Bishop Robert Barron

Pope Leo: on Trumpian war blasphemy. Bishop Barron: still on Mamdani ‘collectivism.’

[two episcopal Chicago natives, two very different scopes of what concerns them]

Mar 31 • SDG

What happened to Bishop Barron? Part 2: The MAGAfication of a US bishop

[LONGREAD: What’s the biggest threat to U.S. democracy today? Would you believe … Marxism?!]

Mar 12

What happened to Bishop Barron? Part 1

[LONGREAD: lament of a former fan]

Feb 19 • SDG

Zohran Mamdani, Trump, and Bishop Barron’s selective political outrage

[What does, or doesn’t, take a bishop’s breath away?]

Jan 8 • SDG

How the White House is a sacred building…

[…and Trump’s East Wing destruction is a species of sacrilege: LONGREAD]

Nov 4, 2025 • SDG

Catholic bishops should refuse to share a table with antisemitism

[vile antisemitic 9/11 conspiracy theory boosted by member of Religious Liberty Commission with Catholic bishops as members]

Jun 26, 2025 • SDG

Why is Word on Fire undermining papal Catholic social teaching?

[LONGREAD: a bad article misrepresents Benedict XVI and attacks social justice]

Jun 20, 2025 • SDG

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