Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre recently appeared on the podcast of far left commentator Dean Obeidallah and claimed with a straight face that the media just isn’t being hard enough on President Trump.
The post LAUGHABLE: Karine Jean-Pierre Suggests Media is Giving President Trump a Pass (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
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Republican Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas is urging the Justice Department to open a federal investigation of the far left activist group Code Pink over alleged material support for enemies of the United States.
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A group of employees at publisher Condé Nast recently decided to confront their human resources chief because they are upset about some recent layoffs.
The post FAFO: Entitled Condé Nast Employees Confront HR Chief Over Recent Layoffs, Four of Them Get Fired (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Read MoreLord,
With your bright and open heart forgive me for showing darkness to the light.
Putting my back, to what is right was wrong and i have sinned against you.
Forgive me O merciful one because i have relished my wrong and i am sorry for what i have done.
Lord i am ready to contiue following in your footsteps.
Take my from the dark.
Hear me now O lord.
Amen
Washington, D.C., Nov 7, 2025 / 18:40 pm (CNA).
The Trump administration this week denounced a Chicago-based federal judge’s ruling that mandated cleanliness and hygiene standards as well as adequate legal representation at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Illinois.
Government lawyers said Nov. 7 they are in compliance or are in the midst of complying with the judge’s conditions. The detainees’ attorneys, however, say they “are doubtful” the government is “actually in compliance” with some of the conditions, “including as to facility cleaning, the provision of food and water, and the provision of prescription medication.”
The detainees’ attorneys asked the court to conduct an inspection with an expert and have the government provide immediate proof of compliance.
Administration officials said an “activist judge” issued the temporary restraining order and based it on hoaxes, while religious and civil-rights advocates pressed for detainees’ access to the Eucharist.
A group of 19 spiritual leaders including six priests renewed a request to offer pastoral care and Communion at the Broadview facility in a Nov. 6 letter to ICE and asked to discuss “procedures by which our small delegation of religious ministers can be granted access.” The delegation bringing Communion was denied access Nov. 1.
The judge’s temporary restraining order followed an Oct. 30 lawsuit in which detainees claimed they were placed in unsanitary conditions, provided inadequate food and water, and unconstitutionally deprived of access to legal representation and spiritual care. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said ICE’s Broadview facility houses “criminal illegal aliens” whom it described as “some of the worst of the worst.”
“Some of the worst of the worst including pedophiles, gang members, and rapists have been processed through the facility in recent weeks,” Tricia McLaughlin, assistant Homeland Security secretary for public affairs, said in a Nov. 5 statement.
The list included Jose Manuel Escobar-Cardona, described by DHS as “a criminal illegal alien” from Honduras who was convicted of multiple charges of lewd or lascivious acts with a minor, assault, driving under the influence of liquor, making a false report, illegal reentry, and making a false report.
Also named by DHS was Alfonso Batalla-Garcia, “a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, convicted of sex assault, kidnapping an adult to sexually assault, and homicide.”
Other detainees named by DHS included migrants who were said to have been convicted of drug trafficking, kidnapping, first-degree murder, and weapons trafficking.
Publicly reported individuals detained by ICE in November also included a day care worker at the Rayito De Sol center, a Chicago preschool where the woman was removed in front of children.
Pope Leo XIV on Nov. 4 said: “Many people who’ve lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what’s going on right now.” Leo invited authorities to allow pastoral workers to attend to the needs of detainees.
He reminded that “Jesus says very clearly … at the end of the world, we’re going to be asked … how did you receive the foreigner? Did you receive him and welcome him or not? And I think that there’s a deep reflection that needs to be made in terms of what’s happening.”
A detainee testified he spent six days at the Broadview ICE facility before Judge Robert Gettleman ordered bedding, three meals a day, free water, hygiene products, papers translated into Spanish, a clock in each hold room, and free phone service for detainees to talk to counsel. Gettleman also ordered DHS to list all detainees on the Locator Online Detainee Locator System of ICE.
