By Carl E. Olson, Catholic World Report, April 23, 2026
Carl E. Olson is editor of Catholic World Report and Ignatius Insight. He is the author of Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?, Will Catholics Be “Left Behind”?, co-editor/contributor to Called To Be the Children of God, co-author of The Da Vinci Hoax (Ignatius), and author of the “Catholicism” and “Priest Prophet King” Study Guides for Bishop Robert Barron/Word on Fire. ….
How will Pope Leo proceed in addressing the troubling position taken by Cardinal Marx (and others) and the approach being used to advance that position?
“Indeed it is through chastity that we are gathered together and led back to the unity from which we were fragmented into multiplicity.” — Saint Augustine, Confessions (quoted in CCC 2340)
“I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” — Saint Paul, Romans 12:1-2
Pope Leo XIV, returning to Rome after a lengthy and undoubtedly exhausting apostolic journey to four African nations, was asked about the April 4th document issued by Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising in Germany, titled “Blessing Gives Strength to Love”. …
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