“It is time to acknowledge what has become tragically obvious: the Trump administration is operating as a massive criminal enterprise.” This absolutely captures it. Instead of "Trump Administration," we should say "Trump Syndicate." #TrumpSyndicate

Via @mikeoloughlin.bsky.social in NCR - Pope Leo condemned the scourge of gambling. Some US Catholics beat him there. The social fallout, including addiction, bankruptcy and even suicide, can be devastating. #gambling #sports #online #PopeLeo #NFL #NBA www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...

Via NCR - Catholics return to confession focused on grace, not a get-out-of-hell-free card. #Catholic #Lent #confession www.ncronline.org/news/catholi...

Via NCR - 'We are new women': Abuse survivors in Indonesia find hope with Catholic sisters #abuse #women #Indonesia www.ncronline.org/we-are-new-w...

Should your esteemed constabulary be inclined to cross the pond, we are in possession of a most splendid catalogue of miscreants (which we would be delighted to preserve in like confidentiality) for your good offices to apprehend.

Via @camillobarone.bsky.social in NCR - From declining finances to clergy polarization: Inside Hicks' inherited NYC challenges. “There's always a sense of some doom impending." #NYC #Catholic #NewYork #NewYorkCity www.ncronline.org/news/declini...

"God does not need papers to know who or where you are. The world may look at your legal status, but God looks at your heart." #Trump #ICE #Lent #immigration #AshWednesday www.ncronline.org/news/god-doe...

BREAKING via @camillobarone.bsky.social in NCR - 'God does not need papers': Cardinals spend Ash Wednesday with ICE detainees, their families #Trump #ICE #AshWednesday #Lent #immigration www.ncronline.org/news/god-doe...

Via NCR in Rome - #PopeLeo opens #Lent with call for repentance from a world 'in flames.' He calls out the "real economic, cultural, political and even religious structures of sin." #Catholic #Vatican #socialjustice www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...

New U2 music!! Very political. www.u2.com/news/title/u...

I also guess this is why Warner-Discovery is fighting so hard to fend off the Ellisons. They have damaged the brand of their company -- at the cost of shareholder value along with so much more. Why would they do any better with Warner?

When I said months ago that I would never work for the Ellisons or their motley crew of editorial incompetents if they got control of CNN and that I would quit immediately, this is why.

Via @rabbishmuly.bsky.social in NCR - Lent, Passover and Ramadan all coincide and overlap this year. As the Abrahamic faiths fast, let us consider food ethics. #Lent #Passover #Ramadan #food #ethics www.ncronline.org/opinion/gues...

BREAKING via NCR - Holy See will not join Trump's 'Board of Peace' for Gaza, Cardinal Parolin says. “There are points (about it) that leave us somewhat perplexed." #boardofpeace #Trump #Gaza #Vatican #PopeLeo www.ncronline.org/vatican/holy...

Via NCR Opinion - This Lent, give up calling yourself a machine. Fast from the computer language that slips into everyday conversation. #Lent #AshWednesday #Tech www.ncronline.org/opinion/lent...

Via NCR - Rev. Jesse Jackson had Catholic allies throughout a life devoted to civil rights. #JesseJackson #CivilRights #Catholic www.ncronline.org/news/rev-jes...

Must-read NCR Editorial: Bishops of the United States, history has its eyes on you. It is never too late to speak up. #Trump #ICE #immigrants #Gospel www.ncronline.org/opinion/edit...

The No. 1 person former President Obama most wants to meet? It's fellow Chicagoan Pope Leo XIV #PopeLeo #BarackObama #Obama #Chicago www.ncronline.org/news/no-1-pe...

Via NCR - Cardinal defends lay leadership in rare note. Says having bishops and cardinals serve in roles under lay people "would not be inappropriate or questionable" #Vatican #Rome #PopeLeo #PopeFrancis www.ncronline.org/vatican/card...

How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

Via NCR - Trump’s US-led Board of Peace a 'colonialist operation,' Cardinal Pizzaballa says. ‘Others deciding for the Palestinians.’ #Trump #Palestine #Gaza #Catholic #boardofpeace www.ncronline.org/news/us-led-...

Via NCR - Via NCR - In #SouthAfrica's coal belt, girls disappear — and Catholic sisters quietly pull them back. "We meet children after they have already been broken…our work is to make sure it does not define their lives.” #girls #children #Catholic #coal www.ncronline.org/social-justi...

"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government. “God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision... www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...

