JOHN GRONDELSKI
@JGrondelski
Conservative foreign policy specialist and Catholic theologian focused on the connection between faith and public life.
nytimes.com/2025/07/22/opi… A very balanced piece making clear why Israel's military action in Gaza is NOT "genocide." @medeabenjamin @codepink
Just didn't know where he was, who he was talking to (even the dead) or how to exit the stage (literally and figuratively).
When we had a President who knew what he was doing
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆. ✝️ At dawn in Fontgombault Abbey, Benedictine monks offer private Masses at side altars... 𝘢 𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚…
We are orienting our cities around dogs—not families: 🧵👇🏼
Dog parks go up while playgrounds shut down. Dog spas and fake-grass “runs” top the list of most common new apartment amenities. Playgrounds and kid-friendly spaces? Nowhere to be found. We are physically rebuilding our cities around dogs—at the expense of families.
Another example of the one-way "dialogue, synodal listening, transparently open, non-clericalist" Church run by fiat and motu proprios by clerics who will tolerate any leftwing deviancy and "dissent" but not fair criticism from orthodoxy. @PhilLawler @avidkayaker50 @mfjlewis
Yes, other bishops should protest this outrage. But based on past experiences, ...
How is it "unconstitutional" for the President to see the Immigration and Nationality Act is faithfully executed -- something Democrats have NEVER done -- and where in the INA does it say, "if you're illegal but don't commit other felonies, BIENVENIDOS!" ??
Nearly 70% of those detained under Trump’s militarized immigration crackdown have no criminal convictions, and of the ones that do, very few are for violent crimes. Instead, he's targeting nonviolent, often-legal immigrants to meet arbitrary deportation quotas. Yesterday,…
cfn.va Meanwhile, the Vatican got around to creating a more user-friendly and appealing philatelic website -- need them Euros coming in, esp. without pesky auditors we can fire around.
"Missed out?" I'd rather say, "dodged a bullet." @ML3democrats
America has missed out on a better destiny.
ncregister.com/news/vatican-c… Another example of how our dialogical, synodal, transparent, non-clericalist Church protects its own (esp. of the St. Bergoglio dispensation). But I never expected a Vatican court to accept a layman's claims that some clergy are crooks. No bella figura!
Incredibly important thread on the cost of the divorce. The least compelling? The financials. "I think about his son. He just learned how men treat women. How they keep promises. How they honor the mother of their children. Or how they don't. That's Andy's legacy now."
This is Andy Byron. He just lost a $500k job as CEO at Astronomer for cheating on his wife... But that's just the beginning. Here's how much an affair actually costs:
It doesn't matter if you're a Republican, Democrast, or Independent -- we ALL have a responsibility to speak up and push back against Padilla's antics interrupting other people's press conferences to engage in political Kabuki theater before it's too late!
It doesn't matter if you're a Republican, Democrat or Independent -- we ALL have a responsibility to speak up and push back against Trump's advance toward authoritarianism, before it's too late.
nytimes.com/2025/07/23/wor… Glad to see we are again out of this anti-Israel, overgrown bureaucratic UN agency. There is NO reason for an international organization to stick its nose in national priorities like education or to define global "culture."
Yes it is: the Texas Legislature was democratically elected. Maybe you mean "this is not DEMOCRATS!" Well, you lose. Or maybe you'd like to show us the "democratic" maps of NY State and Maryland?
This is not democracy.
newoxfordreview.org/documents/two-… Want to get Catholics' attention? Write about liturgy -- I do here, particularly two problems afflicting modern liturgical studies: selective emphasis on history AND selective applications of canon law. @newoxfordreview
catholic.com/magazine/onlin… And, in case you want to ruminate about the relation of religion and science itself, some thoughts: @catholiccom
newoxfordreview.org/the-scopes-tri… The Scopes trial, 100 years ago this month, is usually thought of as a conflict between "religion and science." But was the real conflict in Dayton TWO false visions of man? @newoxfordreview @catholicthing
thecatholicthing.org/2025/07/23/the… And if we want to talk about a true vision of man, of the human person, we also need to talk Christology: @catholicthing @newoxfordreview
catholicworldreport.com/2025/07/21/cre… 100 years after the Scopes trial, we need to be clear what the Catholic doctrine of creation is and what "science" is -- and isn't. @cworldreport
americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/s… Democrats don't believe in a time-honored provision of US immigration law: foreigners should not be supported by Americans, they should not be "public charges." Now consider LA's latest boondoggle: cash cards for illegals. @AmericanThinker
ncregister.com/blog/grondelsk… We keep speaking of "adoption, not abortion," but adoption remains a less-chosen option, in part because of the disinformation surrounding it. Connect with a good study, here: @NCRegister @erheakirk @BradWilcoxIFS