DHS says facilities such as Broadview are designed to serve only as short-term holding centers, typically for about 12 hours, where individuals are briefly held for processing before being moved to longer-term detention facilities.
“Despite hoaxes spread by criminal illegal aliens, the complicit media, and now an activist judge, the ICE Broadview facility does not have subpar conditions,” McLaughlin said. She said detainees receive three meals a day, access to water, and proper medical care.
Neither McLaughlin’s statement nor the judge’s order addressed the lawsuit’s claims that Broadview detainees have been unconstitutionally denied access to faith leaders and clergy.
McLaughlin wrote on X that “religious organizations have ALWAYS been welcome to provide services to detainees in ICE detention facilities. Religious leaders may request access to facilities through proper channels and have those requests approved.”
McLaughlin also responded to questions from CNA, saying dangerous conditions — including belligerent actions and “attacks,” such as the use of tear gas, by protesters — and Broadview’s status as a short-term “field office” have prevented ICE from accommodating requests by religious organizations seeking access to detainees there.
“ICE staff has repeatedly informed religious organizations that, due to Broadview’s status as a field office and the ongoing threat to civilians, detainees, and officers, they are not able to accommodate these requests at this time,” McLaughlin told CNA. “Even before the attacks on the Broadview facility, it was not within standard operating procedure for religious services to be provided in a field office, as detainees are continuously brought in, processed, and transferred out.”
Chicago faith leaders wrote to ICE Nov. 7: “We understand that in past years ministers were granted access to the Broadview ICE facility for pastoral purposes. We also note public statements by DHS acknowledging detainees’ rights to chaplaincy and religious resources, while noting that requests for entry may require advance approval.”
Bishop Robert E. Barron of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, who serves on the Department of Justice’s Religious Liberty Commission, said on X that senior officials in the U.S. government “assured” him that detainees in immigration custody will have access to Catholic sacraments and that the situation is “under careful review.”
The Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC) said in a email Nov. 7: “CLINIC is disturbed by these instances in which the human and constitutional right to religious practice is being restricted. We hope the administration follows up on its ‘careful review’ by rectifying this and taking further action.”
Pope Leo’s recent exhortation Dilexi Te says: “The Church, like a mother, accompanies those who are walking. Where the world sees threats, she sees children; where walls are built, she builds bridges. She knows that her proclamation of the Gospel is credible only when it is translated into gestures of closeness and welcome. And she knows that in every rejected migrant, it is Christ himself who knocks at the door of the community.”
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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 7, 2025 / 18:10 pm (CNA).
A Catholic diocese in New Jersey has dropped a lawsuit against the U.S. government over a rule change to the religious worker visa used by foreign-born priests.
Attorneys for the Diocese of Paterson dropped a lawsuit they filed last year against the Biden administration’s State Department, Department of Homeland Security, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, along with their respective heads, after reportedly coming to an agreement regarding a solution with national implications, according to local reports.
The lawsuit was filed Aug. 8, 2024, in the U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey.
Raymond Lahoud, the lawyer representing the diocese, said in an Oct. 31 email that the diocese and its five foreign-born priests listed as plaintiffs moved to dismiss the case “to allow for agency action and/or rulemaking that will render moot the relief plaintiffs sought from the court.”
The priests named in the suit include Filipino citizens Father Regin Nico Dela Cruz Quintos, Father Joemin Kharlo Chong Parinas, Father Armando Diaz Vizcara Jr., and Father Joseph Anthony Aguila Mactal, and Colombian national Father Manuel Alejandro Cuellar Ceballos.
Lahoud also said in the email that his team had “reached a deal that impacts the entire country” and that he would provide more details “as soon as I am permitted.”
Lahoud did not respond to multiple requests by CNA for comment.
The lawyer later said the diocese “was hoping proposed legislation regarding religious worker visas would resolve their lawsuit,” citing legislation introduced in both the U.S. House and Senate that would allow religious workers to remain in the country amid the unprecedented backlog in the EB-4 visa category.
