Charlotte priests submit dubia to Vatican over liturgical changes by Michelle la Rosa (The Pillar): “The pastoral letter of December 17 [has] caused a great deal of concern amongst the priests and faithful of the Diocese of Charlotte.”
My last day on this job by Phil Lawler (Catholic Culture): “As the year 2025 comes to an end, so does my career as editor of Catholic World News. I am retiring from the daily-news business, effective January 1.”
Catholic Philosopher on U.S. Capture of Maduro: A Just War in Theory But So Far Not in Practice by Edward Pentin (Edward Pentin’s Substack): “American philosophy professor Edward Feser contends that the military operation, though justified in theory, has yet to meet the ancient just war criteria dating back to Sts. Ambrose and Augustine.”
In the New Year, we can expect the beginning of the Leo-era by Christopher R. Altieri (Crux): “’We don’t actually know what Pope Leo is yet,’ my friend observed. ‘Right now, we are seeing the post-Francis era,’ he continued, ‘and I don’t think we are going to see the Leo era until next year.’”
Christendom Rising: A Path for Hope by Editorial Team (The European Conservative): “Europe must become Christendom again. We have no other choice, but it’s a merry one. A bright star is in the sky, all we must do is follow it.”
Diagnosing a Disordered Age: New and Notable Books by Mark Bauerlein (First Things): “‘Technology’s power to shape thinking should matter to every sensible person, but it should especially matter for Christians.’ So says one of the editors of Scrolling Ourselves to Death: Reclaiming Life in a Digital Age.”
From Soleimani to Maduro, Trump Was Never an Isolationist by James Diddams (Providence): “The January 3, 2026 nighttime raid on Caracas that culminated in the capture of Nicolás Maduro was shocking only to those who misunderstood Donald Trump’s foreign policy from the start.”
Recovering the Truth about the Body in a “Liquid” Age, an interview with Angela Franks by Carl E. Olson (What We Need Now – Substack): “The word ‘identity’ is batted about quite a bit, but few have tried to define it. In addition, it has become a bit of a scholarly truism that identity is a modern notion, that pre-modern people did not have an understanding of identity.”
Interreligious Dialogue: A Brief Reflection on What Is at Stake by Cole DeSantis (Homiletic & Pastoral Review): “Thich Nhat Hahn, besides being one of the major spiritual and intellectual leaders of Zen Buddhism in Southeast Asia, one of the popularizers of Buddhism in the West, and one of the great advocates of the peace movement, was also one of the trailblazers of Buddhist-Christian dialogue.”
A priest blessed the Steelers. Then they clinched a playoff spot by Christine Rousselle (Aleteia): “A priest blessed the Pittsburgh Steelers’ field with Holy Water before their game against the Baltimore Ravens. Now people are wondering if God is a Steelers fan.”
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#7 From Suleimani to Maduro, Trump Never Was an Isolationist –
Succinct and clarifying article. Thanks.
The article from Crux quotes someone as calling the current pontificate one “of adjustment.” Perhaps true, but adjustment to what? I don’t claim any insights beyond those of anyone else sitting in an unimportant spot on the sidelines, but thus far, the present pontiff strikes me as Francis Lite. I keep hoping I’m wrong, but I’ve seen too many new years enter and leave to believe that the date January 1 necessarily heralds anything significant. (Remember all the pearl clutching over Y2K?)
When a pope tells the whole world that Catholic doctrine can change, he not only lies, he unleashes massive damage to the moral fabric of the whole world.
This is not Francis lite.
@ Interreligious Dialogue
The author distinguishes ecumenism (within Christianity) from interreligious dialogue. He focuses partly on the universal natural law, and then counsels an approach more intent on communication between persons on their paths to holiness. The Church concurs, that the Church’s sacraments are the normal path, but that the gratuitous workings of God are not quite limited to the sacraments.
This reader would like to see more about the reasonably distinct, inborn, and universal Natural Law as distinguished clearly from broader religious traditions, and even from the divine Self-disclosure (public revelation) of a Triune God who is with us; and clarity between religious belief traditions and our uniquely Christian “faith” in the historical Person of Jesus Christ.
