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@astraiaintel @WilliamsChari Very possibly. 😉

wtf?! Did Steve Bannon actually piss himself in the World Economic Forum?

FBI director Kash Patel denies he is threat to national security. Agency chief threatens to sue US magazine over claims staff delayed briefings because he had been drinking. telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

He was right, and more than that, he was prophetically right. Pope John Paul II opposed the Iraq War not out of sentimentality or political instinct, but from a rigorous application of just war teaching. He could see that a pre-emptive intervention, lacking clear imminence and moral consensus, risked unleashing consequences far beyond the stated aims. That is precisely what followed: the destabilisation of an entire region, the fracturing of Iraq, the rise of extremist movements, and catastrophic suffering, especially for ancient Christian communities who have still not recovered. What is often forgotten is the pressure he was under at the time. The moral mood in the West was charged, the political case seemed decisive to many, and yet he held the line. Not because he was indifferent to evil, but because he understood that modern war, particularly in the Middle East, has a way of multiplying evils rather than resolving them. This is where the connection to Pope Leo XIV becomes clear. Leo is now facing a similar dynamic. Military action is once again being framed in moral terms such as defence, security, and even liberation, while the deeper and longer-term consequences remain uncertain or ignored. His warnings about the manipulation of religion, the suffering of civilians, and the illusion that peace can be imposed through force are not evasions. They stand squarely within the same tradition that guided John Paul II. In both cases, the Pope is not offering a geopolitical strategy. He is doing something more difficult. He is insisting that the moral framework itself must not be abandoned under pressure. Even when confronted with real evil, not every response is justified. The criteria for a just war are not rhetorical tools, but real limits. You do not have to agree with every prudential judgement to see the pattern. Time has a way of clarifying these moments. If John Paul II’s stance on Iraq once seemed overly cautious to some, it now reads less like hesitation and more like foresight. The question is whether we are willing to recognise that while it is happening, rather than only after the consequences have unfolded.

@astraiaintel Probably.

@EdKrassen He can't help himself.

Did Steve Bannon pee his pants? Seriously! WTF?

Kash Patel’s colleagues are alarmed by what they describe as erratic behavior and excessive drinking—conduct that could cost him his job, Sarah Fitzpatrick reports. She spoke with more than two dozen people with knowledge of his conduct, some of whom described it as a national-security vulnerability. theatln.tc/2T74xHfh

@JayinKyiv He's a traitorous con man who should eventually be arrested, convicted and placed into a Psychiatric Institution.

Within the decaying and obese remnants of the western fascist movement, the frequency with which you either piss yourself or require adult diapers for lack of bowel control has a 1:1 correlation to perceived "alpha" status within MAGA.

Steve Bannon…uhm…on stage

@Antunes1 Shut your whore mouth you degenerate blasphemer.

Why would Donald Trump start a war against the Catholic Church? For 250 years, American Catholics have founded hospitals, built universities, fed the hungry, sheltered refugees, educated children in the poorest corners of the nation, created some of the most beautiful art and music in human civilization, and fought for justice in places where justice had no other advocates. More than any other institution, we built this country.

@GetInTheGame18 @CGasparino @realDonaldTrump catholicnewsworld.com/2025/03/breaki…

The first obligation of a leader is to grow support for the organization you lead. The Pope oversee's a church that is withering on the vine, yet he chooses to focus on political activities rather than growing the church. Is he lost in the wilderness or is he knowingly attempting to further damage it?

As a Catholic, I don't buy that @realDonaldTrump is dividing most Catholics at least in this country. Quite the opposite in fact. They agree with him because most American Cathloics hate that the church has become politically progressive, obsequoous to the left and at times openly Marxist. The Pope-who is American--is literally suggesting that we should turn a blind eye to the murderous mullahs, and the American taxpayer should subsidize the world's poor through open borders. As a result, the Pope and the Catholic Church is losing its relevance for most American Cathloics who believe it should stay out of politics and focus its attention to matters of faith and its own problems, lest we forget how it ignored child abuse for decades wsj.com/politics/trump…

@GetInTheGame18 @CGasparino @realDonaldTrump You are either misinformed or you are lying. msn.com/en-us/news/us/…

