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1	Feb 13, '25	Pope Francis offered a paragraph of catechesis to Vice President JD Vance, whose foray into medieval theology was sophomoric. Call it Hillbilly theology.	131×	1.2M	643	129	156
2	Nov 26, '24	There is no perfect way of selecting bishops. Even Jesus got it wrong one out of 12 times. But the laity should have a greater voice in the process, says Fr. Tom Reese.	93.1×	844k	350	32	116
3	Jul 23, '25	Catholic priests have been barred from providing religious services inside Florida's controversial new migrant detention facility — dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" — nearly three weeks	58.9×	534k	2.1k	1.3k	213
4	Oct 2, '23	BREAKING: Pope Francis has expressed openness to Catholic blessings for same-sex couples, under the condition they are not confused with marriage ceremonies for men and women, in w	54.4×	493k	974	228	77
5	Feb 5, '25	Catholic Relief Services is bracing for massive cuts — as much as 50% this year — because of draconian reductions in U.S. foreign assistance ordered by the Trump administration, ac	31.8×	288k	310	167	53
6	Nov 15, '23	NEW: @BrianFragaNCR interviewed with @BishStrickland outside of the @USCCB meeting earlier today. Watch here.	28.7×	260k	499	96	29
7	Sep 19, '25	Kirk is not a modern day St. Paul, despite what Cardinal Dolan says. The only thing that such myth-making achieves is fomenting resentment, curtailing dialogue, and stifling action	28×	254k	3.7k	746	196
8	Feb 11, '25	BREAKING: Pope Francis has written a sweeping letter to the U.S. bishops decrying the "major crisis" triggered by President Trump's mass deportation plans and explicitly rejecting	25.2×	228k	1k	322	46
9	Dec 22, '19	Legion of Christ finds 33 priests, 71 seminarian sex abusers - 1/3 of the priestly abusers were victims of the Legion's late founder, the Rev. Marcial Maciel	24.4×	0	1.6k	1.4k	100
10	Nov 11, '23	NEWS: The Vatican announced Nov. 11 that Pope Francis had effectively fired Texas Bishop Joseph Strickland, a firebrand prelate who called synodality "garbage" and endorsed a video	19.7×	179k	526	152	36
11	Dec 18, '23	BREAKING: A new Vatican document officially declares it possible for Catholic priests to bless same-sex unions and divorced and remarried couples. The pastoral shift may be among t	13.9×	126k	612	134	39
12	Jan 6, '20	Catholics in Hong Kong who have taken the side of the protesters, along with sympathetic emigres in the US, agree that the church should promote peaceful solutions. But some argue	13.8×	0	1.3k	1.2k	6
13	Aug 19, '24	When Joe Biden leaves the Oval Office, so, too, will a Catholic commander-in-chief who always carried a rosary in his pocket, and arranged his public schedule to attend Mass on Sun	13.1×	119k	287	40	21
14	Apr 18, '24	NEW from @BrianFragaNCR: A Catholic bishop in Michigan vilified President Joe Biden as a "stupid" Catholic "who is not living the life Jesus wants for him" during an April 5 presen	12.4×	113k	160	24	16
15	Oct 7, '24	Cardinal Timothy Dolan said he was "doubly disappointed" by the rejection from Kamala Harris of his invitation to the annual Al Smith dinner. But we are triply disappointed that Do	10.4×	94k	719	150	24
16	Jul 15, '24	Vance's fraudulence is discerned in the fact that while he celebrates Catholicism as a vehicle for his sociocultural vision, he departs from the teaching of the church on a host of	9.9×	90k	185	38	39
17	Nov 1, '24	Republican candidates Donald Trump and JD Vance have been spreading lies about immigrants in the United States as a cornerstone of their campaign. The shameful silence of our Catho	9.4×	85k	1.4k	481	24
18	Sep 30, '25	A group of Catholic sisters criticized Archbishop of NY Timothy Dolan for his recent comments about the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, suggesting the cardinal is "confusi	9.1×	82k	251	46	21
19	May 29, '20	In a late vote May 27, the U.S. House overwhelmingly passed a measure condemning the Chinese Communist Party for forcing Uighurs, ethnic Kazakhs and other Muslim minorities into in	8.6×	0	787	760	0