Neither piece of legislation has moved forward amid the government shutdown.
Religious workers such as foreign-born priests come to the U.S. on R-1 visas, which allow them to remain in the country for up to five years. During this time, religious workers seeking to apply for a green card must do so in the EB-4 visa category. However, due to an unprecedented backlog, the former 12- to 24-month process has stalled significantly enough that religious workers are faced with the possibility of having to return to their home countries before completing their green card application.
The EB-4 “special immigrant” category can distribute up to 7.1% of all available immigration visas, the second-lowest of any category, and contains not only programs for religious workers but also individuals such as former employees of the U.S. government overseas, broadcasters, and, recently under the Biden administration, unaccompanied minors.
Read MoreA reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Romans
16:3-9, 16, 22-27
Brothers and sisters:
Greet Prisca and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus,
who risked their necks for my life,
to whom not only I am grateful but also all the churches of the Gentiles;
greet also the Church at their house.
Greet my beloved Epaenetus,
who was the firstfruits in Asia for Christ.
Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you.
Greet Andronicus and Junia,
my relatives and my fellow prisoners;
they are prominent among the Apostles
and they were in Christ before me.
Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.
Greet Urbanus, our co-worker in Christ,
and my beloved Stachys.
Greet one another with a holy kiss.
All the churches of Christ greet you.
I, Tertius, the writer of this letter, greet you in the Lord.
Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole Church, greets you.
Erastus, the city treasurer,
and our brother Quartus greet you.
Now to him who can strengthen you,
according to my Gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ,
according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret for long ages
but now manifested through the prophetic writings and,
according to the command of the eternal God,
made known to all nations to bring about the obedience of faith,
to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ
be glory forever and ever. Amen.
From the Gospel according to Luke
16:9-15
Jesus said to his disciples:
“I tell you, make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth,
so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.
The person who is trustworthy in very small matters
is also trustworthy in great ones;
and the person who is dishonest in very small matters
is also dishonest in great ones.
If, therefore, you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth,
who will trust you with true wealth?
If you are not trustworthy with what belongs to another,
who will give you what is yours?
No servant can serve two masters.
He will either hate one and love the other,
or be devoted to one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and mammon.”
The Pharisees, who loved money,
heard all these things and sneered at him.
And he said to them,
“You justify yourselves in the sight of others,
but God knows your hearts;
for what is of human esteem is an abomination in the sight of God.”
Wealth can propel one to build walls, create division and discrimination. Jesus, on the contrary, encourages his disciples to reverse course: “Make friends for yourselves by means of mammon”. It is an invitation to know how to change goods and wealth into relationships, because people are worth more than things, and count more than the wealth they possess. Indeed, in life, it is not those who have many riches who bear fruit, but those who create and keep alive many bonds, many relationships, many friendships through a variety of “mammon”, that is, the different gifts that God has given them. But Jesus also points to the ultimate aim of his exhortation: “Make friends for yourselves by means of mammon so that they may receive you into the eternal habitations”. If we are able to transform wealth into tools of fraternity and solidarity, not only will God be there to welcome us into heaven, but also those with whom we have shared, properly stewarded what the Lord has placed in our hands. (Pope Francis, Angelus, 22 September 2019)
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CNA Staff, Nov 7, 2025 / 17:40 pm (CNA).
As federal food benefits have been frozen during the government shutdown, Catholic dioceses and charities around the country are holding emergency food drives and launching fundraising efforts.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will resume once the government passes a bill to fund the federal government — but, more than a month into the shutdown, there is no set end date in sight.
Two federal district judges at the end of October moved to compel the Trump administration to pay for SNAP benefits, but because Congress has not yet authorized funding for federal government operations, the Trump administration asked an appeals court on Friday to block the orders and continue with partial SNAP payments.
The pause in SNAP benefits is estimated to affect about 42 million Americans.
In St. Louis, food pantries saw an influx of people in need. In response, parishes across the archdiocese are holding emergency food drives for the first two weekends of November.