The article offers many insightful citations, including from St. John Paul II. But, on the irreducible difference between personal paths to holiness (the valuable insight concluding the article) and religions—as such—we have John Paul II’s added insights:
ABOUT BUDDHISM: “The ‘Buddhist doctrine of salvation’ constitutes the central point, or rather the only point, of this system. Nevertheless, both the Buddhist tradition and the methods deriving from it have an almost exclusively ‘negative soteriology.’ The ‘enlightenment’ expressed by Buddha comes down to the conviction that the world is bad, that it is the source of evil and of suffering by man. To liberate oneself from this evil, one must free oneself from the world, necessitating a break with the ties that join us to external reality—ties existing in our human nature, in our psyche, in our bodies [….] Do we draw near to God in this way? [….] Buddhism is in large measure an ‘atheistic system” (‘Crossing the Threshold of Hope,’ 1994, pp. 85-6).
ABOUT ISLAM: “Whoever knows the Old and New Testaments, and then reads the Koran, clearly sees the process ‘by which it completely reduces Divine Revelation.’ It is impossible not to note the movement away from what God said about Himself, first in the Old Testament through the Prophets, and then finally in the New Testament through His Son. In Islam all the richness of God’s self-revelation, which constitutes the heritage of the Old and New Testaments, has definitely been set aside . . . . Some of the most beautiful names in the human language are given to the God of the Koran, but He is ultimately a God outside of the world, a God ‘who in only Majesty, never Emmanuel,’ God-with-us. ‘Islam is not a religion of redemption.’ There is no room for the Cross and the Resurrection. Jesus is mentioned, but only as a prophet who prepares for the last prophet, Mohammed. There is also mention of Mary, His Virgin Mother, but the tragedy of redemption is completely absent. For this reason not only the theology but also the anthropology of Islam is very distant from Christianity” (, pp. 92-3).
SUMMARY: The difference between personal holiness and religious traditions—as such; and then the merit of interpersonal dialogue focused on differing understandings of the inborn and universal Natural Law (as distinct, again, from added public Revelation or non-Christian religious Traditions).
Regarding the Steelers Blessing, as a long suffering Lion’s fan, this points to the need for the Detroit Lions fans, coaches and management to request celestial help. So in this regard, Detroit Lions Management should see if they can have at the start of next season a priest to bless the Detroit Lions to at least minimize injuries, they are one of the most injured teams in the NFL for 2 years in a row, and then humbly request God, maybe to have the Lions win the Super Bowl in 2027. Think Lion’s fans have been in Football Purgatory long enough, and have done our share of penance.
“American philosophy professor Edward Feser contends that the military operation, though justified in theory, has yet to meet the ancient just war criteria dating back to Sts. Ambrose and Augustine.”
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It doesn’t look exactly like a war to me but it goes far beyond corruption & drug traffic in Venezuela. Pres. Trump’s actions also have an impact on the shaky Iranian regime, Russia, China, & global terrorism.
Augustine predates the idiom of sovereign nation-states by a thousand years, and networks of nation-states with puppet proxy states, or even implant racketeers with official letterheads. About just wars, was China wrong to at least oppose the 19th-century opium trade that corrupted the nation? About just un-wars would it have been wrong to capture Hitler before he captured Poland and almost all of the West—at astronomical cost?
Just askin,’ what is a “war” and when is the essential Just War Theory a square peg in a round hole?
I think arresting Maduro was just a piece of a larger strategy against Iran, Russia, China, & global terrorism.
Hopefully there’s a good outcome for both Venezuela & Cuba.
It seems more of a chess game than a war to me.
If it was a war, it must be the shortest in history. It lasted — what? 30 minutes?
Even shorter than the one-day Panama revolt (secession from Columbia) of November 3, 1903. Enabled by President Theodore Roosevelt with the presence of an off-shore U.S. naval ship, but with no direct involvement. The only casualty was a Chinese bystander and, it is said, a stray dog.
Ergo, construction of the Panama Canal between 1904 and 1914.
Very good point. But the degree of nuance and consideration of the broader context in your perspective is generally absent in Feser’s thinking, from what I have read in his recent articles. He seems to think that “Orange Man Bad!” is a sufficient argument.
Re the priest blessing the Steelers, sorry, just don’t support this.
I believe that excessive, paramount devotion and allegiance to one’s sports team can become almost akin to idolatry. I know. As a Notre Dame grad, I’ve been guilty of it.
Definitely
(not to mention the wasted money from overcharging for tickets and food etc..)
