Patrick Hogenboom

@timothypomalley Timothy, you claim to speak on behalf of you. That’s fine. Sincerely, One person, not American.

Dear Americans, not everything the Pope says is about you. Sincerely, The rest of the world.

@paulcliteur Context?

Pauselijke onfeilbaarheid. Grootste onzin die er bestaat. Zelfs Trump weet het beter dan de paus.

@cnalive Trump never suggested that Leo WANTS Iran to develop nuclear weapons. Your war on semantics is pathetic and deceitful.

U.S. President Donald Trump on April 16 downplayed his recent public criticism of Pope Leo XIV, stating that he has “nothing against the pope” while continuing to falsely suggest that Leo wants Iran to develop nuclear weapons. ewtnnews.com/world/us/donal…

@JamesMartinSJ Well James, try and ask some people passing by on the street.

Dear friends: I don’t know any Catholic in the United States, from the most traditional to the most progressive, who does not have strong feelings about the comments from President Trump and Vice President Vance about Pope Leo XIV. These include not only President Trump’s initial disrespectful Truth Social post about the Holy Father, but also Vice President Vance’s similarly disrespectful comments about Pope Leo having to be “careful” when he speaks about theology. Let me share some of my own feelings. First of all, it is shocking that a President and Vice President would treat such a good, holy and learned man with such disdain. Imagine telling a man with the Holy Father’s learning and experience (and authority) that he doesn’t understand theology sufficiently. What’s more, imagine attacking him as, ridiculously, “weak on crime” or somehow not understanding foreign policy. Second, I’m edified by Pope Leo’s charitable and courageous response to all this. Charitable because he has not responded in any way other than with charity and respect. As some of you may know, I know the Holy Father slightly, thanks to our being seated together at the Synod for two weeks, and know him to be a kind, reserved, discerning and highly intelligent person. In a word, holy. But courageous too: as we have seen during his time in Algeria and Cameroon, Pope Leo has not shied away from continuing to preach the Gospel, and speaking out in favor of peace (and yes, he understands St. Augustine’s concept of the “just war”) and against, as he said today, tyrants and those who would use God’s name to support violence of bloodshed. So, where will this all end? It’s hard to say. But I would imagine that now that the taboo has been broken, politicians will continue to denigrate him and thus try to persuade people, without saying it explicitly, to think that the Pope’s words do not need to be listened to. But this will be in vain for two reasons. First, Pope Leo is clearly fearless. A few hours after he was elected as pope, I spoke with a fellow Augustinian priest who had known “Bob” for decades. “He’s a great listener, very kind and much loved.” Then he paused. “But he’s no pushover.” But the main reason that the Pope’s words will be heard is less about Robert Prevost’s own many virtues but something else: the Vicar of Christ will be heard because he is preaching the Gospel. As Jesus told his disciples, “Heaven and earth may pass away, but my words will never pass away.” So, in these strange times, fear not.

@RoelSchrein Cadeau nr. 8769.

Zelensky en Jetten ondertekenen de afspraken om voor 250 miljoen euro samen drones te gaan produceren #Oekraïne

@CatholicSOTC the threat was declared to be “unsubstantiated.”

BREAKING: Police are investigating a bomb threat at home of Pope Leo’s brother. lifesitenews.com/news/bomb-thre…

@CatholicSOTC False flag raising.

@JackPosobiec Has he been brainwashed?

Pope Leo: “In Europe, fears are present but often generated by people who are against immigration and trying to keep out people who may be from another country, another religion, another race. I would say that we all need to work together."

@Pontifex Go and talk to the mullahs.

#Peace is not something we must invent: it is something we must embrace by accepting our neighbor as a brother or sister. We do not choose our brothers and sisters: we must simply accept one another! We are one family, inhabiting the same home: this wonderful planet that ancient cultures have cared for over millennia. #ApostolicJourney #Cameroon

@NUnl De man is het echt kwijt.

Paus haalt fel uit: 'Wereld wordt verwoest door paar tirannen' ift.tt/E3A7Wes

@janwillemwits Pausen hebben geen tweeduizend jaren bestuurservaring.

