Go see it before it closes—last weekend!

The Jalen M. Brunson And The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts

Me and the eight year old walking down Franklin Ave, cheering along to the honking and the yelling and the singing. After getting a few fist bumps, he turns to me and says of New York, “People really seem to like this place”

Thrilled to feature our @commonwealmagazine.org Centennial Fellow Aaron Robertson and the first episode of his narrative podcast on Black Catholic Detroit, "The City and the Cross" - a must-listen! www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/ground

Religious leaders and communities cannot become complacent on immigration. As the midterm elections approach, the Church must embrace more explicitly political strategies to combat Trump’s war on immigrants. My latest with Dylan Corbett of Hope Border: www.commonwealmagazine.org/schlumpf-ice...

TOMORROW: We're delighted to launch Centennial Fellow Aaron Robertson's narrative podcast series on the rise, erosion, and defiant survival of Black Catholic Detroit. Listen to the teaser now! www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/city...

With autocracy on the rise in both the U.S. and Europe, Pope Leo has an opportunity to rearticulate the Church’s positive teaching on democracy. Thomas Banchoff and @massimofaggioli.bsky.social: 'The Pope, the President, and Our Democratic Crisis'

"It is the first known transfer of Church-owned land to a tribal nation as an explicit act of reparation for the Church’s actions during the colonization of America." @regmunch.bsky.social reports on an extraordinary act of land rematriation:

Some look at land and see property. Sandry Rodriguez imagines land rising up, as a partner in resistance. On this NEW EPISODE of the Commonweal podcast, Rodriguez speaks with @griffino.bsky.social and @avilacosnahan.bsky.social:

ICYMI I forgot to post this interview with the amazing data master Ryan Burge, who dispels all kinds of myths about American religion. His newish book is "The Vanishing Church." www.commonwealmagazine.org/great-sort-a...

by Tom Banchoff and myself for “Commonweal” www.commonwealmagazine.org/leo-trump-au...

"Can the Church bear a credible witness on technology, on just war, on what it means to be human?" NEW from @heidischlumpf.bsky.social on 'Magnifica humanitas' and the credibility of the Church:

Pope Leo and the ‘Babel Syndrome. ‘Magnifica humanitas’ challenges Silicon Valley’s Promethean pretensions. My take in @commonwealmagazine.org www.commonwealmagazine.org/spadaro-leo-...

The best summary and analysis of Pope Leo's encyclical I've read so far is this one by Antonio Spadaro @antoniospadaro.bsky.social www.commonwealmagazine.org/spadaro-leo-...

On a lighter note, go see Raphael at @metmuseum.org And then see if you agree with me that he's way better than Leonardo and Michelangelo (and also Donatello but no duh) www.commonwealmagazine.org/oleynick-rap...

The June issue is here! Feat.: - @massimofaggioli.bsky.social and Thomas Banchoff on liberal democracy & the Church - Ian Marcus Corbin on our 'ownerist' society - Ellen Wayland-Smith on the hardness of Christian love And more! www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2026-...

Good reminder of the war crimes still being committed by Trump, Hegseth, et al outside the middle east by @dominicpreziosi.bsky.social www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-boat-s...

The Editors: Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in American history—by many orders of magnitude.

Also keep in mind that the Trump administration has killed nearly 200 people in boat strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. My latest at @commonwealmagazine.org www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-boat-s...

What’s is $0 times 2?

This Weeks Editorial Cartoon: Zzzzzzz

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 : ) nymag.com/intelligence...

"But 'reclaiming Christianity for the left' is different from winning in Texas." @dominicpreziosi.bsky.social on the faith-first politics of James Talarico:

that’s right

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...

New @commonwealmagazine.org podcast ep with two great guests: @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social on his book "Work in Progress," and our own @heidischlumpf.bsky.social with her assessment of the Leo-Trump relationship & the "conversion wave" www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/humb...

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

my latest article in Commonweal magazine on the rising number of adults receiving baptism www.commonwealmagazine.org/massimo-fagg...

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...

"Not many who stand next to Trump walk away with their dignity intact. Smart people avoid it altogether." @mollieoreilly.bsky.social explains why Pope Leo should keep his distance from the United States: www.commonwealmagazine.org/leo-trump-wa...

NYT: “The 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,” 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.)

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'

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...

"If, as it’s said, the Church thinks in centuries, the fifty-year-old women’s ordination advocacy movement is already halfway there." My piece on @ordainwomen.bsky.social in @commonwealmagazine.org www.commonwealmagazine.org/women-priest...

Dame Mullally’s 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...

"Homan offers a uniformed-services, God-and-country conservatism that many American Catholics can identify with." @paulbmoses.bsky.social on the Catholic faith of Trump's 'border czar':

"The bishops’ support for immigrants began long before Homan took up his Catechism as a schoolboy." @paulbmoses.bsky.social: 'The Gospel According to Tom Homan'

MY LATEST @latimes.com ‬⁩ COLUMNA: The grief behind the cascade of online Dolores Huerta photos. Share, porfas!

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 @commonwealmagazine.org www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-war-ir...

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.

New Jersey, Museum of Trucking

my latest for “Commonweal” magazine Bad for the Church, and the World There’s danger in U.S. bishops’ reluctance to criticize Trumpism www.commonwealmagazine.org/faggioli-vat...

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?

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:

WSJ: The likelihood of Iran closing the strait was discussed, Gen Caine predicted it, and Trump decided “Tehran would likely capitulate before closing the strait — and even if Iran tried, the U.S. military could handle it.” www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Really thoughtful and interesting piece on the "all American game" by @cnankofernandez.bsky.social now at @commonwealmagazine.org www.commonwealmagazine.org/baseball-wor...

"AI is a loaded gun in the hands of children." Good piece in @commonweal.bsky.social by @johnslatteryphd.bsky.social

No clear objective & no exit strategy, Trump's war in Iran also violates the Constitution and just-war principles: from the editors of @commonweal.bsky.social www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-editor...

We live under a government of 13-year-olds.