20	Jan 2, '24	During Vatican II, a group of Catholics in Kansas City decided laypeople should take the lead in church journalism. The result was the National Catholic Reporter, a key player in t	8.2×	75k	164	33	5
21	Mar 4, '25	We remain baffled by Barron's silence. God has given the bishop a social media megaphone, a powerful platform that he chooses to use to engage in the most divisive, ideological cul	7.4×	67k	196	39	35
22	Jun 14, '23	NEW: @Pontifex has sent a message of support to a conference that will discuss LGBTQ ministry in the Catholic Church this weekend, after right-wing online influencers organized a p	6.5×	59k	379	60	15
23	Nov 21, '20	Review: As we follow the devil on an L.A. "vacation," a theology of self-actualization emerges. Unlike humans, Lucifer doesn't just believe God exists. He knows it. Consequently, t	6.3×	0	1.1k	160	82
24	Aug 16, '20	Jesuit Fr. @JamesMartinSJ is joining a rabbi and imam to deliver the convocation at the end of the @DNC convention that starts Monday	6.0×	0	1.2k	151	4
25	Jan 25, '25	Stephen Adubato writes that what we call "traditional Catholicism" is the product of an artificial culture constructed to pick and choose elements from the past that fit the ideolo	5.3×	48k	167	32	29
26	Jun 26, '23	NEW from @BrianFragaNCR: The Vatican has launched a formal investigation of the east Texas diocese led by Bishop Joseph Strickland, a controversial prelate who has accused @Pontife	5.1×	47k	149	35	5
27	Apr 6, '23	"I don't have the right to cast anyone out from the church," said @Pontifex referring to members of the LGBTQ community. "My job is to receive, always."	5.1×	46k	356	93	10
28	Oct 7, '23	BREAKING: In a departure from many diocesan policies on the topic, a new document from the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, stresses the first response to LGBTQ individuals should be "o	4.9×	45k	559	64	11
29	Feb 6, '20	A Catholic case for Pete Buttigieg: "I'm supporting him for the presidency because I believe his vision for the nation has the best chance of moving us in the direction of a more j	4.8×	0	425	148	13
30	Mar 28, '18	Pope Francis will not be visiting Canada to personally apologize for the suffering endured by indigenous Canadians at residential schools, said the president of the Canadian Confer	4.7×	0	335	247	4
31	Oct 2, '23	Five conservative cardinals, including Raymond Burke, have challenged #PopeFrancis to affirm current Catholic teaching on homosexuality and women's ordination ahead of the #synod,	4.6×	42k	180	47	11
32	Oct 16, '24	"We want to be treated as equals not only theoretically, in dignity, but also in church ministry," writes Sr. Nameeta Renu. She suggests the understanding of holy orders as reserve	4.5×	41k	167	34	11
33	Feb 1, '25	In a viral Fox News interview, the vice president suggested that it is more Christian to prioritize your family over a stranger, but Jesus wanted us to demolish the categories that	4.0×	37k	330	83	28
34	Oct 17, '23	BREAKING: Pope Francis on Oct. 17 held a meeting with Sr. Jeannine Gramick, co-founder of @NewWaysMinistry, who had previously been reprimanded by the Vatican and several U.S. bish	3.8×	35k	263	36	4
35	Mar 10, '23	BREAKING: A meeting between Germany's Catholic bishops and lay representatives agreed Friday to call for the church to approve blessings of same-sex unions.	3.8×	34k	245	30	6
36	Jul 27, '20	In that now-famous speech July 23, U.S. Rep. @AOC repeatedly railed against the "dehumanizing" of others and instead called for treating people with dignity and respect. These are	3.8×	0	593	75	4
37	Jan 24, '25	If a Christian leader in her pulpit, addressing a president who voluntarily placed himself in that sacred space, cannot speak out of the heart of the Gospel, then we might as well	3.7×	33k	1k	210	49
38	Dec 18, '22	Frank Pavone, a right-wing provocateur who defied requests from the Vatican and U.S. bishops to stop engaging in partisan political advocacy inconsistent with his role as a member	3.5×	31k	188	50	7
39	Oct 28, '24	Faithful Catholics must vote for the ticket most likely to promote a dignified quality of life for all and the works of social justice throughout our society. In such a broadened v	3.4×	30k	1k	291	23
