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@BishopBarron I may not be Catholic, but I've lived long enough to see several popes & how they treated the position bestowed on them. Leo & Francis made politics a main focus. The others I observed taught mostly only church doctrine. JP II was the most profound & effective I have lived thru.

The statements made by President Trump on Truth Social regarding the Pope were entirely inappropriate and disrespectful. They don’t contribute at all to a constructive conversation. It is the Pope’s prerogative to articulate Catholic doctrine and the principles that govern the moral life. In regard to the concrete application of those principles, people of good will can and do disagree. I would warmly recommend that serious Catholics within the Trump administration–Secretary Rubio, Vice President Vance, Ambassador Brian Burch, and others–might meet with Vatican officials so that a real dialogue can take place. This is far preferable to the statements on social media. I am very grateful for the many ways that the Trump administration has reached out to Catholics and other people of faith. It has been a high honor to serve on the Religious Liberty Commission. No President in my lifetime has shown a greater dedication to defending our first liberty. All that said, I think the President owes the Pope an apology.

@XiledJake @grok @DefiyantlyFree It would be called "an attack" on the US...

@grok @julz1995il @DefiyantlyFree Strange. The UN calls this a war crime. Would it be a war crime if done to United States officials or citizens?

You’re not criticizing the government. You don’t have a damn clue about what’s happening in the Israeli government. You couldn’t name one honest criticism of the Israeli government. Saying BiBi controls Trump doesn’t criticize the Israeli government. It makes you a leftist who thinks the greatest country in the history of the world is owned by a country the size of New Jersey. It’s embarrassing.

@c_ross48430 @JudeoChristianZ @JackPosobiec Explain how anyone can ask for Mary to do anything if you don't believe she is divine. She has passed. Jesus is your intercessor to God. He sits at God's right hand and speaks on our behalf if we have come to Christ. You don't need the help of a third party...

@JudeoChristianZ @JackPosobiec Yeah but Catholics don't do either. We ask Mary to pray for us NOT answer our prayers. The Pope is the leader of the Church NOT a Divine being. Our Lady and the Pope are supposed to be respected NOT worshiped.✝️

Are you praying the rosary every day? Did you go to mass today? Did you get the Divine Mercy Sunday plenary indulgence?

@bill_jensen @conservmillen And from a Christian viewpoint, who should I have voted for instead of Trump? Hillary? Biden? Harris? Those 3 are just as "immoral" as Trump. There was never any perfect choice.

@conservmillen Many conservative Christians have stated that the damage to the reputation of Christ and Christianity through MAGA evangelicals embrace of Trump and the immorality that comes with him, justifies the response of revulsion.

All this hate for evangelicals when, statistically, we are the only bloc consistently holding it down for biblical marriage, the pro-life cause, secure borders, and every other issue. We are by far the most conservative and united in every political, cultural, and moral area. This is not statistically contested. Without the strength and cohesion of this group, conservatives lose everything. Consequently, the country loses everything. Not an exaggeration. So ask yourself: why would someone want to divide, destroy, and demoralize this stalwart group? The answer is obvious if the person is progressive, but it becomes a bit murky when the people targeting this group are on the “right,” right? Something to ponder

@SkyVirginSon "A Pope who is silent on injustice would be failing his divine mandate" I would like to hear from him, calling out the injustices against Nigerian Christians or all the people slaughtered in Iran by the mullah's regime. Oh, that's right, he didn't post about those things ...

With all due respect to the Office of the President, this post contains several claims that are factually inaccurate and theologically misguided, and as a Catholic I feel compelled to respond. 1. The Pope was not elected to please any president. Pope Leo XIV was elected by 133 cardinals from across the world in a sacred conclave, on the fourth ballot, on May 8, 2025.  The Holy Spirit guides the conclave, not American politics. To suggest that “if I wasn’t in the White House, Leo wouldn’t be in the Vatican”  is not only historically ignorant but theologically offensive to every Catholic on earth. 2. He was not an unknown outsider. Pope Leo XIV served as Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, one of the most powerful roles in the Vatican, responsible for selecting bishops for dioceses worldwide.  He was one of the most qualified candidates in the College of Cardinals. 3. He is deeply rooted in service, not politics. An Augustinian missionary who worked for decades in Peru, Pope Leo XIV dedicated his life to the poor and the Gospel long before any political figure noticed him.  His name honors Leo XIII, the Pope who championed workers’ rights and the poor during the Industrial Revolution, a tradition of Catholic Social Teaching that predates any modern political party. 4. The Pope’s role is prophetic, not partisan. When the Pope speaks on peace, nuclear weapons, immigration, or the dignity of nations, he is fulfilling the mission of Christ, not opposing any government. His first words as Pope were “Peace be with you all,”  echoing the Risen Christ (John 20:19). A Pope who is silent on injustice would be failing his divine mandate. 5. Demanding a Pope “get in line” with a president contradicts 2,000 years of Church history. From St. Peter before Nero, to St. Thomas More before Henry VIII, to John Paul II before Soviet communism, the Church has never existed to validate earthly power. “We must obey God rather than men.” (Acts 5:29) As Catholics, we pray for all leaders, including President Trump. But we stand firmly with our Holy Father. Habemus Papam. And he answers to God alone.

