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Griffin Oleynick
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Vance hasn't really "remade" anything in US Catholicism. He's just a lost guy in search of a father. Also his flawed theology is critiqued in
@ncronline.bsky.social
not the Register which is a...different beast : )
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How J.D. Vance Remade the Catholic Right
A âpostliberalâ ideology has taken hold in the Church â and broken with Pope Leo.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/jd-vance-and-catholic-right-split-from-pope.html
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Commonweal
8 days ago
"But 'reclaiming Christianity for the left' is different from winning in Texas."
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on the faith-first politics of James Talarico:
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Wonât You Be My Neighbor?
Senate candidate James Talarico's faith-first approach to public service may offer a path out of our toxic politics. But first, he'll have to win Texas.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/talarico-james-texas-senate-christianity-left-preziosi-dominic
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jamelle
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thatâs right
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James Martin, SJ
12 days ago
I was so happy to be invited to speak on the Commonweal Magazine podcast with Griffin Oleynick about my new book, "Work in Progress," about "humble work" and about humor. It was such a fun conversation, thanks to his great questions.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/humb...
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Humble Work
Many of us have jobs we donât enjoy. Fr. James Martin explains how we can make our work meaningful anyway.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/humble-work
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New
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podcast ep with two great guests:
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on his book "Work in Progress," and our own
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with her assessment of the Leo-Trump relationship & the "conversion wave"
www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/humb...
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Humble Work
Many of us have jobs we donât enjoy. Fr. James Martin explains how we can make our work meaningful anyway.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/humble-work
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Aaron Rupar
14 days ago
HEGSETH: I know that there is no country on planet earth that takes more measures to ensure that civilian harm or casualties are minimized than the United States of America and this War Department. And that is a fact. TOKUDA: You eliminated the department's civilian harm reduction staff
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Massimo Faggioli
20 days ago
my latest article in Commonweal magazine on the rising number of adults receiving baptism
www.commonwealmagazine.org/massimo-fagg...
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âCoolâ Catholicism?
The growing number of adult baptisms in various European countries and the United States has gotten the notice of Church leaders who are attentive to even the smallest signs of revival.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/massimo-faggioli-youth-conversion-united-states-europe-church-catholic
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Heidi Schlumpf
27 days ago
Finally got my voice back (literally, after being sick) so was able to give my two cents about the Trump v. Pope brouhaha:
www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-p8...
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Trump, Pope Leo XIV clash draws reaction from religious leaders | ChicagoNOW
Tensions escalate between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV after the president criticized the Chicago-born popeâs stance on global conflict and shared a controversial AI image of himself as a r...
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-p87db37hlht9polk
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Commonweal
28 days ago
"Not many who stand next to Trump walk away with their dignity intact. Smart people avoid it altogether."
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explains why Pope Leo should keep his distance from the United States:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/leo-trump-wa...
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Travel Advisory
For Pope Leo to visit the United States under present circumstances would be far more scandalous than his simply staying away.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/leo-trump-war-iran-united-states-visit
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Josh Marshall
about 1 month ago
NYT: âThe first thing that came to my mind is that I think Trump is under a lot of pressure, and that he has lost his mind,â said Lili, who works in the arts scene in the Iranian capital, Tehran. (who has a link to lili's substack? i think she has a handle on this.)
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Commonweal
about 1 month ago
NEW: Recently ordained Jesuit priest Fr. Doug Jones joins the Commonweal podcast from Beirut to speak about the growing humanitarian crisis amid Israel's siege on Lebanon. 'My First War'
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âMy First Warâ
Recently ordained Jesuit priest Fr. Doug Jones joins us from Beirut to speak about the growing humanitarian crisis in Lebanon.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/my-first-war
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Commonweal
about 1 month ago
Congratulations! Yesterday, Commonweal published a powerful Palm Sunday essay by Corbett, reflecting on faith, solidarity, and mass deportation. Read it here!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/corbett-dyla...
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Heidi Schlumpf
about 2 months ago
"If, as itâs said, the Church thinks in centuries, the fifty-year-old womenâs ordination advocacy movement is already halfway there." My piece on
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www.commonwealmagazine.org/women-priest...
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A Call of the Heart
This May, the Women's Ordination Conference will mark its fiftieth anniversary with another meeting in Detroit, where hundreds of Catholic women will gather to continue their fight for ordination.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/women-priesthood-ordination-schlumpf-conference-catholic
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Commonweal
about 2 months ago
Dame Mullallyâs participation in Becket Camino represents a sign of ecumenism as she prepares to become the first woman to lead the Church of England. Analysis from Vanessa R. Corcoran:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/canterbury-a...
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An Ecumenical Pilgrimage
Dame Mullallyâs participation in Becket Camino represents a sign of ecumenism as she prepares to become the first woman to lead the Church of England.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/canterbury-archbishop-Mullally-vanessa-corcoran
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Commonweal
about 2 months ago
"Homan offers a uniformed-services, God-and-country conservatism that many American Catholics can identify with."