Blessing a sports team is not necessarily idolatry. Nor is it necessarily a sign of egregious devotion or allegiance to one’s team.
My late parish priest ministered to our city’s national sports team. He offered confession and Liturgy of the Word at home games, sometimes on a Sunday; sometimes non-Catholic players joined to hear scripture.
It seems that a purpose of a blessing, is primarily to ask God to protect and to keep safe from harm. A blessing of players ought to call to mind their Creator and Final Judge.
Now, if the blessing specifically asks God to bring about a win, that is nothing more than asking God for a sign. Scripture tells us not to ask for a sign other than the sign He’s already given. That type of blessing surely reeks of idolatry.
If, outside the blessing, the priest offers the players a “Boost” or a “Cheer” or a Pep Rally Rant, then I see nothing wrong with that.
Once the prevalence of CTE began to be well-known, thanks to Dr. Bennet Omalu, I started reading about it. While I’m not a doctor, but you don’t need to be to know basic facts about anatomy and physics. Ironically, another Nigerian-the former running back Christian Okoye, known as the “Nigerian Nightmare” for his unique blend of speed and size, recently said his son plays against his wishes (but in accord with the mother’s).
The core of your being is contained your brain, which suspended by cerebrospinal fluid. When ever your head is subject to an abrupt change of movement, the differential momentum of the brain can displace the fluid and “contact” the skull. No helmet is going to change the nature of a game that involves violent collisions-especially those that are generated by athletically gifted individuals who train for speed and explosiveness.
Every play, not just every game involves 22 men or boys taking tickets in the dementia lottery-and it has an extraordinarily high payout ratio.
As a ND grad, football no doubt played as much a role in your college “experience” as it did in mine as a Penn State grad. No more Dave Duersons or Steve Smiths.
This doesn’t begin to address the bodily debilitation.
No Catholic institution should be involved with this modern coliseum game.
@ Catholic Philosopher on U.S. Capture of Maduro: A Just War in Theory But So Far Not in Practice.
Agreement with Feser is now reached by this writer with his appraisal of the Maduro capture and the state of affairs in Venezuela. That includes US capture of that nation’s oil industry and reserves, support of the former Maduro politicians rather than the woman who won the last election who promised democracy.
Quite egregious is Trump’s growing threat of invading Greenland and his blanket threats of military intervention against other American states.
What began as a welcome change in American politics has become a president’s egotistical ride to unprincipled power and self aggrandisement, pushing the Constitution to an exaggerated doctrine of righteous, overbearing supremacy. What’s threatening and dangerous are the slew of highly placed appointees who have become as rabid as president Trump.
Donald Trump has gone over the edge and the best we can do is address his excesses and pray for a sane moderation of policy.
Good post, Fr. Morello.
I must keep my thoughts and comments in reserve for now. With so much happening and so much news coming forth daily it is imprudent to make concrete conclusions until more clarity is at hand. In the past several days since this all blew up in the news I’ve read from ‘credible sources’ that in times long past, while Venezuela was blessed with an abundance of oil, that oil for the most part stayed securely in the ground. When a few American Oil companies came in and offered to purchase for a substantial amount of money, those known oil fields and then with even larger amounts of $$$ build the means of extraction and refineries all with the approval of the Venezuelan government. American businessmen put out billions of dollars to build the Venezuelan oil industry. Then Chavez came into power and Nationalized all those companies, effectively stealing American owned oil and plants and using the new energy source as a bargaining hedge with foreign countries known to be home to various terror organizations and to be enemies of the USA as well as other mostly Western democratic countries. In the meantime their own citizens lived in poverty and fear as most socialist countries eventually do. I believe that sheds a different light on the U.S.A. taking back some of the oil that was stolen by both Chavez and continued under Maduro. So far, while reading so much about the millions of Venzuelans who fled their country because of the poverty and oppression and not having to experience such here in U.S., being free to criticize the Government and leave the country whenever I choose and return the same I am tilted to putting my trust in our elected President and his cabinet support them more than any administration during my 78.5 since birth here. Bottom line: There is far more that we don’t know than what we do and prudential judgement calls us to wait and see, hope and pray. Amen.
I agree Miss Mary. There are many moving parts to this that we just don’t know about. I really think it’s more about the Iranian regime and its allies than about oil or arresting Maduro.
