Pope says ‘enough of war’ and decries ‘delusion of omnipotence’ at peace vigil Leo’s comments did not directly mention war in Iran but read as his strongest condemnation of the conflict yet

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‘God does not bless any conflict’: pope issues new rebuke over Iran war Social media post names no names but criticizes attempts to use religion to glorify US war in Middle East

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L'hérésie américaine : faut-il brûler Peter Thiel ? | Le Grand Continent Le maître de Palantir descend sur Rome pour donner des leçons secrètes sur l'Antéchrist. Face à cette tentative de regime change théologique, le père franciscain et conseiller IA du pape Paolo Benant...

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Cardinal Pizzaballa: Abusing God’s name for war is the gravest sin - Vatican News Speaking against the backdrop of continuing conflict, death, displacement, and division, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem expresses his belief that ...

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pizzaballa -- “God is with those who die in war, not with those who abuse his name.”
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Epstein files reveal ties to Catholic conservatives' anti-Francis campaign VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The newly released Epstein files show that Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon discussed opposition to Pope Francis, including a move that Bannon claimed would ‘take down Francis.’

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Cardinal Cupich says feds stopped priests, demanded citizenship proof (RNS) — ‘I’ve had some priests who are of a different color being targeted and arrested — stopped — because of their color and asking them to prove that they’re citizens. That’s not America,’ the Chic...

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The Strong Will Suffer What They Must Vaclav's Grocer and American Hubris

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Pope Leo Meets Prominent Married Gay Couple — And Talks Wordle The story of Brian and Alex is more than a Wordle moment. It’s a sign of the Church Pope Leo is building.

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Community on edge as ICE spotted near Rogers Park church during Spanish Mass: 'Scared to come out' Protesters remained in the vicinity of ICE's Broadview processing facility Sunday. Meanwhile on Chicago's North Side, an ICE scare outside a local church during Spanish-language Mass brought out a lar...

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Pope Leo XIV's first major document, his apostolic exhortation, Dilexi te, signed on 4 October 2025 and officially released on 9 October 2025

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Pope Leo: Faith cannot be separated from love for the poor - Vatican News Taking up Francis’ desire “that all Christians come to appreciate the close connection between Christ’s love and his summons to care for the poor”, ...

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unfortunately :-(

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Pope promotes employment of persons with disabilities in the Vatican - Vatican News With a Rescript, Pope Leo XIV approves decisions of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See (ULSA), concerning the inclusion of persons with ...

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Catholic bishops call immigration crackdown a 'category 4 storm' WASHINGTON (RNS) — Before the Georgetown roundtable, El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz told RNS he is questioning whether Catholics can, in good conscience, join ICE.

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Diocese of San Bernardino issues dispensation saying Catholics who fear ICE don't have to attend Mass The diocese is the first in the U.S. to issue a special dispensation because of fears over immigration detentions.

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Albanese leads Labor to historic victory as Dutton loses seat A powerful swing to Labor in more than a dozen seats put it in position to increase its majority in parliament.

Amazing victory of the ALP in Australia

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Conclave will reflect Church’s new-found global orientation - UCA News Pope Francis sowed the seeds for the internationalization of the papal office itself

My latest op-ed in UCANews on how Pope Francis has transformed the papal conclave which will elect his successor, and what this means for the Papacy going forward

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Budget airline Avelo to fly deportation flights for ICE from Arizona Budget carrier Avelo Airlines signed an agreement to fly federal deportation flights from Arizona starting in May.

Something to take into account when flying to New Haven, CT

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@tisharajendra.bsky.social -- and don't overlook the rest of her own extended family from parents down to relatives ...

@bleaktheology.bsky.social amen to that! I am just fortunate that in my past life I was a banking law prize winner in law school and had a career in banking and corporate finance law before my conversion experience and seeing the light 😂

@bleaktheology.bsky.social In the past, this would be mutually destructive to China because it would destroy the value of China's forex reserves, etc. But with Trump's sky high tariffs, perhaps we will see the bond market armageddon that experts theorise actually happening before our eyes.

@bleaktheology.bsky.social As interest rates rise, the US debt obligation worsen as US govt has to pay a lot more interest on the same debt -- you can imagine the doomsday scenario when interest rates shoot through the roof and become unsustainable for the US

@bleaktheology.bsky.social we see that happening in real time with Tesla vehicles -- oversupply such that prices have to be cut and incentives offered to persuade people to buy Tesla vehicles. Same with Treasury Bonds. As prices go down, interest rates have to go up to persuade people to buy them.

@bleaktheology.bsky.social But pushed into a corner, those Treasury Bonds can be weaponised. When China dumps US Treasury bonds on the global market, it is like a supplier dumping a product. The end result =US treasury bond prices will decline as there are more bonds than buyers willing to buy them.

@bleaktheology.bsky.social So China uses it to buy US treasury bonds -- in effect China is subsidising US consumption (think drug pusher lending money to drug addict to buy even more drugs). Now, with all that growing stash of US Treasury Bonds, China is happy to collect some interest.

@bleaktheology.bsky.social - China is the 2nd largest holder of US treasury bonds after Japan, which holds the most US treasury bonds. China gets lots of USD from selling stuff to the US. All that USD entering into China has to go somewhere. The US doesn't produce enough of what China wants to buy.