The words of the gospel are the words of everlasting life. They are not meant to be packaged by an algorithm or proclaimed in a generic template. In my piece for @uscatholic.bsky.social, I make the case for why parishes should avoid the use of AI in their graphics.

A Knicks jersey signed by the pope, sage burnt on center court, and a row of superfan nuns! Faith and the NBA Finals, via @jtgrosso.bsky.social and @oliviabardo.bsky.social in NCR ... #Knicks #PopeLeo #Spurs #NBAFinals #faith www.ncronline.org/news/signed-...

Is a signed Pope Leo #Knicks jersey New York's holy assist? A rundown of the heavenly signs and powerful prayers at play in the #NBAFinals Via @jtgrosso.bsky.social and @oliviabardo.bsky.social in NCR … #PopeLeo #NewYork #Spurs www.ncronline.org/news/signed-...

"My mayor still Muslim, my bagel still Jewish, the pope on our side, Knicks in five!" - MD Hossain Though Pope Leo XIV hasn't explicitly declared his Knicks fandom, Hossain might actually have a point. More from @oliviabardo.bsky.social and I.

Pope Leo’s quote of Gandalf in his AI encyclical is a dig at Peter Thiel. Don’t believe me? Check out my column for @wherepeteris.com.

Here’s @jtgrosso.bsky.social’s article that I didn’t have room left to link to in the original post. 2/2 www.ncronline.org/news/maga-fo...

"Many are realizing that the soul of MAGA is viscerally anti-Catholic and racist, not to mention pagan in its pessimism, and it's time to jump off the bandwagon," said Austen Ivereigh.

A civil war has broken out in the MAGA coalition between traditionalist Catholics and evangelical Christians. The major disagreement? American support of Israel. My latest for NCR.

Did the pope call out Trump on Iran? @jtgrosso.bsky.social in NCR says only if you reduce Catholic theology and Gospel values to level of simplistic online politics. #Trump #Iran #PopeLeo #IranIsraelWar www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...

Did Pope Leo XIV call out Donald Trump over escalating U.S. military action in Iran? Bloggers have been quick to say so. The reality however, is far more nuanced than social media pundits would have you believe.

You cannot manipulate every single word and action of the Pope in order to fit your political narrative. There are misleading and factually inaccurate stories circulating. The attempt to pigeonhole the Pope to fit your own story is disingenuous, risks spreading false news about the Pope.

We are encouraged by the bishops who have spoken out against the Trump administration's assault on human dignity. But to those bishops who have remained silent, we ask one simple question: What are you waiting for?

A national conversation with @jtgrosso.bsky.social on how Catholics can choose the Gospel over Trump & Vance. youtu.be/6-02bNRGG_k?...

Monday night, @catholicsvcg.bsky.social will be holding an important national conversation with @ncronline.bsky.social reporter @jtgrosso.bsky.social titled "Catholics Must Decide If They Serve Trump or the Gospel." You can sign up here: tinyurl.com/JohnGrosso

⁉️ Trump ou l'Évangile ? Face aux mensonges et aux exactions de l’administration Trump, @jtgrosso.bsky.social, rédacteur en chef de l’édition numérique du @ncronline.bsky.social, expose clairement l’alternative à laquelle les chrétiens sont confrontés 👇 www.temoignagechretien.fr/les-catholiq...

Thank you @thedailybeast.bsky.social for sharing my column!

The vice president's "cafeteria Catholicism must continue to be repudiated by people of faith," the op-ed read.

Via @jtgrosso.bsky.social in NCR- As the country reels from the fallout over the shooting of Alex Pretti, some Catholics are making it clear who they choose to serve. It isn't always Jesus. #Trump #JDVance #AlexPretti #ICE #Minneapolis #Catholic www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...

Cardinal Tobin: Pray, mourn and say 'no' to ICE funding www.ncronline.org/news/cardina...

It is time for Catholics to choose who our master is. Do we serve Donald Trump? Or do we serve Jesus? My latest for @ncronline.bsky.social.

A Catholic organization honoring Tom Homan is a moral disgrace. A Catholic bishop imparting his blessing on a man responsible for such wanton destruction and desolation is a profound scandal. My latest for @ncronline.bsky.social.

Via @jtgrosso.bsky.social in NCR: "Disgrace" - Fringe MAGA Catholic group crowns US border czar Tom Homan 'Protector of America' #immigration #Trump #Catholic #MAGA #deportations www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...

MUST-READ via @jtgrosso.bsky.social in NCR - Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good. "His attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel." #ReneeGood #Minneapolis #JDVance www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...