40	Mar 24, '23	"@EWTN worries me because it represents a giant of economic and cultural power connected to a religious viewpoint that is fundamentally critical of the pope," the cardinal said.	3.3×	30k	200	39	4
41	Nov 17, '17	Pope Francis has declared Sunday the World Day of the Poor. The Vatican will observe it with a Mass for 4,000 people in need, who will then be invited to lunch.	3.1×	0	456	177	0
42	Sep 5, '24	Franciscan Fr. Daniel Horan asks, if Jesus entrusted Mary of Magdala to be the first witness to his Resurrection and St. Paul entrusted the Deacon Phoebe to be a minister in the ea	3.0×	27k	281	57	13
43	Jan 11, '21	Flash: #PopeFrancis changes Catholic Church law to make explicit women can act as lectors and altar servers. This effectively removes a previous option for individual bishops to re	3.0×	0	426	95	9
44	Mar 13, '25	I am angry about Cardinal Timothy Dolan's remark that the pontiff was “probably close to death.” What we need is Pope Francis back. The world needs him back.	3.0×	27k	342	41	15
45	Apr 30, '25	Pope Trump? According to Canon Law, any candidate must be of sound mind. Canon 171 §1, n.1 says: “Those who lack the use of reason are incapable of a valid ecclesiastical election.	2.8×	25k	271	49	19
46	Jan 20, '25	Pope Francis on Jan. 19 denounced President Donald Trump's provisional plans to carry out a massive deportation of migrants as a "disgrace."	2.7×	24k	263	74	13
47	Aug 6, '23	During a press conference on the papal plane from Lisbon, Portugal, Pope Francis reiterated that his message that the church is open to everyone includes LGBTQ people and all margi	2.7×	24k	194	38	6
48	Feb 9, '24	All forms of clerical abuse begin with a priest thinking he is better than others and somehow over them, Pope Francis said.	2.6×	23k	191	39	12
49	Feb 14, '20	On average, 10 women are murdered every day in Mexico. Says one human rights activist, "We live in a society where a social acceptance of violence against women is normalized."	2.6×	0	248	194	17
50	Nov 4, '24	Faithful Catholics must vote for the ticket most likely to promote a dignified quality of life for all and the works of social justice throughout our society. In such a broadened v	2.5×	23k	648	150	13
51	Jan 12, '24	BREAKING: The San Diego Diocese has divested its financial holdings from the fossil fuel industry, the first Catholic diocese in the U.S. to make public such a move in response to	2.4×	21k	272	72	9
52	Mar 3, '22	As Catholic officials in Tigray continue to call for an end to atrocities and the humanitarian aid blockade, an international refugees organization is warning that Eritrean refugee	2.3×	0	151	215	2
53	Feb 17, '25	When confronted with a perceived slight to his brand of Catholicism, Bishop Robert Barron is quick to post on social media. But when it comes to those on the margins, his alleged p	2.2×	20k	322	67	33
54	Feb 7, '24	"No one is scandalized if I give a blessing to an entrepreneur who perhaps exploits people, which is a very serious sin. Whereas they are scandalized if I give it to a homosexual –	2.2×	19k	386	74	17
55	Sep 27, '24	The show's lasting reputation has little to do with politics or policy, "West Wing" writer Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) told NCR. It comes from the series' ability to "teach empa	2.1×	19k	208	44	4
56	Aug 5, '24	JD Vance’s views on childless women are sharply at odds with the attitude of his present Catholic faith. Catholic history is full of childless women respected for their work, many	2.0×	18k	152	39	8
57	Jun 17, '23	Without being sucked into partisan politics, the bishops need to affirm that Christian nationalism is a heresy, that lying in politics is a sin against the common good and politici	2.0×	18k	224	39	3
58	Jul 5, '24	Archbishop Viganò, the disgraced former papal nuncio to the United States who questioned the legitimacy of Pope Francis and the authority of the Second Vatican Council, has been fo	2.0×	18k	218	50	10
59	Jan 13, '22	The Catholic Church must have an honest reckoning about conversion therapy and its deadly impact on LGBTQ+ youth, writes grieving parent Joyce Calvo.	1.8×	0	222	56	15