As the news of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good plays out you will learn that a new video of the event taken by witness Emily Heller proves beyond a reasonable doubt that both president Trump, who said Ms Good ran over the ICE agent who shot her, and Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem who said Ms Good attacked the agent both lied.
Where can this video be accessed?
It has really bad language in it expressing grief and condemnation. You would have to mute it to avoid the “expletives” and words overlaid. Turn off your volume first. The shooting is very saddening, one expects the best from law enforcement AND quick reflexes that respect life.
Meiron Emily Heller who took the video had possession of it on her camera, presumably a smartphone. It was shown on Erin Burnett’s CNN segment last evening. CNN has been showing the same video which shows the wheels of Ms Good’s SVU moving to the right and clockwise away from the shooter.
CNN apparently has retained what Ms Heller transmitted during the Erin Burnett interview. As I reviewed it the film shows space between the shooter and the clockwise moving vehicle, the agent moving toward it and firing his weapon at the woman in the vehicle then falling back.
I would assume that the smart phone and video is now in possession of the FBI and other agency investigators. CNN shows the video intermittently.
I just don’t know Fr. Peter. I think it’s always a good idea to let law enforcement do it’s job investigating first. It wouldn’t be the first time we get conflicting info about a tragedy occurring at a protest.
Mrscracker, normally I wouldn’t say anything regarding an alleged crime. It seemed to me so blatantly untrue of what was being said I believed it was a matter of justice.
You know, the BBC’s not the best source of info anymore but they did bring up a good point about AI & the caution we should exercise viewing videos these days. We just never know what we’re looking at & whether it may have been manipulated. Prudence really is something important.
I agree, mrscracker. I’ve seen two different videos. One showed the alleged shooter falling alongside OR perhaps under a portion of Ms. Good’s car; it was not clear that her car actually caused his fall. The other video did not show the alleged ICE officer falling but showed him standing completely upright; after shooting the car’s windshield, the car passes him with about a foot of space between it and the officer.
In this day and age, with news more propaganda than objective, and with AI generated images easily available, I think it is reasonable to not jump to conclusions. There may be facts and other videos to which we are not privvy.
I saw one TV interview of a young woman protestor. She claimed to have witnessed the accident. She pointed out a few of Ms. Good’s earlier erratic actions; i.e., blocking traffic and people in the streets with her car. This witness to the accident stated her belief that the shooter acted within his right to self defense.
The video does not “show” what she was doing there in the first place where she clearly attempted to obstruct justice, nor does it show why she refused to stop and exit the vehicle as ordered, nor does it show her multiple back and forth actions, according to witnesses, that she executed prior to the final actions. She demonstrated a clear pattern of having the intent to weaponize her vehicle.
I don’t think the facts support this assertion based on additional information that has come out since the event. The person in question was a radical activist who received training in how to oppose law enforcement. It is also clear that she floored the gas pedal of her SUV with the intention of harming the ICE agent. While we are free to protest law enforcement activities, we are not permitted to interfere with them. If we do so in a way that threatens the safety or life of an agent, they are legally permitted to use deadly force. This is really not about anyone lying, it’s about experiencing the consequences of your actions.
Athanasius. American citizens have a right to protest and a right to free speech. If a protester believes they have this Constitutional right which was a response to British rule and avoids arrest the government does not have the right to blow her brains out.
On video, there is a sound of the officer being hit by the car and he needed to be treated at the hospital. She had been ordered out of the car and refused to obey. She had no business stepping on the gas, no matter WHAT she intended to do. This Officer has been injured before in the recent past by other leftists using their cars as weapons. End of story.
“Free speech” does not allow you to interfere with a police action. That is a criminal action and I am sorry more of these agitators are not arrested as they legally could be. If you get in the way and refuse orders to exit your car as this woman did, what happens, happens. Just in the same way you are not allowed to yell fire in a movie theater. You are NOT free to do what you want to others, not even to the police who have been unfairly vilified in recent years. And no matter how morally bankrupt a certain segment of our society has become.
Finally, I wonder why these people are defending the “right” of murderers, rapists and drug dealer gang members to stay in the US??
“Trump’s “egotistical ride…unprincipled power…self aggrandizement…overbearing supremacy…slew of highly placed appointees who have become as rabid as the president..Trump has gone over the edge.”
I do like when someone writes clearly what they think and does not beat around the bush, but this does seem over the top to me.