Confession to a Priest Isn’t a Catholic Invention. It’s in the Bible. The Bible itself shows that Jesus did not leave forgiveness as a completely private affair between you and God. He gave that authority to His Church. After the Resurrection, Jesus appeared to the apostles and said something extraordinary in Gospel of John 20,22–23: “Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.” Think carefully about that. Jesus did not say: “Tell people to confess privately to God.” He gave human beings the authority to forgive or retain sins. But here is the obvious question critics rarely answer: How would the apostles know which sins to forgive or retain if no one confessed them? The very structure of Christ’s command implies confession. Not because priests replace God. But because God chose to use His Church as the instrument of His mercy. And this was not invented by Catholics centuries later. The earliest Christians practiced it openly. In Acts of the Apostles 19,18: “Many of those who believed came confessing and divulging their practices.” In the early Church, confession was public. Over time, the Church wisely moved it into private sacramental confession to protect the dignity of the sinner. But the principle remained the same: Christ forgives. The priest is His instrument. In fact, the Bible even connects forgiveness with the authority of the Church in Epistle of James 5,14–16: “Call the elders of the Church, and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to one another.” Notice the pattern. Call the elders. Confess the sins. Receive forgiveness. This is not medieval Catholic theology. This is New Testament Christianity. Many Christians say they believe the Bible completely until the Bible gives authority to the Church. Then suddenly authority becomes a problem. But if Jesus could use fishermen to preach the Gospel, If He could use mud to heal the blind, If He could use water for baptism, why is it so hard to believe He could use a priest to forgive sins? The priest does not forgive instead of God. The priest forgives in the name of Christ. Which is exactly what Jesus intended when He breathed on the apostles and gave them the authority to forgive sins. Reject confession if you want. But be honest about it. You are not rejecting a Catholic tradition. You are rejecting something Jesus Himself instituted. -Fr. Chisom

None of this is new. Anti-Catholicism is in America’s DNA. MAGA is its newest face. In the spring of 1844, nativist mobs in Philadelphia burned two Catholic churches and a Catholic seminary to the ground because Catholic parents had asked that their children not be forced to read the King James Bible in public school. Twenty people died. James G. Blaine spent a generation pushing state constitutions to bar public funding of Catholic schools — bans that survived in some form into our own lifetime. The Klan rebuilt itself in the 1920s on hatred of Catholics, lighting crosses outside convents and across the open fields of the Midwest to terrorize Al Smith out of the White House. The men of MAGA have inherited the torches and the rope. They have simply traded the burning cross for their smartphone and their rally stages. open.substack.com/pub/lettersfro…

@Franklin_Graham @realDonaldTrump Franklin, you are a phony Christian.

I had received some questions about President @realDonaldTrump's recent posts, and here are my thoughts: I do not believe President Trump would knowingly depict himself as Jesus Christ—that would certainly be inappropriate. I’m thankful the President has made it very clear that this was not at all what he thought the AI-generated image was representing—he thought it was a doctor helping someone, and when he learned of the concerns, he immediately removed the post. When I looked at the illustration, I didn’t jump to the same conclusion as some. There were no spiritual references—no halo, there were no crosses, no angels. It was a flag, soldiers, a nurse, fighter planes, eagles, the Statue of Liberty, and I think this is a lot to do about nothing. There is so much ill-intended speculation. I think his enemies are always foaming at the mouth at any possible opportunity to make him look bad. And the illustration from someone else he reposted on Truth Social yesterday, I must say that I like the fact that this is a picture of Jesus whispering in his ear, or at least His hand on his shoulder, guiding him. We all need that—we all need to be listening to Jesus. Again, I think there is an attempt to spin this into something that it isn’t. Remember, President Trump didn’t draw this, he didn’t create it, he reposted it on his social media because he thought it was nice—I would have to agree. I’m not a Catholic, I’m an evangelical, but I appreciate how President Trump has defended religious freedom for people of all faiths, including millions of evangelicals and Catholics in the U.S. and around the world. He is the most pro-Christian, pro-life president in my lifetime, and he doesn’t shy away from it. I would hope that the President and Pope Leo can meet at some point, and that the Pope would have the opportunity to thank the President for his efforts to protect religious liberty for Catholics and people of all faiths.

The Pope has said the world is “being ravaged by a handful of tyrants” amid an unprecedented and acrimonious clash with Donald Trump. telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

@AmyA1A @RichRaho Goodbye Amy. All these years and I did not realize that you hated the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church does spend their own money on the poor, homeless and disadvantaged. You need to educate yourself. You actually sound like a less educated Catholic hating Evangelical.

“The Trump administration has abruptly canceled an $11 million contract with Catholic Charities to shelter and care for migrant children who enter the U.S. alone…” miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…

The Pope isn’t “quoting the Bible” he’s giving a homily. That’s a traditional Catholic sermon that explains Scripture, applies it to our times, and calls people to live the Gospel. Maybe some of you don’t know what a homily is. That’s okay. But criticizing the Pope for doing exactly what popes and priests have done for 2,000 years just shows you don’t understand the faith you’re attacking.