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CEO/Publisher National Catholic Reporter, an independent progressive news outlet; previous: EVP of Programming CBS; media columnist at The Hill; producer NBC News/Dateline; ABC News; Rolling Stone
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Excellent analysis via @massimofaggioli.bsky.social in NCR - What will the first US pope teach us about Vatican II? Pope Leo XIV's fidelity to Vatican II has become clear since the beginning of the new year.
#PopeLeo #Vatican #Cathoilic
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What will the first US pope teach us about Vatican II?
Leo XIV — the first pope from the U.S., the first born after World War II and the first canon lawyer in a long time — can lead the Catholic Church to a rediscovery of Vatican II through its texts, wri...
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January 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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Via NCR - Where to find a Catholic MLK Day event (2026 edition)
#MLKDay2026 #MLK #events
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Where to find a Catholic MLK Day event (2026 edition)
A national listing of Church-relevant events honoring the life and legacy of the African-American martyr slain for the cause of civil rights.
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January 16, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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Grinning like a 5-year old getting his participation trophy at the post-season T-ball pizza party.
January 16, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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Via NCR - Palestinian Christian family regains its farm after years of struggle. Israel’s Supreme Court rules in their favor.
#Palestinian #Israel
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Palestinian Christian family regains its farm after years of struggle
The Kisiyas come from a minority of Christians who have lived in the Al-Makhrour valley for thousands of years and make up about 1% of the West Bank's population.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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‘Washington Post’ Publishes Editorial Defending FBI Raid On Its Reporter — theonion.com/washington-p...
‘Washington Post’ Publishes Editorial Defending FBI Raid On Its Reporter
WASHINGTON—Saying that despite recent events, it would do everything in its power to continue obscuring the truth, The Washington Post published an editorial Thursday defending the FBI’s recent raid o...
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January 16, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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Via NCR - At annual Marian celebration in Venezuela, bishops call for release of political prisoners. "Cry out for an end to mediocrity and lies, for truth to prevail."
#Venezuela #Maduro #Trump
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At annual Marian celebration in Venezuela, bishops call for release of political prisoners
Each year, the annual Marian procession of the "Divina Pastora" ("Divine Shepherdess") draws millions of pilgrims and devotees in Venezuela. The Jan. 14 procession, however, was of particular signific...
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January 15, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Via NCR Opinion - Outrage is appropriate but not enough to defeat Trumpism. Democrats must step away from cultural extremism.
#Trump #ICE #Democrats
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Outrage is appropriate but not enough to defeat Trumpism
The only way to prevent further tragedies like the horrific killing of Renee Good is to defeat Donald Trump at the ballot box. And that requires consciously reaching out to those voters who backed him...
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January 15, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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Via NCR in Rome -Defense of Latin Mass restrictions was distributed among cardinals during consistory. Those restrictions have been a flashpoint for traditionalist Catholics.
#PopeLeo #Vatican #Catholic
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Defense of Latin Mass restrictions was distributed among cardinals during consistory
A leaked document that was distributed to cardinals during Pope Leo XIV's first extraordinary consistory shows that any discussion of the liturgy would have been framed around the further application ...
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January 14, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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This is Minneapolis:

Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city.

Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.
Sign on door prohibiting immigration enforcement on private property Shelf filled with goggles and whistles
January 13, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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Via NCR Opinion - What I learned at a retreat for prison chaplains www.ncronline.org/opinion/what...
What I learned at a retreat for prison chaplains
"During the retreat I heard a call from God to do my part," writes Daryl Grigsby. "I am not a chaplain or a religious sister. Yet, I am a gifted part of the Body of Christ."
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January 14, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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Via NCR - After fatal ICE shooting, Catholic Minnesotans continue to support immigrant neighbors. "We have to stick together, help each other, pray for each other and not lose faith."
#Minneapolis #ReneeNicoleGood #ICE #immigration #Catholic
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After fatal ICE shooting, Catholic Minnesotans continue to support immigrant neighbors
The families are not being inconvenienced by ICE, said Fr. Dale Korogi, pastor of Ascension  Church, they're being harassed, terrorized and traumatized by ICE.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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Via @bfragancr.bsky.social in NCR - Supreme Court likely to uphold state laws restricting transgender athletes. US bishops’ amicus brief supports restrictions.
#SCOTUS #Catholic #gender
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Supreme Court likely to uphold state laws restricting transgender athletes
After more than three hours of spirited discussion Jan. 13, the U.S. Supreme Court appeared poised to uphold state laws that ban transgender girls and women from participating in female school and col...
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January 14, 2026 at 1:48 AM
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Via @bfragancr.bsky.social in NCR - US bishops' president meets with Trump, Vance to discuss 'areas of mutual concern.' Meeting took place as the bishops in recent weeks have criticized the administration's policies on immigration
#Trump #ICE #Catholic #JDVance
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US bishops' president meets with Trump, Vance to discuss 'areas of mutual concern'
Archbishop Paul Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, met Jan. 12 with President Trump, Vice President Vance and other administration officials at the White House.
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January 13, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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Via NCR Opinion - At Catholic University of America, I got culture shock in my own religion. “It felt like everyone else had a playbook that I was missing a page from.”
#Catholic #VaticanII #LatinMass
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At Catholic University of America, I got culture shock in my own religion
It felt like everyone else had a playbook that I was missing a page from. It was the same Mass, but with enough small differences to make me feel less Catholic than those around me.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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Via @camillobarone.bsky.social in NCR - 'Unease, fear': Q&A with Venezuelan bishops' president on Catholic life after Maduro
#Venezuela #Trump #Catholic
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'Unease, fear': Q&A with Venezuelan bishops' president on Catholic life after Maduro
"These have been tense days, lived in a tense calm and with mixed feelings," said Archbishop Jesús González de Zárate, the Venezuelan bishops' conference president, in an interview with NCR days after...
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January 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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Kristi Noem On Renée Good Murder: ‘We Will Find The Immigrant Who Did This’ — theonion.com/kristi-noem-...
Kristi Noem On Renée Good Murder: ‘We Will Find The Immigrant Who Did This’
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January 13, 2026 at 4:30 AM
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Via NCR - In #Minneapolis, George Floyd-era faith networks reignite after Renee Good's killing by ICE. "It's important for the faith community to show that we're not all Christian nationalists."
#ReneeNicoleGood #faith
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In Minneapolis, George Floyd-era faith networks reignite after Renee Good's killing by ICE
The faith-based networks, which developed organizing infrastructure and relationships during the Floyd era, are joined by newcomers as resistance efforts have intensified since Good's shooting.
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January 12, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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Via NCR - Venezuelan opposition leader meets with pope, asks for help in freeing prisoners...
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Venezuelan opposition leader meets with pope, asks for help in freeing prisoners
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado asked Pope Leo XIV Jan. 12 to intervene in freeing political prisoners and advance a democratic transition in the country after the ousting of its pre...
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January 12, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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Via @stevenpmillies.com in NCR - After Renee Good, are you really going to keep pretending Trump and Vance are pro-life?
#Trump #JDVance #ReneeNicoleGood
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After Renee Good, are you really going to keep pretending Trump and Vance are pro-life?
"The deeds of this administration have stood in sharp contrast to the reassuring words they have offered to religious believers," writes Steven P. Millies.
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January 12, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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Via NCR - US 'abandoning its moral responsibility' with exit from bedrock climate treaty, Catholic groups say
#climate #Trump
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US 'abandoning its moral responsibility' with exit from bedrock climate treaty, Catholic groups say
The United States — the largest source of historical emissions and top user and producer of oil and gas — will stand as the only country in the world not part of the agreement.
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January 12, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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January 10, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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January 10, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."

The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"

"Learned what?" she asks

Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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Via NCR - Amid fringe and confetti, 'The End of an Era' promotes Catholic social teaching. The docuseries invites a sense of hopefulness about the power of human connection.
#TaylorSwift #music #Disney #Catholic
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Amid fringe and confetti, 'The End of an Era' promotes Catholic social teaching
Disney+'s Taylor Swift docuseries illustrates that the role and responsibility of those in power is to look after the good of all.
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January 10, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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"It is as if our very souls have left us. Values once spoken aloud — restraint, accountability, the sanctity of life — now feel quaint, even suspect."
#Minneapolis #ReneeGood #ICE #Trump
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Editorial: We are in moral exile. We must resist.
Authoritarianism thrives on resignation. This is why the most urgent task before us is not simply political opposition, but moral recovery. We must relearn what it means to be a people capable of nonv...
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January 10, 2026 at 12:49 AM