God Bless Donald Trump!!
And keep him far, far away from us and the levers of power.
That hope is beyond hope.
Why should military action brought to various jurisdictions, where their local governments have chosen to abandon the rule of law through performing ideology driven selective prosecution, with proven consequences of extreme increases in murder rates, rapes, and burglaries, be considered a bad thing?
We have an amazing historic city a few hours drive away Mr. Baker and the only folks there who don’t want the National Guard to assist law enforcement are the criminals and their allies. People are afraid to travel there anymore because of the ridiculously high crime rate and general failure of local government.
Police evidence records were destroyed by rats. Mothers have taken to putting stickers on their vehicles alerting carjackers that there’s a baby inside. (It’s an additional charge of kidnapping.)
I would love to see National Guard troops so I can take my grandchildren on a day trip without worrying if we’ll return home in one piece.
This is about stopping the flow of drugs into the US, and the ANNUAL death of some 100,000 Americans, mostly young people. If my child had died from this I really wouldnt care how many angels needed to dance on the head of a pin to satisfy whiner democrats. They seem to have developed a party platform which requires defending lawbreakers, drug lords, sex traffickers, abortionists and criminals of all sorts. But God forbid you dont file the paper work before going after someone who is murdering your citizens, and they squeal like stuck pigs. Count me as behind Trump 100% on this. He warned Maduro, who by the way is NOT the legally elected President of Venezuela. Warned him to end the drug trade. Blew up numerous ships carrying drugs to the US (boo-hoo), and even blew up a port area on land the drug pushers were using. No net response. Americans have grown too used to Presidents who issue warnings and then wring their hands and do nothing to change what is hurting us. Trump has realized things dont have to be this way. We are not Switzerland. We are the proverbial 800 pound gorilla. Those who threaten us and think they can do it without consequence will learn that in fact they cannot. At least, not under this president. Bravo to Trump and his Chairmen. Bravo to our military folks.
And to those of you who value the price of groceries over the physical safety of your sons and daughters, who are threatened by thugs and other strongmen like Maduro, I can only say you are drinking too much democrat kool-aid. And that’s pathetic.
If you imagine this event was about stopping drugs, I think you are missing most of the picture. Also, please explain how pardoning an infamous convicted foreign drug dealer fights America’s addiction crisis?
Who said anything about pardoning Maduro? I haven’t seen that in any of the newsfeeds I review. Where is that stated, and where are you getting that information?
I believe that she is referring to the pardoned ex-Honduran President.
When several hundred thousand of our citizens have been killed by drugs, yeah honey, I do think its about drugs. Exactly what do you think “most of the picture” is? Oil? I can clue you in that we have oil of our own. But if we are going to help them get their country back on its feet, why should OUR people pay for that? Not our country, not our problem. Let THEM pay for it. If it means we get a share of their oil to fund the cost, so be it. Its funny to me that so many people are so used to a President who issues outraged “statements” to enemies and does nothing more than wring their hands, they are totally shocked when we have a President who uses our power to put our people first.
Re the priest, blessing, the Steelers, and the field. The article notes that the priest blessed the FIELD.
Don’t both teams play on the same FIELD?
This is a vital moral issue for us personally and for our Nation that must be reasonably pursued. If our rationale is that this woman in her vehicle was already a dangerous and threatening weapon deserving of execution, then apparently that’s what was carried out. Should we call it a premeditated execution?
If we pursue this kind of rationale as justification for future like events not only are we proposing an immoral principle of behavior, we’re acknowledging the right of our adversaries to pursue the same logic.
People are certainly free to peacefully protest, but intentionally interfering with local and federal law enforcement activities is a crime. If law enforcement personnel feel that their lives are being threatened, they can legally use deadly force in response. My sense of the situation from what I have seen is that deadly force was appropriate in this situation. I can’t floor the accelerator of my car into an officer and expect that there won’t be negative consequences of that. It’s tragic but entirely preventable.
This is the insurrection. The real one.
Just an armchair question, here, since I did not see the cell phone video…but before this incident is a “moral issue,” is it first a question of “fact”–which might or might not justify the gratuitous label of “execution.”
About the car’s wheels turning away from the armed agent…the wheels only and not yet the car? Previously and even still headed forward? What a difference a split second can make for both this “woman in her vehicle” and the self-defense of those trained to react in a split second.
