Annette McDermott, ssj
@ssjmcd.bsky.social
I am a Sister of St. Joseph who like most Catholic sisters cares deeply about justice, peace, and the care of creation. I also love music (Yo Yo Ma) art, and culture. ❤️ Thomas Merton and Teilhard.
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Conflict is expanding between Trump’s immigration policies and the Catholic faith, Elizabeth Bruenig writes. “The religion’s call to radical love can’t countenance this much cruelty.”
The Catholic Church and the Trump Administration Are Not Getting Along
The religion’s call to radical love can’t countenance this much cruelty.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Conflict is expanding between Trump’s immigration policies and the Catholic faith, Elizabeth Bruenig writes. “The religion’s call to radical love can’t countenance this much cruelty.”
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Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
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October 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
So much hope in hearing these words this morning.
Live: presentation of Pope Leo’s first Apostolic Exhortation, ‘Dilexi te’
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Apostolic Exhortation “Dilexi te” - Press Conference, October 9, 2025
YouTube video by Vatican News - English
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October 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
So much hope in hearing these words this morning.
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Pope Leo calls for 'true ecological conversion' from words to action on environment www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
Pope Leo calls for 'true ecological conversion' from words to action on environment
The pope spoke Oct. 1 at the start of a conference marking the 10-year anniversary of Laudato Si', Pope Francis' landmark document that encapsulated church teaching on the environment.
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October 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Pope Leo calls for 'true ecological conversion' from words to action on environment www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
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Pope Leo: “Just as Pope Francis spoke of the culture of encounter as the antidote for the globalization of indifference, we must work to confront the globalization of powerlessness by fostering a culture of reconciliation.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
October 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Pope Leo: “Just as Pope Francis spoke of the culture of encounter as the antidote for the globalization of indifference, we must work to confront the globalization of powerlessness by fostering a culture of reconciliation.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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As the world grapples with "mounting challenges," the global community must "recommit to the foundational pillars" of peace, justice and truth, learning from history and building a more equitable future, a top Vatican diplomat told the United Nations.
World must recommit to peace, justice, truth, Vatican diplomat tells UN
Archbishop Paul Gallagher, who serves as the Vatican's secretary for relations with states and international organizations, shared his thoughts Sept. 29 while addressing the U.N. General Assembly, ami...
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October 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
As the world grapples with "mounting challenges," the global community must "recommit to the foundational pillars" of peace, justice and truth, learning from history and building a more equitable future, a top Vatican diplomat told the United Nations.
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The head of the Italian Bishops’ Conference led a prayer vigil in Italy in which they read the names of every child killed in Gaza:
“We pronounce their names one by one…”
It took seven hours.
www.ncronline.org/news/cardina...
“We pronounce their names one by one…”
It took seven hours.
www.ncronline.org/news/cardina...
Cardinal Zuppi leads seven-hour prayer, naming every child killed in Holy Land war
The head of the Italian Bishops’ Conference took turns with dozens of other members of his diocese reading the names and ages of the 16 Israeli children and the 12,211 Palestinian children who have be...
www.ncronline.org
August 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The head of the Italian Bishops’ Conference led a prayer vigil in Italy in which they read the names of every child killed in Gaza:
“We pronounce their names one by one…”
It took seven hours.
www.ncronline.org/news/cardina...
“We pronounce their names one by one…”
It took seven hours.
www.ncronline.org/news/cardina...
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You know how people called women hysterical for predicting the right wing would take down Roe v. Wade (which they've done) and then attack access to birth control (which they're doing)?
Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
August 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
You know how people called women hysterical for predicting the right wing would take down Roe v. Wade (which they've done) and then attack access to birth control (which they're doing)?
Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
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Please keep the homeless in your thoughts, along with all other DC residents.
"So we're getting this information from multiple sources [...] within the mayor's office and within Metro Police Department, that President Trump, come tomorrow, will deploy the National Guard along the streets of DC."
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August 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Please keep the homeless in your thoughts, along with all other DC residents.
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An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza.
Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF.
#NotATarget
Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...
Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF.
#NotATarget
Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...
Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing today of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and M...
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August 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza.
Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF.
#NotATarget
Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...
Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF.
#NotATarget
Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...
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"When you become less polite, the alteration in your conduct can make you less happy, more depressed, and angrier about life.... Being impolite is more like scratching at your poison-ivy rash. Giving in to the urge makes things worse."
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The Power of Politeness
Being courteous can be challenging in these times of online snark, but it is guaranteed to make you happier.
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August 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"When you become less polite, the alteration in your conduct can make you less happy, more depressed, and angrier about life.... Being impolite is more like scratching at your poison-ivy rash. Giving in to the urge makes things worse."
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“The sister-founded Catholic social justice lobby NETWORK said July 7 it has appointed a human rights lawyer with experience in helping unaccompanied migrant children as its next executive director.”
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www.globalsistersreport.org/social-justi...
Monday Starter: Network announces new executive director
Plus, the National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd responds to passing of Trump's Big Beautiful Bill.
www.globalsistersreport.org
July 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
“The sister-founded Catholic social justice lobby NETWORK said July 7 it has appointed a human rights lawyer with experience in helping unaccompanied migrant children as its next executive director.”
www.globalsistersreport.org/social-justi...
www.globalsistersreport.org/social-justi...
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Here's the proof: Republicans are only looking out for their millionaire and billionaire friends – and they're willing to gamble with your lives to pay them off.
July 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Here's the proof: Republicans are only looking out for their millionaire and billionaire friends – and they're willing to gamble with your lives to pay them off.
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It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
July 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
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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
It’s the strongest language USCCB has used yet
June 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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
It’s the strongest language USCCB has used yet
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People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
June 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
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🕊️ Happening now: Join us live from the U.S. Capitol for the Pentecost Witness for a Moral Budget. Faith leaders and community members are lifting their voices to defend programs that serve the poor, sick, and hungry.
📺 Watch the livestream: vimeo.com/event/5189017
#MoralBudget #PentecostWitness
📺 Watch the livestream: vimeo.com/event/5189017
#MoralBudget #PentecostWitness
A Pentecost Witness for a Moral Budget
A public procession and vigil led by clergy and congregants, religious and lay leaders at the U.S. Capitol before a key Senate vote on a reconciliation package that…
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June 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🕊️ Happening now: Join us live from the U.S. Capitol for the Pentecost Witness for a Moral Budget. Faith leaders and community members are lifting their voices to defend programs that serve the poor, sick, and hungry.
📺 Watch the livestream: vimeo.com/event/5189017
#MoralBudget #PentecostWitness
📺 Watch the livestream: vimeo.com/event/5189017
#MoralBudget #PentecostWitness
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Abp Wester is a quiet leader at the Conference but he is a leader. We need this. We need more of this. Bravo.
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Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ betrays the poor. The church must oppose it.
The church and the bishops of the United States should lead the way in speaking against this bill and calling on Catholics to work for its defeat, writes Archbishop John C. Wester of Sante Fe.
www.americamagazine.org
June 4, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Abp Wester is a quiet leader at the Conference but he is a leader. We need this. We need more of this. Bravo.
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🚨NEW: 6 Nobel laureate economists signed an open letter opposing the House budget bill 🚨
The bill adds significantly to the national debt while reducing incomes for the bottom 40%, they say.
The most acute & immediate damage? Millions losing Medicaid & SNAP benefits:
www.epi.org/publication/...
The bill adds significantly to the national debt while reducing incomes for the bottom 40%, they say.
The most acute & immediate damage? Millions losing Medicaid & SNAP benefits:
www.epi.org/publication/...
The upside-down priorities of the House budget: Adding significantly to debt while reducing incomes for the bottom 40%
As economists who have devoted our careers to researching how economies can grow and how the benefits of this growth can be translated into broadly shared prosperity and security, we have grave concer...
www.epi.org
June 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
🚨NEW: 6 Nobel laureate economists signed an open letter opposing the House budget bill 🚨
The bill adds significantly to the national debt while reducing incomes for the bottom 40%, they say.
