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“no darkness, not even that of war, can have the last word.”
Raymond Arroyo@RaymondArroyo
Breaking🚨: Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, announces Holy Week cancellations due to war. Palm Sunday procession is canceled, Chrism Mass postponed. He urges the faithful to pray the rosary for all those impacted by the conflict.
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The West Campus 7-Eleven still runs a predatory booting operation, charging customers $100+ for even brief parking (e.g. 30 seconds to grab pizza from Roppolo's)
We tried filming the new Roppolo's intercom warning, and were quickly approached and lambasted by the booter...
FOX 7 Austin@fox7austin
Austin pizzeria owner warns customers of excessive towing nearby fox7austin.com/news/roppolo-p…
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When you talk about the great leaders of all time, this guy never gets mentioned. He’s underrated.
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@WordOnFire disappointing, but unsurprising based on the organization’s historically dismissive response to claims of sexual misconduct.
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@WordOnFire on a serious note, this statement confirms that WoF is only concerned with protecting its reputation and the “prominent public” figures associated with its brand. but nothing about the severity of possible sexual scandal from clergy, the reason these claims are so controversial.
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Unfortunately, Bishop Barron has become the target of an escalating wave of digital fraud and malicious impersonation, an inevitable byproduct of his growing public prominence. Earlier this year, he was compelled to warn followers directly about AI-generated videos falsely impersonating him and soliciting money for fraudulent causes. Our team also thwarted another sophisticated attempt to gain access to Bishop Barron’s social media accounts.
More recently, Word on Fire’s security team was alerted to irregular activity connected to one of Bishop Barron’s social media accounts. A preliminary review indicates that a bad actor gained unauthorized access and, last month, ‘liked’ a handful of scandalous pages. This activity appears to have been deliberately weaponized, with those responsible flagging it to multiple media outlets in an attempt to manufacture controversy where none exists.
As potentially intended, media outlets that generate revenue by attacking Bishop Barron appear likely to attempt to inflate this episode into a media spectacle. Bishop Barron’s name reliably generates attention, and for some publications, outrage and insinuation have become a substitute for truth. Accuracy is secondary while clicks are the objective.
What should not be lost amid this noise is the reality these attacks reveal. Bishop Barron is targeted precisely because he matters. The persistence and coordination of these efforts testify to his immense influence as a force for good, within the Catholic Church and far beyond it. In a cultural moment marked by cynicism, confusion, and moral drift, he remains an uncompromising witness to truth, reason, and human dignity. That moral clarity attracts millions, and, inevitably, provokes those hostile to it.
Word on Fire continues to invest aggressively in strengthening its cybersecurity defenses and countering digital fraud. Yet resilience in this environment is not merely technical. It also depends on a vigilant and informed community, followers who recognize deception when they see it and are willing to call it out, protecting others from being misled.
Truth endures. And so does our mission.
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But this response is important because it's the same sort of statement we've gotten throughout the clergy abuse crisis. Malign those raising concerns. Proclaim ill intent. Don't consider what they have to say. As if we're not in the same Church. But we are.
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update: i never became familiar with adobe indesign
cassie k@cassden
once i become familiar with adobe indesign it’s over for y’all
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It’s interesting that WoF announces this *before* an investigation has taken place.
I will also say that if someone malicious had hacked his account, they probably would have done something far more scandalous.
Word on Fire@WordOnFire
@CDamianWrites This social media account with Bishop Barron’s name has been hacked. Word on Fire is investigating the security compromise.
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P.S. Feel free to write this from scratch.
I want to see how creative you can be.
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We mourn the passing of Billy Joe "Red" McCombs and are thinking of his family and friends at this time. Red was widely known for his philanthropy. In 2000, he and his family donated $50 million to the business school at @UTAustin, which now bears his name.
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