I have a breakfast friend who for ten years was the point man for a local SWAT team. After the door was crashed, his up-front duty and training was to scan the setting, identify the greatest threat to life, and to neutralize it if necessary. All in no more than a second and a half. He’s still alive.
“shows the wheels of Ms Good’s SVU moving to the right and clockwise away from the shooter”. Vehicles have wheels, that should have been easy.
Agent Ross had positioned himself in a last resort kill position to the front left of the vehicle, which passed at least two feet from agent Ross turning away from him. He is known to be a crack shot. He leaned toward the vehicle, fired three well aimed shots one to the windshield and two through the open side window.
The two agents who Ross called first ordered the woman to exit the vehicle. Ross apparently ordered they apprehend her when she decided to flee. We can interpret the event to our own predilections which you obviously have your own including the poorly trained men with options equivalent to a swat team. A human life may have warranted other means of halting the vehicle or apprehending it.
I say this because there’s a hard right take of this event by many of us, a one sided prejudged opinion that the woman was a dangerous terrorist. This is the kind of division that irreconcilably widens a nation, and a Church. Yes. I’m preaching as a priest what I’m convinced of.
“A hard right take of this event by many of us, a one-sided prejudged opinion that the woman was a dangerous terrorist?”
No Father. The hard left take of this event is refusing to face who she was and what she was intending in their prejudgments. She was indisputably a dangerous terrorist. She belonged to several hard-core leftist organizations, which, among other crimes, openly admitted to a goal of killing ICE agents.
Yes, the country and the Church are being divided. The moral fabric of America is so depraved that apprehending criminals guilty of rape, murder, and the large-scale sex trafficking of children is itself viewed as a crime.
And the Church has been accelerating its rapid abandonment of its moral witness to the whole world, in itself, a crime against humanity.
I have not “interpreted the event”; Instead I asked a question about the facts on the video—and which you have answered. Thank you. And offered a perspective.
And we are on the same page about the full range of predilections dividing this nation, of which I am almost prejudged in an almost predilection sort of way. So, thank you for the careful wording.
As another perspective in an entangled and fallen world…how much indirect moral responsibility might be assigned to others who recently have used their cars as battering rams on even crowded sidewalks?
But yes, after having been missed by two feet, other options appear to me too from my admitted “armchair” perspective. We likely shall hear more about training.
She wasn’t a terrorist, but was obstructing LEOs.
Life isn’t fair. If life was fair, she and not Laken Riley would have faced the brutality of José Antonio Ibarra.
Having done some amateur auto racing when I was young, I can testify that balancing a vehicle between understeer and oversteer is an ongoing challenge at the limits of grip. In the hands of a near hysterical protester accelerating on a slippery surface, who previously demonstrated a refusal to cooperate, which in itself indicates evil intent, in close proximity to those standing can be rationally viewed as life threatening behavior.
The last time the agent, who did the shooting, was in the same situation, he was dragged by the driver 30 feet, sustaining injuries that included a gash requiring 30 stitches.
I am having a hard time believing that the Father Morello writing about the Minneapolis shooting is the same Father Morello that usually writes comments on CWR. Execution? Pre-meditated execution?
Yes. It’s me Crusader. What premeditated execution refers to a mindset possibility, that the shooter had a bad experience last summer and just prior to the shooting event the shooter agent Ross had gun in one hand and his smart phone in another taking pictures while walking around Ms Good’s SVU. There was an altercation with Ms Good’s ‘partner’, who came out of the vehicle and aggressively challenged agent Ross. Then when Ms Good tried to pull away it seems her vehicle struck him.
This film was released by the State Department to suggest exculpatory data. Although, what it also suggests is motive for the shooting of Ms Good which began as soon as two more ICE agents arrived apparently called by Ross. When they arrived he was standing to the left front of her vehicle with his handgun raised high.
My reason for writing this is that she was condemned by the President, Kristi Noem, and VP Vance before an investigation of the evidence and possibility of motive for both Ms Good and agent Ross. Also, most of us who support the president also joined in condemnations of the woman, who very possibly according to films taken by bystanders from a different angle from behind the SVU and the positioning of the shooter.
