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Executive editor of the National Catholic Reporter. Winner of Pulitzer Prizes. KCMO. DC. Dad. Husband. Roman Catholic.

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Pelosi to Endorse Jack Schlossberg, Again Backing a Kennedy for Congress

@pelosi.house.gov to endorse Jack Schlossberg, backing a Kennedy for Congress running vs. a @nadler.house.gov acolyte.(Photo of Nancy Dโ€™Alesandro with JFK is a classic.) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...

07.02.2026 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Long Beach Catholic school vandalized, religious articles destroyed overnight Long Beach police are searching for suspects in the case.

sad www.dailynews.com/2026/02/02/l...

03.02.2026 13:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

a dangerous escalation of attacks on press freedom with the indictments of @donlemonofficial.bsky.social and Georgia Fort

02.02.2026 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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For traditional Catholics, Charlotte Communion dispute is a battle line A seemingly esoteric dispute over the proper way to take Communion signals the rising power of more traditional voices within the Catholic Church.

Open criticism of bishops and popes has become standard among a small but growing minority of traditional U.S. Catholics who are gaining political and cultural influence. wapo.st/3ZH9rsq smart analysis from @mboorstein

02.02.2026 19:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Superb analysis about the threats posed to all Americans. Thanks Ted and Katie.

02.02.2026 19:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Column | โ€˜Melaniaโ€™ promises to take us behind the scenes. Thereโ€™s nothing to see. โ€œMelania,โ€ the new Amazon documentary about the enigmatic first lady Melania Trump, mostly celebrates her zealous dedication to her external presentation.

Nothing to see here and almost no one to see it. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...

01.02.2026 02:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Judge orders US to release 5-year-old and dad taken into custody in Minnesota crackdown A judge has ordered the U.S. to release a father and 5-year-old son who were taken into custody during the immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

โ€œthe ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children.โ€ apnews.com/article/immi...

31.01.2026 20:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutorโ€™s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers

Bovino is said to have mocked the US attorneysโ€™ Jewish faith on phone call, using the term โ€œchosen peopleโ€ in a mocking way, and asked the prosecutor, sarcastically, whether he understood that Orthodox Jewish criminals donโ€™t take weekends off www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...

31.01.2026 17:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Shooting Aftermath Leaves Homeland Security Department in Turmoil

Turmoil www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...

29.01.2026 13:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ClutchPoints The "Holy See(hawks)" streak is officially 3-for-3. Every time the Vatican elects a new Pope, Seattle punches a ticket to the Super Bowl. In 2005, Pope Benedict XVI was elected and the Seahawks...

HOLY SEE(hawks)! www.facebook.com/ClutchPoints...

27.01.2026 00:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Top Catholic cardinals say U.S. foreign policy raises moral questions Three senior archbishops said recent events raise โ€œbasic questions about the use of military forceโ€ and have put Americaโ€™s moral role โ€œunder examination.โ€

Echoing concerns of Pope Leo XIV over a new era of unilateralism and warfare, the three highest-ranking U.S. Catholic archbishops on Monday said โ€œthe moral foundation for Americaโ€™s actions in the worldโ€ has been thrown into question

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

19.01.2026 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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US Catholic cardinals urge Trump administration to embrace a moral compass in foreign policy Three U.S. Catholic cardinals have urged the Trump administration to use a moral compass in foreign policy.

apnews.com/article/vati...

19.01.2026 17:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œMost of the United States and the world are adrift morally in terms of foreign policy,โ€ my archbishop, Cardinal McElroy told @apnews.com โ€œI still believe the United States has a tremendous impact upon the world.โ€

19.01.2026 17:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is an outrageous escalation in the Trump administrationโ€™s intrusions into the independence of the press. Read @rcfp.org statement.

14.01.2026 15:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Material

exceedingly rare www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...

14.01.2026 15:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victimโ€™s Widow

3 federal prosecutors quit after DOJ leaders pushed for criminal investigation into the widow of Renee Nicole Good, who was slain by an ICE officer

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...

13.01.2026 17:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Federal Prosecutors Are Said to Have Opened Inquiry Into Fed Chair Powell

unprecedented
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...