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on the Catholic faith of Trump's 'border czar':
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The Gospel According to Tom Homan
Trump-appointed border czar, Tom Homan, is a life-long Catholic, but does his zero-tolerance immigration policies align with Church teaching?
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/gospel-tom-homan-trump-moses-paul-catholic-social-teaching
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Commonweal
about 2 months ago
"The bishopsâ support for immigrants began long before Homan took up his Catechism as a schoolboy."
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: 'The Gospel According to Tom Homan'
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The Gospel According to Tom Homan
Trump-appointed border czar, Tom Homan, is a life-long Catholic, but does his zero-tolerance immigration policies align with Church teaching?
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/gospel-tom-homan-trump-moses-paul-catholic-social-teaching
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Col. Gustavo Arellano
about 2 months ago
MY LATEST
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âŹâ© COLUMNA: The grief behind the cascade of online Dolores Huerta photos. Share, porfas!
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Commentary: The grief behind the cascade of online Dolores Huerta photos
The photos currently flooding my social media stream are like a highlight reel of the life of Chicana civil rights icon Dolores Huerta.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-03-19/dolores-huerta-photos-cesar-chavez-scandal
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No objective, no planning, and with little thought for consequences: Trump's unjust war of whim alienates allies and further degrades the moral standing of the U.S. New from the editors
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www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-war-ir...
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A War of Whim
Trump has made the world less stable, alienated our allies, and further degraded the moral standing of the United States.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-war-iran-attack-israel-hegseth?check_logged_in=1
about 2 months ago
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Carmen Nanko-FernĂĄndez
about 2 months ago
Excellent editorial on the unforced error that is the global tragedy unleashed by the unstable, dangerous, and incompetent USA political administration. Important and necessary read, provides clarity.
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New Jersey, Museum of Trucking
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Massimo Faggioli
about 2 months ago
my latest for âCommonwealâ magazine Bad for the Church, and the World Thereâs danger in U.S. bishopsâ reluctance to criticize Trumpism
www.commonwealmagazine.org/faggioli-vat...
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Bad for the Church, and the World
Many U.S. bishops remain unwilling to call out Trump's authoritarianism. They would be wise to draw lessons from the Church's history with Italian Fascism.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/faggioli-vatican-church-trump-pius-mussolini-bishops-usccb
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David Roberts
about 2 months ago
Right now, unfolding around us on a global scale, is a rich and unambiguous lesson on the dangers of fossil fuel dependence. The most obvious solution is for the affected countries to reduce their dependence through clean energy. Are you seeing that message in media?
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Commonweal
2 months ago
The war on Iran is yet another reminder that the world will never be safe until the United States accepts and abides by international law. Analysis of Trump's criminal war by George Scialabba:
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Not Just a Mistake, a Crime
The war on Iran is yet another reminder that the world will never be safe until the United States accepts and abides by international law.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/scialabba-iran-war-trump-international-law-israel
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David S. Bernstein
2 months ago
WSJ: The likelihood of Iran closing the strait was discussed, Gen Caine predicted it, and Trump decided âTehran would likely capitulate before closing the strait â and even if Iran tried, the U.S. military could handle it.â
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Trump Knew the Risk of Iran Blocking the Strait of Hormuz. He Still Went to War.
The president told his White House team that Tehran would likely capitulate before closing the strait, the worldâs most vital shipping lane.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/iran-oil-hormuz-blockade-trump-f96bdd53?st=P6u7PY&reflink=article_copyURL_share
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Really thoughtful and interesting piece on the "all American game" by
@cnankofernandez.bsky.social
now at
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www.commonwealmagazine.org/baseball-wor...
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The âNationalâ Pastime?
While Trump wants to narrow who qualifies as a citizen, the World Baseball Classic offers a different idea of belonging.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/baseball-world-classic-trump-america-national-pastime-carmen-nanko-fernandez
2 months ago
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Chris Sprigman
2 months ago
Mamdani is considering ending free street parking in NYC. This would be another huge boost to NYC residents' quality of life, reducing traffic in ways that would be comparable to congestion pricing. And it would be another step in ending suburban free-riding on NYC.
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Alex Stern
2 months ago
"AI is a loaded gun in the hands of children." Good piece in
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by
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No clear objective & no exit strategy, Trump's war in Iran also violates the Constitution and just-war principles: from the editors of
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www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-editor...
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The Mad Kingâs War
Trumpâs war in Iran violates the Constitution, international law, and just-war principles. It has no clear objectives and no exit strategy.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-editorial-iran-war-israel-king-donald
2 months ago
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hannah gais
2 months ago
We live under a government of 13-year-olds.
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Joel Siegel
3 months ago
I covered Rudy Giuliani .. then a rising Republican star ⊠endorsing Mario Cuomo âŠa liberal lion detested by the right. This is more head-spinning:
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Anthony Domestico
3 months ago
For my February column
@commonweal.bsky.social
, I wrote on Dan Chiasson's "Bernie for Burlington"
www.commonwealmagazine.org/bernie-sande...
