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@ShawnRyan762 @ShawnRyan762 you got worked. Need to be less gullible

The Pentagon summoned the Pope's ambassador, told him the United States has the military power to do "whatever it wants," and warned that the Church better take its side. They even invoked the Avignon Papacy, a dark chapter in history when a government used military force to bend the Church to its will. So where exactly does this end? If the Pope refuses to fall in line, what's the next move, bomb the Vatican? thedailybeast.com/trump-official…

@sadgirlyboss the problem is that all of those feasts are supposed to be preceded by fasts, but ain't nobody got time for that in the last 60 years.

people call the church “rigid,” but no one parties like catholics. we literally have entire seasons dedicated to feasting. also... catholic wedding receptions? unmatched.

@ImBreckWorsham the threat that never existed? LMFAO

Pope Leo XIV is reportedly considering excommunicating VP Vance from the Catholic Church after the Trump administration's thinly veiled threat toward the Vatican. Thoughts?

@neorecusant Gotta get those Omega 3s in!!!

You guys have no idea how weird the average guy working in the SCIF really is

@Catholic_Ham @PaulinusOfTrier Many Catholics mistakenly believe that all temporal punishment for sins is remitted without detachment from sins on Divine Mercy Sunday, so we should probably get rid of it.

@PaulinusOfTrier How many realize the Church did that because Catholics were mistakenly believing this minor absolution absolved from grave sin (which it doesn’t)? They wanted to highlight the need from sacramental absolution of mortal sins.

How many Catholics who go to the modern Mass are aware that the absolution has been removed?

@ChristopherHale @KindeandTrue Keep backpedaling

BREAKING: A “Vatican source close to Pope Leo XIV” tells NBC Chicago that the Pentagon meeting between Trump officials and the Vatican’s top American diplomat “was most unpleasant and confrontational.” This is now the fourth news outlet to describe the meeting in this way.

@Catholic_Ham @DHiddenness @PaulinusOfTrier Right. Bugnini was a hero. That's why P6 sent him to Tehran

@DHiddenness @PaulinusOfTrier As much as trads want to make Bugnini some boogeyman, the majority of consulting bishops asked for this and the Church went with their rationale and proposals.

@Catholic_Ham @PaulinusOfTrier Says right in my missal that it absolves venial sins

@AngryBritbong @MichaelARothman Iran doesn't control the SoH. They can deny it, but the US can also deny the SoH

@MichaelARothman Usa doesn't control Hormuz, Iran does and there's fuck all USA can do about it..Venezuelan oil is low quality and expensive to refine and years away from being available at scale. So yeah, low iq analysis.

𝐀 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏’𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐆𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀 — 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐄’𝐒 𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐓 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄 GB News’ Alex Armstrong laid out the geopolitical map that American media refuses to draw: this war isn’t about toppling Iran. It’s about 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 — and America is winning on every front. Start with oil. The Strait of Hormuz carries 𝟒𝟓% 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚’𝐬 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲. Trump effectively captured Venezuela’s oil supply in January. As Armstrong put it: “𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘰’𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯. 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴.” China is in the middle of a tariff negotiation with Trump — and suddenly its entire energy supply depends on American goodwill. Then Europe. With Russian energy off the table and domestic energy hollowed out by the “𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘰,” Europe is becoming 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐬. Armstrong: “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰.” Armstrong connected the dots to what the Pentagon calls 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 — Greenland through the Panama Canal, the entire Western Hemisphere secured as a self-sufficient American economic and security zone. “𝘕𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦-𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢.” The most striking part was his warning for Britain: “𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘞𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 60% 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥.” He described Britain heading toward 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟏,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 as America withdraws from its traditional role. When a foreign ally’s own news anchors are publicly acknowledging that Trump’s strategy is working — even as it leaves them behind — that tells you everything about who has the leverage. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭: 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬. 𝐇𝐞’𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬.

@cornucopia11 @PetriOP @Joeinblack jailing people is very humane compared to alternatives

@PetriOP @Joeinblack What about a government that puts humans in cages?? Haven’t seen anything on your feed condemning this.

