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Massimo Faggioli
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Professor in historical and contemporary ecclesiology, Loyola Institute RTPS at Trinity College Dublin. Gelateria Catholic. Views my own.

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Massimo Faggioli is an Italian academic, Church historian, professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University, columnist for La Croix International, and contributing writer to Commonweal. .. more

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Christoph Strack @strackchristoph.bsky.social · 4h
Vorkonziliar…

Heute vor 70 Jahren wurde der Tübinger Theologe Peter Hünermann in Rom zum Priester geweiht. Er leistete viel, wie es hier heißt, „theologische Denkarbeit im Dienst der Reform des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils“. Ein wunderbarer Mensch.
Peter Hünermann feiert Weihejubiläum
Der emeritierte Tübinger Theologieprofessor wurde am 10. Oktober vor 70 Jahren in Rom zum Priester geweiht.
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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 21h
Very promising Wikipedia overview I must say.
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 21h
The social teaching of the Catholic Church is the largest - or the last global organization - left to speak about the poor, and in this way, about their dignity, hope, liberation and aspirations.
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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 21h
Ross’s thoughtful interviews and discussions consistently cover an impressive range all the way from indulging the domination fantasies of theocrats to desperately pursuing quack Lyme disease cures.
INTERESTING TIMES WITH ROSS DOUTHAT He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 22h
Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.
Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury
Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 23h
the most interesting part of "Dilexit te" published by Pope Leo XIV today - for me, as a message to the debate on the role of Vatican II in the church today
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Anne M. Carpenter @catholickungfu.bsky.social · 1d
Catholic integralist thinking is a good example of why I get cranky sometimes and think only theologians should “do” theology, and maybe not jurists and vice presidents. It’s a real discipline and not simply a series of facts.

Then I try to talk myself off the ledge and do my best to be helpful.
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Joe Ferullo @joeferullo.bsky.social · 1d
El Paso bishop brings Pope Leo XIV desperate letters from migrants in crosshairs of US crackdown. "The pope needs to talk to Trump.”
#PopeLeo #Trump #immigration
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El Paso bishop brings Pope Leo XIV desperate letters from migrants in crosshairs of US crackdown
The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown met Wednesday with Pope Leo XIV and brought him a packet of letters from immigrant families "terrorized" by fear that they and the...
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Commonweal @commonweal.bsky.social · 1d
TOMORROW: Join us as we host Matthew Sitman and Tara Isabella Burton in dialogue at the Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary!

RSVP here:
cwlmag.org/rootsdialogue
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 1d
on the other hand, around minute 42 what he says about abortion
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 1d
minutes 30 to 33, what Billy Graham says about racial reconciliation, Kingdom of God and theocracy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoaU...
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.: The Decline of Christianity
YouTube video by Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 2d
it would be interesting to see Church historians and canon lawyers in America organize something about what the Catholic tradition says (since the 11th century more or less) about the limits to the power of the sovereign
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 2d
my interview with Edward Augustyn for "Tygodnik Powszechny", October 7, 2025
www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl/od-trumpa-do...
Od Trumpa do Boga. Jak odbić katolicyzm z rąk konserwatywnej prawicy
Massimo Faggioli, teolog: Gdy biskupi mówią to, co chcą usłyszeć politycy i ich wyborcy, mamy do czynienia z religijnym populizmem.
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 2d
Gaza etc
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 2d
figlio che recensisce il suo libro di religione a scuola:
"My religion book says 'God loves you' on almost every page. But I already know that!"
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 2d
lasciando Castel Gandolfo oggi, Leone XIV afferma che il cardinale Parolin "ha espresso molto bene le posizioni della Santa Sede" nell'intervista ai media vaticani.
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Gloria Purvis @iamgloriapurvis.bsky.social · 3d
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What are Black Catholics hearing when church leaders praise Charlie Kirk?
For many Black Catholics familiar with Charlie Kirk's full record, endorsements of his message by Catholic leaders can be devastating.
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 3d
il card Parolin sulle manifestazioni dei giorni scorsi:
"Anche se a volte queste iniziative, a causa delle violenze di pochi facinorosi, rischiano di far passare a livello mediatico un messaggio sbagliato, mi colpisce positivamente la partecipazione alle manifestazioni, e l’impegno di tanti giovani”
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 4d
da omelia del card. McElroy alla "Red Mass" di ieri: “we live at a moment in which politics is tribal, not dialogical [...] The result is explosive, within politics, family life, and friendships."
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 5d
breve risposta all'articolo di Federico Rampini sul "Corriere" oggi: gli agenti dell'ICE stanno terrorizzando le città americane; il Dipartimento di Giustizia sta diventando il dipartimento per le vendette personali di Trump; il Congresso è completamente inerte. E c'e' molto altro.
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 5d
60 years ago exactly one of the most important papal speeches about peace and the international community

www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-c...
"Never again war!" Pope Paul VI's unheeded and still urgently relevant appeal - Vatican News
Sixty years ago Pope Paul VI addressed the United Nations.
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 5d
ho visto e ascoltato il discordo della presidente del Consiglio Giorgia Meloni ad Assisi oggi: un discorso studiato, da professionista. Credo e temo che stara’ al potere per un bel pezzo, visti i dilettanti dall’altra parte.
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 5d
mio articolo oggi su “L’Osservatore Romano”, supplemento “Donne Chiesa Mondo”
www.osservatoreromano.va/it/news/2025...
La Chiesa cattolica americana tra ideologie di genere e machismo autoritario - L'Osservatore Romano
Il difficile equilibrio tra la difesa della dignità femminile e il rifiuto degli estremi ideologici in un contesto di crescente polarizzazione ...
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Joshua McElwee @joshmcelwee.org · 6d
Pope Leo will publish the first document of his tenure on October 9, the Vatican said on Saturday, with a text that is likely to offer hints about the new pontiff's priorities for the 1.4-billion-member Catholic Church. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo to release first document, on world's poor, on Oct 9
Pope Leo will publish the first document of his tenure on October 9, the Vatican said on Saturday, with a text that is likely to offer hints about the new pontiff's priorities for the 1.4-billion-member Catholic Church.
www.reuters.com
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The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 6d
“The fact that drugs are a scourge in the US in no way gives the president the authority to start killing drug dealers.” —@davidcole-gtown.bsky.social on extrajudicial killings at sea buff.ly/BssivYg
Getting Away with Murder | David Cole
During his first presidential campaign Donald Trump famously claimed that he could “stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody” and not lose
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 6d
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National Catholic Reporter @ncronline.bsky.social · 6d
Conservative Catholics must reckon with the fact that it is they, not the pope or Cardinal Cupich, who need a course correction. -Michael Sean Winters
Pope Leo's Francis-aligned take on Durbin controversy backfires on conservatives
Conservative Catholics had hoped that Pope Francis' reforms would follow him into the tomb, but they must reckon with the fact that it is they, not Pope Leo or Cardinal Cupich, who need a course corre...
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 7d
the Catholic bishop of Brownsville, Texas
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