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@aelfred_D Im waiting for it to get small enough that a flight to Ireland only takes a couple hours.

Earth’s getting smaller, that’s not great

@Jason_Catholic If your wife dresses like that at Mass, she wants a divorce

If your wife doesn’t dress like this for Mass, you are failing men. Do better.

@dlongenecker1 Tuesday was the last day for confessions here.

Do some churches not offer confession during Holy Week? If so no wonder we were so busy. I was in the confessional for just under three hours this afternoon and my parochial vicar for nearly two.

@JaneLebak That looks better than what the bunnies have done to all my bushes. A couple years ago they killed several trees.

Hey, Alexa, what do the deer eat all wint....oh. Alexa, belay that question. Poor rhododendrons.

@UcheMaryOkoli Not me. I change it up every Mass just to make things exciting. The dirty looks I get for sitting in other people's seat are priceless.

Am I the only Catholic who has an unassigned assigned seat in the Church????

I do appreciate the irony of the No Kings protests the week before billions around the world celebrate the King of all Kings.

@toseendayo @allenanalysis Even if there were that many, its less than 3% of the population who had nothing better to do.

Wow, 9 million+ Americans saying NO to monarchy, extremism, and endless wars This is what a republic looks like people actually using their voice instead of just complaining online. Whether you love or hate Trump, respect to anyone peacefully marching for peace. Hope the message actually reaches the top.

🚨 Official count confirmed: More than 8 million people participated in No Kings Day today. One of the largest single-day demonstrations in American history. 3,000 cities. Every state. Every coast. Philadelphia. Atlanta. Dallas. St. Paul. DC. San Francisco. San Diego. New York. London. Tel Aviv. Scotland. And counting. To put 8 million in context: The Women’s March in 2017 — the previous record — drew an estimated 3-5 million. Today more than doubled it. 8 million Americans didn’t just protest today. They sent a message that cannot be ignored, cannot be dismissed, and cannot be spun. The founders settled the kings question in 1776. 8 million Americans settled it again today.

@shanksbala @allenanalysis The same reason we've been in all "conflicts" for the past 60 or so years. Because Congress agrees with it enough not to do anything about it.

@JesterJum Are nukes in play? If they are 8.

Realistically, Groups 4 and 6 team up since we align on the most important items and then we proceed to wipe the floor with the rest of the country. Am I wrong?

@catholiccom @CatholicHerald

@CatholicHerald Surely THIS time the pope's unambiguous statement will put this question to rest and every Catholic will finally assent to the Church's perennial teaching for good

Pope Leo XIV has reiterated that the priesthood is reserved to men, grounding it in apostolic succession and the Church’s divine constitution. 🔗 ow.ly/WbLs50YzCiQ

@BrandonStraka That's how loans work. Interest payments are front loaded. 30 years of debt costs a lot.

An American buys a $138K home and sends $9,286 to the bank. Only $952 hits the principal. Over $8,300 goes to interest, taxes, and insurance. Feels less like ownership—and more like a system stacked against you.

@dcpetterson I've had to replace my DL and SS card after they were stolen. It's a bitch because SSA want your DL and DL wants you SS card. Neither would accept my state issued birth certificate.

It's hard to tell of MAGAts are stupid, or are intentionally dishonest. Probably both.

@CrownMaybe Considering Protestants are roughly 50% of the population and Catholics are only about 20%, there isn't all that much of a difference between the former and latter numbers.

I've joked for a long time that we tend to get the Protestants who formally and rigorously study early Church history and lose the Catholics who are functionally Pelagians and can't be fixed until someone does it radically; the latter is much greater than the former.

@ryanburge And everyone is losing to Nones.

Empirically speaking: The movement from Catholic --> Protestant is way larger than the opposite direction. In the 1970s: 8% of Catholics became Protestants 3% of Protestants became Catholic. In the 2020s: 12% of Catholics -> Protestants 3% of Protestants -> Catholic

@TecTony9 @ryanburge 🤣If everyone followed the faith perfectly, there wouldn't be a need for confession.

@ryanburge So many Catholics are coping in the comments Lol. Yall need to face the reality that most don’t follow the faith.

Catholics are just as likely to use birth control as the general population.

@ryanburge How old does one have to be to have used the Rhythm method? 70s? 80s?

@Joeinblack I use AI for speeding up tasks, like drafting documents for work or find sources for information, but never for factual info. Never blindly. Trust anything on the internet or from AI.

Chat GPT story: The other day in an interaction here on X, a man posted about a Catholic priest. Publicly stated that this Priest was not in ministry because his faculties had been taken away by the bishop. As any rational priesthood, that Priest freaked out and said it was a lie. The man who posted the accusation, then showed the ChatGPT conversation where the AI confidently, and in detail explained that the priest had some of his faculties revoked. It was 100% a fabrication. it feels like a lot of people are using that AI & it unnerves me. That same AI confidently described me as a priest in a diocese I don’t minister in, assigned to a job I’ve never been assigned to and having written books I’ve never written. As for @grok he’s helped me rebuild an engine and today, we should be able to start it.

@AmericaFailed1 @shillman1 @KellyMorrisonMN @atrupar I didn't either...in the 90s.

@shillman1 @KellyMorrisonMN @atrupar Hi! Father of two kids here... never once did I produce an ID, nor did my wife. We have two kids, both born in hospitals (two different ones).

OBGYN here 👋 You don't need an ID to give birth.

@JaneLebak The same happens in schools too. It's crazy. If ya feel the need to report it the Bishop, fine, but only after going to the police.

It might be nice to send a copy of the police report to the bishop, I guess, but I can't see that it's necessarily required. If a gas station attendant steals my wallet, I'm calling the cops, not Mobil. If a teacher firebombs my house, I'm calling the cops, not the school board.

This is something I've never understood. Report heresy to the bishop, but report crimes to the police (or to the FBI, depending on who has jurisdiction.)

@Sexystephie24 @ronsterd89 No, lots of place do not.

@dawnwitzke @ronsterd89 Lots of places. Food 4 less. It has one b4 and one after.

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you see this photo?