Vice President JD Vance’s comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His Catholicism seems to be little more than a political prop, a tool only for his career ambitions and desire for power. My latest for NCR.

No, Pope Leo is not “based.” But that hasn’t stopped conservative culture warriors from trying to mold the Pope in their own image - one that fits in neatly and conveniently with their theological, liturgical, and political sensibilities.

After participating in "Good Morning America" co-anchor Gio Benitez’s confirmation Mass, some conservative Catholics unleashed a barrage of online attacks on @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social. It begs the question: Why are traditionalists so obsessed with him?

Feels like a good time to re-share this column I wrote about how @christopherjhale.bsky.social and other partisan progressives use hyperbolic and often embellished language to frame Pope Leo as a convenient tool for their political agenda.

Progressives online are falling in love with a version of Pope Leo that doesn’t exist - and one that the pope explicitly rejects - thanks to the partisan efforts of @christopherjhale.bsky.social and @occupydemocrats.bsky.social. My latest column: www.ncronline.org/opinion/lett...

“The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest.”

Some noted a Kirk appearance in 2023 in which he said that gun deaths were "unfortunately" worth it for the right to bear arms. “I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights.”

I wrote about this sacrilege for @ncronline.bsky.social. www.ncronline.org/opinion/home...

National Catholic Reporter ran an opinion piece. “The video uses an audio clip from the 2014 movie "Fury … Had anyone involved in the creation of this video had any Scripture IQ, no doubt the irony would have been clear.” Lazy, clownish and amateur considering DHS’ $43.8 billion budget.

The blasphemous post is the latest in a series of heretical use of Scripture to christen an agenda that is an affront not just to the Christian faith, but to God himself.

The blasphemous post is the latest in a series of heretical use of Scripture to christen an agenda that is an affront not just to the Christian faith, but to God himself.

Homeland Security weaponizes Bible verse to justify Trump's immigration tactics. Another Digital Dunces from the inimitable John Grosso. He can spot hypocrisy a mile away. www.ncronline.org/node/305681 via @NCRonline

To love one’s country does not mean wearing an American flag T-shirt and pretending it has no flaws or shortcomings. That is not patriotism. That’s delusion.

In showing exactly what it takes to resist the ever-growing power of a fascist empire, Disney's "Andor" serves as both a prophetic example — and a desperate warning cry. My latest for NCR.

Clout-chasers and rumormongers falsely claimed that Pope Leo XIV was going to “log off” social media. Turns out, that was fake news.

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The NCR article that now Pope Leo XIV retweeted on February 3rd: www.ncronline.org/opinion/gues...

You know how we all said we knew something would be different with Pope Francis when he appeared in white and asked us to pray for him? Well my moment with this new Pope Leo XIV is him praying the Hail Mary and swallowing back tears #HabemusPapam #LeoXIV

Pope Leo XIV has read NCR. We took a deep dive into the tweets of Pope Leo XIV, from when he was Cardinal Robert Prevost, to begin to understand the man who will now lead 1.4 billion Catholics.

Trump could have apologized. He had the opportunity to acknowledge his error and move on. He could have issued one of those "I am sorry you were offended" non-apologies. Instead, he chose the language of a bully. It was not enough to mock us; he wants to tell the world that we liked it, too.

Happy Star Wars Day! Here’s a reminder that Bishop Barron cares more about feminism in The Last Jedi than he does the poor and marginalized.

Though he is absent from the proceedings in Rome, Barron is in luck. His Rose Garden gathering this week included a pope. On the official White House X account, Trump shared an AI-generated image of himself in full papal regalia. Maybe Trump thinks it is funny. Millions do not.

Gen Z is adding their own unique take on the upcoming conclave and reacting in their own language: memes.

Pope Trump? That’s what the President suggested when talking to reporters at the White House yesterday. It is imperative, according to canon law, that any candidate is of sound mind. This, along with not being a baptized Catholic, would rule out the President.

Pope Trump? That’s what the president of the United Stated suggested when talking to reporters at the White House yesterday. It is imperative, according to canon Law, that any candidate is of sound mind. This, along with not being a baptized Catholic, would rule out President Trump.

The proliferation of social media use since the last conclave has plunged us into uncharted territory — as conservatives campaign online for one cardinal and smear another.

When he was elected in 2013, Pope Francis was celebrated as the first Latin American pope. It seems only fitting that such a groundbreaking pope would be the one to charge fearlessly into the digital continent as well. In my latest for NCR, I explore the late Holy Father’s digital legacy.