Nearly 300,000 people in the area could “lose access to vital food benefits,” Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski said in a letter to pastors, whom he asked to “respond with love and generosity to this urgent need.”
“We are called to be people of faith and action,” Rozanski said. “And so, I ask the good people of our archdiocese to come together to help our neighbors who are in danger of going without their ‘daily food.’”
The archdiocese is working with the local Catholic Charities and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to ensure that food pantries are full.
Julie Komanetsky, a spokesperson for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in St. Louis, said the food drives are “bringing great results for our food pantries.”
“This is our faith in action,” she told CNA. “Like the story of the good Samaritan who sees the victim and cares for him, Catholics see that people need to be fed and they are responding. They are answering God’s call to be good Samaritans rather than indifferent bystanders!”
So far, the parish food drives have been “very successful and will help keep our pantries stocked and able to support the need,” Komanetsky said.
“Our hope for this effort is to keep all within the boundaries of our archdiocese from going hungry during this difficult time in our country,” she continued. “This is our united Catholic effort to let all people know that we see them, we hear their needs, and we will help.”
“Pope Leo tells us: Faith cannot be separated from love for the poor,” she continued. “This effort is a testament of our faith and our love.”
St. Louis is not the only archdiocese finding creative solutions to the SNAP crisis. In Connecticut, Hartford Archbishop Christopher Coyne has released $500,000 of emergency funding to food banks.
Coyne said the funding is being contributed “in the spirit of Jesus’ command to serve our brothers and sisters in need.”
“The Catholic Church provides relief and hope for God’s children,” Coyne said in a statement. “It’s what we have done for over 2,000 years and what we continue to do today.”
The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Catholic Charities is seeing a similar rise in need. Across its three food pantries Catholic Charities is extending hours and increasing distribution.
“Many families across our service area are struggling, worried about missing paychecks or not being able to put food on the table,” Cynthia Nunes Colbert, who heads the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, told CNA.
The group is also offering emergency rental assistance to federal workers and is reaching out to the wider community for support by encouraging food drives, volunteering, and donations, Catholic Charities told CNA.
“Whether it’s through financial donations, food drives, or volunteering, together we can provide hope and stability during these uncertain times,” Colbert said.
As part of a nationwide effort, Catholic Charities USA launched a fundraising effort in light of the funding cuts. The funds raised will go directly toward buying and sending food to Catholic Charities groups across the country to support ministries such as food pantries and soup kitchens.
For families who rely on food assistance programs, this a “catastrophic moment” said CCUSA President and CEO Kerry Alys Robinson.
The government shutdown “has created incredibly serious, real-life consequences for millions of people, from furloughed federal workers to those living in poverty who will now struggle even more to provide for their families,” Robinson said in a recent statement.
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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 7, 2025 / 15:41 pm (CNA).
An underground Chinese Catholic bishop from the Diocese of Zhengding has died at 90 years old.
Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo, a Catholic bishop in China renowned for his unwavering adherence to the Church despite decades of persecution at the hands of the Chinese government, passed away on Oct. 29.
A member of the underground Church, unsanctioned by the Chinese government, Zhiguo was bishop of the Zhengnding Diocese in the Hebei Province. He was known for having a missionary spirit, promoting priestly training, caring for children with disabilities, and maintaining communion with Rome.
Born on May 1, 1935, in Wuqiu Village, Jinzhou City, Zhiguo was ordained a priest in 1980 by Bishop Fan Xueyan of Baoding, who later consecrated him as bishop, according to Vatican News’ Chinese-language site.
“The big problems started when I was a seminarian,” he told the Italian news outlet La Stampa in 2016. “From 1963 to 1978 I worked as a forced laborer in remote, cold and hostile areas.”
In the same interview, he said he had “lost count” of how many times he had been arrested. Latest UCA reports say his last arrest took place in August 2020.
“My life,” Zhiguo said when asked about his experience as a pastor in China, “consists of speaking about Jesus. I have nothing else to say or do. My whole life, every single day, is dedicated to telling others about Jesus. Everyone.”