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âDonât Open the DoorâItâs Sanders!'
Poet Dan Chiasson's 'Bernie for Burlington' functions as a triple bildungsroman of Bernie Sanders, the city of Burlington, and Chiasson himself.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/bernie-sanders-dan-chiasson-burlington-vermont-domestico
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Commonweal
3 months ago
The March issue is here! Feat.: -
@regmunch.bsky.social
& Patricia Hampl on the crisis in Minnesota - The Editors on Epstein - Frederick Bauerschmidt on Erik Varden's theology -
@heidischlumpf.bsky.social
interviews John Carr And more!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2026-...
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Commonweal
3 months ago
Jeffrey Epsteinâs elite pals treated the sexual abuse of hundreds of girls as a joke or a PR hiccup. The man may be deadâbut the ethos of the Epstein network is ascendant in American public life. NEW from the Editors:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/editorial-ep...
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The Networker
Jeffrey Epstein's elite pals treated the sexual abuse of hundreds of girls as nothing more than a joke or a PR hiccup. The man may be dead, but the ethos of the Epstein network is ascendant in America...
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/editorial-epstein-jeffrey-emails-trump-bondi-massie-chomsky
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Grudgie the Whale
3 months ago
This serial killing spree has been completely normalized. I consider this in many ways the single worst thing going on because itâs getting zero resistance from the media, Congress, everywhere. Everyone has seemingly accepted he can commit mass murder on boats for⊠fun, basically.
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Commonweal
3 months ago
THIS FRIDAY in Washington, D.C.: Commonweal is thrilled to be co-sponsoring a conversation at Georgetown exploring Pope Francis's call for a culture of encounter. Feat:
@roberttalisse.bsky.social
, Nadia Urbinati, and
@paulelie.bsky.social
. RSVP today!
berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/events/democ...
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David Darmofal
3 months ago
An article from one of America's leading Catholic publications.
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David Roberts
3 months ago
As I've said many times, this is an awful thing that we are doing to ourselves for no discernible reason.
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"Everything is gambling now": How betting is taking over America
Gambling culture is enveloping American sports, politics, media and trading.
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/08/polymarket-kalshi-draftkings-fanduel-betting?position=2&category=fascinating_stories&scheduled_corpus_item_id=196fda74-a3f8-44f4-a6d2-b76b506cfee1&url=https://www.axios.com/2026/02/08/polymarket-kalshi-draftkings-fanduel-betting
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David Herman
3 months ago
Those Project Firewall posters are certainly the creepiest Hitler Youthâtype graphics made since 1945 cc
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Philip Bump
3 months ago
Seven years ago yesterday, this ad ran during the Super Bowl.
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'Democracy Dies in Darkness': Super Bowl commercial (2019)
YouTube video by Washington Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDjfg8YlKHc
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SPLC Union
3 months ago
Solidarity with our union siblings at The Washington Post.
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jamelle
3 months ago
this is a wicked man who knows he is being wicked and does it anyway
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Here to note that we've introduced some changes to the
@commonweal.bsky.social
homepage... why not take a look?
www.commonwealmagazine.org
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Commonweal Magazine
Commonweal's mission is to provide a forum for civil, reasoned debate on the interaction of faith with contemporary politics and culture.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/
3 months ago
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Anthony Domestico
3 months ago
My January column on Christopher Ricks for
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www.commonwealmagazine.org/twice-blest-...
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Twice Blest
For Christopher Ricks, the critic is in the business of catching at felicities: those seeming accidents of language that end up being revelatory.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/twice-blest-domestico-ricks-christopher-gratitude-criticism
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Phil Klay
4 months ago
I know what the actual trouble with men is, but Iâll only reveal it next week, at the
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The administration's assault on civil rights should be seen as part of a pattern beginning with Trump's pardon of Jan 6 rioters - and perhaps as prelude to interfering w midterm elections: the editors of
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State of Siege
Five years after whipping up a loose army of supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol, Trump has deployed a well-funded paramilitary force to execute his authoritarian agenda.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/editorial-trump-minneapolis-ice-immigration-good
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Commonweal
4 months ago
"Trump said in a January interview that the only limit on his power is his own morality. That would be a catastrophe were it true." The Editors on Trump's thuggish suppression of civil rights in Minneapolis:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/editorial-tr...
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State of Siege
Five years after whipping up a loose army of supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol, Trump has deployed a well-funded paramilitary force to execute his authoritarian agenda.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/editorial-trump-minneapolis-ice-immigration-good
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Chris Hayes
4 months ago
I admit I'm a little confused as to why a consensus seems to have formed that SCOTUS will strike down Trump's obviousl illegal tariffs. That would be correct on the law, sure, but what does that have to do with anything? They'll strike it down if they feel that it saves Trump from himself (possible)
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Heidi Schlumpf
4 months ago
What does Catholic Social Teaching have to say about the Renee Good killing? My latest for Commonweal:
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