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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 9h

Like much of that this regime does, the murders of Venezuelan fishermen and boat passengers seem to be being conducted for the sake of making social media content that demonstrates Trump’s masculine dominance. So one way to describe them is as snuff films.

Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 9h

There is no conceivable argument that these ships, even if we assume they were carrying narcotics, could not be dealt with in some other way. I think we can just drop the caveats and say: This is mass murder.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

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David DeCosse, Catholic theologian, journalist, teacher @daviddecosse.bsky.social · 7h

Amen for this beautiful Paul Baumann remembrance of a great soul and good friend, Pat Jordan. Deo gratias for your beautiful life, Pat, and every consolation to your family. @commonweal.bsky.social
www.commonwealmagazine.org/paul-baumann...

A Great Soul

"I worked with Patrick Jordan at Commonweal for more than twenty years. Pat was one of the most decent people I have ever known."

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 13h

This is not morally or legally different than lining up two dozen men and shooting them in the face.

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🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 1d

Paul Noth @paulnoth.bsky.social

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Dominic Preziosi @dominicpreziosi.bsky.social · 1d

Fellow New Yorkers and honorary NYers alike: please join me @commonweal.bsky.social at KGB Bar for a talk w author @paulelie.bsky.social about the confluence of religion, politics & art in '80s NYC - Tues 10/21!
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Crypto-Religion & The City

It's often remarked that America has become less religious. But what if that religiosity hasn't disappeared, but just taken less visible forms?

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Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · 1d

Paul Lakeland's must-read review of John Gehring's book about Catholicism and Trump:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/heavy-lift

Heavy Lift?

John Gehring’s 'Reclaiming American Catholicism' is an exhaustive account of Catholicism in the Trump era and all that we face to reclaim the faith.

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John Fea @johnfea1.bsky.social · 4d

"No university can present every possible outlook in equal measure, nor should it." thewayofimprovement.blog/2025/10/10/s...

Should a university provide a platform for “every perspective”?

Davidson College sociologist Gerardo Marti reflects on Donald Trump’s “compact” with higher education institutions. Here is a taste of his piece at Inside Higher Education: &#8230…

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 6d

I gotta say: the papacy of a Chicagoan with the cultural competency to comment firmly, yet carefully, on U.S. events has been a hell of a plot twist.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 6d

Oh — new reporting on Pope Leo from El Paso Matters, citing footage they have of yesterday's meeting.

Sounds like the pope was even *more* forceful in urging U.S. bishops to speak out about immigration than first reported.

I mean, that's…not subtle. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/08/e...

“I was struck at the beginning (of the video), it talks about the feeling of powerlessness, which I think is so much. I think it’s so important that we as a church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what’s going on in so many cities in the United States right now. At least the church cannot be silent,” the pope told the El Pasoans, according to a video of the meeting provided to El Paso Matters by Hope Border Institute.

Seitz responded: “You’ve spoken very strongly. We’re trying to do the same in our country and yet not get into the political fray the best that we can.”

Pope Leo told Seitz that he’d like to see the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops become more vocal on immigration issues.

“I mean, even within the conference, there are challenges. That’s one place they should be … I wish they were stronger in their own voice,” Leo said, adding that Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the conference, should speak out more on immigration.

“There’s been some good movement in that sense, but I certainly intend to continue to encourage” U.S. bishops to address immigration, Leo said.

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Commonweal @commonweal.bsky.social · 6d

TOMORROW: Join us as we host Matthew Sitman and Tara Isabella Burton in dialogue at the Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary!

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Errol Louis @errollouis.bsky.social · 7d

Every news story about sending the military into American cities should emphasize that such deployments run contrary to law, custom and the Constitution.

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 8d

Identifying public officials isn't "doxing." People have the right to know who is working for their government. Nor, for that matter, is it "radical left-wing terrorism." So it's frustrating to see platforms caving to these bad faith characterizations. www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/06/1...

