Kirk is not a modern day St. Paul, despite what Cardinal Dolan says. The only thing that such myth-making achieves is fomenting resentment, curtailing dialogue, and stifling action to otherwise prevent this tragedy from happening again.
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- Catholic priests have been barred from providing religious services inside Florida's controversial new migrant detention facility — dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" — nearly three weeks after it opened deep in the Everglades, the archbishop of Miami said.
- Legion of Christ finds 33 priests, 71 seminarian sex abusers - 1/3 of the priestly abusers were victims of the Legion's late founder, the Rev. Marcial Maciel ncr.media/2sWDujz
- Republican candidates Donald Trump and JD Vance have been spreading lies about immigrants in the United States as a cornerstone of their campaign. The shameful silence of our Catholic leaders has been beyond deafening. bit.ly/4e9Zs3J
- Jesuit Fr. @JamesMartinSJ is joining a rabbi and imam to deliver the convocation at the end of the @DNC convention that starts Monday
- Catholics in Hong Kong who have taken the side of the protesters, along with sympathetic emigres in the US, agree that the church should promote peaceful solutions. But some argue that church leadership has not been out front as much as it could be. ncr.media/2tB9EBy
- Faithful Catholics must vote for the ticket most likely to promote a dignified quality of life for all and the works of social justice throughout our society. In such a broadened view, this Catholic, at least, must vote for @KamalaHarris and @Tim_Walz. bit.ly/4hoMQsf
- Review: As we follow the devil on an L.A. "vacation," a theology of self-actualization emerges. Unlike humans, Lucifer doesn't just believe God exists. He knows it. Consequently, the one-sided relationship uniquely pains him. ncr.media/3kOqeD1
- BREAKING: Pope Francis has expressed openness to Catholic blessings for same-sex couples, under the condition they are not confused with marriage ceremonies for men and women, in what could be a watershed moment for the global Catholic Church.
- BREAKING: Pope Francis has written a sweeping letter to the U.S. bishops decrying the "major crisis" triggered by President Trump's mass deportation plans and explicitly rejecting @VP's attempts to use Catholic theology to justify the crackdown.
- If a Christian leader in her pulpit, addressing a president who voluntarily placed himself in that sacred space, cannot speak out of the heart of the Gospel, then we might as well turn our cathedrals, basilicas and other houses of worship into museums.
- Cardinal Timothy Dolan said he was "doubly disappointed" by the rejection from Kamala Harris of his invitation to the annual Al Smith dinner. But we are triply disappointed that Dolan did not have the courage to stand up to Donald Trump.
- In a late vote May 27, the U.S. House overwhelmingly passed a measure condemning the Chinese Communist Party for forcing Uighurs, ethnic Kazakhs and other Muslim minorities into indoctrination camps in the country's Xinjiang region.
- Faithful Catholics must vote for the ticket most likely to promote a dignified quality of life for all and the works of social justice throughout our society. In such a broadened view, this Catholic must vote for @KamalaHarris, says Thomas Groome. bit.ly/4hoMQsf
