Author, The Francis Effect. My new book, Reclaiming American Catholicism, is out. https://teapawt.org/t.co/GMi4N6qmRg
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For the first time, three of America's most influential cardinals and archbishops agreed to a joint interview, sharing their candid take on war in Iran, immigration, and the future of the Catholic Church. Sunday on 60 Minutes. 60Minutes.com
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God help us. This is disgraceful language coming from a Christian, or anyone with a soul. It was just as wrong to celebrate the death of Charlie Kirk as it is to celebrate that of Robert Mueller. May they rest in peace. And may we never forget that Jesus's message is about mercy.
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Cardinal Cupich: “We can never fail to raise our voices against rhetoric that refers to immigrants in disparaging ways, commentary that reduces the deaths of human beings in a war to scoring on a video game or arguments that marginalize the value of human life in the womb. We must urge all to turn away from these dehumanizing paths.” chicagocatholic.com/web/chic…
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BREAKING NBC:
Pete Hegseth says 'family after family' of service members killed urged the admin to "not stop until the job is done."
But the father of one of those service members says he never said that.
"I can't speak for the other families. When he spoke to me, that was not something we talked about."
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The President of the United States said I insulted Jesus.
You want to know what insults Jesus?
Kicking the sick off their healthcare.
Bombing schoolchildren in Iran.
Deporting moms and babies.
Covering up the Epstein files.
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U.S. nursing homes are fabricating schizophrenia diagnoses to hide their use of dangerous antipsychotic drugs to subdue dementia patients, a government watchdog report found.
The drugs increase risk of falls, strokes and death. wapo.st/4tfSUsr
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This story is HORRIFIC. This DACA recipient was brought here by his parents in 1999 when he was 8 years old. He is a laboratory scientist who's had DACA since 2012.
Now he's languishing in an ICE detention center because the Trump admin failed to process his renewal in time!
ICE seizes DACA recipient on way to visit premature baby in NICU. Trump admin is not renewing "Dreamers" who were given legal status as children to stay in U.S. -- says they can now be detained and deported.
@lbarronlopez
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ICE arrested a DACA recipient while taking milk to his newborn in the hospital. He got 2 college degrees here, contributes to his community and our country, has a wife and young kids, and has no criminal record.
As I’ve said, it doesn’t matter whose name is on the door.
With Stephen Miller in the White House, cruelty is the point.
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Israeli settlers have increasingly used violence against Palestinians in a bid to drive them from their homes in the occupied West Bank. But sexual assault appears to be a new weapon in these settlers’ arsenal of intimidation, pointing to a troubling new level of violence. cnn.it/4du8vj6
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This man did far more fighting for the US than anyone in the cabinet or the White House. And he died one day after being taken to an American concentration camp. One day.
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Cardinal Pizzaballa: “The abuse and manipulation of God’s name to justify this and any other war is the gravest sin we can commit at this time…War is first and foremost political and has very material interests, like most wars. We must do everything we can to leave no room for this pseudo-religious language, which speaks not of God, but of ourselves.” vaticannews.va/en/church/new…
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Asked about the words of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who during a briefing went so far as to quote Psalm 144 to invoke a divine blessing on the ongoing attack, Cardinal Pizzaballa replied that “as believers we must do everything possible not to leave the discourse to them. We need to say that no, there are no new crusades. If God is present in this war, He is among those who are dying, who are suffering, who are in pain, who are oppressed in various ways”—
Amen!!
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Pope highlights plight of vulnerable adults in abuse and meets with top Opus Dei critic
AP and @nwinfield make some astute observations various elements of Pope Leo’s diary yesterday
Is he sending a subtle message?
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The University of Florida’s College Republicans chapter was disbanded after a photo reportedly depicting two students giving a Nazi salute had been shared on social media. wapo.st/4besKzX
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Bishop Seitz: “The current national campaign of mass detention and deportations is a grave moral evil, one which must be opposed, with prayer, peaceful action and acts of solidarity with those affected." americamagazine.org/politics…
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They removed the word "racism" 109 times from a college textbook in Florida. They erased an entire chapter on Race and Ethnicity. They reduced Shirley Chisholm, a trailblazer who broke barriers for every Black woman who came after her, to a single footnote. You cannot erase racism by removing the word from a textbook. You cannot rewrite history by pretending it did not happen. Our ancestors BLED, marched, & died for the truth to be told. We will not be silenced! ✊🏿tampabay.com/viewpoints/2026…
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NEW: In Pastoral Letter released today, El Paso’s @BishopSeitz denounces mass detention and mass deportation calling both a “grave moral evil;” Seitz goes to say that: “No one has to obey an immoral order.” hopeborder.org/_files/ugd/e0…
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Just an amazing story by Linda Qui. Not only is the @USDA acknowledging labor shortages brought on by Trump immigration policies. It is expanding temporary visas for farm workers AND lowering migrant worker pay, effectively allowing indentured service. nytimes.com/2026/03/15/us/po…
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Buttigieg: "The president's political operation was raising money off images at a dignified transfer. Any politician who does that has no business leading American troops into war. If the president is willing to raise campaign funds over the bodies of America's war dead, he is unfit to be the commander in chief."
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I just visited Dilley and met with kids who are too scared and traumatized to eat and go to the bathroom – let alone play. It’s horrific and should alarm everyone in our country. We can’t let them do this in our name. We need to shut down Dilley.
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