Here’s what drives people nuts on both sides: Trump is not the cartoon character. Not the genius his fans worship, not the idiot his critics need him to be. He's just a stubborn, calculating guy who creates chaos the way a magician creates misdirection. While you’re distracted watching the fireworks, he’s already three iterations ahead with furious execution. And he doesn’t bluff the way people think he bluffs. He just couldn't care less about the part of diplomacy where everyone pretends to be polite while lying to each other’s faces. He skips that step entirely, which looks unhinged if you’re used to the old choreography but is genuinely disorienting if you’re the guy on the other side of the table who had a whole manipulation strategy mapped out. Iran found this out the hard way. What gets lost in so much noise is that Trump doesn’t actually want war. He sees it as the ugly price tag on a bigger purchase. His math on Iran is cold but not complicated: ninety million people living between poverty and the lower middle class, ruled by an elite whose entire business model depends on keeping them there. The nukes were the urgent priority, but his bet is that removing the lid will let Iranians rebuild the way Germany did after the rubble cleared. You can argue whether that math checks out, but it’s not the reasoning of someone who just wants to watch things explode. Obviously, Iran isn’t the only file on his desk. Venezuela already got the treatment. Cuba’s probably next. Syria hasn’t been forgotten either, no matter how quiet things look. By this point, few should be surprised that he circles back to unfinished business with the patience of a guy who knows he’s holding better cards and just needs to wait for overconfidant tyrants to overplay theirs. The part his opponents keep getting wrong is treating “Make America Great Again” like a bumper sticker. Wrong. It’s a *doctrine* now. It has always been. Whether you love it or find it terrifying, MAGA is the very operating system behind his relentless drive. This not just some random pixellated banner which will fade away in the next couple presidential terms. Nah, this is the right stuff that will outlast the man who built it.

@RyLiberty Nah, your sin and my sin .... that is what caused Christ's death, because He gave up His life to rescue us. His crucifixion was caused by US ALL.

The jewish lobby is what killed Christ

@Arkypatriot Had a "preventative" colonoscopy 2 years ago. Woke up choking to death. Couldn't breathe. Aspirated while under. My sis-in-law was in the hospital as a nurse and heard my code over the intercom. She came running to check on me. She was there when I came to. Thank God!

In the past 24 hours, I have learned of two very close friends on this platform who are in the hospital. One of them is from a bad reaction to a statin drug, which most of us know causes extreme myalgia. This friend could not even walk due to muscle dysfunction after taking a statin drug. The other one from complication during a colonoscopy. This friend had aspiration pneumonia. The makes four people I know personally, who have suffered injuries during a colonoscopy and had to be hospitalized one of my friends had to be flown to Fayetteville from Fort Smith because of a very punctured intestine. These routine drugs and routine colonoscopies are not always a good idea

@cinnamoroll1776 @BowTiedRanger Better pull out the tinfoil hat ...

@BowTiedRanger She is a mossad asset whose sole purpose was to entrap Charlie Kirk, act as his handler through their marriage, and help Mossad take over TPUSA after they assassinated him. Everything went to plan.

She could’ve disappeared immediately after Charlie died and focused on raising Charlie’s children. She could’ve had someone take over TPUSA and stepped away for the greener pasture of private motherhood. Had she done so, she would’ve had Princess Diana-levels of endearment from the right for life and the core memory of Charlie and the circumstances surrounding his death would’ve inspired a generation of young men to reach for greater heights. Instead, she became both a corporate queen and e-girl at the same time, simultaneously pushing out fundraising emails and doing Fox News book tours. Now she’s pushing Israel stuff. Nannies raise her children while she drives TPUSA into the ground and pisses away the inspiring legacy of Charlie Kirk. It’s a combination of sad, frustrating, and disappointing all at the same time.

