James V. Grimaldi
@jamesvgrimaldi.bsky.social
Executive editor of the National Catholic Reporter. Winner of Pulitzer Prizes. KCMO. DC. Dad. Husband. Roman Catholic.
Keep asking questions, keep digging, pursue the truth without fear or favor www.ncronline.org/vatican/excl... @bfragancr.bsky.social began this investigation and @McLellan_Js went to Peru to answer questions
Exclusive: Pope Leo critic now says her lawyer might have had a secret agenda
A lawyer seemed to have a conflict of interest when he represented sisters who claimed the future pope covered up their abuse allegations against two priests. Now, one sister says her lawyer "didn't r...
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September 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Keep asking questions, keep digging, pursue the truth without fear or favor www.ncronline.org/vatican/excl... @bfragancr.bsky.social began this investigation and @McLellan_Js went to Peru to answer questions
Former Opus Dei numerary's memoir claims abuse, trafficking www.ncronline.org/culture/book...
Former Opus Dei numerary's memoir claims abuse, trafficking
In Serve: My Lost Years at the Heart of Opus Dei, Anne Marie Allen documents the domestic servitude which she and other Irish women say they were lured into with the promise of vocational training in ...
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September 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Former Opus Dei numerary's memoir claims abuse, trafficking www.ncronline.org/culture/book...
Reposted by James V. Grimaldi
During President Trump’s month-long anti-crime surge in D.C., U.S. Park Police helicopters circled or hovered over the city seven times as much as they did during the same time last year, and they did so at lower altitudes.
In Trump’s D.C. surge, helicopters hovered and surveilled day and night
Park Police helicopters circled more often than they did in the same time period last year and at lower altitudes than other law enforcement helicopters in D.C. this August.
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September 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
During President Trump’s month-long anti-crime surge in D.C., U.S. Park Police helicopters circled or hovered over the city seven times as much as they did during the same time last year, and they did so at lower altitudes.
Let’s be charitable. Who among us hasn’t accepted $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents? www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
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September 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Let’s be charitable. Who among us hasn’t accepted $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents? www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Tears of joy as Egyptian immigrant and Cincinnati chaplain is released from detention www.ncronline.org/news/tears-j...
Tears of joy as Egyptian immigrant and Cincinnati chaplain is released from detention
As Ayman Soliman spoke to supporters, people held signs reading "Finally Home," "Home Is Here" and "Immigrants Welcome here."
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September 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Tears of joy as Egyptian immigrant and Cincinnati chaplain is released from detention www.ncronline.org/news/tears-j...
Cardinal Dolan's hyperbolic, Fox-friendly comments are just the latest in a series of attempts by wannabe conservative influencers to whitewash some of Kirk's more unsavory statements. www.ncronline.org/opinion/card... @ncronline.bsky.social
Cardinal Dolan calls the late Charlie Kirk 'a modern-day St. Paul.' I'm not making this up.
Cardinal Dolan joins the Catholic right's ever growing quest to lionize the late Charlie Kirk as a Christian martyr.
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September 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Cardinal Dolan's hyperbolic, Fox-friendly comments are just the latest in a series of attempts by wannabe conservative influencers to whitewash some of Kirk's more unsavory statements. www.ncronline.org/opinion/card... @ncronline.bsky.social
Wait. What? In Pope Leo's 1st formal interview he raised Elon Musk’s salary? Why yes. Yes he did. www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
Pope Leo's 1st formal interview: Wage inequality, Elon Musk, peace and polarization
Pope Leo XIV decried economic inequality between rank-and-file workers and corporate titans, according to transcripts from his first formal interview with a journalist since ascending to the papacy.
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September 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Wait. What? In Pope Leo's 1st formal interview he raised Elon Musk’s salary? Why yes. Yes he did. www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
Trump’s policy threatens religious liberty of immigrants, Catholic leaders say www.ncronline.org/trump-s-poli...
Trump’s policy threatens religious liberty of immigrants, Catholic leaders say
Legal and Catholic social teaching specialists appearing at Georgetown University noted that Trump’s aggressive pursuit of immigrants near churches and schools was frightening migrants away from relig...
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September 12, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Trump’s policy threatens religious liberty of immigrants, Catholic leaders say www.ncronline.org/trump-s-poli...
