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Dr. Brian Flanagan @brianpflanagan.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Listening to Catholic Theological Union professor (and @loyolachicago.bsky.social Theology alum) Dr Kevin Considine give the Luzbetak Lecture on mission and “orthopathema,” the work of “suffering rightly”

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New Ways Ministry @newwaysministry.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Thanks to the folks at the God Talk Podcast, you can have a sneak peak of one of the first "Walking Together: LGBTQ+ Catholics in a Synodal Church" workshops hosted by New Ways Senior Fellow @brianpflanagan.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Vc...

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Medene and James Attend LGBTQ Inclusion Workshop at a Catholic Church

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Doctor Jeff Hawn 🌻🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇦 @jhawn.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Hearing a armed federal agent declare “Liberals have ruined the country” after violently arresting someone without cause. Is extremely chilling and speaks to a total lack of professionalism

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Adrian Monck @amonck.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

🧵 THREAD: What the leaked Alaska summit documents really reveal (excellent scoop by @NPR) 1/ NPR just broke some big news: US government documents were accidentally left in a hotel printer in Anchorage, revealing the actual plan for the Trump-Putin summit. They show exactly what Trump intended.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

No agency insignia at all on their uniforms, so this is likely not DEA or ATF or FBI or Border Patrol. So probably it’s DHS, most likely ICE. And yeah, the comment about “liberal” is really telling. These guys are wildly unprofessional.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

While masked agents were violently attacking a delivery worker this morning, bystanders repeatedly asked to see their badge numbers but they refused. Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right? Agent: Liberals already ruined it.

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Dr. Brian Flanagan @brianpflanagan.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Excited to be in conversation for @newwaysministry this Wednesday, August 20, with Christopher White about his new book from @loyolapress about the election of Pope Leo. More info and register at www.newwaysministry.org/2025/07/28/w...

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Webinar: Vatican Journalist on Pope Leo, LGBTQ+ Issues, and the Conclave - New Ways Ministry

Join us Aug. 20 to hear from Christopher White and discuss what LGBTQ+ Catholics can expect from Leo's papacy.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

As someone who has lived my whole adult life in cities deemed “dangerous”—NYC, NOLA, and SF—I think a lot about how dense cities require patience, calm, and tolerance in the midst of social difference, which are of course exactly the civic virtues that the right resents being told to cultivate.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

I just can’t believe our Reichstag Fire is the Big Balls Beatdown.

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Dr. Brian Flanagan @brianpflanagan.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

First day of new faculty orientation at @loyolachicago.bsky.social. Decided to cosplay as a Jesuit.

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Dr. Brian Flanagan @brianpflanagan.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Day to Day Brian: "Love your neighbor as yourself." Driving Brian: "I am mean because I grew up in New England."

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Atkinson @maddavenport.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Please do not ask me to defend my choice of most readily applicable heresy, I just wanted to make the meme

Donnie Darko Meme: I found a new heresy. New or Docetism again? Docetism again

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Dr. Brian Flanagan @brianpflanagan.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I don’t need a lububu. (Thanks to Francis DeBernardo for the new Ignatius of Loyola to hang out with Francis…)

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Today is August 1. Asking an academic how their book is going is a felony.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

VATICAN “His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has learned with deep sorrow of the loss of human lives and the injuries caused by the military attack on the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza, and assures the parish priest, Father Gabriele Romanelli, and the entire parish community of his spiritual closeness.”

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Dr. Brian Flanagan @brianpflanagan.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Just saw a truck for “Manella’s Poultry”. You gotta think the name Salvatore is just off the table in that family.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Santa Fe’s Archbishop Wester: “The passage of HR1 by the United States Congress marks a sad moment for the well-being of many in our country. It promises many things, but it delivers very little unless you are among an elite few.”

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Please believe me when I tell you: Double the fuck down on your spiritual practice now. You are going to need it. And no, that doesn't have to be a prayer-god thing. The thing that sustains and nourishes you. That makes you more alive to yourself, the world, others. More present. More:

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fortify inside

why spiritual practice matters during the rising authoritarian tide

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 03/07/2025

"This bill forsakes the most vulnerable among us, widens both the economic and human gap between the rich and poor, and ignores the common good to benefit only the wealthiest in our country." #ArchbishopWester #PrayForAmerica losalamosreporter.com/2025/06/08/a...

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Archbishop Wester: Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Betrays The Poor. The Church Must Oppose It

John C. Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe. Photo by Susan Montoya Bryan/AP BY MOST REVERENT JOHN C. WESTERArchbishop of Santa Fe Editor’s note: Most Reverend John C. Wester’s Op-Ed, &#8220…

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Amigo de Frodo @bpdflores.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

The Holy Father met with the Synodal Council today. He spent about 90 minutes with us. It was a great grace to be able to greet him, to see and hear him. Pope Leo’s opening remarks in Italian can be found here: www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 26/06/2025

INBOX: Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is urging lawmakers to change the GOP-led “Big, Beautiful Bill” budget proposal, citing Pope Leo to argue that the bill “takes from the poor to give to the wealthy.” It’s the strongest language USCCB has used yet

"The bishops are grateful that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes provisions that promote the dignity of human life and support parental choice in education. These are commendable provisions that are important priorities for the bishops. Still, Congress must be consistent in protecting human life and dignity and make drastic changes to the bill to protect those most in need. As Pope Leo XIV recently stated, it is the responsibility of politicians to promote and protect the common good, including by working to overcome great wealth inequality. This bill does not answer this call. It takes from the poor to give to the wealthy. It provides tax breaks for some while undermining the social safety net for others through major cuts to nutrition assistance and Medicaid. It fails to protect families and children by promoting an enforcement-only approach to immigration and eroding access to legal protections. It harms God's creation and future generations through cuts to clean energy incentives and environmental programs.

