I did not criticize the administration. My comments were pastoral, not political. I simply asked that detained Catholics have access to the sacraments—a request met with openness from federal officials.
Ruth Graham @publicroad
Nov 6
New from me: Two bishops with ties to Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission, including Bishop Robert Barron, criticized the administration’s treatment of Catholics detained by immigration officials this week. nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/tr…
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I must say: I wish you would’ve criticized the Administration, but I agree with your assessment: you didn’t criticize them.

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Replying to @chrisjollyhale @BishopBarron
It sounds as if you wish he would be political, not pastoral. Let pastors be pastors, and lay people be lay people. Anything else is inauthentic.
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I think it's problematic that the Bishop of Rome has released more forceful statements denouncing the Trump Administration's violation of religious liberty than the majority of this nation's 400 bishops.
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Replying to @chrisjollyhale @BishopBarron
He only criticizes democrats
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Replying to @chrisjollyhale @BishopBarron
I don't exactly wish he criticized it but that he felt the need to distance himself from a characterization of having criticized it strikes me as a bit supine.
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Replying to @chrisjollyhale @BishopBarron
I know why you are not criticizing the administration and supported, but they will come a time when we all will have to stand up to which being done by that institution
Replying to @chrisjollyhale @BishopBarron
Cause criticizing them will cause them to listen more right?
Replying to @chrisjollyhale @BishopBarron
Your hatred for Trump, republicans, conservatism, is blatantly obvious. But you turn a blind eye to, and encourage liberal ideologies which are contrary to the Catholic faith.
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Over what? Detaining illegal immigrants? Do you think people should be allowed to break our laws?
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Fuck you
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