Laurie Johnston
@lauriejohnston.bsky.social
Catholic social ethicist, professor at Emmanuel College, Community of Sant’Egidio
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June 13, 2025
June 13, 2025
Two hundred and fifty years ago, on June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress resolved “That six companies of expert riflemen, be immediately raised in Pennsylvania, two in Maryland, and two in V...
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June 14, 2025 at 4:47 AM
June 13, 2025
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REMINDER: Netanyahu convinced Trump in 2018 to withdraw US from Iran nuclear deal that Obama and allies had negotiated. That Deal would've prevented Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. The death and destruction we're seeing now is 100% bc of Trump & Netanyahu www.timesofisrael.com/in-recording...
June 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
REMINDER: Netanyahu convinced Trump in 2018 to withdraw US from Iran nuclear deal that Obama and allies had negotiated. That Deal would've prevented Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. The death and destruction we're seeing now is 100% bc of Trump & Netanyahu www.timesofisrael.com/in-recording...
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Heavily armed paramilitary forces stormed a local San Diego restaurant today, deployed stun grenades against a crowd of onlookers, and kidnapped a handful of kitchen workers.
May 31, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Heavily armed paramilitary forces stormed a local San Diego restaurant today, deployed stun grenades against a crowd of onlookers, and kidnapped a handful of kitchen workers.
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I am at a global health conference this week. I do not think Americans fully understand the degree of harm we have done to our international reputation and to our ability to wield soft power for decades to come.
May 28, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I am at a global health conference this week. I do not think Americans fully understand the degree of harm we have done to our international reputation and to our ability to wield soft power for decades to come.
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its crazy how dominant germany was in science (especially chemistry) in the 19th century, it was basically the international language for scientists, people came from all over the world to train at heidelberg etc, and then....
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 10:39 AM
its crazy how dominant germany was in science (especially chemistry) in the 19th century, it was basically the international language for scientists, people came from all over the world to train at heidelberg etc, and then....
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In Emaciated Children, Gaza’s Hunger Is Laid Bare www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/w...
In Emaciated Children, Gaza’s Hunger Is Laid Bare
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May 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
In Emaciated Children, Gaza’s Hunger Is Laid Bare www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/w...
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Strange that two of the most forceful defenders of constitutional government in 2025 are the King of England and the Pope.
Did you see that coming?
Did you see that coming?
May 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Strange that two of the most forceful defenders of constitutional government in 2025 are the King of England and the Pope.
Did you see that coming?
Did you see that coming?
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Quite a moving powerful photo. An Eastern Orthodox Bishop pays his respects at Pope Francis’ tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica this week.
May 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Quite a moving powerful photo. An Eastern Orthodox Bishop pays his respects at Pope Francis’ tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica this week.
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How relevant and timely… 💔“Promises based on fear, mainly the fear of other people, are the usual theme of populist movements, and they mark the beginning of dictatorships and wars - for "other people" are you.” + Pope Francis in “Hope: The Autobiography”
April 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
How relevant and timely… 💔“Promises based on fear, mainly the fear of other people, are the usual theme of populist movements, and they mark the beginning of dictatorships and wars - for "other people" are you.” + Pope Francis in “Hope: The Autobiography”
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BREAKING: @aclu.org says Trump deported a child (U.S. citizen) with metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with physicians. This is the second child with cancer he's deported. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... @rollingstone.com
Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer
Two families who had lived in the United States for years, including a child with cancer and a pregnant mother, were deported by ICE on Friday.
www.rollingstone.com
April 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
BREAKING: @aclu.org says Trump deported a child (U.S. citizen) with metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with physicians. This is the second child with cancer he's deported. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... @rollingstone.com
Leaving an open door...
www.ncronline.org/vatican/pope...
www.ncronline.org/vatican/pope...
Pope Francis dies during Jubilee, leaving Holy Door open in papal first
With his death April 21, Pope Francis marked yet another first in the history of the Catholic Church: he became the first pope to open the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica without living to close it....
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April 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Leaving an open door...
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www.ncronline.org/vatican/pope...
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Silence Dogood has some more messages to deliver. Tonight their canvas was the Old North Church.
Silence Dogood has some more messages to deliver. Tonight their canvas was the Old North Church.
Old North projections
Silence Dogood had some messages to project onto the Old North Church tonight.A small crowd gathered as the images cycled. Asked whether the projectors were part of the official 250 celebration or som...
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April 18, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Silence Dogood has some more messages to deliver. Tonight their canvas was the Old North Church.
Silence Dogood has some more messages to deliver. Tonight their canvas was the Old North Church.
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“Knowing this solace of the cross, the urge comes to live in the world with a little bit more compassion. To offer to lift someone else’s heavy bags. To open a door. To bandage a wound. To smile. To call someone by name.” —Stephanie Saldana
In the Holy Land, Seeking the Solace of the Cross
In a year wracked by violence, I remember the crucifixion to find comfort.
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April 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
“Knowing this solace of the cross, the urge comes to live in the world with a little bit more compassion. To offer to lift someone else’s heavy bags. To open a door. To bandage a wound. To smile. To call someone by name.” —Stephanie Saldana
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A corrupt, authoritarian government seizes an innocent man, tortures and jails him on trumped-up charges that change during a manipulated "legal" process. The prisoner is left at the mercy of dehumanizing politicians & jailers to do with what they please.
Holy Week then. America now.
Holy Week then. America now.
April 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A corrupt, authoritarian government seizes an innocent man, tortures and jails him on trumped-up charges that change during a manipulated "legal" process. The prisoner is left at the mercy of dehumanizing politicians & jailers to do with what they please.
Holy Week then. America now.
Holy Week then. America now.
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This was….five months ago
April 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This was….five months ago
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When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
March 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
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"The true ordo amoris that must be promoted is that which we discover by meditating constantly on the parable of the 'Good Samaritan,' that is, by meditating on the love that builds a fraternity open to all, without exception”
Letter of the Holy Father to the Bishops of the United States of America (10 February 2025) | Francis
Letter of the Holy Father to the Bishops of the United Sates of America, 10 February 2025
www.vatican.va
February 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"The true ordo amoris that must be promoted is that which we discover by meditating constantly on the parable of the 'Good Samaritan,' that is, by meditating on the love that builds a fraternity open to all, without exception”
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my latest in @commonwealmag today on Catholic Church and democracy under Trump.
Those Catholic elites at Trump’s court (including some priests and bishops) who think they have a seat at the table might find they’re actually on the menu.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/vance-trump-...
Those Catholic elites at Trump’s court (including some priests and bishops) who think they have a seat at the table might find they’re actually on the menu.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/vance-trump-...
How to Recognize ‘What Is Right’?
The Trump-Vance presidency has the characteristics of an “übermagisterium” aiming to replace the teaching of the Church with a political-religious ideology.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
February 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
my latest in @commonwealmag today on Catholic Church and democracy under Trump.
Those Catholic elites at Trump’s court (including some priests and bishops) who think they have a seat at the table might find they’re actually on the menu.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/vance-trump-...
Those Catholic elites at Trump’s court (including some priests and bishops) who think they have a seat at the table might find they’re actually on the menu.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/vance-trump-...
