If using the dead's own words and actions to describe them is speaking ill of the dead, then the real question is why didn't you do more to oppose their harms when they were alive? Or are you using death to hide your comfort with those harms?

DC’s Cardinal McElroy at Mass today celebrating Nation’s 250th: “Any genuine patriotism, especially one rooted in the Catholic faith, must resist the social tides that estrange us from one another, and turn our society inward, transforming it into a warped patriotism that is exclusive and purist.”

Per Vatican, SSPX priests who wish to be received into full communion with the Catholic Church must be “willing to accept the Second Vatican Council and the legitimacy of the Novus Ordo Missae.” That is the crux of the matter and will continue to be a major sticking point for Lefebvrites.

really cannot be emphasized enough that the drafters of the birthright clause very much considered cases analogous to undocumented immigrants and *included them too*

On Birthright Citizenship: “The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery.” -Justice Ketanji Brown 💅💕

Just shocking this was a 5-4 ruling. This Court is so so badly broken.

Remember how we said it was a white supremacist regime playing for all the marbles and establishment hacks used to tell us we were being radical and hysterical? Yeah...

This birthright ruling is why I just refuse to tolerate all the Democrat garment rending over NY voters choosing progressive candidates. They are incapable of governing in this moment. The politics of appeasement and centrism gets us to a 5-4 decision on the constitutional question.

Every time I watch PBS Newshour, I’m swiftly reminded of what an actual news broadcast should be.

Sotomayor: "The Court gives the President a power unknown even to the English Crown against which the Founders revolted, elevating him above his once-coequal branches by transforming a duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed into a license to act in defiance of those very laws."

Pope Leo at the Angelus address: “Love is also loss.  We find it difficult to understand this, especially in a world where losing is seen as weakness and we are obsessed with having and possessing.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Pope Leo: “The poor are not merely recipients of our care, but protagonists of the hope that God continues to awaken in history.”

The Supreme Court's decision in the Temporary Protected Status case proves the Supreme Court *is* racist. They don't merely affirm Trump's racism, they endorse it. And while that's not "news" for anyone paying attention, it's still outrageous. My latest in @thenation.com

I encourage our Jesuit universities--especially those refusing to bargain with or even recognize unionized workers--to heed these vital words from Pope Leo. It's too easy to reduce this message to service trips and donations instead of community-shaping practices. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

Hope Border Institute: “The recent Supreme Court decisions give the administration a 'carte blanche' to continue its assault on legal migration. Asylum protections at the border and TPS are legal instruments that afford protection to the most vulnerable.”

“Human dignity has no passport and does not lose its value when crossing a border.” - Pope Leo

CLINIC Laments Devastating Human Consequences of Today’s Supreme Court Decisions. Full statement ➡️ www.cliniclegal.org/press-releas...

Kagan thinks too much of her colleagues. Very good chance that the reason the majority doesn't think this language is "racially inflected" is because they agree with it. bsky.app/profile/uhac...

Anyone who does not see Trump’s comments against Haitians as racist or who doesn’t think Alito’s decision is clearly steeped in white supremacy really really needs to take a hard look in the mirror.

Pope Leo to those who exploit migrants: “For every life lost, every family deceived, every body subjugated, every woman threatened, every worker exploited, you will have to appear before divine justice. Break those chains and free those you hold under your dominion.”

Pope Leo at Port of Arguineguín: “Human dignity has no passport, nor does it lose value when crossing a border.”

Pope Leo: “Every expression speaks, transmits; it can wound or heal, destroy expectations or open horizons, sow division or awaken hope in the possibility of building together something genuinely human.”

Pope Leo at homeless shelter in Madrid; “The fact that the exercise of charity is despised or ridiculed, makes me think that we must always reread the Gospel anew, so as not to risk replacing it with a worldly mentality.”

Pope Leo to German Catholic Students: “In the face of the despotism and ideologies of the past, the Catholic faith has never been merely a veneer or a label, but rather a way of life to be shared in university and in work settings.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

In letter dated June 3 to the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Re outlines June 26-29 Consistory.: There will be 4 listening sessions dedicated the international situation, peace and the need to move beyond the theory of "just war," the encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, and implementation of the Synod.

St. John's U. in NY is suing the state labor board. It's bringing a First Amendment case. As evidence, the university is saying that many faculty attend Mass, therefore they're ministers. B/C they're Catholic, they should get to ignore Catholic DOCTRINE. Might wanna check the new encyclical...

Pope Leo: “The Trinity helps us to love everyone and everything because through it, we understand that every created thing is made for relationship. Yet, on the other hand, we learn why polarization, a dislike of diversity, and division lead to sadness, destruction, and an emptiness in the world.”

