thursday, July 31: A perfect essay

    Letter #56, 2025, Thursday, July 31: A Perfect Essay     Sometimes one reads an essay that really hits the mark.     An essay that is a whistling arrow of truth that strikes the bulls-eye perfectly, vibrating in the very center of the target.     The words of such an essay are ordered, calm, clear; the ideas and concepts [...]

Letter #55, 2025, Thursday, July 31: Newman

    St. John Henry Newman (1801-1890), depicted here in a tapestry which hung from the facade of St Peter's Basilica during his canonization in 2019, will become the newest "Doctor of the Church," Pope Leo has decided. It is a significant decision...     Letter #55, 2025, Thursday, July 31: Newman to be declared a "Doctor of the [...]

Letter #53, 2025, Thursday, June 5: Putin-Pope call

Pope Leo XIV at General Audience June 4, 2025 (@Vatican Media)     Letter #52, 2025, Thursday, June 5: The June 4 phone call between Pope Leo XIV and Russian President Vladimir Putin     Just as the dangers of expansion of the war in Ukraine seemed to reach a new pitch — with many observers warning [...]

Letter #52, 2025, Thursday, June 5: Prayer Intention

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmFWToNIZNM&t=137s    Above, a video in which Pope Leo XIV speaks his prayer intention for the month of June, 2025 (link)     Letter #52, 2025, Thursday, June 5: The Pope's June Prayer intention     Pope Leo XIV, 69, has released his monthly prayer intention for the month of June, 2025.     June is the month dedicated to the Most [...]

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