1. A NEW WORLD OF LUNG CANCER THERAPY AWAITS POPE LEO. Pope Leo XIV was diagnosed with early-stage lung adenocarcinoma and underwent surgery to remove a lung lobe, positioning him to benefit from major recent advances that have halved lung-cancer death rates since the 1990s….
1. POPE LEO DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER AFTER SURGERY. Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung cancer, according to the Vatican, following a procedure that successfully removed a portion of the American pontiff’s right lung. Doctors diagnosed the 71-year-old pope with lung adenocarcinoma, a…
1. WHO’S IN CHARGE WHEN THE POPE IS UNCONSCIOUS AND UNABLE TO GOVERN? THE POPE. Church law has no mechanism for transferring power when a pope is sick or unconscious, so Pope Leo XIV remains fully in charge while under general anesthesia for his lung-nodule…
TCA Podcast – “Conversations with Consequences” – Ep. 390 David DiCerto Talks Carlo Acutis Roadmap to Reality & the Power of the Rosary with Margarita Mooney Clayton. Ahead of the feast day of St. Carlo Acutis next week, producer David DiCerto joins us to look at his hit documentary, Carlo…
1. POPE LEO XIV OPENS STATUS CHECK ON POPE FRANCIS’ CONTENTIOUS OPENING TO CIVILLY REMARRIED CATHOLICS. Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday urged Catholic leaders to courageously accompany families in their weaknesses and failures, as he embraced one of Pope Francis’ most contentious teachings about welcoming…
1. WHAT 1,000 YEARS OF GOLDEN ROSES TELL US ABOUT POPES’ AUTHORITY AND INFLUENCE, FROM LEO IX TO LEO XI. The golden rose, one of the few surviving medieval papal ceremonial objects, originated under Pope Leo IX in 1049 as a feudal-style tribute from a…
1. UNLOCKING THE JOSEPHUS CODE. In “Unlocking the Josephus Code,” John J. Miller describes T.C. Schmidt’s scholarly book as a rigorous counterpoint to speculative works like The Da Vinci Code, arguing that the original version of Josephus’s much-debated Testimonium Flavianum is authentic and supplies reliable…
1. OPINION: ‘DEATH MUST NOT BECOME THE ONLY KIND OF RELIEF PEOPLE CAN IMAGINE’. Psychiatrists experienced with advanced cancer patients and Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAID) program describe how the procedure can offer dignified, meaningful endings, yet argue that the system—expanded in 2021 to…
TCA Podcast – “Conversations with Consequences” – Ep. 389 Solène Tadié on France’s Catholic Revival & Matthew Haas on Thank-a-Priest Plus Father Petri’s Quick Confession Tips. With beautiful moments still lingering after Pope Leo’s apostolic journey to France, Solène Tadié joins to share her insights including the many heartfelt moments…
1. STATES THAT BAN ABORTION CHALLENGE SHIELD LAWS FOR PROVIDERS WHO MAIL PILLS. Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas, all states with abortion bans, asked the Supreme Court to take up their claim that abortion shield laws in New York, Massachusetts, and California are unconstitutional. These laws…