The Bamiyan Buddha's...

Wat een pijnlijk accurate column: ‘we moeten ons doodschamen’!

Exactly, you never know...

No, I don't actually, but I'm not s native speaker of English...

Your friendly neighbourhood mansplainer here: Canossa was actually a victory for the emperor, he forced the pope to act like a Christian...

Virgin? What about the couch?

It's not what the church is, but it's still funny... but not what the church is...
(but still funny, really)

No we're not, unless you know the ins and outs of a model to its very details, you'll just have to take their word for it.
And facts do not come into existence only after they've happened. Predictions, trends, and simulations are facts in their own right.

Trying to explain St Augustine to the pope, the former head of the Augustinian order, who wrote his doctoral thesis on Augustine, on his way back from celebrating mass at the Basilica of St Augustine in Annaba, Algeria, overlooking the site where Augustine lived is peak Adult Catholic Convert.

The soldier who smashed the statue of Jesus in southern Lebanon and the soldier who photographed it have been dismissed from combat duty and were each sentenced to 30 days in jail. Six other soldiers who were present and neither halted nor reported the act will be summoned for further interrogations

Of Churchillláán...

Sigrid Kaag: ‘Je wordt ontmenselijkt waar je bij staat’ Vrouw en politiek: Oud-minister van Financiën en -vicepremier Sigrid Kaag kijkt in een openbaar interview met Jutta Chorus terug op haar politieke carrière en de vrouwenhaat waar ze mee te maken kreeg...

Kado, vrij te lezen.

Vanwege het belang, de premier waarvoor 'Nederland gaaf land' te conservatief en vijandig was.

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Pumice?

#varagids
#column

But that's my point: we are usually in no position to determine what the facts are, because we're not experts.

"Take your son."
"Which one, I have two."
"Your only one!"
"This one is the only one of his mother, the other one of his."
"The one you love!!"
"I love them both."
"Isaac!!!"
(Talmud on Genesis 22:2)

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BREAKING: The U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine just issued a formal statement defending Pope Leo XIV's teaching authority on just war doctrine — less than twelve hours after JD Vance told a Turning Point USA crowd the pope should “be careful” talking theology.

This is a serious escalation.

Police investigate bomb threat at suburban home of Pope Leo's brother Police in suburban New Lenox were investigating after a bomb threat at the home of Pope Leo’s brother.

I’ll say it, again. Trump is a domestic terrorist.

After Trump attacked Pope Leo XIV, a bomb threat was sent to the pontiff's older brother at his home in suburban Chicago.

John Prevost is a quiet Catholic school administrator

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/n...

Hm... Obviously not...

Is Blue Sky down?

European Citizens' Initiative Give your support !

The European Citizens' Initiative, which would force the European Commission to put forward a vote to the European Council on suspending the Association Agreement with Israel, has passed 1,000,000 European signatures in less than three months.

It needs 1,500,000 + threshold met in 7 states.

It's so funny to me that right-wingers love to pretend to love the Middle Ages and the Crusades and all that and then complain that the Pope shouldn't get involved in politics.

Gold! 😂😂

Dat was exact ook mijn gedachte: prima, zolang het ook maar in de wet staat.

It's the classic Mel Gibson and Jesus meme where Mel is on set in normal clothes casually chatting to a very bloody Jesus (for those of you who don't know it).

Mel Gibson pictured with his doctor in 2004

Doctor At Sea, 1974.

Here is a doctor with his dog.

We need to hear it from somebody. If not now, when? If not from you, from who else?