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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Bishop Barron, I never criticized your involvement with the Religious Liberty Commission. However, your characterization of their response paints them in a positive light when they merely brushed you off. Who are you being pastoral to? It’s certainly not the detainees.

Nov 6, 2025 · 6:47 PM UTC

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being diplomatic is obviously strategic here. if the bishop avoids inflaming this into a fight, he's more likely to get the sacraments to the detainees.
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Kelsey, you are right. Although I don’t agree with that approach the bishop should be able to make the call.
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Oh you should absolutely criticize his involvement in a government administration, he’s not by the law of the church allowed to serve in one!
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He's Opus Dei!
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