Christopher Hale
@christopherjhale
Proud Tennessean. ’20 Democratic nominee for Congress & DNC Delegate. Obama-Biden White House & campaign alum. Former nonprofit exec. Bad guitarist & good 💃.
In 2018, Bishop Barron criticized the Trump border family separation as a “moral outrage” In 2022, he said he disagreed with Biden on abortion, but thought he was a good man. Then, in 2024, things shifted. Here’s his MAGA descent. Barron is threatening to sue me. The full story is below.
The CEO of Bishop Robert Barron’s Word on Fire ministry, Fr. Steve Grunow, recently posted this photo on his social media account.
Pope Leo XIV says the Church's teaching on sexual ethics isn't its most pressing moral question. He points instead to "much greater, more important issues, such as justice, equality, freedom of men and women, freedom of religion, that would all take priority before that particular issue."
“Dear migrants, before I say any other word to you, I want to bow before your dignity.” “You are not numbers or case files.” “You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.” — Pope Leo XIV
“Catholic means universal — not racist, not nationalist, not separatist.” Racism and nationalism are “a true and proper apostasy.” “It is not just one or another mistaken idea: it is the entire spirit of the doctrine that is contrary to the faith of Christ.” — Woke Pope Pius XI
“War is never holy! Only peace is holy, because it is willed by God!” — Pope Leo XIV
In 2014, Pope Francis joined the Swiss Guard to watch his native Argentina face Switzerland in the World Cup.
The night before the World Cup final, Gaza’s only Catholic parish threw a party for the neighborhood’s children. Fr. Gabriel Romanelli — the Argentine priest Pope Francis called every night of the war — ran the games himself, cassock and all.
In 2014, Pope Francis joined the Swiss Guard to watch his native Argentina face Switzerland in the World Cup.
“I came without a speech, because I’m hungry. “I’m hungry for justice, hungry for authentic charity, hungry for a Church that truly knows how to open the doors, welcome, receive everyone, where there is love for all and where no one is an enemy.” — Pope Leo XIV at lunch with homeless persons.
Nearly fifteen months after his death, the line to see Pope Francis’s tomb in Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome was overflowing. The inspiration of his life and pontificate will far outlive his tenure.
I would love to see Donald Trump attempt this physical feat by 70-year-old Pope Leo XIV.
The Trump Administration wanted Pope Leo XIV to visit the United States for our 250th anniversary. Instead, he visited the Italian migrant island of Lampedusa and lifted up the plight of those who undertake a dangerous journey to new lands in search of a better future for their children.
Normally when I’m In Europe, my American passport is a mark against me. Leo XIV has changed the calculus. To the locals, I’m an American visiting their favorite American.
Pope Leo XIV’s trainer at a Roman gym remembers two things about his client: he was stronger than he looked, and he couldn’t stop saying thank you. Any Midwesterner in America would recognize the type instantly.
JD Vance, who has been Catholic for seven years, hopes he taught the pope a few things about the Church’s teaching on migrants.
