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jimbretzke.bsky.social @jimbretzke.bsky.social · 1d

Presented my paper on the film “Parasite” today at Ohio State University

jimbretzke.bsky.social @jimbretzke.bsky.social · 3d

Leo challenges again the meritocratic and free market theories that are used to justify the extreme inequalities of our day. Leo's exhortation enlists the old, and the new, in service to the poor www.ncronline.org/opinion/leos...

Leo's exhortation enlists the old, and the new, in service to the poor

Pope Leo's new document, Dilexi Te, is an excellent summation of Catholic social teaching about the poor that reflects his commitment to the pastoral approach sketched by Francis.

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jimbretzke.bsky.social @jimbretzke.bsky.social · 3d

‘A bone-chilling report! Bow to the Emperor’: We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/m...

‘Bow to the Emperor’: We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency

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jimbretzke.bsky.social @jimbretzke.bsky.social · 5d

Pope Leo XIV Dilexi Te: “the dignity of every human person must be respected today, not tomorrow, & the extreme poverty of all those to whom this dignity is denied should constantly weigh upon our consciences."

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jimbretzke.bsky.social @jimbretzke.bsky.social · 5d

A "Pre-Eminent" Moral Issue?! According to Bishop Seitz, the pope made clear that he wants the Catholic bishops and the church in the United States “to be united” on this crucially important issue [of migration], which is “a matter of human dignity.”

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jimbretzke.bsky.social @jimbretzke.bsky.social · 7d

Purvis: The question is not whether church leaders have the right to praise Charlie Kirk, [but] whether they understand what their praise permits: the legitimation of racist ideology, the corruption of Catholic consciences & the perpetuation of the same evil www.americamagazine.org/faith-and-re...

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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jimbretzke.bsky.social @jimbretzke.bsky.social · 7d

MSW: "Hegseth is to the military what professional wrestling is to Olympic wrestling: a crude imposture, a bastardization, a fraud." When Trump spoke to the generals, their silence spoke volumes www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...

When Trump spoke to the generals, their silence spoke volumes

The president's speech has rightly been lambasted for, among other things, his suggestion that the military should confront "the enemy within" and that America's cities be used as "training grounds" f...

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jimbretzke.bsky.social @jimbretzke.bsky.social · 7d

D.C.'s Cardinal McElroy at the Red Mass: "We live at a moment in which politics is tribal, not dialogical, & where party label has become a short-hand for world-view on the most volatile topics in our national life. The result is explosive, within politics, family life, & friendships."

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jimbretzke.bsky.social @jimbretzke.bsky.social · 8d

Blessings of 추석秋夕 Chuseok (The Asian Harvest Moon Festival [Thanksgiving] this year on October 6th

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jimbretzke.bsky.social @jimbretzke.bsky.social · 9d

Blessings on Sukkot @John Carroll University

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jimbretzke.bsky.social @jimbretzke.bsky.social · 9d

Pope JP2 Anti MAGA?: “In America & elsewhere, a model emerges in which the powerful predominate, setting aside & eliminating the powerless: the unborn, elderly & incurably ill, & others relegated to the margins, recourse to the death penalty…” (Ecclesia in America)

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jimbretzke.bsky.social @jimbretzke.bsky.social · 9d

Ryan Duns, S.J., like a growing number of theology teachers, recognizes that when many students are either only loosely affiliated with or skeptical of religion, it is necessary to first awaken them to the fundamental questions. www.commonwealmagazine.org/more-gore

More than Gore

Horror movies can unsettle us and stir us to think about the world—and about God, as Ryan Duns shows in 'Theology of Horror.'

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jimbretzke.bsky.social @jimbretzke.bsky.social · 9d

Pope Leo signs first exhortation, ‘Dilexi te,’ focused on love for the poor. Leo has emphasized that “the continuously wider gap between the income levels of the working class and the money that the wealthiest receive” contributes to the polarization today. www.americamagazine.org/vatican-disp...

Pope Leo signs first exhortation, ‘Dilexi te,’ focused on love for the poor

The document, which will be issued Oct. 9, can be seen as a companion document to “Dilexit nos,” the fourth and final encyclical issued by Pope Francis.

www.americamagazine.org

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 10d

BREAKING: A federal judge finds that there is evidence Kilmar Abrego was VINDICTIVELY PROSECUTED. The judge GRANTS Abrego's motion for discovery and a hearing, and the government must now PROVE it did not vindictively prosecute Mr. Abrego. 1/

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jimbretzke.bsky.social @jimbretzke.bsky.social · 10d

Waiting for the reaction from the usual "guardians" of Catholic orthodoxy: The Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity congratulates the Rt. Revd. and Rt. Hon. Dame Sarah Mullally on her appointment as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury.... Read all: www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-c...

