“Christ was poor at his birth, poor during the course of his life, and poor at his death.” ~ St. Bonaventure Source: Financial Times search.app/b6c34

"In the face of the suffering of the poor, he sends one who is defenseless to be the strength to rise again. Before violence and oppression, he kindles a gentle light that illumines with salvation all the children of this world.” #PopeLeoXIV #MerryChristmas www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

My latest column in The Hill: Are We Good and Decent People? thehill.com/opinion/whit...

This is the playbook. It’s the influencer version of the older playbook where people quietly defamed you by calling your supervisor or a government official.

“They are clearly violating people’s rights." #PrayForAmerica www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Gupta: These are the most credentialed radiologists in the country. No one is aware of any type of screening guideline that says as you age you should get an MRI of the heart and abdomen.

“ICE was here. The Holy Family is safe in the Sanctuary of our Church." #PrayForAmerica www.boston.com/news/local-n...

Trump pardoned the ex-president of Honduras who shoveled hundreds of tons of cocaine into the U.S. He pardoned the founder of a black market who imported fentanyl from China. These men poisoned America & killed millions. Whatever Trump’s illegal boat strikes are about, it sure isn’t drugs.

"We know that peace will never result from the building of walls.." #PopeFrancis #Hope #PrayForPeace

"Let us all choose peace as a way, and not just as a goal!" #PopeLeoXIV #LiveTheGospel #LoveEachOther

Our schools should be focusing on teaching our kids, not dealing with more unnecessary bureaucracy.

This is a win for Pratt & Whitney and the 23,000 workers across our state that work on the F135 engine.   This funding will protect thousands of local jobs and ensure F-35 mission readiness for our military and allies across the globe.

My latest column in The Hill: "MAGA Declares War on the Catholic Church." thehill.com/opinion/cong...

"We must look at the world through God's eyes, with the gaze of the small, the humble, those without power." #LiveTheGospel #BeHumble #LoveEachOther #RememberThePoor www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

As a future elderpoor let me assure you, despite everything else, elderpoverty will be the defining midcentury issue. Its inevitability is the best evidence we've lost the capacity for self-govt. Oh. And undoc migrants paid in for decades w/o ever drawing benefits. share.google/A4bk2qecVQMX...

"Reject every form of corruption that diverts resources from the poor." #PopeFrancis #RememberThePoor

"As long as there is any resentment, bitterness, or lack of love in my own heart, I am powerless. God must help me." #DorothyDay assisiproject.com

The death of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom of the West Virginia National Guard is a devastating loss for our country. My heart is with her loved ones as they face this unfathomable tragedy, and I’m praying for the full recovery of Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe. Such violence cannot be normalized.

"We know that a real and lasting peace is the consequence of an economy that does not kill, that does not produce death, that cultivates justice, that never yields to technocratic models or to the culture of profit at any cost." #PopeFrancis #Hope

"We are all children of God, and this has personal, social and political implications. Those with hearts docile to the will of God always promote the common good and respect for all." #PopeLeoXIV #ApostolicJourney #Turkey

"Don’t forget about me. Don’t leave me alone." #PrayForAmerica www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"Blessed are those servants of God who are reluctant to excuse themselves and humbly endure shame and criticism for sins they have not committed." #SaintFrancisOfAssisi #BeHumble

"Those who hoped an American pope would be more supportive of unregulated capitalism will be very disappointed in #PopeLeoXIV. He is not afraid to embrace the Catholic social teaching concern for workers and the poor, rather than the invisible hand of the market." religionnews.com/2025/11/17/p...

It was truly amazing to be at a candlelight vigil in solidarity with the Epstein survivors when word broke about the Senate's passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Tears, cheers, and relief.

"We must love only God. And that sets up the triangle: God, the soul, and the world." #DorothyDay assisiproject.com

The American people will remember who tried to prevent the release of the Epstein files.