Read More![In Madison, hearts break for late Jets great, Delbarton coach #Catholic - Nick Mangold loved being in the thick of the action. There he was having fun presiding over the spring fundraiser for St. Vincent Martyr School in Madison, N.J., while wearing a tuxedo T-shirt under a jacket and a backwards cap.
“Nick made sure everybody had a good time and was patient as people came up and wanted to take pictures with him,” Msgr. George Hundt, former pastor of St. Vincent’s Parish, said Mangold, who was a retired center for the Jets — and a local celebrity.
On Nov. 4, family, friends, and members of the Jets and Delbarton School in Morristown, N.J., gathered for a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Vincent’s Church to honor the faith, kindness, generosity, and work ethic of Nicholas Allan Mangold, who unexpectedly died on Oct. 25. He died of complications from liver disease. He was 41.
Still in shock, mourners attending the liturgy remembered Mangold as a larger-than-life figure — a big man with a big heart — who loved above all his faith, family, and football — in that order. Since retiring from the NFL in 2018, he poured his passion into his family: his wife, Jennifer, and their four children. He was an active parent at St. Vincent’s School and a volunteer at St. Vincent’s Parish and in Madison, where he lived. Mangold had been the offensive line coach for Delbarton’s varsity football since last year.
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“Nick understood that the blessings he was given weren’t meant to serve himself [but] to share with his family, friends, and every community,” Msgr. Hundt, now pastor of St. Gerard Majella and Our Lady of Pompei parishes, both in Paterson, said in remarks at the end of the Mass. “That’s why we can be assured today that as Nick steps into heaven, he’s hearing those words we all want to hear one day: ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. Come into the place that I have prepared for you.'”
Msgr. Hundt joined Father Owen Moran, current pastor of St. Vincent’s; Benedictine Father Michael Tidd, headmaster of Delbarton; and Father Jose Zuniga, St. Vincent’s parochial vicar, in celebrating the funeral Mass. Father Moran delivered the homily. Members of the Jets and Delbarton communities participated in the liturgy. Also that morning, the rest of the Delbarton community remembered Mangold at its annual Mass with Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney.
Demonstrating leadership and grit, Mangold had 11 well-respected seasons with the Jets, earning seven Pro Bowl selections and a spot in the Jets’ Ring of Honor. The Ohio native is now a candidate for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026. Earlier, Mangold helped the Ohio State Buckeyes clinch a National Championship in 2002.
Far from the NFL, Mangold and his wife were raising their four children — Matthew, Eloise, Thomas, and Charlotte — in the Catholic faith and making memories with them. They attended weekly Mass. The children attended Catholic school. Mangold coached some of their sports and cheered them from the sidelines. They also took trips around the world, including to Disney.
Mangold also supported causes such as the Madison PBA and the Special Olympics.
“Forty-one is too young [to die], but when we present our lives to God, at the end of our lives, however old we will be, it’s not a matter of how old we are. What did we do? What difference did we make? How did we love? How did we forgive, if necessary? How did we bring others to God? How did we reflect God’s love by our lives? Nick ticked all those boxes — and more,” Father Moran said. “Today, Nick invites all of us to live our faith well. He put God first, used his gifts, and enjoyed the ride.”
St. Vincent’s School honored Mangold on social media. The community recited the Luminous Mysteries of the rosary in tribute.
“We asked that the same light of Christ that shone during these mysteries also surround Nick and his family. Nick will never be forgotten. His kindness, generosity, and light will remain in our hearts always,” St. Vincent’s posted on social media.
The standing-room-only attendance at Mangold’s funeral “reflected how many people Nick touched,” said Alan Faneca, a retired NFL guard who played with Mangold on the Jets from 2008-09. He delivered a reflection at the end of Mass.
“It’s the way Nick made people feel. You felt seen, cared for, and valued because of his genuine heart. He’d make your day better with a joke or smile,” Faneca said.
