Pope Leo XIV releases his prayer intention for the month of March, inviting Catholics to pray with him for 'disarmament and peace,' and praying that 'the nuclear threat may never again dictate the future of humanity.' www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
St Gregory Nanzianzen (Oratio 14) today in the Roman Office explicates the universal destination of goods:
“He has given abundantly to all the basic needs of life, not as a private possession, not restricted by law, not divided by boundaries, but as common to all,…”
"But it’s Pretti’s last words that stick with me: 'Are you okay?' I think of my own children. I want them to be the kind of people who will say, 'Are you okay?'"
Like religious leaders in cities such as Minneapolis, Chicago and elsewhere, local clergy were quick to muster resistance to the rapid influx of immigration enforcement agents, even as they wrangle with the unusual geography of Maine.
A judge should not have to ever make an order like this.
The order itself speaks volumes about the corruption of the federal government under King Trump's regime.
They have removed their agent from the state with his firearm & they may have deleted the video on victim's phone.
One strategy of disinformation is to mix true and false claims, so that people don’t believe anything anymore. Skepticism breeds cynicism, and cynicism breeds disengagement in the political process, which is the whole point.
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Somehow, we managed to survive 225 years as a nation without a Department of Homeland Security.
I have never seen a case where state law enforcement had to file a lawsuit to obtain evidence of a police shooting within its jurisdiction. Until now.
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"Alex Pretti died a martyr. He died actively loving his neighbor. ... He was not being violent. He was being a Good Samaritan. He was being a good Christian."
Wisdom from my friend Kevin O'Brien:
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NEW: On an interfaith call, Cardinal Tobin encourages people to contact their Congressional representatives to encourage them to vote against funding ICE in order to help restore a culture of life.
Reichsfuehrer Steven Miller has spoken
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. - George Orwell, 1984 Who you gonna believe? Me or your own two eyes. - Groucho Marx He was a nurse helping a woman ICE attacked. He had a permit to…
It is now (past?) time to stand for truth, honesty, and integrity.
The Liturgy reads from 1st Samuel in these days. We don’t hear from Ch 12, but it is a significant indictment of the idea of Israel having a king. There is little or no expectation that a king will seek anything but his own interests. They will get a king, but mostly regret it.
The second reading for the Divine Office (Readings, Latin Rite) today and tomorrow are from St Athanasius, Contra gentes. If you have time for little else, at least read those. They are gold.
After a white county in South Carolina rejected a data center, developers have sets their sights on a Black community for a proposed data center complex the size of 1,200 football fields
Providing false information to Congress is a 5-year felony. Oops: Ryan D. Kelley #Jan6Report
Never Forget
Today is the fifth anniversary of one of the darkest days in U.S. history, an attempt to use brute force to block the lawful transfer of presidential power. We are a nation of laws, not violence.
Pope Leo on Feast of Epiphany, and Closing of Jubilee Year: “A distorted economy tries to profit from everything. We see how the marketplace can turn human yearnings of seeking, traveling and beginning again into a mere business.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
A coalition of Catholic clergy and sisters filed suit Nov. 19 after federal officials blocked them from entering the Broadview detention center to offer pastoral care and Communion.
Pope Leo at General Audience: “Pope Francis, with the Encyclical Laudato si’, showed us the extreme need for a contemplative gaze: if he is not the custodian of the garden, the human being becomes its destroyer.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Thanks to our veterans and service members who make profound sacrifices so that the rest of us can live in freedom. Happy Veterans’ Day.
“In a world darkened by war and injustice, even when all seems lost, migrants and refugees stand as messengers of hope.” — Pope Leo XIV
Joe Friday wouldn't like ICE.