The danger for our nation is the refusal of our government to give an honest assessment, and that ICE agents have the right to shoot and kill American citizens with the onus of the victim to prove their innocence. In the case of Ms Good she’s dead. Shot in the head three times by Ross. While I support the good pres Trump has achieved, I do not, cannot in good conscience support what is occurring in this case. If I don’t speak out in defense of this woman, who apparently had a same sex partner, but the mother of several children, who is being demonized by the Catholic friendly media, then I’ve failed as a witness to justice, and the love for the least of our brethren.
Addendum: who very possibly according to films taken by bystanders from a different angle from behind the SVU and the positioning of the shooter [did not intend to kill him].
Padre, you really need to sit this one out-your judgment is rash or uninformed.
Once you brandish a vehicle as a weapon, you are a threat and threats don’t subside because they turned their wheels in one direction or another-something the officer may or may not have been able to observe as the fight or flight mechanism takes over and causes tunnel vision.
Even if the officer was completely unaffected by that physiological response-there needs to be a consideration of the potential to threaten others.
This woman isn’t Ashli Babbitt, unarmed and shot from behind a door. She was a trained obstructor being used as a client agitator and her puppeteers are the ones that put her in harms way, using a vehicle as a weapon.
“Then when Ms Good tried to pull away it seems her vehicle struck him.”
Other videos indicate that she was openly defiant and belligerent, and that she did indeed try to hit him with a 4500 pound vehicle. After refusing several times to comply with clear directives. After directly interfering with an active law enforcement operation. Etc. Yes, let’s get to the bottom of what happened, and so forth, but let’s also not pretend that there are far too many folks whose hatred of law enforcement has completely warped their judgment, to a point that they apparently think they are above the law or incapable of being harmed because of their premeditated and/or rash decisions. Also, the blatant lies by various liberal/progressive individuals and outlets about Ms Good, her partner, their actions, and what happened are pathological and ideological in character, to a degree that is truly astonishing. Finally, you mention that she’s the mother of three children. My question, as the father of three children is: “What in the world was she doing following ICE officers and interjecting herself into dangerous situations in ways that seem clearly unlawful and potentially fatal?”
Carl how did you embed that URL?
Used some basic HTML. See https://www.educative.io/answers/how-to-add-a-link-in-text-in-html.
I can’t make a preliminary judgment whether Ms Good purposely struck agent Ross because it’s unclear whether she was aware of his position since he was circling the vehicle. She did halt the vehicle. Then sped off turning the vehicle away from agent Ross. In the photo exhibited by the NY post you cite here Ross is at least 3 ft from her SUV as it moves in a clockwise direction, and leans toward the vehicle to fire three shots into her head. That seals the issue as to whether Ross was defending his life.
I’m not aware of any juridical set of rules for justified self defense that would accept these facts as justification to fire three rounds into her head.
From the various videos I’ve seen, she actually hits him with the vehicle. So, she’s obstructing officers (and has a history of active involvement in such groups), refusing to comply with their clear orders, and then does appear to try to hit the officer while also escaping. Should the officer have shot her? I don’t have an answer to that, but my understanding of the laws and situation is that he was within his rights to do so.
Carl, brilliantly said in my opinion.
Concerning the killing of Ms. Good, why is ICE killing a US citizen. See my comments in this CWR link from the CNA report.
They already knew the suspect and had the details on the car ….. meiron ….. in this day and age. Tracing her after escape would have been a cinch and police could have caught up with her elsewhere within minutes. She’d have been charged with this and that and the judge would have assessed evil intent ….. Edward J Baker ….. the judge’s concern. The video could then not develop into a contentious matter about using deadly force and about its authenticity.
Policing and immigration officers just doesn’t all come together to produce immediate deadly encounters to stop an escaping suspect who made a civil commotion.
What is the remit of ICE, specifically.
https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2026/01/07/after-ice-shooting-of-u-s-citizen-minneapolis-archbishop-pleads-for-prayers-calm/
They already knew the suspect and had the details on the car ….. meiron ….. in this day and age. Tracing her after escape would have been a cinch
Wow, there’s a lot of people watching way too much TV.
Once again I admit I am not American ….. Carl Olson ….. but police and ICE can’t go around shooting up Americans because they have behaved badly and over-rowdy who then try to escape.
When does ICE get to use deadly force?
Maybe the ICE officer shot the suspect /protester because he knew beforehand that ICE had been unable to establish a protocol with State/local law enforcement? As if to say “ICE will not accept to be defeated by any intimidation”.
