JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn't ask us to rank our love for others ncronline.org/node/292716 via NCR

Note: Per this report, the *top* recipient of USAID funds isn't a little-known nonprofit. It's Catholic Relief Services, which was founded by U.S. Catholic Bishops. forbes.com/sites/saradorn…

NEW: Faith-based orgs that partner with the govt to resettle refugees are instituting mass furloughs. Why so soon? Bc Trump all but shut down the refugee program AND, per one org, is *refusing to reimburse them for work done before he assumed office.* religionnews.com/2025/02/04/fai…

What is built on the basis of force, and not on the truth about the equal dignity of every human being, begins badly and will end badly. vatican.va/content/france…

I may be a bad Catholic but at least the Pope has never written a letter where he reserves space to call me stupid

"The true ordo amoris that must be promoted is that which we discover by meditating constantly on the parable of the “Good Samaritan” (Lk 10:25-37), that is, by meditating on the love that builds a fraternity open to all, without exception." Apostolica Sedes Vacans vatican.va/content/fran...

.Marquette University College of Arts & Sciences dean Heidi Bostic in U.S. Catholic magazine: "Students know they are making decisions that will have profound consequences. They, like all of us, need the contexts, competence, and freedom to ask fun­damental questions in ways that inform daily life."uscatholic.org/articles/20250…

Commonweal in conversation: Join Cristina Lledo Gomez and Mollie Wilson O'Reilly on February 26 for a discussion about Catholicism, mothering, and maternity. RSVP now! events.fairfield.edu/event/catholic…

.@DrClarkM1, a Catholic moral theologian at St. John’s University in Queens, New York, said Marquette is exercising “the right to violate its own religious principles and tradition.” religionnews.com/2025/02/11/c...

Janna Hunter-Bowman reports on resistance to mass deportations CTEWC . The image of migrant parents writing down their kids' bedtime routines in case they are deported absolutely undoes me, and calls me to action. catholicethics.com/forum/immigran…

Please take action on behalf of a Milwaukee mom and educator who faces deportation: secure.everyaction.com/pps8KELSBUe5QZ…

This is about as straightforward as it gets. If the elected Democrats vote to HELP Republicans pass their funding bill while Elon Musk is executing Russell Vought’s strategy, I really don’t know what their argument is for taking control of the House let alone trying to capture

Since Trump was inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States, Bishop Robert Barron's impassioned digital defense of Catholic teaching has gone silent... As CatholicRelief and Catholic Charities are experiencing existential threats... Barron has lifted not one stroke of a pen.

Carolyn Hax is my rabbi. I'm literally making an Aaron Hutcherson recipe for dinner tonight. Yes, the WaPo opinion news is bad, but you know what we can't have a democracy without? Reporters. Break up with Amazon instead of the Post.

For the rollback of DEI policies, even more for the timing of the announcement and the legitimacy it lends to a lawless administration targeting the most vulnerable. My household's in.

Celebrating Pope Francis's legacy will be the work of decades, not days. It was an honor to share some thoughts with WGNTV on Monday. youtu.be/mg_YjNujREk?fe…

Journos! People who do interviews! Can we get Cardinal Hardjoatmodjo onto some papabile lists? I need more people to know this story: cruxnow.com/church-in-asia…

My profile of Cardinal Robert Prevost -- now Pope Leo XIV -- for NCR last week: ncronline.org/vatican/vatica…

"A united Church searching all together for peace and justice, working together as women and men... A synodal church, walking and always seeking peace, charity, closeness, especially to those who are suffering." God bless Pope Leo XIV! vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2…

Such a wonderful profile of beloved Catholic Theological Union, alma mater of myself and Pope Leo XIV ‼️‼️, from R Bratten Weiss U.S. Catholic magazine. "Synodal before its time" (DR. CM Fernandez) is the perfect description. uscatholic.org/articles/20250…