8 million Americans rely on SSI to survive. Cutting these benefits will plunge thousands of Americans, including disabled adults and children, into poverty. Rep. Danny Davis and I are demanding that the SSA provide the American people with information on how these cuts will impact them.

"Any solution built upon revenge and violence...can never bring peace, and will only scatter new seeds of hatred and resentment, generation after generation, in an endless chain of subjugation." #PopeFrancis #Hope

"In the midst of persecution, suffering, struggles and oppression in our personal lives and in society, God does not abandon us (11-17-25)." #PopeLeoXIV

Americans deserve a Congress that works to improve their health and lower their costs, not line the pockets of oil and gas executives at their expense.

My latest column in The Hill: Voters' New Choice Is Not Left vs. Right, but Up or Down: thehill.com/opinion/camp...

“The darker the hour, the more faith shines like the sun." #PopeLeoXIV

Not only did key allies of the regime lose top races in New Jersey and Virginia, Americans rebuked his party in “local races – school board, city council, mayor, county – across the country,” as @simonwdc.bsky.social wrote. “Simply, Trump has been a terrible, terrible leader and people are pissed.”

We welcome our new friends and followers from around the world! We pray for you all every day! May God bless you! May the Lord give you peace! assisiproject.com

Just now on MSNBC: a great segment by @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the Bucks County sheriff candidate who ran against ICE’s 287g program. Very proud our attention to how local elections matter to ICE policy at @boltsmag.org is helping put these local stakes in the national discourse. They matter.

@housedemocrats.bsky.social are here to work to save healthcare for millions of Americans. Our Republican colleagues haven't shown up to work in two months to extend ACA tax credits, but have had no problem passing billionaire tax cuts this summer. The difference couldn't be more stark.

Maybe I need to finally shift my Rx to Costco....

"The poor cannot be neglected if we are to remain within the great current of the Church’s life that has its source in the Gospel and bears fruit in every time and every place (15)." #PopeLeoXIV #DilexiTe #RememberThePoor

Rules Democrats are here to reverse the worst parts of the Senate bill, and extend ACA tax credits. It’s going to be a long night. Tune in here: www.c-span.org/event/house-...

"For an organization that spent untold millions over decades to influence national politics on a single life issue, the response to real terror in our streets and government-driven deprivation of basic needs has been embarrassingly inadequate." #RebuildMyChurch www.ncronline.org/opinion/edit...

Some good news from Kansas. apnews.com/article/redi...

“Jesus says very clearly: At the end of the world, we are going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner? Did you receive him, and welcome him, or not?” #PopeLeoXIV #LiveTheGospel #WelcomeTheStranger www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

It’s a beautiful fall day for @houserepublicans.bsky.social to come back to work and restore benefits for the American people.

If you have requested a mail-in ballot, remember to bring it to your local county election bureau or a Dropbox by 8 p.m. Tuesday! If you’re voting in-person, remember to head to the polls tomorrow. Make sure your voice is heard!

My latest column in The Hill: thehill.com/opinion/cong...

So great to join Hunterdon County Democrats in Flemington, New Jersey this morning to knock doors and get out the vote for @mikiesherrill.bsky.social and Democrats up and down the ballot. With three days until Election Day, we’re doing the work to turn out every vote.

"It is for us, and above all, for us believers to convert instruments of hatred into instruments of peace; it is for us to point out the sinister operations that revolve around money & arms trafficking; it is for us to have the courage to look up toward the stars of Abraham's promise." #PopeFrancis

Trump is more interested in hurting people he sees as his enemies than working for all Americans. He should stop weaponizing SNAP, follow the federal court order, and ensure millions of Americans don't go hungry. I am tired of Donald Trump dividing our country.

My good friend Father Michael Place has begun writing on Substack. You'll recognize the person his younger self is there with. Father Mike was the steady theological mind supporting the Bernardin years in Chicago. I urge you to follow him and hear from him today. open.substack.com/pub/inthispl...