"Pham fled Vietnam as a 13-year-old refugee in 1980...arriving first at a refugee camp in Malaysia, before being sponsored a year later in 1981 by an American family and relocating to Blue Earth, MN...in 1983 the remainder of his family...arrived in Minnesota"

Please join me on June 14 to celebrate Pope Leo XIV, a leader to the world and a native son to us. Witness firsthand a special video message that Pope Leo will offer to the young people of the world at Rate Field.

Find your Statehouse elected officials here and call or email them TODAY telling them NO to more taxes on your already very taxed delivery and carryout meals. The tax is to bailout the @CTA after four years of customer service failure. And now they want YOU to pay MORE for it.

Pope Formosus, pray for us... You've heard of Vatican II, but have you heard of #CadaverSynod II? Cuz you're about to, and Biden isn't even buried yet.

Someone tell Sen. James Lankford how many jobs don’t offer health insurance. Tell him about the cost-sharing that people making $20/hr can’t afford. They’re so detached from the people they represent, it’s no wonder they pass laws to benefit the billionaires who get them elected.

On Pentecost, Pope Leo calls for a church that “opens the borders between peoples and breaks down the barriers between class and race;” criticizes an “exclusionary mindset that, tragically, we now see emerging also in political nationalisms.” 🔥 🔥 🔥 vatican.va/content/leo-xi…

People dressing up as policemen to go and execute democratically elected officials is what we’ve come to as a nation.

Once upon a time, if a US president urged the people of a foreign capital (with whom we are not at war) to evacuate and then POSTED WITH LOTS OF !!!!!!!! in them, we'd be very concerned about the health and stability of that president. Now everyone shrugs and says: well, Trump

Pope to Italian Bishops: “Artificial intelligence, biotechnologies, data economy and social media are profoundly transforming our perception and our experience of life. In this scenario, human dignity risks becoming diminished or forgotten, substituted by functions, automatism,

Every time some Catholic muckety muck starts making their philosophical arguments for the death penalty, George Stinney taps me on the shoulder. May God have mercy on us!

Masked “ICE agents” violently assaulting a completely unarmed man just now. All caught on tape. Ridiculous.

The Pat Mac Ride brought out over 400 riders on June 20 all in honor of a late Beverly teen. “If you feel weak, think of Pat and think of everything he fought through." Full story: beverlyreview.net/news/community…

I wonder how many in the USCCB imagined that the focus on “religious freedom” over the past decade would help to create a situation where active parishioners would be pulled into unmarked vans by masked agents and where funding for Works of Mercy would be slashed.

More than 75,000 adults and children are now estimated to have died because of the effective shutdown of PEPFAR that began less than six months ago. A program Bush 43 started that evangelicals once supported and now have turned their backs on. By Peter Wehner

Dear Urbanists, Families should be able to enjoy city life. They shouldn't have to expect sketchy behavior when walking or riding the bus. If you truly support "all ages and abilities" planning, then don't dodge the difficult conversations about safety & security.

US Ambassador to Israel suggests Irish government are drunkards while objecting to their Israel policy.

This evening, 56 years after the Apollo 11 moon landing, I spoke with the astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Together we shared the memory of a historic feat, a testimony to human ingenuity, and we reflected on the mystery and greatness of Creation.

Tragic & embarrassing to see a growing number of American Catholic young men openly embrace fascism & antisemitism.

Sure, I condemn it. But my condemnation pales in comparison to Bishops like say the one in MN who happily provides content for Catholic men like this, and others in his demographic; some content even helps line the Bishops' pocket.

🚸 CPS - Chicago Public Schools and Mayor Brandon Johnson are cutting all crossing guards at Catholic & private schools — no warning, no explanation. Every child deserves a safe walk to school. 📣 Contact your alderman. #CrossingGuardsMatter #ProtectOurKids #Chicago