Delbarton varsity football honored Mangold on Nov. 1 during its first game since his death. On their helmets, players wore #74, his Jets number, and passed out hats with #74 and green ribbons. Mangold made his mark by bringing his extensive NFL experience and mentorship skills to the high school level.
Head Coach Brian Bowers told NJ.com about the difficulty of keeping the players focused in the wake of Mangold’s death.
“Our kids have done a great job really supporting one another. It’s difficult for teenagers to go through any loss, let alone the loss of someone they love so much like Coach Mangold,” Bowers said.
When he came to Delbarton, Mangold was humble despite his NFL successes. He was “like a sponge,” soaking up knowledge and wanting to learn more about high school coaching. His son, Matthew, plays freshman football, said Tony Negrin, Delbarton’s athletic director.
“Nick was professional but also passionate and competitive,” Negrin said. “He was the first in to work and the last to leave. He was larger than life, but the players treated him like any other coach. Nick wanted to be part of the community.”](https://unitedyam.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/in-madison-hearts-break-for-late-jets-great-delbarton-coach-catholic-nick-mangold-loved-being-in-the-thick-of-the-action-there-he-was-having-fun-presiding-over-the-spring-fundraiser-for-st-vinc.jpg)
In Madison, hearts break for late Jets great, Delbarton coach #Catholic – 
Nick Mangold loved being in the thick of the action. There he was having fun presiding over the spring fundraiser for St. Vincent Martyr School in Madison, N.J., while wearing a tuxedo T-shirt under a jacket and a backwards cap.
“Nick made sure everybody had a good time and was patient as people came up and wanted to take pictures with him,” Msgr. George Hundt, former pastor of St. Vincent’s Parish, said Mangold, who was a retired center for the Jets — and a local celebrity.
On Nov. 4, family, friends, and members of the Jets and Delbarton School in Morristown, N.J., gathered for a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Vincent’s Church to honor the faith, kindness, generosity, and work ethic of Nicholas Allan Mangold, who unexpectedly died on Oct. 25. He died of complications from liver disease. He was 41.
Still in shock, mourners attending the liturgy remembered Mangold as a larger-than-life figure — a big man with a big heart — who loved above all his faith, family, and football — in that order. Since retiring from the NFL in 2018, he poured his passion into his family: his wife, Jennifer, and their four children. He was an active parent at St. Vincent’s School and a volunteer at St. Vincent’s Parish and in Madison, where he lived. Mangold had been the offensive line coach for Delbarton’s varsity football since last year.
“Nick understood that the blessings he was given weren’t meant to serve himself [but] to share with his family, friends, and every community,” Msgr. Hundt, now pastor of St. Gerard Majella and Our Lady of Pompei parishes, both in Paterson, said in remarks at the end of the Mass. “That’s why we can be assured today that as Nick steps into heaven, he’s hearing those words we all want to hear one day: ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. Come into the place that I have prepared for you.’”
Msgr. Hundt joined Father Owen Moran, current pastor of St. Vincent’s; Benedictine Father Michael Tidd, headmaster of Delbarton; and Father Jose Zuniga, St. Vincent’s parochial vicar, in celebrating the funeral Mass. Father Moran delivered the homily. Members of the Jets and Delbarton communities participated in the liturgy. Also that morning, the rest of the Delbarton community remembered Mangold at its annual Mass with Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney.
Demonstrating leadership and grit, Mangold had 11 well-respected seasons with the Jets, earning seven Pro Bowl selections and a spot in the Jets’ Ring of Honor. The Ohio native is now a candidate for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026. Earlier, Mangold helped the Ohio State Buckeyes clinch a National Championship in 2002.
Far from the NFL, Mangold and his wife were raising their four children — Matthew, Eloise, Thomas, and Charlotte — in the Catholic faith and making memories with them. They attended weekly Mass. The children attended Catholic school. Mangold coached some of their sports and cheered them from the sidelines. They also took trips around the world, including to Disney.
Mangold also supported causes such as the Madison PBA and the Special Olympics.
