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How to love your enemies. Really. Jesus's command to love our enemies is no less radical (or difficult) than it was when he first uttered it. But it is possible. Here is a way forward. A reflection on today's Gospel: outreach.faith/2025/02/how-...

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Thanks to everyone who came to my talk this morning on the Raising of Lazarus at LA Congress and all those who stood in line to have their books signed. I loved meeting you all and hearing your stories. Always be ready to hear God's voice calling you to "Come forth!"

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Pray for the Pope.

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Thanks to my friends at Paulist Press for carrying my books at the LA Congress and to my friend Anne Kertz Kernion of "Cards by Anne" for turning some of my prayers into beautiful note cards! See you this morning to talk about Lazarus!

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Thanks to everyone who came to my talk on LGBTQ Catholics this afternoon at the LA Religious Education Congress and also all those who stood on line to have your books signed! I really enjoyed hearing all your stories and experiences. Thank you for your kind words and your prayers, too!

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A gay Catholic (theologian) on finding hope in seemingly hopeless times. outreach.faith/2025/02/a-ga...

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Dear friends: I'll be at the LA Religious Education Congress for the next two days giving two talks and signing books. Here is the schedule if you're in Anaheim: Fri., Feb. 21, 1 to 2:15 PM: Session 2-07 (Hilton Pac Ballroom C) "LGBTQ Catholic Update." Book signing afterwards (2:30 at Table A)...

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Trump, Musk and Vance target the most vulnerable and attack Catholic ministries—and it’s working. www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/0...

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A prayer for Pope Francis.

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I'm honored and grateful that Pope Francis has written a foreword for the new paperback edition of "Come Forth," in which he meditates on the book and, more importantly, on the Gospel story of the Raising of Lazarus. "All of us are Lazarus," he says. www.americamagazine.org/faith/2024/0...

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Today is the pub date for the paperback edition of "Come Forth: The Promise of Jesus's Greatest Miracle," with a new foreword by Pope Francis. I hope the book helps you hear God's invitation to experience new life every day. More info on the book here: www.harpercollins.com/products/com...

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Dear friends: Tomorrow, "Come Forth," a deep dive into the Gospel story of the Raising of Lazarus, comes out in paperback, with a brand new foreword by the Holy Father. I hope the book helps you to hear God's daily invitation to new life! More info here: www.harpercollins.com/products/com...

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From @catholicnewssvc.bsky.social "Vatican update on 88-year-old Pope Francis: He has a "polymicrobial infection of the respiratory tract .... All the tests performed to date indicate a complex clinical picture that will require an appropriate hospital stay." Please keep him in your prayers!

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Jesus never meant for us to sit back and watch as the poor were treated like dirt. Jesus has already come and “not yet” is not enough for him. The time to care for the poor is now. A meditation on Luke's version of the Beatitudes, in today's Gospel. outreach.faith/2025/02/time...

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Today was the Feast of St. Claude la Colombière, SJ. In the 17th century, when St. Margaret Mary Alacoque was gifted with visions of the Sacred Heart, few of the sisters in the Visitation convent in Paray-le-Monial, France, believed her.

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The new paperback edition of "Come Forth: The Promise of Jesus's Greatest Miracle," with a new foreword by Pope Francis, will be released on Tuesday, Feb. 18. On Tuesday evening at 8 PM ET I'll be hosting a Facebook live event presenting the book...

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Dear friends: I was so happy to review three superb new books on aging (something I'm becoming an expert in!) by three of my favorite writers, who approach the topic from very different viewpoints: Sebastian Junger, Valerie Schultz and Sister Joyce Rupp. www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture...

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Lawmakers and faith leaders are backing a bill that would protect sensitive locations such as churches, schools, and hospitals from ICE raids. The longstanding effort has accelerated after Trump ended an internal government policy discouraging raids at such places. religionnews.com/2025/02/14/l...

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Join us for our weekly Friday faith sharing and Bible study on my Facebook page at 3 PM ET (live) where we will discuss this Sunday's Gospel: the Beatitudes in Luke's Gospel (Lk 6: 17, 20-26). As ever, looking forward to your insights!

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Dear friends: Do you have a question about spirituality or prayer? A spiritual challenge or frustration that bothers you? Together with America Media, I’m developing a new podcast on the spiritual life that will try to answer your questions.

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"The problem with JD Vance’s theology of ‘ordo amoris’—and its impact on policy" www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/0...

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Happy to share this good news! outreach.faith/2025/02/outr...

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The Sheep and the Goats (Updated). "Frankly, Jesus, you’re really starting to bother us good Christians. And stop with the talk about being judged on how we treat people and the threats about hell. We’re already saved." More here: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

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On NPR's Here & Now speaking about Pope Francis's new letter condemning mass deportations. www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

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Breaking: Pope sends letter to US bishops decrying mass deportation and rejecting "any measure that tacitly or explicitly identifies the illegal status of some migrants with criminality." The true "ordo amoris," he says, is the ethos of the Good Samaritan. www.vatican.va/content/fran...

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New: We are very grateful at Outreach for this new essay by Sister Nathalie Becquart, an undersecretary for the Synod of Bishops, on how synodality is a path towards inclusion--including for LGBTQ people. outreach.faith/2025/02/sr-n...

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Vatican’s Caritas outraged at ‘reckless’ USAID cuts, says millions will die, others left in poverty apnews.com/article/vati...

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#FlyEaglesFly

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#FlyEaglesfly #GoBirds

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"We have worked hard all night and caught nothing" could be something that all of us could say, when we feel that all our efforts have failed and we are close to despair. But Jesus says: Try again. outreach.faith/2025/02/jesu...

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USCCB lays off a third of migration staff after Trump's suspension of refugee resettlement program www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

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"Whoever exalts race, or the people, or the State, or a particular form of State, or the depositories of power, or any other fundamental value of the human community --- however necessary and honorable be their function in worldly things --

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From Carolyn Woo: "I led Catholic Relief Services. I’ve seen USAID projects change lives." www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

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Dear friends: Join us for our Friday faith sharing and Bible study today at 3 PM ET on my Facebook page (live), when we will discuss this Sunday's beautiful Gospel reading: The Miraculous Catch of Fish (Lk 5:1-11). As ever, looking forward to your insights!

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Cardinal Cupich sets the record straight.

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Generally speaking, slashing government funding for Christian organizations like Catholic Relief Services, attacking Lutheran charities, and maligning the US Conference of Catholic Bishops isn't especially pro-Christian.

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In Opinion When Timothy White came out as gay, it profoundly tested the faith of his father, an evangelical pastor. “But it never separated us,” White writes. “I wanted to understand how. So I read his journals.”

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"Come Forth" is coming soon in paperback with a new foreword by Pope Francis. Available for pre-order now, released on February 18! www.harpercollins.com/products/com...

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"Come Forth" is coming soon in paperback with a new foreword by Pope Francis. Available for pre-order now, released on February 18! www.harpercollins.com/products/com...

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JD Vance got a lot wrong about St. Augustine’s ordering of loves www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/0...

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