Was there even an administrative warrant to do with anything or anyone here?
‘ An administrative warrant, by contrast, is issued internally by ICE and allows its agents to arrest someone for an immigration violation, such as overstaying a visa or failing to obey a deportation order. These are the warrants ICE most commonly uses to make an arrest, Pham said.
Although administrative warrants are sometimes confused with criminal warrants, they do not carry the same legal authority. Local police are not legally required to detain or transfer someone based solely on the existence of an administrative warrant, legal experts including Pham and University of Texas immigration law professor Elissa Steglich told the Statesman.
The circumstances surrounding Monday’s ICE communication remain opaque, in part because Austin police have not provided further details despite numerous Statesman inquiries on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to the department and its top spokesperson. It remains unclear under what circumstances Austin police run background checks on individuals they encounter during calls. ‘
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/austin-police-weren-t-required-to-call-ice-they-did-for-a-mother-and-daughter/ar-AA1TWFU2?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=69625cf7d0a645deab9b623f006e809f&ei=14
My suggestion with this video is to turn off your PC volume.
https://www.rt.com/news/630714-ice-agents-shoots-woman/
“…but police and ICE can’t go around shooting up Americans because they have behaved badly and over-rowdy who then try to escape….”
That’s not what happened. Resorting to vague and hyperbolic generalities only obscures what did happen.
“Maybe the ICE officer shot the suspect /protester because he knew beforehand that ICE had been unable to establish a protocol with State/local law enforcement?”
Seriously? You probably shouldn’t be posting on this topic.
“Once again I admit I am not American”
And yet non-Americans continually feel empowered to comment on our internal affairs.
Can you share your citizenship, I’d like to comment on that nation. Turnabout is fair play.
Have no fear I have similar complaints about where I live. Militia policing is very controversial everywhere, I think. The US is often calling out other nations for brutality in public admin. affairs, for example.
The movie stuff I mention indicates what is going on in the wider culture. From time to time I get glimpses of what is in the entertainment media, I do not have TV at home and I haven’t been going to movie houses since long time before COVID.
But I am commenting as a Catholic not as a different nationality. The US has a robust tradition of civil rights which the Trump Administration can build on; wouldn’t be TDS to suggest it nor anti-American.
The English Petition of Right inter alia rules out the billeting of soldiers upon citizens. It pre-dates the US War of Independence, all well worth recalling.
The King graciously granted the Petition.
The people who were instrumental in securing the Petition, shortly thereafter plunged England into anarchy and social subversion from which it has never recovered.
But I must say also, my inputs here to do with Ms. Good aren’t a bullying tactic or some kind of put-down or other stunt. It’s an expression of goodwill to all involved and a lament that the officer should have behaved so precipitously “eye for eye” (if you will – or “get the job done”).
In the video in the YAHOO link he is withdrawing his weapon as Good is turning her wheel.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/article/can-ice-agents-detain-us-citizens-what-powers-do-they-have-to-arrest-people-your-most-common-questions-answered-194725171.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/retired-ice-agent-breaks-down-233833766.html
“Have no fear I have similar complaints about where I live. ”
The question was where that is. You did not answer. Now the question are you just evasive or ashamed of or embarrassed by your country that you conceal it.
MSN and RT News are an interesting combination.
Police are expected not to punish criminals that they catch. They are expected to defend themselves against violence – just as any citizen can. The entire question hinges, not on whether there was an administrative or criminal warrant, but on whether the person was an imminent threat to the officer or some other human being. Everything regarding her past behavior, and his, is only relevant insofar as it provides information on their respective habits and states of mind.
The woman backed up to line up with the officer, then accelerated forward at him. I’d expect him to be drawing his weapon when she was lining up, at least.
Yes. I agree wholeheartedly Elias that the matter could and should have been handled professionally and within entirely lawful bounds. For example, to speculate that prior bad behavior of a person with the right to protest justifies killing him or her is unlawful.
In this case much like LSD and Polonium 210.
Wow are you off the rails.
Bluntly, what the hell is professional about using a vehicle as weapon?
You are defending the indefensible here. This isn’t about the right to protest. This person actively and intentionally interfered with a law enforcement action, and she used her vehicle as a weapon. That is beyond dispute at this point. Presenting her as some type of innocent victim is not only inappropriate, it is a grave moral evil.