Another effort to track ICE raids was just taken offline

People over Papers was removed by Padlet, the platform it was built on, yesterday.

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Dominic Preziosi @dominicpreziosi.bsky.social · 11d

Like many, I was surprised to hear a Catholic cardinal compare Charlie Kirk to St. Paul... Thankful to @thenation.com for asking me to identify some of the problems with this
www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The Archbishop of New York Should Know Charlie Kirk Was No Saint

Cardinal Dolan’s recent remarks on Fox News were playing to the Catholic Church’s most reactionary elements.

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Dominic Preziosi @dominicpreziosi.bsky.social · 13d

Really looking forward to hosting this talk with Matt & Tara at @UnionTCollege - join us there and meet some folks from @commonweal.bsky.social too!

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Dominic Preziosi @dominicpreziosi.bsky.social · 15d

"To give themselves courage they had come at night... They have always been in the service of authority and always will be. But recruiting them into a special army, giving them special uniforms and special arms, was a novelty. Such are the so-called Fascists." - Ignazio Silone, Fontamara

Dominic Preziosi @dominicpreziosi.bsky.social · 16d

RIP 2025 Mets

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Gerardo Martí @gerardomarti.bsky.social · 19d

My review of John Turner’s excellent new bio (published by Yale) on Mormon founder Joseph Smith www.commonwealmagazine.org/leveraging-b...

Commonweal
Leveraging Belief
Joseph Smith, religious innovator
Gerardo Martí
September 23, 2025
RELIGION
CULTURE
BOOKS

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Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · 19d

New episode of the Francis Effect podcast: Heidi, Daniel and David discuss Pope Leo's first interview and the effects on free speech after recent bouts of alleged political violence. Also, my interview with sociologist Tricia Bruce about synodality.

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Pope Leo's long interview, free speech fallout, and Tricia Bruce on synodality — The Francis Effect

Heidi, Daniel, and David explore what we might learn from the first official interviews with the Holy Father. We then turn to the recent bouts of alleged political violence and the chilling effects on...

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BC Theology @bctheology.bsky.social · 19d

Read theological ethics alumnus Peter K. Fay's essay
'The Vision of Baptism: Catholic social teaching and mental illness' from a CTSA panel organized by ethics faculty member M. Cathleen Kaveny. It's featured in the October issue of
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 20d

@thecity.nyc is totally awesome. Extremely local news for news hungry New Yorkers. And, those of you who love NYC from afar.

If you write to The City with story ideas, they even write back! Crazy, huh?

It's all free, free, free! So, be a mensch and

Follow: @thecity.nyc

THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 21d

Woah!!! Thanks to all our followers! Crazy to think we’re so close to reaching 50,000!!

If you have a friend or neighbor who’s looking to read more local reporting, pass our handle along ♥️

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Dominic Preziosi @dominicpreziosi.bsky.social · 20d

The October issue of @commonweal.bsky.social is here, and I recommend everything in it

Commonweal @commonweal.bsky.social · 20d

The October issue is here! Feat:
- Ellen Wayland-Smith on eating Christ's body
- Jason Blakely on expertise and Covid-19
- A symposium on caring for the mentally ill
- The Editors on an authoritarian Supreme Court
And more!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2025-...

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The Onion @theonion.com · 25d

Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/

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Commonweal @commonweal.bsky.social · 25d

"The German-speaking part of European Catholicism, associated with theological progressivism, is visibly nervous about the danger of Trumpism coming to the continent." — @massimofaggioli.bsky.social
www.commonwealmagazine.org/massimo-euro...

Continent at a Crossroads?

It seems there may be a new kind of European Catholicism—one sharing much in common with contemporary American Christianity.

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Commonweal @commonweal.bsky.social · 25d

The Roberts court isn’t just cooperating with an authoritarian regime—it is adopting authoritarian tactics of its own.

From the desk of The Editors:
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