“No soldier is obliged to obey an order against the law of God,” Romero said. “No one has to observe an immoral law. It is time now for you to reclaim your conscience and to obey your conscience rather than the command to sin.” www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

More than four decades later, Romero’s insistence that the laws of God stand above law created by humankind and the edicts and commands of political and military leaders has been repeated by bishops in the United States. www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

In the short term, a war of choice like this attack on Iran can prove unpredictable. The long-term ramifications of conflict are even harder to discern. If quagmires were easy to foresee, they would be easy to avoid. uscatholic.org/articles/202...

Unbelievable Trump Administration to Pay $1 Billion to Energy Giant to Cancel Wind Farms www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/c... via @NYTimes

As usual in armed conflict, it is the region’s civilian population that is paying the highest price. www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

The human suffering of this latest conflict is not limited to Tehran, Tel Aviv or sites hit by Iranian missiles. Crossings into Gaza were shuttered by Israeli officials when the bombing began, cutting off humanitarian aid. www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

My latest piece in America Magazine lays bare the extent to which US government policy seems to be going in outright opposition to decades of Catholic teaching—particularly on climate, war, and civil discourse. Catholics, we cannot participate in this: https://www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2026

As usual in armed conflict, it is the region’s civilian population that is paying the highest price. What the Middle East needs: Not more bombs, but ‘hard, focused diplomacy’ www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

Thank you for your attention to this matter ... @ntnsndr.in in America magazine The U.S. government is at war with the Catholic Church www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2...

Dropping bombs on an enemy may provide a visceral satisfaction to some political leaders, but “that won’t bring real peace,” Father Corrou says. Today’s violence, he argues, only lays the groundwork for more violence in the future. www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

The human suffering of this latest conflict is not limited to Tehran, Tel Aviv or sites hit by missiles in Iraq and the Gulf states. Crossings into Gaza were shuttered, cutting off humanitarian aid to the survivors of more than two years of conflict. www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

Israel has occupied southern Lebanon in the past. “It always…ended in a quagmire for them,” Father Corrou says. One of those quagmires, in 1982, led directly to the emergence of Hezbollah as a significant fighting force. www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

A church postmortem may not be imminently required. “The Turning Tide?” finds that Ireland remains among the most religious societies in Europe and there are new indications that young people are being drawn to the faith. www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

I think that horse has left the barn and driven off in a stolen Ferrari Does Trump Risk Turning America Into a Rogue State? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/o...

It’s that time of year again… St. Patrick's Bad Analogies youtu.be/KQLfgaUoQCw

Drone attack on the Blessed Michael McGivney Apartment complex in Ankawa, a predominantly Christian suburb of Erbil, March 4 Find out more here: Archbishop Warda on Iran war: A refuge for Christians in Iraq is now under threat www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

The Middle East is not simply a stage for geopolitical struggles. It is the homeland of peoples and communities that have lived here for centuries. Christians in this region simply seek to live their faith and serve their societies in peace and dignity. www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

Drone strike on Erbil Christian compound caught on security camera ... www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

Archbishop Warda: “The repercussions of any new war in our region are rarely only immediate or direct. They are often deeper and cumulative, especially for small and vulnerable communities such as the Christians of Iraq and the wider Middle East.” www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

Throughout years of turmoil, one steadfast presence in Erbil has been Chaldean Archbishop Bashar Warda. America interviewed Archbishop Warda on March 10. www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

“Her words continue to resonate. People are still outraged by the murder and continue to denounce it and demand justice.” Ten years after her murder, indigenous leader Berta Cáceres remains a beacon of hope in Honduras www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

At what point do we recognize that this is not just a bug, but a feature? Are we so incapable of moral discernment? Have we lost our spiritual equilibrium? Bishop Seitz: A Catholic view from the U.S.-Mexico border www.americamagazine.org/faith-and-re...

A Catholic guide to understanding the war with #Iran www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

With Iran’s leadership decimated and the U.S. president now demanding an unconditional surrender, it is unclear how a halt, even a pause, to the violence and a return to dialogue will be possible. A Catholic guide to understanding the war with Iran www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

If a US Senator wants the US to go to war against another country, he should introduce a war authorization and push for a vote in the US Congress. Not subvert the Constitution to achieve that end. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

“The framers of the American Constitution, concerned about the possibility of a renegade, unbound executive abusing this gravest authority, reserved that power to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 11. You can look it up.”

President Donald Trump has discovered a number of ways to divide his fellow Americans. But there is one body of Americans that Trump has managed to unite: the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. uscatholic.org/articles/202...

This week, the conflict expanded to Lebanon and the waters off Sri Lanka. Iranian refugees have begun appearing at the Turkish border. The graver evils and disorders that follow an ill-considered decision to go to war appear near at hand. www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

A Catholic guide to understanding the war with Iran www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

The restrictions Miller and Hegseth railed against were designed to prevent us from doing things like slaughtering children en masse.

Parolin really spells things out succinctly here on the weakness of the US case for war with Iran and the hazards it creates. www.americamagazine.org/interviews/2...

Mark Warner: "I saw no intelligence that Iran was on the verge of launching any kind of preemptive strike against the United States. None."

The costs of this Iran war debacle will likely be more than the cost of extending the ACA health insurance subsidies. If you asked Americans, which do you want: another war in the Middle East or lower health care costs at home, is the margin 90 to 10? 95 to 5?

It’s really crazy how much I’ve been agreeing with Rep. Thomas Massie recently!

A Pentagon showdown with Anthropic and the hazards of A.I. warfare www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

This is an excellent piece by Michael Wood—and, for what it’s worth, captures as well as anything I’ve read my “strange mixture” of reactions and thoughts. open.substack.com/pub/michaelw...

Hear me, fellow carbon-based life forms: There’s no fate but what we make for ourselves! But we can’t just chill until Sarah Connor shows up to save us. Maybe it’s time we urge the White House to reassess its reluctance to craft a commonsense regulatory framework around artificial intelligence?

With a GOP-controlled Congress stepping aside Trump’s controversial deportation effort continues, the U.S. Catholic Church has emerged as perhaps the nation’s foremost institutional source of resistance to the president’s ambition to deport millions. www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/o... @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social

I’m rested and ready Bari and mentioned 0 times in the Epstein files!

what a clown show

As the Middle East point man for the Trump administration, Jared Kushner has great expectations for another unprecedented real estate deal. This one in Gaza. All of Gaza. Why did the Vatican decline to join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza? www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

Remarkably, writes @jeetheer.bsky.social,Trump seems on the verge of outdoing George W. Bush in reckless, stupid militarism. www.thenation.com/article/poli...