The Moynihan Letters

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Letter #7, 2025, Thu, Jan 23: Peace talks

    Pope Francis, 88, with Russian Orthodox leader Leonid Sevastianov, 46, and Sevastianov's wife, Svetlana Kasyan, a Russian Orthodox opera singer, who visited with the Pope in the Domus Santa Marta on the afternoon of December 27, 2024, four weeks ago     Letter #7, 2025, Thu, Jan 23: Peace talks     Today an interesting piece by a Russian [...]

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Letter #6, 2025, Wed, Jan 22: Top Ten 2024 #5

    Pope Francis greets Bishop Athanasius Schneider on January 20, 2025 at the Vatican (photo: Mario Tomassetti / Vatican Media)     Letter #6, 2025, Wednesday, January 22: Top Ten 2024 #5         For our #5 Person of the Year 2024, we chose Bishop Athanasius Schneider, auxiliary bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan.     (If you do not want to miss any [...]

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Letter #5, 2025, Wed, Jan 22: Top Ten 2024 #6

    Letter #5, 2025, Wednesday, January 22: Top Ten 2024, #6     Professional football player in the United States, Harrison Butker.     Last summer, Butker was attacked when he gave a commencement address at an American college and spoke words of praise about his wife, and about the beauty she had found in being a mother.     He responded: [...]

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Letter #4, 2025, Tue, Jan 21: Top Ten 2024 #7

    Monsignor Lucio Bonora. He passed away earlier today in Rome at the age of 73     Letter #4, 2025, Tuesday, January 21: Top Ten 2024 #7         A good and kind priest who lived in the Domus Santa Marta and worked in the Vatican for many years died early today in the Policlinico Gemelii Hospital in Rome. [...]

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Letter #2, 2025, Thur Jan 16: Top Ten 2024 #9

    Letter #2, 2025, Thursday, January 16: Top Ten 2024 #9         In this letter, we speak of Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, whom we feel offers a model for bishops in this difficult time.     He is not arrogant or puffed-up, but he is a faithful steward of the Catholic faith in an age when the [...]

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Letter #1, 2025, Mon, Jan 13: Gibson and Top Ten 2024 #10

    Letter #1, 2025, Monday, January 13: Gibson and Our Top Ten of 2024, #10         A few preliminary thoughts as the year 2025 begins.     ***     The Church we love faces a profound fracture. If we wish to preserve and defend the "one, holy, catholic and apostolic" Church, our work lies before us. And each day the [...]

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