Happy Anniversary Pope Leo! Thank you for teaching us how to preach the Gospel.

This is absolutely wrong, and are we to believe that we are anti-semitic to be repulsed by what the state of Israel is doing to Lebanon and Gaza? We need to put this to a stop now.

I’m pretty sure that Jesus was weak on crime and weak on nuclear weapons, too. Oh, and regarding the stock market, he said “sell all you have and give the money to the poor.”

NEW: To Donald Trump and JD Vance, on behalf of 53 million American Catholics: we will not stand by and allow your government to attack our Holy Father. We will defeat you.

NEW: Leo XIV’s close ally Cardinal McElroy received a standing ovation at the end of his homily, where he called on Catholics to take action to help end the “immoral” war against Iran. “When we leave this church tonight, we must move beyond prayer in action. Not in our name. Not with our country.”

Pope Leo XIV: "Even the holy Name of God, the God of life, is being dragged into discourses of death. A world of brothers and sisters with one heavenly Father vanishes, as in a nightmare, giving way to a reality populated by enemies"

Pope Leo's Holy Rosary and Prayer Vigil for Peace, in which he delivered a reflection on how we should respond to war and violence. A crumb of faith can move mountains, and our humble prayer for peace united with the power of God can stop these senseless wars. www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

The Archdiocese of Chicago issued a statement regarding the abrupt ending by Chicago Public Schools (CPS) of services for Catholic school students who qualify under the U.S. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. www.archchicago.org/en/statement...

On Friday, Pope Leo said Christians never side with those who launch bombs as the Trump Iran war enters its sixth week. “God blesses no conflict,” the pope said. Christians who follow the Prince of Peace, he said, “never side with those who yesterday wielded the sword and today launch bombs.”

NEW: Cardinal Pietro Parolin says that Pope Leo XIV cannot carry the weight of this war alone. “There is a need for more voices of peace, more voices against the madness,” Parolin said, warning Leo risks becoming “a voice crying in the wilderness if it is not supported and helped concretely.”

UPDATE: Letters from Leo can now independently confirm that the meeting took place — and that the Vatican was so alarmed by the Pentagon’s tactics that Leo shelved plans to visit America. Some officials saw their reference to an Avignon papacy as a threat to use military force against the Holy See.

@USCCB issues statement; targeting of civilian infrastructure is not morally justified. As citizens, whether we voted for Trump or not, we are all guilty. Pray the order to strike is not issued or if it is, not obeyed. Lord have Mercy.

Happy Easter! Christ is Victory of Life and Light over Darkness and Death! Our true US leader is in Rome speaking truth and blessing us with a message of peace. While the Prince of Darkness is in DC spreading lies, hate and war. We reject satan and his evil works. We are people of Christ's peace!!

Pope Leo at Easter Urbi et Orbi: “Let those who have weapons lay them down! Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace! Not a peace imposed by force, but through dialogue! Not with the desire to dominate others, but to encounter them!” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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is Brad Underwood a coach?

ICE at airports may pose huge security risk. What happens when local police or TSA challenge their authority or presence? Who is in charge? Not properly uniformed, badged or credentialed. Love the expression of the one traveller, a picture is worth a 1,000 words.

From Pope Leo at today's Angelus. We are the scandal, we are the cause of this suffering. Our bombs, our relationship with the war monger Netanyahu. WE cannot remain silent.

MAGA voted for a vile and vain 5 X draft dodger, a convicted felon, rapist and suspect pedophile. May the Mueller family know that we honor Robert Mueller and wish you all peace. We lament our choice in leaders, and our ashamed that we are such an immoral people. May God have Mercy on us all.

And yet we cut housing subsidies, SNAP, Medicaid, and tax premiums for the ACA. We got dollars to burn when it comes to killing people but none to spare to house, feed, or heal people.

How are we pro-life? Abroad we murder people on the open seas and bomb children in school, while at home we snatch people and house them without due process. We murder fellow citizens, and bomb countries without good cause or debate. Now this. Shame on us all. Lord have mercy.

Read our statement on the immoral and illegal bombing of Iran. These attacks by the US and Israel are catastrophic – they will profoundly undermine any attempt at diplomacy and peacebuilding. We pray for an end to the violence, a cessation of the bombing, and for an embrace of nonviolent solutions.

Vote on the war and articles of impeachment. We just murdered students at a school for girls in Iran. Why?

"Always, always, always concentration camps are an end run around the existing legal system. These people that are getting rounded up because whoever’s in power wants to do something that they can’t do using the letter of the law..." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/o...

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It is hard to chant USA USA when our government is doing great harm to its own. That 6 year old girl is a US citizen. She is as American as every member of our gold medal hockey team. Lord have mercy on us.

Why are folks not asking more questions about this FBI complaint in the Epstein Files? www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

Murdering white people in Minnesota was bad politics, but we need to satisfy our blood lust. Even if you believe the administration, there is no legal justification for killing people on the high seas. This is murder.

What does DHS do with unlimited resources and unchecked power?   They kill people and detain children.   DHS is the greatest threat to the homeland. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.

Right on Cardinal Cupich! The @usccbofficial.bsky.social and every decent citizen of our country should join you in demanding an apology. www.archchicago.org/en/statement...

Also from his homily: "This is a call to be a missionary church, not a country club. A club exists to serve its members. The church, on the other hand, exists to go out and serve all people, on fire with faith, hope and charity in the name of Jesus Christ."

This can't be repeated enough. Trump killed the Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2024. He needed his issue so he could be elected and send goons to MN. Now he is POTUS, 2 citizens are dead. And we still have a broken immigration system.

I don't know whether Alex Pretti was a practicing Catholic at the time of his death. But I do know that he was raised Catholic, and he died the death of a saint: a good Samaritan, laying down his life for his friend.

"They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times…I don’t know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.” #PrayForAmerica www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

Renee Good should still be here. She was a beloved child of God, with inherent value and infinite worth. She was murdered by her own government in broad daylight in what is supposed to be the greatest democracy on the planet.

That heaviness you feel after events like yesterday is real. We've all accumulated a lot of mental and emotional weight in the first year of Trump's disastrous presidency. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-physic...

Thanks to Trump voters we got Musk, DOGE, mass death in Africa, RFK & Measles, tariffs, terrorized migrants, CECOT, Canada, invasion of Venezuela, Greenland, and the murder of a woman in Minnesota. Does anyone think that any of this occurs if Harris is elected? Elections matter.

If you live in Jefferson Park you knew this day would come. It is bittersweet. We love all the Paternos and wish they could keep it going forever but all good things come to an end. Happy that the family will now have time to get some rest and enjoy life. We are all so grateful.

It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad. The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.

"I had a good and very productive phone call with Führer Hitler of Germany prior to my meeting with Charles de Gaulle of France today. Führer Hitler was very clear about which parts of France not currently under Nazi control he wants. Thank you for your attention to this matter! Winston Churchill."

1. No human is illegal. 2. Trump's existence is a bet that people are stupid. His sycophants say they can deny funding appropriated by Congress, which is against the law. But who are we to question? We are stupid. 3. Who will call Duffy out on this immoral statement and his illegal actions?

The ministry of the Church also involves human rights because she is the defender of the law of the Lord on earth so that everything that violates human dignity and freedom is part of the Church’s mission —St Oscar Romero, 4th Sunday of Advent (A), 1977 #StOscarRomero

How do we celebrate Christmas when fellow citizens are kidnapped by our government? Or while we continue murder on the high seas? Or when millions now have to decide on whether they can afford health insurance or food, housing and transportation?