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andy staron @andystaron.bsky.social · Aug 20

Cruelty is not strength.

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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · Aug 17

Like @zedotenator.net says:

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What if I threw away your birth certificate, your state ID, your social security card, your daily meds, your rescue inhaler, your only charger cord for your phone, all your clothes?
Would it mess your life up?
Every time MPD sweeps a camp, this is what they do to unhoused folks.
10:20 PM • 9/30/22

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andy staron @andystaron.bsky.social · Aug 16

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

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andy staron @andystaron.bsky.social · Aug 8

a man in a yellow jacket is waving his hand

ALT: a man in a yellow jacket is waving his hand

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · Aug 7

"We should all keep in mind that the final judge of our actions is God...Some things are worth taking a principled stand for." #BishopBrennan #PrayForAmerica www.ncronline.org/news/west-vi...

West Virginia bishop warns on immigration: 'The final judge of our actions is God'

Bishop Mark E. Brennan urged people of his state to "affirm the humanity of all immigrants." He also called on every person to "pray for the courage to do the right thing," including those tasked with...

www.ncronline.org

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · Aug 6

San Diego Diocese assembles volunteers to accompany immigrants in court. www.ncronline.org/news/san-die...

San Diego Diocese assembles volunteers to accompany immigrants in court

Bishop Michael Pham launched the ministry to make sure refugees and asylum seekers are not alone at immigration hearings. The volunteers will wear buttons proclaiming "FAITH" — "Faithful Accompaniment...

www.ncronline.org

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andy staron @andystaron.bsky.social · Aug 5

Soon to be Doctor of the Church, St. John Henry Newman, with a note on Christianity and political power

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andy staron @andystaron.bsky.social · Aug 4

Short video celebrating ordinations to the prieshood in the Diocese of Cleveland this year youtu.be/i8q1A8qiI8g?...

Go Forth as Christ Has Called You

YouTube video by CLE Vocations

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Amigo de Frodo @bpdflores.bsky.social · Aug 2

The vampiric mythology is turning out to be one of those pagan, intuitively accurate, prophecies about where the City of Man (amor sui usque ad contemptum Dei) ends up: “others must be consumed and die so I can keep my shadowy version of living”. It’s a power thing.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · Aug 2

Bishop Brennan of Wheeling-Charleston in new Pastoral Letter: “Our Church looks at the person, not his or her legal status, and, following Christ’s teaching and example, reaches out to help the immigrant. A person is more important than legal status.”

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Commonweal @commonweal.bsky.social · Jul 31

"If it weren’t for American Catholics he might never have been canonized at all."

Read Kenneth L. Woodward on Newman's improbable path to canonization:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/improbable-s...

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Amigo de Frodo @bpdflores.bsky.social · Jul 31

The Holy Father Pope Leo XIV has confirmed the conferral of the title Doctor of the Church to St John Henry Newman.
Let us praise the Lord,
-And give him thanks.

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andy staron @andystaron.bsky.social · Jul 25

Pope Leo contrasts the “serious threat” posed by the “widespread tendency to look after the interests of limited communities” vs. “migrants, refugees and displaced persons” as “privileged witnesses of hope.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Message of the Holy Father for the 111th World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2025 | LEO XIV

Message, 111th, World Day of Migrants and Refugees, 2025

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · Jul 25

Some people don't feel as close to this as they ought to. Most of us are just a bad break or two away from winding up on the streets, and addiction & mental health crises can affect anyone. They're gutting services and rendering more of us disposable, and there's a carceral disposal system waiting.

ACLU @aclu.org · Jul 24

BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order directing states to criminalize and institutionalize people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental health disabilities.

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ACLU @aclu.org · Jul 24

Instead of investing in proven solutions, the administration is doubling down on cruel and ineffective policies that strip people of their rights, lock them into dangerous institutions, and punish them for having nowhere else to go.

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ACLU @aclu.org · Jul 24

BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order directing states to criminalize and institutionalize people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental health disabilities.

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andy staron @andystaron.bsky.social · Jul 13

Leo’s homily today.

www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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andy staron @andystaron.bsky.social · Jul 11

Important joint statement from the Catholic bishops of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean: “A Call for Climate Justice and the Common Home: Ecological Conversion, Transformation, and Resistance to False Solutions”

www.raoen.org/wp-content/u...

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Anne M. Carpenter @catholickungfu.bsky.social · Jul 10

fascist art is all kitsch

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · Jul 7

Stunning new icon by Kelly Latimore: “Our Lady: Protectress of the Most Vulnerable.” @klicons.bsky.social

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Jason King @jking66.bsky.social · Jul 7

I’ve been thinking a lot about where theology in a changing academic world. Here is a reflective piece in America Magazine drawing from the College Theology Society’s recent gathering. www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/0...

Can theology survive the crisis in Catholic higher education?

The world of academic theology is facing the cumulative effect of long-building forces, forces reshaping not only theology but the entire structure of higher education.

www.americamagazine.org

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · Jul 5

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.”

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · Jul 2

Bishop Danny Garcia of Austin: “We live in a time of great suffering and hurst…We cannot profess to be Catholic and Christian, yet see one another as enemies or strangers. The poor, the weak, those that live on the margins of society and life cannot be forgotten in our policies and practices.

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andy staron @andystaron.bsky.social · Jul 2

Congrats, Colleen! The Church will be better for it.

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andy staron @andystaron.bsky.social · Jul 2

Pope Leo on the care for Creation

www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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