@XiledJake @DefiyantlyFree That exploding pager trick was the funniest thing I had seen in a long time 🤣 Terrorists deserve that and so much more. People with arguments like yours always forget the horrors of Oct 7th perpetrated against the Jewish people and Americans. And the Gazan celebrations after.

@DefiyantlyFree Okay. How about putting plastic explosives in pagers and committing war crimes? You sound fucking retarded. Make a turkey sandwich

@BoomerJanowski @David_n_Texas @Mayoveli I am living proof that what you said is a lie.

@David_n_Texas @Mayoveli It’s actually 100% true.

You’re a Catholic telling the Pope to stay in his lane because he’s advocating for peace? At this point, many of you would probably choose Trump over Jesus himself. It reminds me of that saying that if Jesus Christ were to return today, many modern Christians would be the very ones to crucify him again.

Some folks wearing his uniform, who got richer riding his coat tails, tried to Pentagon Papers Trump’s presidency (Tucker), tormented the widow of one of his most loyal and famous supporters (Candace), and then spread antisemitic tropes when his daughter and three grandchildren are Jewish (both) — and you didn’t think he was eventually gonna come for them? I’m shocked it took this long. If anything, this is uncharacteristic restraint for Trump.

@DrNeilStone Well, someone needs to tell that to the Cleveland Clinic. During C0V!D, when I was researching about the new vacc!nes, their own website said this. I think it is no longer there, but they didn't shy away from it then.

The MMR vaccine has no aborted fetal tissue in it. This is the kind of nonsense that only a committed anti vaxxer like RFK Jr would say to scare people off one of the safest and most effective vaccines in history.

I used to believe Donald Trump was simply an outstanding President. But then I watched in real time as the mainstream media, the FBI, intelligence agencies, Big Tech, and the entire Washington establishment joined forces in an unprecedented campaign to destroy one single man. The constant lawfare, the two impeachments, the endless Russia collusion hoax, the Mar-a-Lago raid, the gag orders, the efforts to remove him from the ballot, the attempts to bankrupt him and throw him in prison... all of it aimed at stopping him from ever returning to power. That's when it became undeniable to me: No one gets this level of coordinated, hysterical opposition unless they pose a genuine existential threat to the system... The system that we all know is corrupt and broken. Ordinary politicians don't trigger that kind of coordinated panic. At that moment, I stopped thinking of him as just a great President. He is the greatest of all time.

@DanVosnos 100% illegal ... IDEA By the way, these services are almost always FEDERALLY funded (US Dept of Ed). Why does CPS think they can deny a Federal law and Federal funds for those students?!?

Chicago Public Schools just pulled federally mandated special education services from 800+ students with disabilities at Catholic schools — mid-year, with no warning. This is not just wrong. It may be illegal. Let me explain. 👇

@nameredactedx2 @Eric_Schmitt Don't be a jerk to those who are nice to you. This is IL. My county is 75% red. Dems run as R's here cause they know they can't win otherwise. But I cannot control the population concentration that is Cook County.

@julz1995il @Eric_Schmitt No. You are a cuck that let liberals take over your states. Useless

Democrats in Illinois just passed a bill making it cheaper for illegal aliens to attend college there than actual Americans. To all the patriots who remain in Illinois: Come to the free state of Missouri!

@PaulaJo4GOP @Eric_Schmitt I would love to know how they did that. Then maybe my kids could have gone there... Things were totally different when I was a student. I loved it there. Never ran into a prof. that was pushing politics and his/her views on the students.

@Eric_Schmitt 41% of University of Illinois students pay no tuition. I’d love to see the demographics on this.

@nameredactedx2 @Eric_Schmitt If I show my party registration (R) and my voting record for the last 35 years, will you let me in then?😁🙏

@Eric_Schmitt NO! This post is bullshit! We don’t want their liberal views fucking up our state!

@farmboystocks @nameredactedx2 @Eric_Schmitt 💯

@nameredactedx2 @Eric_Schmitt You just dont want Cook county. The rest of Illinois are 50% sane or more. Unfortunately, the State is so corrupt, that the vote of everyone not from Cook County no longer matters.

@AAGDhillon @OCynical The legality of something in IL has never stopped the D's here from doing it anyway... State of IL has a college grant system called MAP (similar to PELL grant at fed level). Illegals have a THIRD grant system, just for them, that IL citizens are not eligible for. STATE FUNDED.

Seems illegal … 🧐