James Fee

Our parish priest did a Rite of Internment for our child we lost to miscarriage two weeks ago ... it was beautiful and offered a lot of peace

Finally finished @KenBurns’s “The American Revolution.” I think it’s an extremely well done and fair presentation. I hope it has the same longevity of his “The Civil War” masterpiece.

@canonlawyered Not that

I’ll be excited when the cubs have more wins than pitchers on the IL.

@ChristopherHale Have you heard of the Little Sister of the Poor?

Why would Donald Trump start a war against the Catholic Church? For 250 years, American Catholics have founded hospitals, built universities, fed the hungry, sheltered refugees, educated children in the poorest corners of the nation, created some of the most beautiful art and music in human civilization, and fought for justice in places where justice had no other advocates. More than any other institution, we built this country.

@OVTweetmarck @Howlingmutant0 Do I want to know who got doxed and how?

@Howlingmutant0 Brutal. But hey, mine ended up in me getting married so who knows.

Getting doxxed from Goodreads gotta be the lamest way to go down of all time

Incredible how a former Democratic candidate for Congress, who not only sold out the Catholic faith by promoting abortion but also lost his election overwhelmingly so, has reinvented himself as a papal news aggregator and rage baiter. What is the opposite of a “redemption arc”?

@cath_menarion Yet, the Cardinal has called for women’s ordination among other changes to doctrine, man is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Some trad wished on a monkey's paw for a restored subdiaconate

@canonlawyered watching them “warm up” and “stretch out” in Spring training also contributes … that’s “working out”?!?!?

The joy of baseball is it seduces you into thinking — pitchers excluded — “I could maybe do that, if I got in a bit of shape and hit the weights.” The joy of growing up a Cubs fan was that most seasons that reality gap seemed like a trembling gossamer veil.

@jdflynn, great newsletter today and loved the story of the saint you opened with.

@TristanJRogers1 Hale lies, it is what he does

I challenge anyone to watch the Bishop’s speech and defend Hale’s absurd claim that Barron compares Trump’s speech to the Mass.

@OVTweetmarck I mean, the image is also constitute with the “theology” of Paula White. (I think that’s her name, the preacher who compared Trump to Jesus at the White House.)

Is he healing Epstein

@RealMattFradd @frmikeschmitz Book 19: @RealMattFradd’s “Jesus, Our Refuge.” This little book makes an excellent meditation for adoration. Always useful to meditate both on my own sinfulness, Christ’s incredible mercy, and my need to turn to him in all things.

@RealMattFradd @frmikeschmitz Book 18: Albert Castel’s “Decision in the West.” The author definitely does not like Sherman and holds his generalship in contempt; the author is definitely a Thomas-Stan. Ultimately one has to look at results, and the Atlanta campaign was a success, albeit not absolute.

Book 1: Margaret MacMillan’s “Paris 1919.” I don’t think I ever realized how haphazard the treaty construction process was, I think a more linear narrative would have been more effective, but the focus in issue by issue captured all at stake. #Fee2026Reading

timeline cleanse: pediatrician with a young patient

@OVTweetmarck Well, Gregory and the corrected calendar that bears his name implies strong on those fronts.

What about an electromagnetic or gravitational pope

@hf_222222 400 members?!?!? How many of them are (or are related to) contributors for @NCRonline, @americamag, and Commonweal.

You can tell this puff piece, is mostly about the author trying to convince herself this movement isn't near death, given how jarring the overwhelmingly positive tone is with the absolutely dire numbers they let slip.

The statements made by President Trump on Truth Social regarding the Pope were entirely inappropriate and disrespectful. They don’t contribute at all to a constructive conversation. It is the Pope’s prerogative to articulate Catholic doctrine and the principles that govern the moral life. In regard to the concrete application of those principles, people of good will can and do disagree. I would warmly recommend that serious Catholics within the Trump administration–Secretary Rubio, Vice President Vance, Ambassador Brian Burch, and others–might meet with Vatican officials so that a real dialogue can take place. This is far preferable to the statements on social media. I am very grateful for the many ways that the Trump administration has reached out to Catholics and other people of faith. It has been a high honor to serve on the Religious Liberty Commission. No President in my lifetime has shown a greater dedication to defending our first liberty. All that said, I think the President owes the Pope an apology.

@jdflynn @canonlawyered So, I guess the President is not a Pillar reader, in a good or a bad way.

When the president says that Pope Leo XIV was “not on anyone’s list to be pope,” he forgets that my pal @canonlawyered called it before the conclave began, tagging Cardinal Prevost as his “most likely” pick.

@jdflynn I still turn around, but man, a backup camera is pretty incredible. But, I can understand.

Or an infernal backup camera.

I have to buy a car. Surely I’m not the only person who wants one without a screen in it.

@Its_ereko Coming from Spain, which is now the only NATO nation with zero interest in even hitting 2% is rich

🚨🇪🇸 BREAKING: Spain's PM Pedro Sánchez just called for a common European army. Not in 10 years. Not in 2 years. Now. As soon as tomorrow. NATO is cracking. The US is pulling away. Europe is waking up to the fact that its security blanket is gone. A European army means no more waiting for Washington's permission. No more begging for US troops. No more wondering if Trump will answer the phone. The world just got more complicated. The US just got more isolated. And Europe just took its first real step toward strategic independence. This is not a headline. This is a turning point.

I am never ever ever ever ever ever leaving this app