Public square

Newark’s Cardinal Tobin: Defund lawless ICE

[Catholic pastoral messaging in the Trump era]

10 hrs ago • 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

Notes on A.I. and the end of the world

[no one knows what’s coming, and no one can stop it]

Dec 10, 2025 • SDG

Under Leo XIV, the Church’s public voice rings with new strength

[U.S. bishops speak out powerfully on immigration; Pope Leo XIV meets with cinema world representatives]

Nov 21, 2025 • 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

Enigmas never age

[on Trump, Epstein, and circumstantial evidence]

Sep 9, 2025 • SDG

For Labor Day: Catholic social teaching, labor, and movies

[excerpt from my entry in the Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy]

Sep 1, 2025 • SDG

On America’s gun problem

[some first principles]

Aug 28, 2025 • SDG

The narrow gate and immigration

[Homily for the 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time, 2025 – Year C, 2025]

Aug 24, 2025 • SDG

RFK Jr.: anti-health, anti-human

[LONGREAD: a guest rant by Suzanne, RN]

Jun 29, 2025 • Suzanne, RN

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

A test of humanity: A short lesson from a minor Trumpian outrage du jour

[the president and the pope]

May 3, 2025 • SDG

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