Judge orders ICE to allow Catholics access to Chicago-area detention center, as Cardinal Cupich plans to lead Ash Wednesday mass for immigrant rights. #Chicago #ICE #Trump #Catholic www.ncronline.org/news/judge-o...

All I see on my Twitter timeline are reporters parsing every quote from AOC in Germany, trying to mock them for incoherence or inaccuracy, while a demented old man who can’t string sentences together or stay awake sits in the Oval, while the legacy media happily sanewashes his quotes.

Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."

It’s all working just like he planned it.

NCR Podcast: John Dear talks with Col. Ann Wright, who spent decades in active military duty and is now a peace activist. 'Never underestimate the power of trying to get people together.’ #war #peace #nonviolence www.ncronline.org/opinion/gues...

Via NCR - A true parish welcomes everyone, spreads respect, harmony, pope says. “Everyone is part of this parish family, and everyone has something to say, something to give, something to share.” #PopeLeo #parish #family #Catholic www.ncronline.org/vatican/true...

Via NCR Opinion - Politics as pigsty: Demise in civility drags down recent House hearing. The reason? Our democratic system is stuck in the mud. #PamBondi #Trump www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...

Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.

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Via NCR - Catholic congressional Dems rebuke Mike Johnson's biblical defense of ICE. "Sacred Scripture consistently reminds us of our obligation toward the vulnerable and displaced.” #ICE #Trump #Catholic #Democrats www.ncronline.org/news/catholi...

Must-read via NCR Reviews - 50 Cent's 'Moses the Black' brings 4th-century saint into mainstream culture. Alongside the violence and mayhem of street life, there is a different reality available. #Christian #Africa #Black #saint #movies #50Cent www.ncronline.org/culture/50-c...

Via @brianroewe.bsky.social in NCR - Faith leaders blast Trump repeal of linchpin climate rule as legal battle awaits. “More than a setback — it is unconscionable.” #ClimateChange #Environment #Trump www.ncronline.org/news/faith-l...

This is an amazing transition in the Wall Street Journal story about Noem and Lewandowski, not only pointiing out that DHS isn't denying they are romantically involved but insinuating that the pair is using a luxury government jet for their trysts. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

The cruelty of this regime in a nutshell.

www.cbsnews.com/news/immigra... “"It's set up for every individual who is detained to get to the point where they're just emotionally drained and exhausted through it all of the way that we're being treated, to just say, 'OK, all I want is my freedom,'" said Vilma Palacios,”

Via NCR - Catholic cross like no other is a beacon of unity in Olympic host city Milan. "We think of sport not as an instrument that separates, but as one that unites." #Olympics #WinterOlympics #Catholic #Milan www.ncronline.org/culture/cath...

How utterly embarrassing. It’s not the pilot’s job to remember cosplay Barbie’s blankie.

Via NCR - Olympic skater aims to honor Italy's Catholic culture with 'Conclave' program. "I grew up in a Catholic family, so we wanted to have really also some movements that remember the Church." #MilanOlympics #Olympics #Conclave #Catholic www.ncronline.org/culture/olym...

Via @theonion.com - Pam Bondi Thought That Went Pretty Well — theonion.com/pam-bondi-th...

Via @thomasreesesj.bsky.social in NCR - Trump is destroying America — he must be stopped. “The country must unite and block the stupidity and tyranny of Trump.” #Trump #MAGA #protest www.ncronline.org/opinion/gues...

Via NCR - Latin Mass flap turns usual church authority disputes upside down in North Carolina. 'I don't think this is just about the Latin Mass. It is about the authority of the bishop.' #Catholic #Latin #NorthCarolina www.ncronline.org/news/latin-m...

In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...

Via NCR - Catholic advocates speak out as ICE data shows just 14% arrested have violent criminal records. Almost 40% of those arrested lacked a criminal record altogether. #ICE #Trump #immigrants #Catholic www.ncronline.org/news/catholi...

MUST-READ via NCR - Epstein files reveal ties to Catholic conservatives' anti-Francis campaign. Epstein and former Trump aide Steve Bannon discussed strategies to undermine Pope Francis. #EpsteinFiles #Trump #SteveBannon #PopeFrancis www.ncronline.org/vatican/epst...

Via GSR - Women religious serve on the front lines of Vietnam's shifting HIV crisis. Over the past five years, Vietnam has detected, on average, more than 13,000 new HIV cases each year. #HIV #AIDS #Vietnam #Catholic www.globalsistersreport.org/ministry/sis...

Via NCR Opinion - The Epstein files and before: How do we process political scandals? ‘One of the things that defines a culture is what it will not tolerate in its leaders.’ #EpsteinFiles #Trump www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...