John Grosso

"Here am I, send me," from Isaiah, is the caption on a DHS promotional video, which also used a clip from the movie "Fury." The message is clear: It is glorifying Trump's military intervention at the southern border.

In showing exactly what it takes to resist the ever-growing power of a fascist empire, Disney's "Andor" serves as both a prophetic example — and a desperate warning cry.

Despite rumors to the contrary, Pope Leo XIV will be keeping the papal social media presence on X and Instagram. He shared his first post Tuesday afternoon Rome time.

Pope Leo XIV has read NCR. We took a deep dive into the tweets of Pope Leo XIV, from when he was Cardinal Robert Prevost, to begin to understand the man who will now lead 1.4 billion Catholics.

Despite the firestorm surrounding his "Pope Trump" post, President Donald Trump claimed that the outrage was not from the millions of Catholics offended by his actions, but instead engineered by the "fake news media."

"Thou shalt not worship false Gods" seems an apropos warning in Donald Trump's America.  

The proliferation of social media use since the last conclave has plunged us into uncharted territory — as conservatives campaign online for one cardinal and smear another. 

When he was elected in 2013, Pope Francis was celebrated as the first Latin American pope. It seems only fitting that such a groundbreaking pope would be the one to charge fearlessly into the digital continent as well.

Millions of social media users — presidents and politicians, theologians and celebrities — flocked to social media to share tributes, reflections and stories of the late pontiff.

The US’s official X account at the Holy See trumpeted the Trump administration’s immigration policy as JD Vance arrives in Rome.

When I eat this family pesto recipe, I am always transported back to my mom's kitchen on Good Friday at about 5 p.m., right after church.

NCR digital editor John Grosso shares a favorite meatless meal for Lent: cacio e pepe, one of the "four horsemen" of Roman pasta. Three ingredients and 30 minutes make for a unique, delicious challenge.

The founder of the conservative Napa Institute, Busch makes an extraordinary claim. It strains credulity.

Bishop Robert Barron was "delighted" to attend President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress and celebrate a private Mass for lawmakers, he said on a lengthy social media video about his "thrilling" trip.

When confronted with a perceived slight to his brand of Catholicism, Bishop Robert Barron is quick to post on social media. But when it comes to those on the margins, his alleged prophetic voice is conspicuously silent.

At the National Pro-Life Summit, provocateur Fr. Calvin Robinson of the Anglican Catholic Church threw up a Nazi-like salute. After video of the gesture went viral, the Anglican Catholic Church revoked his license to practice in the church. 

The vice president of the United States made unsubstantiated allegations about child sex trafficking based on social media gossip — gossip that originally elicited serious threats to Catholic Charities staffers last year.

Donald Trump's inaugural included several lowlights: no presidential hand on Bibles, apparent Nazi salutes and a churlish reaction to an Episcopalian bishop's in-your-face homily.

The official X account of Catholic News Agency, a service owned by EWTN, was compromised Monday, Jan. 20. Scammers briefly took control of the account, using it to promote a fake Catholic cryptocurrency.

At the beginning of Hanukkah, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops shared well wishes to the Jewish community. Catholics on social media responded with a less-than-Christian response.