60	Sep 20, '25	Bishop Daniel Garcia, Central Texas born and raised, delivered an emotional homily condemning racism and the harsh treatment of migrants as he was installed as the sixth bishop of	1.8×	17k	401	92	18
61	Oct 18, '23	Pope Francis praised actor and comedian Whoopi Goldberg for helping people laugh and feel joy, telling her, "You are very important."	1.7×	16k	167	30	5
62	Oct 24, '25	As older progressive priests retire or die, younger conservative priests will have a profound impact on parish life. A new study of U.S. priests gives us data on which to reflect a	⚡ 1.7×	258k	189	9	36
63	May 22, '22	News: Pioneering feminist and liberation theologian Rosemary Radford Ruether died today at age 85. "Her legacy, both intellectual and personal, is rich beyond imagining," said long	1.7×	0	168	91	4
64	Aug 8, '23	Too often, he said, when a priest is overly rigid about what he thinks is proper doctrine or liturgy, he is seeking his own glory and power, not the Lord's. Clericalism is a manife	1.6×	15k	180	34	6
65	Aug 17, '18	More than 140 theologians, educators and lay leaders have called for all U.S. bishops to submit their resignations to Pope Francis in the wake of the Pennsylvania grand jury report	1.6×	0	170	90	2
66	Mar 14, '25	Bishop Seitz of El Paso, Texas, is spearheading a march and vigil to protest the Trump administration's plans for mass deportations of immigrants who lack legal authorization to li	1.5×	14k	198	51	5
67	Jul 9, '25	The United States is beginning to look like a dictatorship seeking to divest itself of anyone who is poor and speaks Spanish.	1.5×	14k	293	130	29
68	Aug 7, '25	Amid the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration, Bishop Mark E. Brennan of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, is urging the people of his state to "affirm the hum	1.5×	14k	377	84	13
69	Nov 7, '20	We say: The value Biden gives to Catholic social teaching impresses us. Biden cares about the common good, the dignity of the human person, stewardship for creation, a preferential	1.5×	0	192	39	0
70	Jul 7, '25	Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass "for the care of creation" after the Vatican announced that a new formulary of prayers and biblical readings for the Mass will b	1.5×	13k	239	33	14
71	Sep 8, '18	Commentary: We don't need to wait for women to be ordained — there have been laypeople in the College of Cardinals before. Let women have a place at the table now.	1.5×	0	191	56	2
72	Oct 26, '19	The #AmazonSynod has called on #PopeFrancis to allow for the priestly ordination of married men on a regional basis, in order to address a lack of ministers across the region.	1.5×	0	155	70	2
73	May 25, '23	Pope Francis used his 2023 message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation to call for an end to "the fossil fuel era," saying it is "madness to permit continued explo	1.4×	13k	148	35	3
74	Oct 25, '24	Christian nationalism is a distortion of the religion from which it takes its name, and it can only be defeated by love, Catholic Bishop John Stowe of Lexington, Kentucky, told a s	1.4×	12k	274	67	13
75	Nov 2, '23	Pope Francis is pressing Catholic theologians to be more in tune with the challenges of ordinary people and urging them to dialogue with non-believers as well as believers of vario	1.4×	12k	145	26	5
76	Feb 5, '25	Vice President Vance, and the policies he is defending, does not start with grace and gratitude. He is not just ethically wrong. He doesn't understand the Catholic faith to which h	1.3×	12k	276	87	34
77	Nov 4, '24	It's disappointing that so few Catholic leaders have joined San Juan Archbishop Roberto González Nieves in condemning a comedian's racist jokes at a Donald Trump rally, writes John	1.3×	12k	412	91	6
78	Jul 26, '24	President Joe Biden's call for unity, his care for the poor, the environment and true peace in our fractured world make him an example of what public service ought to be, writes co	1.3×	12k	140	27	4
79	May 4, '25	Can you imagine if Bishop Barron advocated for the poor who will suffer throughout the world as passionately as he railed against feminism in 'Star Wars'? #Maythe4th #StarWarsDay	1.3×	12k	242	44	16