A state that burdens religious sisters caring for the dying poor has lost its moral bearings.

@mav1289 @NickJFreitas @ShawnRyan762 since the mid-90s?

Also, the entire reason Iran is so pissed at us since the mid 90's is we REPLACED their democratically elected leader with somebody friendly to the West over OIL. They wanted to nationalize their oil and we didn't let them. We fkn started this mess. And we are upset that they FIGHT BACK? Give me a fkn break this shit pisses me off

So far this week: Trump threatened to wipe out a civilization on Tuesday. Announced a ceasefire on Wednesday. Israel leveled parts of Beirut on Thursday. Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz, AGAIN. Gulf states are still intercepting drones. 13 American service members are dead. Over 3,400 Iranians killed. 1,500 dead in Lebanon. And this administration has the nerve to call this a win. They light the world on fire and then take credit for calling the fire department.

@RachelToRome Tradition seems to have a higher "retention rate" for kids raised in it.

Best advice for two adult convert Catholics to raise cradle Catholics well?

@MarindaVannoy1 Preferentially selected until they comprise 50% of the force, achieving equity with men

If a draft were to occur, do you think women 18 and older should be included?

What's your evidence for this? L14's latest selections to the American episcopate aren't just shutting down TLMs. They are ordering the removal of communion rails, telling people there is no need to kneel after receiving, and banning things like saying the St Michael prayer after Mass

It's clear that the answer to the liturgical tension is that Novus Ordo is going to traditionalize, as opposed to the TLM becoming the standard form. And this is a very balanced and measured solution. Reverent Novus Ordo Mass is beautiful. My soul has been moved on many occasions at NO masses. The liturgy wars are dumb.

@CatholicCharm engagement rage bait only

Is this what we’re arguing about now

@badatcatholic @VadeadIesum def living up to username

@VadeadIesum TLM bros: The TLM has all these extra prayers that the faithful need to hear in order to enrich their faith Also TLM bros: I’ll just pray the Rosary the whole time

Do NOT pray the rosary during mass. This is inappropriate and against church teaching.

@StephenLimbaugh Sedevacantist Catholic traditional churches except for national organization

Does such a church exist in Christendom: -Traditional Hymns, choirs with robes, organists, and NO electric guitars. -National (but generally decentralized) Organization. -Not aligned with political “charity” efforts to import the 3rd world and teach them how to rob the welfare state. -Wooden pews, lobby doesn’t look like a dentist office. -Male clergy. -Enforces a dress code (no shorts, flip flops, ball caps, etc). -Bans incompatible ideologues from staff/clergy (Marxism, Sciencism, Universalism, Racism, Socialism, or “Rainbow flag cabals”, etc). -Rejects wackadoodle strains such as Dispensationalism.

@oats47069 @awyrsad The first NT ever printed in English a Catholic Bible

@StochasticUltra @awyrsad We went from 500 million Catholics to over 1.42 billion with Novus Ordo Mass and Vernacular Bibles by the way.

the longer i've been catholic the more i dislike trads, and this is coming from someone who prefers tlm

@oats47069 @awyrsad Yet somehow the Church evangelized 6 continents with a Latin Mass

@awyrsad They are giant dicks some guy said I was selfish and making the worship about me and not God, just because I liked having Mass in English. God wants us to understand his message. it should not just be for a few elitists that speak Latin. God's message is for all languages.

@MalcontentmentT I know CAGs who have flown combat missions.

Why is no one talking about how the WSO is a full bird colonel? This is beyond unusual as most colonels in the USAF have moved into paper pushers roles. A colonel would be a wing commander (brigade for army) or in a similar senior role who would have deep operational knowledge. This is not a person you want in enemy hands. Even if their primary role was flying a desk, they would still maintain their competence as a WSO if that was connected to their role. Whether this was a vanity flight for bragging rights or a ribbon, or the mission was so sensitive it required them on it, the Pentagon cannot let a colonel fall into enemy hands. When you understand these dynamics, the urgency of the rescue makes sense.