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- The Holy See: Institutional Website of Roman Catholic Church
Pope Leo XIV and Magisterium: Latest Audiences, Homilies, Letters, Documents and more
- Roman Catholic Mass Daily Readings (UCCSB)
- EWTN News
Former Catholic News Agency, now EWTN
- The Pillar
Independent Catholic news
Catholic faith life, retreat centers
- Jesuit Retreat Center, Los Altos CA
Spirituality of St. Ignatius and the Spiritual Exercises
- Mother of the Redeemer Retreat (Bloomington, IN)
Franciscan Friars, spirituality center
- Sacred Sorrows
Spiritual retreats for mothers seeking healing loss of their children
Religion & Spirituality publications
Traditional News & Analysis
- The Washington Post
- The New York Times
- Wall Street Journal
- The Guardian (UK)
- El País (Madrid)
Spain's center-left newspaper of record
- Le Monde
- The Economist
- HaAretz (Israel)
- Democracy Now!
Cultural Commentary
Literature & Books
Individual Perspectives & Voices
- David French, New York Times opinion columnist
- Jennifer Rubin, The Contrarian Substack
- Chris Hedges, Substack
- The Beinart Notebook Substack
- Charles Sykes, The Bulwark, editor-at-large
- Michael Gerson, Washington Post, opinion columnist (passed away)
- Andrew Bacevich, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft