Fr. Michael Surufka, OFM
@frmikeofm.bsky.social
I am a Franciscan Friar, Catholic Priest serving in Gary, IN as pastor of all four parishes and rector of the cathedral.
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REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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The nice folks at @npr.org gave me a minute of their air to talk about Dilexi Te.
Listen to: Pope Leo XIV is drawing the world's attention to poverty - one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5563...
Listen to: Pope Leo XIV is drawing the world's attention to poverty - one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5563...
🔊 Listen Now: Pope Leo XIV is drawing the world's attention to poverty
All Things Considered on NPR One | 4:19
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October 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The nice folks at @npr.org gave me a minute of their air to talk about Dilexi Te.
Listen to: Pope Leo XIV is drawing the world's attention to poverty - one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5563...
Listen to: Pope Leo XIV is drawing the world's attention to poverty - one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5563...
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Very early this morning in Rome (3:00 a.m. CST) will be the Mass of canonization of two saints -- one is #CarloAcutis, who was born in 1991 and died at the age of fifteen. His life story is very inspiring, especially for teenagers. You can watch the Mass in Rome as it happens on CatholicTV.org
September 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Very early this morning in Rome (3:00 a.m. CST) will be the Mass of canonization of two saints -- one is #CarloAcutis, who was born in 1991 and died at the age of fifteen. His life story is very inspiring, especially for teenagers. You can watch the Mass in Rome as it happens on CatholicTV.org
The inner strength of this man...
“Give your kids an extra hug and kiss today.”
Jesse Merkel spoke at a news conference outside Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, where his 8-year-old son, Fletcher, was one of two children fatally shot at a back-to-school Mass on Wednesday.
Read more: nyti.ms/45HBSKN
Jesse Merkel spoke at a news conference outside Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, where his 8-year-old son, Fletcher, was one of two children fatally shot at a back-to-school Mass on Wednesday.
Read more: nyti.ms/45HBSKN
August 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The inner strength of this man...
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It seems that dark days will follow Labor Day here in Chicago and, surely, elsewhere.
This weekend is a good time to remember who we really are, fortify ourselves against the perversions of faith and patriotism all around us.
religionnews.com/2025/08/28/l...
This weekend is a good time to remember who we really are, fortify ourselves against the perversions of faith and patriotism all around us.
religionnews.com/2025/08/28/l...
Labor Day and Catholic teaching esteem a better kind of politics. Militarizing our cities isn't it.
(RNS) — Believers know that this is not how we are meant to live with one another.
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August 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It seems that dark days will follow Labor Day here in Chicago and, surely, elsewhere.
This weekend is a good time to remember who we really are, fortify ourselves against the perversions of faith and patriotism all around us.
religionnews.com/2025/08/28/l...
This weekend is a good time to remember who we really are, fortify ourselves against the perversions of faith and patriotism all around us.
religionnews.com/2025/08/28/l...
Today, remembering these words about #prayer from St. Teresa of Kolkata: "Prayer doesn't change things. Prayer changes people, people change things." #MinneapolisTragedy
Even St. Ignatius Loyola knew prayer alone was not enough saying, “Pray as if everything depends on God, and work as if everything depends on you.” In the face of this tragedy, we should *pray* for healing and understanding. And we must *work* to reduce gun violence in schools and society.
Karoline Leavitt: "I saw the comments of Ms. Psaki and frankly I think they're incredibly insensitive and disrespectful to the tens of millions of Americans of faith across this country who believe in the power of prayer, who believe that prayer works."
August 29, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Today, remembering these words about #prayer from St. Teresa of Kolkata: "Prayer doesn't change things. Prayer changes people, people change things." #MinneapolisTragedy
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"There was gunpowder on my neck." A 10 yo who said the bullets went right past him.
MEDIA- PAY ATTENTION. YOU DO NOT PUT A CHILD WHO HAS "Gunpowder on his neck." On TV to win a rating.
NO. NO. NO. SHAME ON YOU.
There is no excuse for putting a traumatized CHILD on TV.
MEDIA- PAY ATTENTION. YOU DO NOT PUT A CHILD WHO HAS "Gunpowder on his neck." On TV to win a rating.
NO. NO. NO. SHAME ON YOU.
There is no excuse for putting a traumatized CHILD on TV.
August 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
"There was gunpowder on my neck." A 10 yo who said the bullets went right past him.
MEDIA- PAY ATTENTION. YOU DO NOT PUT A CHILD WHO HAS "Gunpowder on his neck." On TV to win a rating.
NO. NO. NO. SHAME ON YOU.
There is no excuse for putting a traumatized CHILD on TV.
MEDIA- PAY ATTENTION. YOU DO NOT PUT A CHILD WHO HAS "Gunpowder on his neck." On TV to win a rating.
NO. NO. NO. SHAME ON YOU.
There is no excuse for putting a traumatized CHILD on TV.
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Today, remembering these words about #prayer from St. Teresa of Kolkata: "Prayer doesn't change things. Prayer changes people, people change things." #MinneapolisTragedy
August 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Today, remembering these words about #prayer from St. Teresa of Kolkata: "Prayer doesn't change things. Prayer changes people, people change things." #MinneapolisTragedy
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Putting a 10 year old on tv to talk about his friend being shot at school is a different level of diabolical.
August 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Putting a 10 year old on tv to talk about his friend being shot at school is a different level of diabolical.
