Joe Ferullo
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Joe Ferullo
@joeferullo.bsky.social
CEO/Publisher National Catholic Reporter, an independent progressive news outlet; previous: EVP of Programming CBS; media columnist at The Hill; producer NBC News/Dateline; ABC News; Rolling Stone
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February 5, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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Name them
shame them
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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February 5, 2026 at 4:52 AM
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Imagine if four years into our war in Iraq we had only occupied 20 percent of it and lost 1.2 million men. Would anyone say the US is winning?

No? Then how in the hell can you say Russia is winning?!
February 5, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Via NCR Opinion - Gerrymandering is crippling democracy. This year, however, might bring a new word into the political lexicon: dummymandering.
#politics #midterms #Election2026 #GOP
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Gerrymandering is crippling democracy
"Elections are supposed to be about voters picking politicians, not the other way round," writes NCR's Michael Sean Winters.
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February 5, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Fun story via NCR - At Notre Dame, student-built ice chapel draws 2,000 to snowy outdoor Mass. It’s named after St. Olaf… and also maybe the character in “Frozen.” :-)
#Frozen #snow #chapel #NotreDame
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At Notre Dame, student-built ice chapel draws 2,000 to snowy outdoor Mass
Some 2,000 members of the Notre Dame community gathered in subfreezing temperatures to celebrate a candlelit Mass at St. Olaf Chapel, a student-constructed fleeting house of worship made from snow, ic...
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February 5, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Via NCR in Rome - Pope Leo pulls back from the press in messaging shift. It seems the pope is still negotiating how he wants to project his voice into a relentlessly moving global news cycle.
#PopeLeo #Vatican #Catholic #media
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Pope Leo pulls back from the press in messaging shift
Pope Leo XIV's pullback from directly engaging with the press on the global news cycle raises questions about how the Holy See will position its voice on the world stage.
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February 5, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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So there was just a very loud and sustained "Fuck ICE" chant during a pro wrestling show on live primetime television, if you wanna get a sense of the vibe shift.

(One of the wrestlers, Brody King, is an outspoken prigressive and wore an "Abolish ICE" shirt at a Mexico show in June.)
February 5, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Via NCR Opinion - A wealthy pair of Catholic brothers are making a Kansas City ICE facility possible. Will the non-profit institutions they support care?
#ICE #Missouri #Trump #Catholic
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Catholic brothers are making a Kansas City ICE facility possible. Will institutions they support care?
Two Kansas City brothers are big Catholic donors. But now that they're also making a vast ICE detention facility possible, will the institutions they support look away?
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February 4, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Via NCR - Is Europe witnessing a young Christian 'quiet revival'? “Although we still don't know how a quiet revival might develop, it seems secularization has reached a saturation point."
#Europe #Christianity #faith #GenZ
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Is Europe witnessing a young Christian 'quiet revival'? The data is contested
As reports continue of a "quiet revival" of faith among young people across Europe, something of a struggle seems to be opening up — between those welcoming the findings, and those resolutely dismissi...
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February 4, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Via NCR - Dispatch from #Minneapolis: Fellow #Catholics, don't look away. “We must commit to the holy work of seeing, naming and refusing to look away.”
#Trump #ICE
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Dispatch from Minneapolis: Fellow Catholics, don't look away
"Whether ICE comes to occupy another of our cities or not, faithful Catholics ought to take a cue from the work of faith leaders and community organizers in Minneapolis," writes Meredith McKay.
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February 4, 2026 at 1:52 PM
This essay via @mikeoloughlin.bsky.social in NCR might be just what you need to start your day….
Find voices of hope — even when you're doomscrolling
#socialmedia #Trump #ICE #Catholic
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Find voices of hope — even when you're doomscrolling
Consumed unchecked, these images and videos might easily lead to despair. Which is why seeking out voices that offer competing messages to the steady stream of fear is so important.
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February 4, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Pope warns against 'new arms race' as last U.S.-Russia nuclear treaty nears expiration. He calls for a "concrete and effective follow-up" to the New START nuclear treaty set to expire Feb. 5.
#PopeLeo #nuclear #Russia #Trump
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Pope warns against 'new arms race' as last U.S.-Russia nuclear treaty nears expiration
As nuclear limits between the United States and Russia are set to lapse, Pope Leo XIV cautioned against the "logic of fear and distrust" that has come to dominate international relations.
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February 4, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Via NCR - Minneapolis priest 'not hopeful' tensions will ease under border czar. "It is, at best, a Trojan horse."
#ICE #Trump #Minneapolis
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Minneapolis priest 'not hopeful' tensions will ease under border czar
Fr. Jim Cassidy, parochial vicar at St. Joan of Arc Parish in Minneapolis, spoke with OSV News a day after joining several faith and community leaders who, along with Minnesota officials, were part of...
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February 3, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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Agent: These guys were all threatening us yesterday with hand guns.
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Agent: *Hand* guns, like threatening to shoot us.

Reporter: You mean like with hand symbols?

A: Pulling them out, trying to engage us.

R: Pulling out literal guns?

A: No. Making... assuming we were going to do something.
February 3, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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February 3, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Via NCR - An order of spring rolls for Cardinal Prevost, please: a visit to Pope Leo’s favorite Chinese restaurant in Rome. (They say he’s a pro with chopsticks.)
#PopeLeo #Rome #Vatican #Catholic
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An order of spring rolls for Cardinal Prevost, please
Before he became pope, Cardinal Robert Prevost from Chicago would stop at Rome's Kungfu Express for his go-to meal. Restaurant owner LinNing Tang recalls the future Pope Leo XIV as warm and "always sm...
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February 3, 2026 at 2:34 PM
THIS ⬇️
Happy Groundhog Day to people who reject climate science, but do believe in weather predictions from captive rodents.
February 2, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Via NCR - Pope Leo laments rising US-Cuba tensions, calls for 'sincere and effective dialogue, in order to avoid violence.
#PopeLeo #Cuba #Trump #Florida
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Pope Leo laments rising US-Cuba tensions, calls for 'sincere' dialogue
The pope shared his concerns in remarks delivered after he led the Angelus prayer Feb. 1 in St. Peter's Square.
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February 2, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Via NCR in Rome - Traditionalist Catholic society announces bishop consecrations in defiance of Rome. The Society of St. Pius X celebrates the pre-Vatican II Latin Mass and rejects key teachings of the Second Vatican Council
#PopeLeo #Vatican #Catholic #conservative
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Traditionalist Catholic society announces bishop consecrations in defiance of Rome
The superior general of the Society of St. Pius X "publicly announced his decision to entrust the bishops of the Society with the task of proceeding with new episcopal consecrations" on July 1, accord...
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February 2, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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February 2, 2026 at 2:33 AM