The Moynihan Letters

Sometimes you need to hear about it before the magazine comes to your door. An email sent directly to your inbox with coverage of world affairs by Dr. Robert Moynihan.

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Letter #93, 2025, Sat, Nov 29: Day #3

    Pope Leo XIV this afternoon in Turkey, with Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The two signed a joint declaration (full text below)     Pope Leo today spent his 3rd day in Turkey, after visiting yesterday the site of the Council of Nicaea, held 1,700 years ago in 325 A.D.     This was his schedule today:     (1) 8:45 [...]

Letter #91, 2025, Friday, November 28: Rist, #3

    Professor John M. Rist. The brilliant British Catholic historian emailed me about my letter on the "filioque" question and proposed that I read his essay on the role of St. Athanasius at the 1st Ecumenical Council of Nicaea... I decided to send his paper out to you. This is the last of three parts... sent [...]

Letter #90, 2025, Thu, Nov 27: Day #1

    Pope Leo XIV this morning as he left Rome on a flight to Ankara, Turkey — the first foreign trip of his pontificate. Behind him stands his spokesman, Press Office Director Matteo Bruni.     Below, the Pope receives a pumpkin pie, baked by American Vaticanists living in Rome: Elise Allen and Cindy Woodward     Letter #86, 2025, [...]

Letter #89, 2025, Thursday, November 27: Rist, #2

    Professor John M. Rist. The brilliant Catholic British historian of theology contacted me about my letter on the "filioque" question and proposed that I read his essay on the role of St. Athanasius at the 1st Ecumenical Council of Nicaea... I decided to send his paper out to you. This is the second of three [...]

Letter #88, 2025, Tue, November 25: Rist, #1

    Professor John M. Rist. The brilliant Catholic British historian of theology contacted me about my letter on the "filioque" question and proposed that I read his essay on the role of St. Athanasius at the 1st Ecumenical Council of Nicaea...     Letter #88, 2025, Tuesday, November 25: Rist, #1     A British Catholic professor of historical theology, [...]

Letter #87, 2025, Wed, Nov 26: Money

    Maximino Caballero Ledo, a Spanish layman, is the Prefect of the Vatican's Secretariat for the Economy      Letter #87, 2025, Wed, Nov 26: The status of Vatican finances... improving     Today Vatican journalist Anna Artymiak sent me this report on the Vatican's finances, following the release today of the 2024 consolidated annual budget, which shows a small [...]

Letter #85, 2025, Wed, Nov 26: Leo on Thanksgiving

    A typical family dinner scene in America on Thanksgiving Day in the United States, which is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of every November, and customarily includes a turkey as the main course...     Letter #85, 2025, Wed, Nov 26: Leo on Thanksgiving     I am advised by my colleague, Anna Artymiak — a young Polish journalist who [...]

Letter #84, 2025, Tue, November 25: Filioque

    Letter #84, 2025, Tuesday, November 25: Filioque     Is it possible that a word in the Catholic Creed — the word is "filioque" which means "and from the Son" — might be quietly "dropped" in order to help make more possible the reunion of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, divided since 1054?     We Catholics have used [...]

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