The most acute & immediate damage? Millions losing Medicaid & SNAP benefits:
www.epi.org/publication/...
The bill adds significantly to the national debt while reducing incomes for the bottom 40%, they say.
The most acute & immediate damage? Millions losing Medicaid & SNAP benefits:
www.epi.org/publication/...
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Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” was just released. It would terminate health insurance for 14 MILLION Americans.
This is not a drill. We need to fight back.
This is not a drill. We need to fight back.
May 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” was just released. It would terminate health insurance for 14 MILLION Americans.
This is not a drill. We need to fight back.
This is not a drill. We need to fight back.
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Initiative founder John Carr in @ejdionne.bsky.social
@washingtonpost.com: “At the very beginning, he demonstrated commitment to Francis’ legacy, calling for peace, dialogue and justice. He chose Leo XIV to make clear commitment to Catholic social teaching.”
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@washingtonpost.com: “At the very beginning, he demonstrated commitment to Francis’ legacy, calling for peace, dialogue and justice. He chose Leo XIV to make clear commitment to Catholic social teaching.”
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Opinion | With Leo, there’s no going back from Francis
Pope Leo XIV shares his predecessor’s commitment to social justice.
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May 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Initiative founder John Carr in @ejdionne.bsky.social
@washingtonpost.com: “At the very beginning, he demonstrated commitment to Francis’ legacy, calling for peace, dialogue and justice. He chose Leo XIV to make clear commitment to Catholic social teaching.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
@washingtonpost.com: “At the very beginning, he demonstrated commitment to Francis’ legacy, calling for peace, dialogue and justice. He chose Leo XIV to make clear commitment to Catholic social teaching.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Finally, someone asks the obvious:
Cardinals are Catholic not Jewish — so why do they all wear yarmulkes? forward.com/culture/7162...
Cardinals are Catholic not Jewish — so why do they all wear yarmulkes? forward.com/culture/7162...
Cardinals are Catholic not Jewish — so why do they all wear yarmulkes?
As Catholic cardinals gather for a conclave to elect the next pope, we must all ask: Why are they all wearing red yarmulkes?
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May 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Finally, someone asks the obvious:
Cardinals are Catholic not Jewish — so why do they all wear yarmulkes? forward.com/culture/7162...
Cardinals are Catholic not Jewish — so why do they all wear yarmulkes? forward.com/culture/7162...
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Gun violence prevention research will be gravely jeopardized as President Trump cuts $18 billion from the National Institutes of Health.
We will be less safe for generations to come.
We will be less safe for generations to come.
May 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Gun violence prevention research will be gravely jeopardized as President Trump cuts $18 billion from the National Institutes of Health.
We will be less safe for generations to come.
We will be less safe for generations to come.
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This should outrage everyone:
Guns are the #1 killer of teens and kids.
Black and Native youth are dying at the highest rates & firearm suicide is on the rise.
We need targeted prevention, now.
Guns are the #1 killer of teens and kids.
Black and Native youth are dying at the highest rates & firearm suicide is on the rise.
We need targeted prevention, now.
Racial and ethnic disparities in pediatric firearm deaths persist in 2022 and 2023 - Injury Epidemiology
Background Firearms became the leading cause of death in the United States pediatric population in 2019 and have persisted as the leading cause through 2021, with widening racial and ethnic disparitie...
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April 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This should outrage everyone:
Guns are the #1 killer of teens and kids.
Black and Native youth are dying at the highest rates & firearm suicide is on the rise.
We need targeted prevention, now.
Guns are the #1 killer of teens and kids.
Black and Native youth are dying at the highest rates & firearm suicide is on the rise.
We need targeted prevention, now.
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Kim Daniels @kdaniels8.bsky.social on @msnbc.com: “That’s what @PopeFrancis’ legacy will be: a Church that’s open to everyone without exception. Not a fortress, but a home.” archive.org/details/MSNB...
April 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Kim Daniels @kdaniels8.bsky.social on @msnbc.com: “That’s what @PopeFrancis’ legacy will be: a Church that’s open to everyone without exception. Not a fortress, but a home.” archive.org/details/MSNB...