Peyton and the pope? I don’t think so. Lotsa luck Manning on Pope Leo invite to join NFL Monday Night 'Manningcast' www.ncronline.org/news/peyton-...
Peyton and the pope? Manning invites Pope Leo to join NFL Monday Night 'Manningcast'
"If you're watching, your holiness, this is an open invitation. Come on the show anytime."
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September 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Peyton and the pope? I don’t think so. Lotsa luck Manning on Pope Leo invite to join NFL Monday Night 'Manningcast' www.ncronline.org/news/peyton-...
They don't identify with a religion, but they often believe in God, afterlife www.ncronline.org/news/they-do...
They don't identify with a religion, but they often believe in God, afterlife
A Pew study finds many religiously unaffiliated people, so-called "nones," still have spiritual beliefs. Views run the gamut from agnostics to avowed atheists to agnostics. A 66-year-old atheist raise...
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September 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
They don't identify with a religion, but they often believe in God, afterlife www.ncronline.org/news/they-do...
Reposted by James V. Grimaldi
The United States exists in a new-old universe. After 250 years of democracy, it seems infected with totalitarianism, racial superiority, anti-communism and all the petrified theories advanced by another populist politician, Adolph Hitler.
Donald Trump did say he would be a dictator on day one.
Donald Trump did say he would be a dictator on day one.
The degeneracy of Christian nationalism and the demolition of culture
President Donald Trump's assault on art and culture is only outdone by his debasement of his fellow humans, writes Phyllis Zagano.
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September 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The United States exists in a new-old universe. After 250 years of democracy, it seems infected with totalitarianism, racial superiority, anti-communism and all the petrified theories advanced by another populist politician, Adolph Hitler.
Donald Trump did say he would be a dictator on day one.
Donald Trump did say he would be a dictator on day one.
Tired of bad news and doom-scrolling? Read about this 72-year-old vegan, weight-lifting nun who is winning awards and turning heads www.ncronline.org/news/72-year...
This 72-year-old vegan, weight-lifting nun is winning awards and turning heads
A winding life of curiosity led Dominican Sister Pat Farrell to religious life, a vegan diet and powerlifting. The Californian won her weight class for bench pressing 77 pounds and deadlifting more th...
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September 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Tired of bad news and doom-scrolling? Read about this 72-year-old vegan, weight-lifting nun who is winning awards and turning heads www.ncronline.org/news/72-year...
Pope demands end to the 'pandemic of arms' as he prays for victims of Minnesota school shooting www.ncronline.org/vatican/pope...
Pope demands end to the 'pandemic of arms' as he prays for victims of Minnesota school shooting
"The voice of weapons must be silenced, while the voice of fraternity and justice must rise," Pope Leo XIV said.
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August 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Pope demands end to the 'pandemic of arms' as he prays for victims of Minnesota school shooting www.ncronline.org/vatican/pope...
Parents reunite with their children in aftermath of church shooting www.ncronline.org/news/parents...
Parents reunite with their children in aftermath of church shooting
"They're safe. They're upset, but they're safe": Parents of children who survived the shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church spoke about finding their kids at the scene Aug. 27 in Minneapolis.
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August 28, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Parents reunite with their children in aftermath of church shooting www.ncronline.org/news/parents...
"These kids were literally praying," Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said. "It was the first week of school. They were in a church. They should be able to go to school or church without the risk of fear or violence." www.ncronline.org/news/minneap...
Minneapolis gunman, firing through church windows, kills 2 children
In the first week of school, gunfire erupted at Annunciation Catholic School in south Minneapolis. Massive police and federal response descends on neighborhood. The gunman was reported to be dead.
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August 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"These kids were literally praying," Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said. "It was the first week of school. They were in a church. They should be able to go to school or church without the risk of fear or violence." www.ncronline.org/news/minneap...
Faith leaders and supporters rally as Kilmar Ábrego García taken into custody. "We need the courage to take action. This is not going to stop here," Catholic priest says www.ncronline.org/news/faith-l...
Faith leaders and supporters rally as Kilmar Ábrego García taken into custody
Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Ábrego García was again detained by ICE after a brief release to his family over the weekend. His saga has become a global flashpoint in Trump's mass deportation efforts.
