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Letter #9, 2026, Sunday, February 22: Bishop Schneider #2

    Please consider joining me tomorrow morning, February 23, at 10 am US Eastern time (4 pm Rome time) in a live podcast with Bishop Athanasius Schneider, on our YouTube channel at this link.     —RM     Bishop Athanasius Schneider (born Anton Schneider on April 7, 1961, now 64 years old) is a Catholic prelate who serves as the Auxiliary Bishop of [...]

Letter #8, 2026, Tuesday, February 17: Lent, Repent

Pope Leo XIV will begin Lent 2026 with an historic procession on Rome's Aventine Hill, one of the seven hills of the Eternal City     Letter #8, 2026, Tuesday, February 17: Lent, Repent...     Lent Begins Tomorrow, Ash Wednesday     We live in a fallen world.     We look forward to a promise: a world redeemed.     Yet, [...]

Letter #7, 2026, Tuesday, February 17: Cardinal Parolin

    Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, speaking to the press in Rome today about the Vatican's position on a "Gaza Peace Board" being set up principally by US President Donald Trump to oversee the future of Gaza. Parolin said the Vatican will not participate. He said one of the reasons is that it is [...]

Letter #6, 2026, Monday, February 16: Bishop Schneider

    Letter #6, 2026, Monday, February 16: Bishop Athanasius Schneider          I will be talking live with Bishop Athanasius Schneider in a podcast on YouTube this morning, at 11 am Eastern time. You may join the podcast live at this link.     We will be discussing his life and work, and present issues in the Church.     One [...]

Letter #5, 2026, Thu, Jan 22: John Allen, Jr

    The late John Allen. He died this morning at the age of 61. (Photo Crux.com)     "He impressed upon me, and on all of his colleagues, the absolute importance of fairness and balance, which he considered essential to journalism." Clair Giangravè, a correspondent for Religion News Service who was mentored by the late John Allen, speaking [...]

Letter #4, 2026, Tuesday, January 13: Roche Letter

    Dear Friends,     I invite you to support the Moynihan Letters, so they may continue to be offered freely to readers around the world.    — Dr. Robert Moynihan Support the Moynihan Letters     Letter #4, 2026, Tuesday, January 13: The Roche Letter     Another bombshell.     Earlier today, something important was unexpectedly published: the photographed text [...]

Letter #3, 2026, Monday, January 12: Zen and Ashenden

    Dear Friends,     For more than two decades, I’ve been sending The Moynihan Letters without charge, and I intend to keep them freely available. As the new year begins, I am faced once again with the annual costs of producing and sending the letters to all my readers — about $5,000 in total. If you enjoy [...]

Letter #2, 2026, Monday, January 12: Pope Leo’s schedule

    Pope Leo, 70, will celebrate three major public liturgies in the next few weeks, leading up to Lent. Below, the list...     Note:     If you would like to subscribe to this letter, or add a friend as a subscriber, you may do so here.     If you would like to make a donation to the work of [...]

Letter #1, 2026, Thursday, January 8: Cardinals meet

    Pope Leo, 70, reads a text to open the Extraordinary Consistory of cardinals that began in Rome yesterday and concludes today. The Pope, eight months after his election on May 8, 2025, has asked the cardinals to advise him on how to face some of the pressing issues facing the Church and society.     Note: If [...]

Letter #102, 2025, Wednesday, December 31: Last Day of 2025

    It is the last day of 2025.     My colleague, Anna Artymiak, a Polish journalist who has covered the Vatican for many years, writes:     "It has been a cold and sunny day in Rome. Since Monday, the Eternal City is blocked by the last-hour pilgrims, coming to the Holy Door of St. Peter's before the Holy [...]

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