12.01.2026 01:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Minneapolis protesters vent their outrage after an ICE officer kills a woman Minneapolis is on edge following the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer taking part in the Trump administrationโ€™s latest immigration crackdown.

Feds obstruct state investigators from evidence in ICE shooting. apnews.com/article/minn...

08.01.2026 16:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Vatican News on X: "Pope Leo XIV expresses his concern over recent developments in Venezuela, after United States forces arrested Nicolรกs Maduro in Caracas on Saturday and brought him to New York for trial. The Pope calls for the good of the Venezuelan people to prevail, for the rule of law to be https://t.co/CmOE1WIJPP" / X Pope Leo XIV expresses his concern over recent developments in Venezuela, after United States forces arrested Nicolรกs Maduro in Caracas on Saturday and brought him to New York for trial. The Pope calls for the good of the Venezuelan people to prevail, for the rule of law to be https://t.co/CmOE1WIJPP

The Pope expresses concern over US intervention and calls for the โ€œgood of the Venezuelan people to prevail, for the rule of law to be upheld, and for the human and civil rights of all to be respected.โ€
x.com/vaticannews/...

04.01.2026 18:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Pope Leo XIV expressed his concern on Sunday over recent developments in Venezuela

x.com/vaticannews/...

04.01.2026 13:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Native American senator, dies at 92 The Coloradan was the only American Indian in the Senate during his tenure and helped lead the effort to build the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington.

Former U.S. senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado, the first Native American chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and a leader of the effort to build the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, died Dec. 30. He was 92.

31.12.2025 02:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 169    ๐Ÿ” 60    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Redemptorist priest's explosive dispatches revealed Vatican II's hidden conflicts Dispatches revealed the council's unseen conflicts -- factions working to block reforms, curial power plays and intense exchanges shaping the church's future.

The @newyorker.comโ€™s mole in the Vatican

www.osvnews.com/redemptorist...

31.12.2025 02:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump and His Loyalists Move to Name the Kennedy Center for Him

It has been generally understood that the power to change the
Kennedy Centerโ€™s name lies with Congress. smid=nytcore-ios-share

18.12.2025 21:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Reiner Family Associate Details Events Before and After Killings Were Discovered

Rob and Michele Singer Reiner were to have dinner with Barack and Michelle Obama and others in just a few hours when a massage therapist arrived and got no answer at the gate of the home in tony Brentwood. The coupleโ€™s daughter walked into a gruesome tableau.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...

17.12.2025 14:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Grand Jury Again Declines to Re-Indict Letitia James

back-to-back failures
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/u...

11.12.2025 20:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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N.Y. Archdiocese Will Negotiate Sex-Abuse Settlement for 1,300 Accusers

N.Y. Archdiocese Will Negotiate Sex-Abuse Settlement for 1,300 Accusers www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...

08.12.2025 22:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: Pope Leo critic now says her lawyer might have had a secret agenda A lawyer seemed to have a conflict of interest when he represented sisters who claimed the future pope covered up their abuse allegations against two priests. Now, one sister says her lawyer "didn't r...

Keep asking questions, keep digging, pursue the truth without fear or favor www.ncronline.org/vatican/excl... @bfragancr.bsky.social began this investigation and @McLellan_Js went to Peru to answer questions

29.09.2025 12:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Former Opus Dei numerary's memoir claims abuse, trafficking Inย Serve: My Lost Years at the Heart of Opus Dei, Anne Marie Allen documents the domestic servitude which she and other Irish women say they were lured into with the promise of vocational training in ...

Former Opus Dei numerary's memoir claims abuse, trafficking www.ncronline.org/culture/book...

26.09.2025 13:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Breathtaking corruption

21.09.2025 01:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In Trumpโ€™s D.C. surge, helicopters hovered and surveilled day and night Park Police helicopters circled more often than they did in the same time period last year and at lower altitudes than other law enforcement helicopters in D.C. this August.

During President Trumpโ€™s month-long anti-crime surge in D.C., U.S. Park Police helicopters circled or hovered over the city seven times as much as they did during the same time last year, and they did so at lower altitudes.

20.09.2025 23:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

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