Cardinal Koch congratulates Archbishop-designate of Canterbury Sarah Mullally - Vatican News

The Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity congratulates the Rt. Revd. and Rt. Hon. Dame Sarah Mullally on her appointment as the ...

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jimbretzke.bsky.social @jimbretzke.bsky.social · 11d

Will any Catholic politicians give heed to this call? Compromise is an established, revered and essential moral principle: Catholic organizations call on lawmakers to end government shutdown www.ncronline.org/news/catholi...

Catholic organizations call on lawmakers to end government shutdown

Catholic Health Association, Catholic Charities USA and Network warn that inaction jeopardizes the health and stability of millions of families across the U.S., especially the poor.

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jimbretzke.bsky.social @jimbretzke.bsky.social · 12d

Kevin Clarke @americamag reflecting on Gaza children, etc.: their care "is a joint responsibility we adults of the world hold with their guardians in heaven & [God]. We cannot despise one of these little ones either in the things we have done or in what we have failed to do..."

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jimbretzke.bsky.social @jimbretzke.bsky.social · 12d

There seems to be a new sheriff in town! In Reversal, Cincinnati Archdiocese Welcomes Back Girl Scouts to Catholic Spaces www.newwaysministry.org/2025/10/01/i...

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jimbretzke.bsky.social @jimbretzke.bsky.social · 12d

“And Trump is threatening to make ‘irreversible cuts' if there’s a shut down, which — you know what? I was recently the victim of a government shutdown. They are reversible, I will tell you that.” — JIMMY KIMMEL Ronny Chieng on Pete Military Hegseth’s Address www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/a...

Ronny Chieng Shades Pete Hegseth’s Military Address

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jimbretzke.bsky.social @jimbretzke.bsky.social · 14d

Journalism Week with Pete Williams, Kelly O’Donnell et al. @JohnCarrollUniversity

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jimbretzke.bsky.social @jimbretzke.bsky.social · 14d

On the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel I wonder if the current cultural "warrior ethos" fits him as the lead defender of the cosmic struggle between Good and Evil in which Christ shows us the path to victory is humility, vulnerability, and self-sacrificing care for the least?

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jimbretzke.bsky.social @jimbretzke.bsky.social · 14d

"What emerged at the memorial wasn’t so much Christianity shaping politics but politics reshaping Christianity. The question is no longer whether faith should influence political life but whether political life has so thoroughly captured faith itself." wapo.st/4gJxVsG

Opinion | Two versions of Christianity battle for America’s soul

Charlie Kirk’s memorial shows how politics is reshaping this religious faith.

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jimbretzke.bsky.social @jimbretzke.bsky.social · 14d

Zook: Kirk certainly practiced civil discourse, but ... he showed a lack of respect for others or a lack of concern for how his words might create division rather than understanding, he engaged in civil discourse outside the parameters of civility www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

Kirk: A Hero of “Civil Discourse,” or a Fount of Division?

Pointing to the slain activist’s inflammatory statements about minority groups, some are pushing back—at their own peril—against the right’s framing of him as an emblem of quality discourse.

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jimbretzke.bsky.social @jimbretzke.bsky.social · 15d

Most of us know somewhere in the depths of our being that a life lived only for the accumulation of wealth will not prove a life truly well lived. As the pope says, meaning & value matter. There are ineffables in life that resist a dollar sign. www.americamagazine.org/weekly-dispa...

Pope Leo, Elon Musk and the impact of extreme wealth

Pope Leo XIV got into a wee spat with the $434 billion man, Elon Musk, this week, to the extent that Mr. Musk was forced to resort to Scripture.

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jimbretzke.bsky.social @jimbretzke.bsky.social · 15d

Why MAGA Evangelicals Can Cheer Love and Hate at the Same Time If MAGA evangelicals cheer Trump’s hate, if they welcome it, if they adopt it and if they vote for it, then they are responsible for it. His malice becomes theirs. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...

Opinion | Why MAGA Evangelicals Can Cheer Love and Hate at the Same Time

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