Dr. Brian Flanagan

Listening to Catholic Theological Union professor (and @loyolachicago.bsky.social Theology alum) Dr Kevin Considine give the Luzbetak Lecture on mission and “orthopathema,” the work of “suffering rightly”

YouTube video by God Talk with Medene and James Medene and James Attend LGBTQ Inclusion Workshop at a Catholic Church

Thanks to the folks at the God Talk Podcast, you can have a sneak peak of one of the first "Walking Together: LGBTQ+ Catholics in a Synodal Church" workshops hosted by New Ways Senior Fellow @brianpflanagan.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Vc...

Show me an image on your phone that has your energy but is not a selfie.

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Join us at @newwaysministry.bsky.social tonight!

Hearing a armed federal agent declare “Liberals have ruined the country” after violently arresting someone without cause. Is extremely chilling and speaks to a total lack of professionalism

🧵 THREAD: What the leaked Alaska summit documents really reveal (excellent scoop by @NPR) 1/

NPR just broke some big news: US government documents were accidentally left in a hotel printer in Anchorage, revealing the actual plan for the Trump-Putin summit. They show exactly what Trump intended.

I-90 just east of downtown Cleveland. Brought to you by Catholic Sisters of Northeastern Ohio.

No agency insignia at all on their uniforms, so this is likely not DEA or ATF or FBI or Border Patrol. So probably it’s DHS, most likely ICE.

And yeah, the comment about “liberal” is really telling. These guys are wildly unprofessional.

While masked agents were violently attacking a delivery worker this morning, bystanders repeatedly asked to see their badge numbers but they refused.

Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right?

Agent: Liberals already ruined it.

Webinar: Vatican Journalist on Pope Leo, LGBTQ+ Issues, and the Conclave - New Ways Ministry Join us Aug. 20 to hear from Christopher White and discuss what LGBTQ+ Catholics can expect from Leo's papacy.

Excited to be in conversation for @newwaysministry this Wednesday, August 20, with Christopher White about his new book from @loyolapress about the election of Pope Leo. More info and register at

www.newwaysministry.org/2025/07/28/w...

As someone who has lived my whole adult life in cities deemed “dangerous”—NYC, NOLA, and SF—I think a lot about how dense cities require patience, calm, and tolerance in the midst of social difference, which are of course exactly the civic virtues that the right resents being told to cultivate.

I just can’t believe our Reichstag Fire is the Big Balls Beatdown.

‪Really great to see Jesuit mission and identity being foregrounded as the first main presentation of the day. 👏👏👏‬

First day of new faculty orientation at @loyolachicago.bsky.social. Decided to cosplay as a Jesuit.

Day to Day Brian: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
Driving Brian: "I am mean because I grew up in New England."

Please do not ask me to defend my choice of most readily applicable heresy, I just wanted to make the meme

I don’t need a lububu. (Thanks to Francis DeBernardo for the new Ignatius of Loyola to hang out with Francis…)

Today is August 1.

Asking an academic how their book is going is a felony.

Oh my goodness, that’s praise from Caesar Matt. I’d prob pick one of these two:

VATICAN “His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has learned with deep sorrow of the loss of human lives and the injuries caused by the military attack on the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza, and assures the parish priest, Father Gabriele Romanelli, and the entire parish community of his spiritual closeness.”

Just saw a truck for “Manella’s Poultry”.
You gotta think the name Salvatore is just off the table in that family.

Santa Fe’s Archbishop Wester: “The passage of HR1 by the United States Congress marks a sad moment for the well-being of many in our country. It promises many things, but it delivers very little unless you are among an elite few.”

fortify inside why spiritual practice matters during the rising authoritarian tide

Please believe me when I tell you:

Double the fuck down on your spiritual practice now.

You are going to need it.

And no, that doesn't have to be a prayer-god thing.

The thing that sustains and nourishes you.

That makes you more alive to yourself, the world, others.

More present.

More:

Archbishop Wester: Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Betrays The Poor. The Church Must Oppose It John C. Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe. Photo by Susan Montoya Bryan/AP BY MOST REVERENT JOHN C. WESTERArchbishop of Santa Fe Editor’s note: Most Reverend John C. Wester’s Op-Ed, &#8220…

"This bill forsakes the most vulnerable among us, widens both the economic and human gap between the rich and poor, and ignores the common good to benefit only the wealthiest in our country." #ArchbishopWester #PrayForAmerica losalamosreporter.com/2025/06/08/a...

Hi!!! Welcome to the neighborhood

The Holy Father met with the Synodal Council today. He spent about 90 minutes with us. It was a great grace to be able to greet him, to see and hear him.
Pope Leo’s opening remarks in Italian can be found here:
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

"The bishops are grateful that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes provisions that promote the dignity of human life and support parental choice in education. These are commendable provisions that are important priorities for the bishops. Still, Congress must be consistent in protecting human life and dignity and make drastic changes to the bill to protect those most in need. As Pope Leo XIV recently stated, it is the responsibility of politicians to promote and protect the common good, including by working to overcome great wealth inequality. This bill does not answer this call. It takes from the poor to give to the wealthy. It provides tax breaks for some while undermining the social safety net for others through major cuts to nutrition assistance and Medicaid. It fails to protect families and children by promoting an enforcement-only approach to immigration and eroding access to legal protections. It harms God's creation and future generations through cuts to clean energy incentives and environmental programs.

INBOX: Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is urging lawmakers to change the GOP-led “Big, Beautiful Bill” budget proposal, citing Pope Leo to argue that the bill “takes from the poor to give to the wealthy.”

It’s the strongest language USCCB has used yet

"The church is contradicted, but the church should not contradict—at least, not as its primary way of meeting the world. Who would accept our ministry when we do that? Who would accept the outstretched hand of someone constantly contradicting them?"

Divine irony: a US-born pope and a world on the brink of destruction- UCA News As the world faces crisis, Pope Leo XIV, the first US-born pontiff, embraces unity and peace—offering hope in contrast to divisive global political forces.

www.ucanews.com/news/divine-...