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Dr. Brian Flanagan @brianpflanagan.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

"The church is contradicted, but the church should not contradict—at least, not as its primary way of meeting the world. Who would accept our ministry when we do that? Who would accept the outstretched hand of someone constantly contradicting them?"

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BC Theology @bctheology.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Commencement 2025 - from left to right: Dr.'s Austin (AJ) Holmes, Sarah Livick-Moses, Peter Vale, Jamie Myrose, Qi Zeng, Brett McLaughlin, SJ & Brett O'Neill, SJ. Kudos to all! @bostoncollege.bsky.social

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Black Catholic Messenger @blackcatholicmessenger.org · 19/05/2025

The Trappists' Mepkin Abbey in S.C. has blessed a new meditation garden honoring enslaved African Americans, who once worked the property under British and American colonists. Bishop Jacques Fabre-Jeune of Charleston celebrated the ceremony in late April. buff.ly/Hjul47l

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Dr. Brian Flanagan @brianpflanagan.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

"I would like to assure you of my intention to continue Pope Francis’ commitment to promoting the synodal nature of the Catholic Church and developing new and concrete forms for an ever stronger synodality in ecumenical relations." press.vatican.va/content/sala...

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Audience with Representatives of other Churches, ecclesial communities, and other religions

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Mollie Wilson O'Reilly @mollieoreilly.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

I've listened to a lot of pope-centric conversations in the last few weeks, but this one was particularly enlightening and well informed, and not only on matters LGBTQ. Worth your time!

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 15/05/2025

My National Geographic debut: Recounting the singular story of Black Catholicism in New Orleans, and how it ties in with Pope Leo XIV. www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/arti...

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New Ways Ministry @newwaysministry.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

If you missed our webinar on the future of the Church under Pope Leo XIV featuring @heidischlumpf.bsky.social, @clairegiangrave.bsky.social , Steven P. Millies and New Ways Senior Fellow @brianpflanagan.bsky.social --- you can watch the whole thing on our YouTube channel!

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Dr. Brian Flanagan @brianpflanagan.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Best analogy I’ve been able to think up: I think Pope Leo XIV will be to Pope Francis as Paul VI was to John XXIII - with all the joys and challenges thereof…

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Dr. Brian Flanagan @brianpflanagan.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Still time to join us today at 4 pm eastern for our discussion on Pope Leo and LGBTQ+ Catholics: www.newwaysministry.org/whats-next-t...

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What's Next? Pope Leo XIV and LGBTQ+ Catholics - New Ways Ministry

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Dr. Brian Flanagan @brianpflanagan.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

And you thought it was hard to fill airtime when results had not come in yet in a US election… Enjoy the next 24 to 48 hours…

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Dr. Brian Flanagan @brianpflanagan.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Happy 250th Rhode Island Independence Day! God save Rhode Island!

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"le mec à McCabe là", un truc comme ça @socfrimphmcc.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Comme quoi on peut lire Congar, citer Lubac autant qu'on veut, ça ne protège ni de l'autoritarisme, ni de l'idolâtrie.

Photo de responsables religieux priant autour de D. Trump assis à un bureau. Un personnage est agenouillé devant lui dans une posture d'adoration. Parmi eux, l'évêque catholique R. Barron est entouré en rouge

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Dr. Brian Flanagan @brianpflanagan.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Normal: A little traffic, but not bad. Did I remember to pack my lunch? Literally any Philip Glass piece comes on: I am at the center of the drama of my one wild and precious life. I contain multitudes. Did I remember to pack my lunch?

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Barb Fraze @bfraze.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

The period between popes is known as the interregnum. This is when all the cardinals are talking to their peeps, trying to decide who they will vote for in the #conclave.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Thousands of rosaries from Pope Francis were ere donated today to the poor of Rome. They were brought by Cardinal Krajewski, the Pope's almoner. They were distributed in soup kitchens, dormitories, and stations: the main places of shelter for the homeless.

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Dr. Brian Flanagan @brianpflanagan.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Today would be perfect to start production on “The Muppets Conclave.” Kermit as the camerlengo, Stanley Tucci and Isabella Rosalina stay.

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Paulist Fathers @paulistfathers.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Paulist Fr. Dave Dwyer spoke about the life and legacy of Pope Francis today during this interview on MSNBC. Fr. Dave is our First Consultor and Executive Director of our @busted-halo.bsky.social media ministry.

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Paulist Fr. Dave Dwyer on the Life and Legacy of Pope Francis - Interview on MSNBC on April 22, 2025

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Dr. Brian Flanagan @brianpflanagan.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Pro tip: if someone says they know who the next pope will be, you can pretty much dismiss them as a reliable source. The Vatican experts who have the best knowledge of the probabilities will be silent, both out of respect for the process and because it is so easy to be wrong. 1/

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Joshua McElwee @joshmcelwee.org · 21/04/2025

After a serious bout of pneumonia, doctors told Pope Francis he needed two months' rest - but the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics kept working right to the end. "He died with the smell of the sheep on him," said Cardinal Czerny, a senior Vatican official. For @reuters.com:

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Pope Francis spent final day working, despite doctors' orders

After spending more than five weeks in hospital for a bout of double pneumonia, doctors told Pope Francis he needed two months' rest - but the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics kept working right to the end.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Per protocol upon the death of a Pope, the Vatican has changed its website Francis to “The Apostolic See is Vacant.”

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