{"id":897166,"date":"2026-04-23T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/2026\/04\/23\/letter-a-david-steps-forward-to-face-goliath-tyrant\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T10:39:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:39:29","slug":"letter-a-david-steps-forward-to-face-goliath-tyrant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/2026\/04\/23\/letter-a-david-steps-forward-to-face-goliath-tyrant\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter: A David steps forward to face Goliath tyrant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not afraid of the Trump administration,&rdquo; shared Pope Leo with the world a few days ago.<\/p>\n<p>You don&rsquo;t have to be Catholic, Protestant, Christian or a churchgoer to recognize a David; and there he was right when we needed him. Our finest and best, and from Chicago (again).<\/p>\n<p>With five smooth stones and faith, Leo stepped forward &#8230; &ldquo;In a world being ravaged by a hhandful of tyrants &#8230; Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>I just love when Goliath falls. Don&rsquo;t you?<\/p>\n<p>Watch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mary Sears<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Arlington<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not afraid of the Trump administration,&rdquo; shared Pope Leo with the world a few days ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3361,"featured_media":897167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1020,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-897166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-letters","category-opinion"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/heraldnet.com\/2026\/04\/23\/letter-a-david-steps-forward-to-face-goliath-tyrant\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Letter: A David steps forward to face Goliath tyrant","url":"http:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/2026\/04\/23\/letter-a-david-steps-forward-to-face-goliath-tyrant\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/2026\/04\/23\/letter-a-david-steps-forward-to-face-goliath-tyrant\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/42204344_web1_260317-ADW-Letter_1.jpeg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/42204344_web1_260317-ADW-Letter_1.jpeg"},"articleSection":"Letters","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"none"}],"creator":["none"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"HeraldNet.com","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2026-04-23T08:30:00Z","datePublished":"2026-04-23T08:30:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-12T17:39:29Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Letter: A David steps forward to face Goliath tyrant\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.heraldnet.com\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/23\\\/letter-a-david-steps-forward-to-face-goliath-tyrant\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.heraldnet.com\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/23\\\/letter-a-david-steps-forward-to-face-goliath-tyrant\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.heraldnet.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/42204344_web1_260317-ADW-Letter_1.jpeg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.heraldnet.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/42204344_web1_260317-ADW-Letter_1.jpeg\"},\"articleSection\":\"Letters\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"none\"}],\"creator\":[\"none\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"HeraldNet.com\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2026-04-23T08:30:00Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-23T08:30:00Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-12T17:39:29Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/heraldnet.com\/p.js"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3361"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897166"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":897168,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897166\/revisions\/897168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}