one thing i find funny is that the founding generation would likely have been very enthusiastic about, say, muslim immigrants and intensely skeptical of all the catholics

BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · last mo.

me talking to magically resurrected founding father: and so sir you can see how the supreme court has become a deeply illegitimate institution that threatens the very republic you created founding father: there are *how many* papists on it???

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Erin Grievances@erinbartram.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The previous passage and this one are why it’s worth it to read the whole thing if you want to engage with it in a meaningful way. It’s not 40k of boilerplate plus some juicy stuff.

When your best friend texts you “wake up, new encyclical dropped.

This is also significant.

Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing slavery

Past popes have apologized for the trans-Atlantic slave trade, but none have publicly acknowledged the role their predecessors played in giving European sovereigns explicit authority to subjugate and ...

ncronline.org

For @theipaper.com, I tried to explain why we live in a world where Laura Loomer is still a thing. inews.co.uk/opinion/pro-...

The ‘pro-white nationalist’ whose power over Trump grows every day

Far-right activist Laura Loomer has emerged as one of Donald Trump’s most powerful loyalty enforcers

inews.co.uk

A big subtext to Trump's war on Pope Leo is that in so many ways, the Pope is utterly anathema to the white Christian Nationalist America that MAGA craves. Check out this exchange with @sarahposner.bsky.social on that point: newrepublic.com/article/2100...

Gonna re-up this one while I'm at it. Was recently asked if Pope v Trump was a sign that "ideology/politics was overtaking religion for some Catholics." The problem is the question itself. There is no pure, uncut religion floating free of politics and ideology. We're talking about humans, after all.

Shaily Patel@vox-magica.bsky.social · 4mo ago

exhausted historian of christianity screaming into the void, once again: christianity has never been apolitical. to wit: jesus was executed by the roman state.

The question of the day re: Pope Leo v. Trump: wHaT WiLL tHiS mEaN foR MAGA CaTHoLICs?! This *great* pod confirmed my gut feeling: NOT MUCH. And I'd add: There's history here. MAGA Catholics aren't outliers. They're saying the same stuff many white Catholics did 50 years ago, almost verbatim.

Sarah Longwell@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 4mo ago

@jvl.bsky.social makes his long-awaited return to The Focus Group Podcast this week and we listen to Catholics from across the political spectrum. Were Catholic Trump voters more upset about Trump’s AI Jesus post or about the Pope criticizing the Iran War? Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k4V...

exhausted historian of christianity screaming into the void, once again: christianity has never been apolitical. to wit: jesus was executed by the roman state.

Many Popes Have Been Entangled in Politics. Here Are 5 of Them.

nytimes.com

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Sarah Posner@sarahposner.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It's so funny to me that right-wingers love to pretend to love the Middle Ages and the Crusades and all that and then complain that the Pope shouldn't get involved in politics.

It's so funny to me that right-wingers love to pretend to love the Middle Ages and the Crusades and all that and then complain that the Pope shouldn't get involved in politics.

It’s profoundly ignorant to suggest that the Pope should be fighting crime on behalf of the Catholic Church. Anyone who was remotely familiar with Roman Catholicism would know that that’s what Daredevil is for

The prayer heard round the world…

Matthew J. Cressler@mjcressler.bsky.social · 4mo ago

“My dearest friends, all it takes is a little faith, a mere “crumb” of faith, in order to face this dramatic hour in history together — as humanity and alongside humanity. Prayer is not a refuge in which to hide from our responsibilities… www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

“My dearest friends, all it takes is a little faith, a mere “crumb” of faith, in order to face this dramatic hour in history together — as humanity and alongside humanity. Prayer is not a refuge in which to hide from our responsibilities… www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Amazing role for the Romero Project for an archivist interested in recent Catholic history @mjcressler.bsky.social maybe you could RT? bc.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Archivist, Romero Project

Boston College Libraries are seeking one temporary full-time archivist, to arrange anddescribe digital files from a digital collection of the archdioc...

bc.csod.com

everything we are seeing now is the consequence of having a political environment in which indifference to the deaths and suffering of other people - even by the state whose supposed responsibility is to safeguard their welfare - is a superpower rather than a political liability

In light of the Hegseth's seemingly anti-Catholic move today, and the budding rift between the Church and the Doug Wilson-verse, it's worth listening to @sarahposner.bsky.social break down some of these issues with @mjcressler.bsky.social: redcircle.com/shows/fbed71...

005: MAGA Catholics, Antisemitism & Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission Implosion

Listen to Reign of Error with Sarah Posner on RedCircle

redcircle.com

It me.

Adam Szym@adamszym.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Never related to a meme harder than I do with this one right now

Never related to a meme harder than I do with this one right now

I know I'm a broken record but you *cannot* understand the MAGA rift over Iran war (and other stuff) without understanding that the antisemitic MAGA-ites are going after Christian Zionists (see: Owens' reference to "Bibi's red heifer war") *with antisemitism,* not just opposition to Israel policy.

Pope Leo asked me to meet him in a private audience at the Vatican today I presented him with documents and evidence detailing decades of abuse inside Opus Dei and urged him to launch a full independent investigation into the group A THREAD 🧵

I dug deep into all of this with @mjcressler.bsky.social, this episode is so important to understand what is going on inside MAGA, how they are trying to horseshoe with the left on Israel/Palestine, that's why it's so important to understand their blatant antisemitism. redcircle.com/shows/fbed71...

005: MAGA Catholics, Antisemitism & Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission Implosion

Listen to Reign of Error with Sarah Posner on RedCircle

redcircle.com

You saw it in Carlson's interview of Huckabee. You saw it in Owens surrogate Carrie Prejean Boller's attack on Trump's own Religious Liberty Commission. Didn't hear about that? Listen to my conversation with @mjcressler.bsky.social about all of this: redcircle.com/shows/fbed71...

005: MAGA Catholics, Antisemitism & Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission Implosion

Listen to Reign of Error with Sarah Posner on RedCircle

redcircle.com

I can’t laugh or meme these people because they made USAID cuts that are currently killing dozens of people - almost a hundred - every single day. Every single day. And I despair of and despise the self-centredness that continues to create this cruelty.

404 Media@404media.co · 5mo ago

This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon. Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

Appreciated the opportunity to join Arielle and Julie in conversation on Catholicism, antisemitism, and (anti)Zionism. The times may be weird but, as always, there’s a history that helps us make sense of it all.

Jewish Currents@jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Many prominent “America First” Israel skeptics are rooting their critiques in their Catholic faith. In this episode of On the Nose, experts Matthew Cressler and Julie Schumacher Cohen explore the theology behind the politics. jewishcurrents.org/maga-catholi...

Headed to you this Halloween (or thereabouts). 😈

The academic and publishing landscapes have changed a lot since we started this magazine. We've stuck to the same principles we started with: History is for everyone. Every way of doing history is worthwhile. Historians should be paid for their work.

Contingent Magazine@contingent-mag.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Seven years ago, we published our first piece, a gorgeous essay by @kerileighmerritt.bsky.social. Since then, we've published nearly 400 pieces and paid every single contributor for their work. Thanks to everyone who's donated to, read, and taught with our magazine over the years!

Here's a mini-thread on how Reign of Error episodes can help you understand how different parts of the MAGA Christian nationalist base are driving and understanding Trump's war in Iran: 🧵

Look, you guys, you don't have to praise Tucker Carlson for criticizing Christian Zionism *while being an antisemite.* I've been criticizing Christian Zionism for 20 years, and I've never needed white nationalists to help me do it.