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Pope Leo: “We believe that the unity Christ wills for his Church must be visible, and that such unity grows through theological dialogue, common worship where possible, and shared witness in the face of humanity’s suffering.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Message of His Holiness to the Participants in the Ecumenical Week in Stockholm on the Centenary of the 1925 Ecumenical Meeting [Stockholm, 18 – 24 August 2025] (22 August 2025)
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE ECUMENICAL WEEK IN STOCKHOLM ON THE CENTENARY OF THE 1925 ECUMENICAL MEETING [Stockholm, 18-24 August 2025] ____________________________...
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August 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Pope Leo: “We believe that the unity Christ wills for his Church must be visible, and that such unity grows through theological dialogue, common worship where possible, and shared witness in the face of humanity’s suffering.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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Immigration authorities denied reentry into the United States to a Venezuelan-born priest from Miami-Dade County, despite his valid religious visa. The Archdiocese of Miami intervened and succeeded in overturning the decision. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...
Venezuelan priest denied entry to the U.S., then something unexpected happened
The priest was assigned by Archbishop Thomas Wenski as parochial vicar at St. John Neumann Church.
www.miamiherald.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Immigration authorities denied reentry into the United States to a Venezuelan-born priest from Miami-Dade County, despite his valid religious visa. The Archdiocese of Miami intervened and succeeded in overturning the decision. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...
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Bishop Menjivar-Ayala: "We should not accept that anti-immigrant rhetoric. Why don’t we present a different kind of rhetoric?" uscatholic.org/articles/202...
An immigrant bishop calls the church to reclaim its prophetic mission
Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala speaks of his experience as a refugee from violence and how Catholics should act toward the strangers among us.
uscatholic.org
August 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Bishop Menjivar-Ayala: "We should not accept that anti-immigrant rhetoric. Why don’t we present a different kind of rhetoric?" uscatholic.org/articles/202...
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The clearest picture of corporate greed in this country is CEO-to-worker pay ratios.
At the 100 lowest-paying major US companies, CEO pay averaged $17.2M in 2024.
Median worker pay at these companies was just $35,570.
That’s a ratio of 632 to 1.
How can anyone defend this?
At the 100 lowest-paying major US companies, CEO pay averaged $17.2M in 2024.
Median worker pay at these companies was just $35,570.
That’s a ratio of 632 to 1.
How can anyone defend this?
August 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The clearest picture of corporate greed in this country is CEO-to-worker pay ratios.
At the 100 lowest-paying major US companies, CEO pay averaged $17.2M in 2024.
Median worker pay at these companies was just $35,570.
That’s a ratio of 632 to 1.
How can anyone defend this?
At the 100 lowest-paying major US companies, CEO pay averaged $17.2M in 2024.
Median worker pay at these companies was just $35,570.
That’s a ratio of 632 to 1.
How can anyone defend this?
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Illinois tells Bondi that its sanctuary status stands firm.
Illinois to Bondi: Sanctuary status stands firm
www.politico.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Illinois tells Bondi that its sanctuary status stands firm.
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Father Gustavo Santos, a priest of the Archdiocese of Miami in good standing and with a valid R-1 religious worker visa through November 2025, was unexpectedly and wrongfully denied admission into the United States upon his return from an overseas trip…” www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDioc...
August 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Father Gustavo Santos, a priest of the Archdiocese of Miami in good standing and with a valid R-1 religious worker visa through November 2025, was unexpectedly and wrongfully denied admission into the United States upon his return from an overseas trip…” www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDioc...
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Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
August 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
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I didn’t know until now that in the original Rosie the Riveter painting, she is crushing a copy of Mein Kampf under her foot. Happy feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, remembering all the women who crush the serpents of Satan under their heel.
August 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I didn’t know until now that in the original Rosie the Riveter painting, she is crushing a copy of Mein Kampf under her foot. Happy feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, remembering all the women who crush the serpents of Satan under their heel.
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EX AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA MCFAUL: “Putin doesn't look at all of this stuff as a sign of strength. He looks at it as a sign of weakness. He had to do absolutely nothing to get this meeting. Putin has gained everything and given nothing in return.”
August 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
EX AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA MCFAUL: “Putin doesn't look at all of this stuff as a sign of strength. He looks at it as a sign of weakness. He had to do absolutely nothing to get this meeting. Putin has gained everything and given nothing in return.”
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The White House’s official X account has a long thread in which they’ve posted pictures of people arrested during the feds’ occupation of the city. Every single person in the thread is a person of color.
August 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The White House’s official X account has a long thread in which they’ve posted pictures of people arrested during the feds’ occupation of the city. Every single person in the thread is a person of color.
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SCOTUS's religious freedom jurisprudence is bad, but its logical corollary is that religious leaders and religious organizations can be doing more to rally their people and oppose ICE. Abp Wenski proved it can work. It's time to press forward.
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Archbishop's win at 'Alligator Alcatraz' exposes GOP religious freedom hypocrisy
(RNS) — This summer has brought these contradictions into sharp focus.
religionnews.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
SCOTUS's religious freedom jurisprudence is bad, but its logical corollary is that religious leaders and religious organizations can be doing more to rally their people and oppose ICE. Abp Wenski proved it can work. It's time to press forward.
religionnews.com/2025/08/07/a...
religionnews.com/2025/08/07/a...
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The truth here is so ever relevant, is so simple and profound. I think I might pop it into my next book. Sharing yet again:
July 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The truth here is so ever relevant, is so simple and profound. I think I might pop it into my next book. Sharing yet again: