Dave

@dutch_import @WSJ The Pope criticizing war between states is nothing new. Most modern Popes have criticized war. Coming out not as strongly on those other issues doesn't make him wrong about war being bad.

The pope is measuring with two sticks He is criticizing the Iran war as an immoral war. But he did not attack Iran for its immorality in killing more than 30 THOUSAND of its own citizens. He’s not vehemently criticizing the Muslims killing Christians in Nigeria Catholics have a faith. The pope is just a temporary leader. Your remark that Catholics should choose a new religion is insulting and absurd. When Americans don’t like Trump should they choose to live in another country? Because that’s what your insinuating. 😳

Pope Leo XIV is facing the biggest test of his papacy in a fight with President Trump over the Iran war—and he isn’t folding. So far, it is Trump—not Leo—who has taken criticism from Roman Catholics in the U.S. and elsewhere over their public spat. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4tJtZNW

@dutch_import @WSJ What he's said seems pretty in line with church teachings. If Catholics are offended, they should pick a new religion.

There is so much. Here are a few • He has repeatedly opposed border walls or strict closures, famously stating in 2016 (in response to then-candidate Donald Trump’s wall proposal) that “a person who thinks only about building walls… and not building bridges, is not Christian.” • In other remarks, he called repelling migrants (via restrictive laws or militarization) potentially a “grave sin” and warned that policies built purely on force “will end badly.”

@ValliantRenegad @WSJ What Pope Leo has said is pretty in line with church teachings.

@WSJ What on Earth does this headline mean? You actually believe that NO CATHOLICS are infuriated by the Pope right now? Are you delusional?

@dutch_import @WSJ What has he said that's "left wing"?

@WSJ 🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱 Nope As a Catholic the pope is making centrists and people on the right very upset with his left wing statements. The Catholic church is not unbiased and is testing Catholics in their belief in the rulers of the church. Not their faith.

@iosi4t4t_ @WSJ Trump should take your advice as well and release the Epstein Files.

@WSJ the pope should first handle all of his pdf file priests before talking

@HeyMrFerrier @WSJ Then you're not Catholic.

@WSJ I'm Catholic, but he doesn't speak for me!

@MajorTo67944177 @WSJ The Pope is just speaking about topics that Popes traditionally speak about. He is condemning war and praying for peace.

Nice try WSJ. The Pope is fighting a battle never sanctioned or empowered by God. God's power is humility and no where in the New Testament do we see Jesus or the Apostles offering political solutions for Roman oppression. It's one of Satan's great lies and therefore destined to failure.

@MinneauxTex @WSJ Catholic here. The Pope hasn't said anything controversial or radically different than what Popes historically have said.

@WSJ not what i am seeing on SM ..it is the Pope getting the backlash from Catholics.. Trump is getting trashed by the usual suspects.. liberals.. but it is funny that the soulless, Godless left is all of the sudden embracing religion by standing with the Pope 😂😂

@real_purebloods @WSJ Why would they do that?

@WSJ Revoke the tax exemption for the Catholic Church, its universities, charities, and affiliated organizations - blockade the Church!

@RaiderFive42 @WSJ How exactly is the Pope a leftwing globalist? He hasn't said anything materially different from what other modern Popes have said.

I have many Catholic friends disappointed in the Pope being a left wing globalist engaging in politics… but anyone who knew his past knew he had TDS and was aligned with Marxist Obama. The Catholics I know go to mass on Sunday and follow the Sacraments. They think like me. We have a bad Pope. Our President is not perfect but his policies are what I voted for.

@hot_savce @Smittyverse_ Better than the fucking losers who defend the wealthy?

@Smittyverse_ what kind of fucking loser defends welfare free loaders who pay no tax and do nothing but drain society’s coffers and vote for more handouts on tax day?

What kind of a person does coordinated social media campaigns for the 1% on tax day?

@gtconway3d @realDonaldTrump Trump will probably say @kaitlancollins won a fake award, unlike the totally real peace award he received from FIFA.

Congratulations, Kaitlan!! We can't wait for @realDonaldTrump to see you receive this award! 😀

@Ben_Jones88 Hey they barely got into the playoffs in 2010 🤷‍♂️

Flyers aren’t winning it all this year but after basically a decade of being awful, making the postseason and playing the Penguins in the first round is like good old times again.

@JohnStolnis @BleedingGreen Is it loaded though? Only WR's who we know can make an impact are AJ and Smitty.

The Eagles’ wide receiver room is loaded… for now. Will it stay that way? My latest for @BleedingGreen: bleedinggreennation.com/news/173490/th…

@JLikesSports @AfternoonsWIP The sixers really are the worst, but I don't want them to leave. Need new owners.

@AfternoonsWIP Sixers are the worst run franchise in the City. I honestly wouldn't even be a little bit bothered if they moved the team.

Which team’s playoff run are you more excited for?

@Editor_of_Eric @DavidAFrench Probably the Pope if he praised him tomorrow

@DavidAFrench Is there anyone Trump DOES like?

There is behavior that's so self-evidently deranged that merely seeing it should lead to fury and disgust. I'm concerned, however, that some evangelicals are so influenced by Trump that they won't unite with their Catholic brothers and sisters in response to Trump's blasphemy and intolerable attacks on the pope, but will instead turn against them.

@realmaddox And this is not some radical Pope. I'm pretty sure every Pope generally condemns war.

Called it almost a year ago. Attacks on the pope from Pedolf's regime is ensuing.

@WSJ @WSJopinion This picture of JD Vance posing with Orban is grotesque. In normal times, it would torpedo his political career.

From @WSJopinion: Budapest isn’t a shining MAGA city on a hill. Hungarians turn out to be pretty European, and Viktor Orbán is more opportunist than he is revolutionary, writes Joseph Sternberg. on.wsj.com/4vlhKJ1

@AndersonEv37024 @micyoung75 You think Pete Kegsbreath would follow any military strategy born of the "woke" war colleges?

@micyoung75 Why didn't the war college teach how to deal with nations that sponsor terrorism? How about nation that fire missiles and drones into other nations? How about nations that place mines in international waters and key shipping lanes? What about nuclear weapons?

Tom Nichols and Nancy Youssef spent 30 minutes on Radio Atlantic dissecting what just happened. Two observations stand out above the rest. Nichols: "We have a very clear reason for the war now, which is to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which wouldn't have been closed if we hadn't gone to war in the first place. In that sense, yes, we created a clear war aim by starting a war." Youssef: Iran discovered during these 39 days that it has a deterrent capability that is immediately available, generates revenue, and gives it enormous influence over the global economy - the Strait of Hormuz. She argues Iran may now be less interested in nuclear weapons as deterrence because the strait works better, faster, and with less international blowback. The country Trump went to war to keep from getting a bomb may have found a more effective weapon in the process. Those two observations together describe the strategic result. The war aim was created by starting the war. The adversary is stronger for having survived it. The regime is intact. The strait's status as an unchallenged international waterway is now permanently uncertain. And the Gulf states who built their security around American bases discovered those bases made them targets. Nichols called it: operational successes without strategic direction don't get you toward victory. He used to teach that at the Naval War College. He was right then. He's still right.

@TVietor08 He's just trying to end this war quickly so they have enough time to repeat the lie that we won.

Trump's negotiators are begging the Iranians to reopen a shipping lane which wasn't closed until he started this disastrous war, but he actually thinks anyone will believe "regardless, we win"