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August 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Faith leaders and supporters rally as Kilmar Ábrego García taken into custody. "We need the courage to take action. This is not going to stop here," Catholic priest says www.ncronline.org/news/faith-l...
Howard University is looking for a new president. Paging @Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch
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Howard University president to step down - WTOP News
Ben Vinson III will step down from his post as the president of Howard University in D.C.
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August 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Howard University is looking for a new president. Paging @Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch
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Details on Pope Leo's 'housemates' in Apostolic Palace www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
Pope Leo to include housemates in Apostolic Palace
Italian daily newspaper reports that Augustinian friars are expected to join Leo when he moves into the papal apartment so that he can continue the communal life of his religious order.
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August 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Details on Pope Leo's 'housemates' in Apostolic Palace www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
Arrupe's role murky in dispute over ordination of abusive Jesuit www.ncronline.org/news/arrupes...
Arrupe's role murky in dispute over ordination of abusive Jesuit
Exclusive: Local Society of Jesus officials disagreed about making Donald B. Dickerson a priest, court records show. It's unclear if the superior general would have stopped it — and whether he had all...
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August 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Arrupe's role murky in dispute over ordination of abusive Jesuit www.ncronline.org/news/arrupes...
Trump's flawed DC takeover lacks factual, legal rationale, former Justice Department lawyer says www.ncronline.org/opinion/trum...
Trump's flawed DC takeover lacks factual, legal rationale
Not only does the claimed takeover lack factual or legal justification, it fails to advance even the executive order's stated goals, says Mary Graw Leary, D.C. law professor and a former assistant U.S...
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August 20, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Trump's flawed DC takeover lacks factual, legal rationale, former Justice Department lawyer says www.ncronline.org/opinion/trum...
You've heard of Thomas Merton. Many other Trappist monks also lived remarkable lives. www.ncronline.org/opinion/youv...
See reference to Colman McCarthy
See reference to Colman McCarthy
You've heard of Thomas Merton. Many other Trappist monks also lived remarkable lives.
"From my own observation, the 'seven-storey mountain' and the 'secular city' often are found at the exact same lovely address," writes Mike O'Brien.
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August 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
You've heard of Thomas Merton. Many other Trappist monks also lived remarkable lives. www.ncronline.org/opinion/youv...
See reference to Colman McCarthy
See reference to Colman McCarthy
Catholics, faith leaders give aid, comfort to immigrants at hearings as ICE arrests rise www.ncronline.org/catholics-fa... @ncronline.bsky.social
Catholics, faith leaders give aid, comfort to immigrants at hearings as ICE arrests rise
San Diego Auxiliary Bishop Felipe Pulido has partnered with Episcopal, Lutheran, Jewish and Muslim clergy, as well as lay people, to provide accompaniment for immigrants at U.S. Immigration and Custom...
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August 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Catholics, faith leaders give aid, comfort to immigrants at hearings as ICE arrests rise www.ncronline.org/catholics-fa... @ncronline.bsky.social
100 days. 10 moments. 1 US-born pope. www.ncronline.org/news/100-day...
100 days. 10 moments. 1 US-born pope.
Pope Leo XIV, elected May 8, reaches his 100th day as pope on Aug. 16. Here's a look back at the top 10 moments of the first pope from the United States.
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August 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
100 days. 10 moments. 1 US-born pope. www.ncronline.org/news/100-day...
In another blow to print media, a 110+ year old publication Our Sunday Visitor magazine to cease publishing www.ncronline.org/news/osv-end...
In another blow to Catholic media, Our Sunday Visitor magazine to cease publishing
The number of Catholic newspapers in the U.S. dropped from 196 in 2006 to 118 in 2020.
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August 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
In another blow to print media, a 110+ year old publication Our Sunday Visitor magazine to cease publishing www.ncronline.org/news/osv-end...
Pope Leo tops Trump and Zelenskyy in Gallup world leader poll www.ncronline.org/news/pope-le...
Pope Leo tops Trump and Zelenskyy in Gallup world leader poll
The pontiff is viewed more favorably across party lines, although "consistent with the ideological differences in his ratings, he is liked better by Democrats than Republicans."
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August 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Pope Leo tops Trump and Zelenskyy in Gallup world leader poll www.ncronline.org/news/pope-le...