“Forty-one is too young [to die], but when we present our lives to God, at the end of our lives, however old we will be, it’s not a matter of how old we are. What did we do? What difference did we make? How did we love? How did we forgive, if necessary? How did we bring others to God? How did we reflect God’s love by our lives? Nick ticked all those boxes — and more,” Father Moran said. “Today, Nick invites all of us to live our faith well. He put God first, used his gifts, and enjoyed the ride.”
St. Vincent’s School honored Mangold on social media. The community recited the Luminous Mysteries of the rosary in tribute.
“We asked that the same light of Christ that shone during these mysteries also surround Nick and his family. Nick will never be forgotten. His kindness, generosity, and light will remain in our hearts always,” St. Vincent’s posted on social media.
The standing-room-only attendance at Mangold’s funeral “reflected how many people Nick touched,” said Alan Faneca, a retired NFL guard who played with Mangold on the Jets from 2008-09. He delivered a reflection at the end of Mass.
“It’s the way Nick made people feel. You felt seen, cared for, and valued because of his genuine heart. He’d make your day better with a joke or smile,” Faneca said.
Delbarton varsity football honored Mangold on Nov. 1 during its first game since his death. On their helmets, players wore #74, his Jets number, and passed out hats with #74 and green ribbons. Mangold made his mark by bringing his extensive NFL experience and mentorship skills to the high school level.
Head Coach Brian Bowers told NJ.com about the difficulty of keeping the players focused in the wake of Mangold’s death.
“Our kids have done a great job really supporting one another. It’s difficult for teenagers to go through any loss, let alone the loss of someone they love so much like Coach Mangold,” Bowers said.
When he came to Delbarton, Mangold was humble despite his NFL successes. He was “like a sponge,” soaking up knowledge and wanting to learn more about high school coaching. His son, Matthew, plays freshman football, said Tony Negrin, Delbarton’s athletic director.
“Nick was professional but also passionate and competitive,” Negrin said. “He was the first in to work and the last to leave. He was larger than life, but the players treated him like any other coach. Nick wanted to be part of the community.”
– Nick Mangold loved being in the thick of the action. There he was having fun presiding over the spring fundraiser for St. Vincent Martyr School in Madison, N.J., while wearing a tuxedo T-shirt under a jacket and a backwards cap. “Nick made sure everybody had a good time and was patient as people came up and wanted to take pictures with him,” Msgr. George Hundt, former pastor of St. Vincent’s Parish, said Mangold, who was a retired center for the Jets — and a local celebrity. On Nov. 4, family, friends, and members of the Jets and Delbarton School in
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LaCrosse, Wisconsin. / Credit: JTTucker/Shutterstock
CNA Staff, Nov 7, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
A Wisconsin religious community says it has completed the first known instance of a Catholic group returning land to a Native American tribe, hailing it as a move made in the “spirit of relationship and healing.”The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration announced the transfer in an Oct. 31 news release on its website. The community is located in La Crosse, Wisconsin, near the state’s border with Minnesota.The sisters had purchased the land from the Lac du Flambeau Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa tribe in 1966 and used the property for its Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center.The sisters said they sold the property to the tribe for $30,000, the exact amount for which they paid for the land six decades ago. The modern sale price represented “just over 1% of [the land’s] current market value,” the sisters said.The bargain sale represents “the first known return of Catholic-owned land to a tribal nation as an act of repair for colonization and residential boarding schools,” the sisters said.“Today, the tribe’s reservation represents only a fraction of [its] traditional territories,” the news release said. “Rebuilding and protecting tribal land bases is vital to sustaining sovereignty — it restores the ability for self-determination, cultural preservation, and community development.” “A strong land base supports essential services, creates employment opportunities, and provides a foundation for long-term economic and social resilience,” the sisters said. Tribal President John Johnson hailed the sale as “an example of what true healing and partnership can look like.” “We are proud to welcome Marywood home, to ensure it continues to serve future generations of the Lac du Flambeau people,” Johnson said. The sisters said the retreat center was “facing challenges to its viability,” leading the community to “discern a future for the land” in line with its institutional priorities. In their press release, the sisters said they have also been in “a process of reckoning” with the history of St. Mary’s Catholic Indian Boarding School. The sisters administered the school in Odanah, Wisconsin, from 1883 to 1969.Critics in recent years have claimed that such boarding schools participated in the erasure of Native American culture. Others have alleged that significant clergy sex abuse took place at such institutions.The sisters on Oct. 31 said such schools were guilty of “separating children from their families, suppressing Native identity, and paving the way for the large-scale seizure of Native homelands.”