Met tweeduizend jaar bestuurservaring zijn pausen niet zo bang voor narcistische eendagsvliegjes die zichzelf op een troon hebben gezet. Been there. Done that.

@CatholicArena @Diederik_Brink Are they in politics too?

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has released a response to JD Vance's comments about Pope Leo XIV: 'For over a thousand years, the Catholic Church has taught just war theory and it is that long tradition the Holy Father carefully references in his comments on war. A constant tenet of that thousand-year tradition is a nation can only legitimately take up the sword ‘in self-defense, once all peace efforts have failed’ That is, to be a just war it must be a defense against another who actively wages war, which is what the Holy Father actually said: ‘He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war. When Pope Leo XIV speaks as supreme pastor of the universal Church, he is not merely offering opinions on theology, he is preaching the Gospel and exercising his ministry as the Vicar of Christ. The consistent teaching of the Church is insistent that all people of good will must pray and work toward lasting peace while avoiding the evils and injustices that accompany all wars'

@MinPres Denk aan de Nederlandse bevolking.

Namens gewone mannen, vrouwen en kinderen, die van de ene op de andere dag een nieuwe werkelijkheid intuimelden waar ze niet voor kozen. Namens kinderen die in een schuilkelder naar school gaan. Namens vrouwen die hun gezin en het land draaiend houden door te werken in fabrieken. En namens mannen die vanuit een baan met pak en stropdas, ineens in een camouflagepak hun grondgebied moeten verdedigen. Meter voor meter. En die dat doen, omdat zij weten en voelen, dat iedere vierkante centimeter niet alleen uit Oekraïense aarde, maar ook uit Oekraïense waardigheid bestaat. Dat is wat zij verdedigen. President @ZelenskyyUa, deze award is voor Oekraïne. Voor jou als president. En voor alle mensen in Oekraïne. Mijn hele toespraak is terug te lezen via rijksoverheid.nl/regering/bewin… Vandaag mocht ik samen met Elizabeth Roosevelt Johnston (de achterkleindochter van president Roosevelt) in Middelburg de Four Freedoms Award uitreiken aan de Oekraïense president Zelensky. Hij neemt de prijs mede namens het Oekraïense volk in ontvangst als ‘erkenning voor de moedige strijd voor onze vrijheid en democratie onder uitzonderlijk zware omstandigheden’.

@RoelSchrein Save Ukraine kreeg de award al in 2024.

President Zelensky komt aan bij de abdij in Middelburg voor de uitreiking van de Four Freedoms Award die dif jaar is toegekend aan hem en het Oekraïense volk

@VaticanNews Timing?

Gospel of the Day (John 3,31-36) Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him. vaticannews.va/en/word-of-the…

@Elohim_Gadol Sad for whome?

The saddest part of the entire Pope Leo situation is realizing that many Catholics, in truth, are not well grounded in the reading of the Scriptures.

@CatholicArena Has he accepted?

🇪🇺 Pope Leo XIV has been invited to the European Parliament by President Roberta Metsola: 'Pope Leo XIV is not only the shepherd of the Roman Catholic flock across the globe, but a symbol of moral courage and clarity in a time where such compasses are increasingly needed.   His voice is one that Europeans of all faiths - and none - listen to, appreciate and respect.  On behalf of the European Parliament, I reached out to the Holy See to reaffirm our invitation for the Holy Father to address an upcoming Plenary Session of the European Parliament. We hope to welcome him in the near future and listen to his message for Europe'

@cnalive The U.S. bishops should realize that papal overreach is not immune to criticism.

The U.S. bishops issued a clarification reaffirming that Catholic just war theory sets strict moral limits on the use of military force amid criticism from Vice President JD Vance, who questioned the pope’s stance. ewtnnews.com/world/us/bisho…

@Bishop_Sheen O irony.

Weak men in high positions surround themselves with little men, in order that they may seem great by comparison.

@NCRegister Ask the layman first.

Several cardinals and bishops in Italy, England and Scotland are among those who have recently praised Leo XIV’s calls for peace after Trump’s criticism. Read the full story: ow.ly/X5Vr50YJYcJ