80	Dec 12, '20	The Virgin of Guadalupe appeared to St. Juan Diego almost 500 years ago at a moment of chaos and despair. "Her hope is to recognize that, yes, today this is our situation, but if G	1.3×	0	250	34	7
81	Sep 8, '17	Jim Martin brings incarnational spirituality to life for thousands upon thousands of Catholics.	1.2×	0	216	41	0
82	Jul 25, '18	Ambassador Callista Gingrich joined Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican secretary for relations with states, at an event to discuss the Vatican's fight for religious freedom aro	1.2×	0	230	36	0
83	May 6, '25	Imagine a twice divorced, convicted rapist, felon and anti-Catholic bigot sitting on the throne of Peter. That's your pick for a president who supports and cares for the Catholic C	1.2×	11k	188	38	11
84	Jan 7, '21	Our editorial calls out @CatholicVote, Attorney General William Barr, @CardinalDolan and other Catholics for supporting Trump and his assaults on democracy. "A pro-life movement th	1.2×	0	156	53	3
85	Nov 7, '20	Joe Biden, former vice president, cradle Catholic and current parishioner at St. Joseph on the Brandywine in Greenville, Delaware, will become the 46th president. As fellow Catholi	1.1×	0	197	30	0
86	Feb 7, '25	It is time for complicit Catholics, in particular, to stop aiding and abetting cruelty by asserting that this administration is in any way pro-life. It is not.	1.1×	10k	282	111	24
87	May 24, '21	New from @cwwhite212: Fr. James Altman, a Wisconsin priest who became a right-wing firebrand for claiming during the 2020 election that faithful Catholics cannot be Democrats, has	1.1×	0	178	28	3
88	Jul 15, '21	We say: US Catholic colleges and churches should require vaccination. “Everyone has a moral obligation to get vaccinated unless they have a legitimate medical condition prohibiting	1.0×	0	180	41	0
89	Aug 23, '18	U.S. Jesuit Fr. James Martin set out a series of ways in which parishes can show welcome and respect to LGBT Catholics.	1.0×	0	160	40	3
90	Feb 14, '22	The archbishop of Miami says @GovRonDeSantis of Florida has hit a "new low."	1.0×	0	158	43	2
91	Jun 2, '19	"Tradition is the guarantee of the future and not the container of the ashes," Pope Francis said aboard the flight back to Rome after his three-day visit to Romania.	1.0×	0	151	46	2
92	Jan 11, '25	Breaking News: President Joe Biden has awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States’ highest civilian honor.	1.0×	9.1k	227	45	6
93	Jul 31, '19	Pete Buttigieg, two-term mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has captured the nation's interest. Residents of South Bend vouch for the Democratic presidential candidate's integrity, tell	1.0×	0	133	52	3
94	Mar 25, '25	Mass deportations and asylum bans — part of the Trump administration's rapid changes to U.S. immigration policy — destroy communities and human dignity, while constituting a "war o	0.8×	7.5k	191	80	8
95	Jul 20, '21	Some will say that the decision to restrict the Latin Mass will cause a schism, but Msgr. Kevin Irwin writes whatever action people will take "will simply unmask the silent schism	0.8×	0	148	25	5
96	Jun 27, '25	Twenty U.S. Catholic bishops have signed onto an interfaith effort opposing President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued its stro	0.8×	7.4k	260	84	14
97	Jan 19, '22	Pope Francis issued a plea on behalf of prison inmates, saying they should never be deprived of hope and always be given the opportunity to redeem themselves.	0.8×	0	141	26	1
98	Jul 30, '21	The National Catholic Reporter Publishing Co. has promoted executive editor @HeidiSchlumpf to vice president. "This promotion recognizes the extraordinary leadership Heidi has prov	0.8×	0	139	14	1
99	Jun 23, '20	Prominent Catholic leaders sent messages of video support to the LGBTQ community for Pride Month after Outreach 2020, a Catholic LGBTQ conference hosted by Fordham University, was	0.7×	0	134	16	1
100	May 8, '25	Who knows how Pope Leo XIV will play on the world stage. For now we can only state, but state with certainty, that the cardinals have chosen someone committed to the reforms Pope F	0.7×	5.9k	182	39	10

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