Cardinal McElroy: “‘Magnifica Humanitas' is resplendent in its assertion that the uniqueness of our humanity cannot be replicated, and that efforts to breach that uniqueness must be rejected in the fundamental search for enduring and objective truth in our world.” adw.org/news/cardina...

For those who don't pray Catholic-ly: The pope's ending of the encyclical with the Magnificat prayer is beyond moving. There is no greater, deeper expression in our tradition of God's love for those farthest from the seats of power, and of hope for their triumph.

Pope: “As sadly evidenced by the unbridled promotion and implementation of technology at the expense of human dignity and the damage caused when chatbots and other technologies exploit our need for human relationships, we are truly experiencing an eclipse of the sense of what it means to be human.”

Ebola and hantavirus are containable, but the Trump administration has systematically dismantled the infrastructure that made quick containment possible, Stephanie Psaki, Beth Cameron, and Jon Finer write:

Pope to New Ambassadors to the Holy See: “No nation, no society and no international order can call itself just and humane if it measures its success solely by power or prosperity while neglecting those who live at the margins.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

BREAKING: The judge in the $1.7B slush fund suit has dismissed the case, but she says THERE IS NO SETTLEMENT OF RECORD. As I said earlier, the media must stop reporting that this slush fund is a settlement. It's just plain THEFT. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Vatican officially rolls out Pope’s 1st encyclical publication date for May 25 titled “Magnifica Humanitas: On the Protection of Human Dignity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” Leo will give an address on the encyclical on the same day at 11:30am in the Synod Hall.

"“It’s possible that we’re starting to see the consequences of severe and sudden cuts to global health programs that have eroded surveillance and allowed deadly viruses to spread undetected...” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/w...

Pope:”Reading nourishes the mind, helps cultivate a conscious and well-formed critical sense, guards against fundamentalisms and ideological shortcuts.” Reading is “an antidote to closed-mindedness which manifests in rigid attitudes and reductive views of reality.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

We agree with the St. John’s University @aaup.org and Faculty Association members—union busting is unholy. St. John's is arbitrarily withdrawing recognition of its faculty unions, which have stood with staff for 50 years. The future of academia needs staff voices. #HandsOffSJUfaculty

This is unacceptable. After 50 years of a bargaining relationship, St. John’s is cancelling the right to have a contract and using surveillance and intimidation to discourage faculty from organizing. Solidarity with SJU AAUP! @aaup.org www.ncronline.org/news/faculty...

OBAMA: A good policy that I'd like to see followed is that the president shouldn't have a bunch of side hustles that companies and foreign entities can invest in COLBERT: How much of that is just jealousy that you didn't think of selling sneakers?

To be clear, this isn't just Catholic social teaching. This is doctrine.

Here’s my piece on the “now-completed demolition” of the Voting Rights Act in @thenation.com The VRA is the most important piece of legislation in American history. It more than anything is what ended American-style apartheid. And now Republicans have killed it.

Cardinal McElroy: “…those who lead us toward war are often the least able to objectively evaluate whether the criteria of just war have in fact been met because they are already committed to a position for political or strategic reasons that will override any ethical concern.”

"She’s been a court interpreter for over 20 years, the only one licensed in Texas for Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu. Her language skills are requested nationwide..." "One of her children recently enlisted in the military... www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...

More from Pope in Cameroon: “To govern means to love one’s own country as well as neighboring countries; the commandment ‘love your neighbor as yourself’ is equally applicable to international relations!”

Last Feb, Francis rebuked Vance for his take on ordo amoris, today, US Bishops issue slap-down of VP: “When Pope Leo XIV speaks as supreme pastor of the universal Church, he is not merely offering opinions on theology, he is preaching the Gospel and exercising his ministry as the Vicar of Christ.”

“… I called on the human family at the beginning of this year to reject the logic of violence and war, and to embrace a peace founded on love and justice. A peace that is unarmed, that is, not based on fear, threats or weapons… ” Pope Leo XIV in Cameroon 🇨🇲🇻🇦 - April 15, 2026

all legitimate use of force within Catholic moral theology is defensive (not first strike), limited, and must be aimed at a just and lasting peace. “Preventative” first strike is not permitted. When "God's taking sides" it is always- the side OF peace, justice, the dignity of those being oppressed.

Cardinal Reina, the Pope’s Vicar of Rome: “Speaking on behalf of the people of God in the Diocese of Rome, I join them in expressing solidarity and reaffirming our full support for our Bishop, Pope Leo XIV, in the face of shocking attacks on his teaching of peace.”

Pope Leo in first address in Algeria: “The future belongs to men and women of peace. In the end, justice will always triumph over injustice, just as violence, despite all appearances, will never have the last word.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Meanwhile Pope Leo will start a tour in Africa tomorrow which is much more important to pay attention to- Pope Leo’s first trip to Africa: what you need to know - America Magazine share.google/vaTgVuNv5xRG...