“It was painful to address our complicity, but we knew it had to be done,” former community president Sister Eileen McKenzie said in the press release.Diocese of Superior Bishop James Powers, meanwhile, praised the transfer, describing it as “a tangible act of justice and reconciliation that flows directly from the heart of our Catholic faith.”The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration traces its roots to a group of Bavarian immigrants who traveled to Milwaukee in 1849 “intent upon founding a religious community to spread the Gospel among German immigrants.”The community has run hospitals and schools in Wisconsin and has also sponsored medical clinics and mission schools abroad.](https://unitedyam.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/religious-sisters-announce-historic-land-return-to-wisconsin-native-american-tribe-catholic-lacrosse-wisconsin-credit-jttucker-shutterstockcna-staff-nov-7-2025-0600-am-cna-a-wiscon.webp)
CNA Staff, Nov 7, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
A Wisconsin religious community says it has completed the first known instance of a Catholic group returning land to a Native American tribe, hailing it as a move made in the “spirit of relationship and healing.”
The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration announced the transfer in an Oct. 31 news release on its website. The community is located in La Crosse, Wisconsin, near the state’s border with Minnesota.
The sisters had purchased the land from the Lac du Flambeau Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa tribe in 1966 and used the property for its Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center.
The sisters said they sold the property to the tribe for $30,000, the exact amount for which they paid for the land six decades ago. The modern sale price represented “just over 1% of [the land’s] current market value,” the sisters said.
The bargain sale represents “the first known return of Catholic-owned land to a tribal nation as an act of repair for colonization and residential boarding schools,” the sisters said.
“Today, the tribe’s reservation represents only a fraction of [its] traditional territories,” the news release said. “Rebuilding and protecting tribal land bases is vital to sustaining sovereignty — it restores the ability for self-determination, cultural preservation, and community development.”
“A strong land base supports essential services, creates employment opportunities, and provides a foundation for long-term economic and social resilience,” the sisters said.
Tribal President John Johnson hailed the sale as “an example of what true healing and partnership can look like.”
“We are proud to welcome Marywood home, to ensure it continues to serve future generations of the Lac du Flambeau people,” Johnson said.
The sisters said the retreat center was “facing challenges to its viability,” leading the community to “discern a future for the land” in line with its institutional priorities.
In their press release, the sisters said they have also been in “a process of reckoning” with the history of St. Mary’s Catholic Indian Boarding School. The sisters administered the school in Odanah, Wisconsin, from 1883 to 1969.
Critics in recent years have claimed that such boarding schools participated in the erasure of Native American culture. Others have alleged that significant clergy sex abuse took place at such institutions.
The sisters on Oct. 31 said such schools were guilty of “separating children from their families, suppressing Native identity, and paving the way for the large-scale seizure of Native homelands.”
“It was painful to address our complicity, but we knew it had to be done,” former community president Sister Eileen McKenzie said in the press release.
Diocese of Superior Bishop James Powers, meanwhile, praised the transfer, describing it as “a tangible act of justice and reconciliation that flows directly from the heart of our Catholic faith.”
The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration traces its roots to a group of Bavarian immigrants who traveled to Milwaukee in 1849 “intent upon founding a religious community to spread the Gospel among German immigrants.”
The community has run hospitals and schools in Wisconsin and has also sponsored medical clinics and mission schools abroad.
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