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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2325435/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2325435/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Pittsburgh Bishop: Comfort for the hurting after Steel Works explosion <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bishops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bishops</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CatholicChurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatholicChurch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StatoDellaCitt%C3%A0DelVaticano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StatoDellaCittàDelVaticano</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StatusCivitatisVaticanae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StatusCivitatisVaticanae</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Vatican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vatican</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VaticanCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VaticanCity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VaticanCityState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VaticanCityState</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Vaticano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vaticano</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The Japanese have a saying that sums up the bishops’ lawsuits and statements: 'Squeezing one’s buttocks after a fart.'</p><p>Those who find themselves among the American bishops would be well-advised to wear a gas mask."</p><p>To which I say a hearty amen.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bishops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bishops</span></a> <br>/4</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"They cannot lead because they no longer have followers. They are no longer heard, let alone heeded. …</p><p>Apart from a wholesale reconstitution of the American hierarchy, it is unlikely that the Church in the United States will become a prophetic presence at a time when prophets are more needed than ever."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bishops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bishops</span></a> <br>/3</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Now, belatedly and rather than lamenting and admitting their abdication of pastoral leadership, a few bishops are filing lawsuits to try to curb the cruelty of the administration, its attacks on immigrants, its destruction of aid programs, etc.</p><p>Too little, too late, and entirely unsystemic, this piecemeal approach of filing lawsuits. Grimm says,</p><p>"The sad truth is that the bishops must rely upon lawyers because they no longer are able to lead America’s Catholics."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bishops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bishops</span></a> <br>/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>William Grimm notes the futility of the choice now of a few US Catholic bishops to try to exercise moral leadership after the bishops as a body did all but stand on their heads to place Trump in the White House. As he notes, under their leadership, many US Catholics were led to support Trump in two elections — in which some 6 in 10 white Catholics voted for Trump.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bishops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bishops</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.ucanews.com/news/too-late/109855" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ucanews.com/news/too-late/1098</span><span class="invisible">55</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2256859/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2256859/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Catholic Bishops Walk Runway in Dolce Gabbana Show in Rome <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bishops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bishops</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CatholicChurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatholicChurch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DolceGabanna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DolceGabanna</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/fashion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fashion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StatoDellaCitt%C3%A0DelVaticano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StatoDellaCittàDelVaticano</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StatusCivitatisVaticanae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StatusCivitatisVaticanae</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Unusual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unusual</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Vatican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vatican</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VaticanCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VaticanCity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VaticanCityState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VaticanCityState</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Vaticano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vaticano</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Bishops of Myanmar’s war-torn regions: ‘Let us not lose faith’ <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1202243/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1202243/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bishops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bishops</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Conflicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conflicts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Myanmar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Myanmar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>War</span></a></p>
Headlines Africa<p>Catholic Pope affirms priest celibacy, demands 'firm' action on abuse <a href="http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TLZCys" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsfeed.facilit8.network/TLZC</span><span class="invisible">ys</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pope</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/CatholicChurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatholicChurch</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Celibacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Celibacy</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Faith</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Bishops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bishops</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2178738/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2178738/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Cardinal Grech meets Patriarch Bartholomew: Let us build bridges <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BartholomewI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BartholomewI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bishops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bishops</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Cardinals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cardinals</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CatholicChurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatholicChurch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Islam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Islam</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OrthodoxChurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OrthodoxChurch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PopeFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PopeFrancis</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PopeLeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PopeLeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StatoDellaCitt%C3%A0DelVaticano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StatoDellaCittàDelVaticano</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StatusCivitatisVaticanae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StatusCivitatisVaticanae</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/synod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>synod</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Vangelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vangelo</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Vatican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vatican</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VaticanCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VaticanCity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VaticanCityState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VaticanCityState</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Vaticano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vaticano</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2171186/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2171186/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Pope Leo XIV: Bishops must not turn gaze from the poor #<a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JUBILEE2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JUBILEE2025</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/audiences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>audiences</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bishops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bishops</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CatholicChurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatholicChurch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/madagascar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>madagascar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/pilgrimage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pilgrimage</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PopeLeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PopeLeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StatoDellaCitt%C3%A0DelVaticano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StatoDellaCittàDelVaticano</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StatusCivitatisVaticanae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StatusCivitatisVaticanae</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Vatican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vatican</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VaticanCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VaticanCity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VaticanCityState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VaticanCityState</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Vaticano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vaticano</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2101269/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2101269/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Moscow Auxiliary Bishop: Church in Russia ‘struck by Pope’s push for peace’ <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bishops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bishops</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CatholicChurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatholicChurch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Interview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Interview</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Peace</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PopeLeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PopeLeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StatoDellaCitt%C3%A0DelVaticano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StatoDellaCittàDelVaticano</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StatusCivitatisVaticanae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StatusCivitatisVaticanae</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Vatican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vatican</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VaticanCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VaticanCity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VaticanCityState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VaticanCityState</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Vaticano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vaticano</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2093989/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2093989/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Pope Leo XIV visits the Dicastery for Bishops <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bishops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bishops</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CatholicChurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatholicChurch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/dicastery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dicastery</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PopeLeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PopeLeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StatoDellaCitt%C3%A0DelVaticano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StatoDellaCittàDelVaticano</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StatusCivitatisVaticanae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StatusCivitatisVaticanae</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Vatican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vatican</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VaticanCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VaticanCity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VaticanCityState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VaticanCityState</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Vaticano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vaticano</span></a></p>
Daniel Dvorkin<p>On "real Christians."</p><p>This is a lightly edited version of a post I first made several years ago on Facebook. Sadly, it never seems to stop being relevant.</p><p>===</p><p>Every time I hear <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Christians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christians</span></a> saying "they're not real Christians" or "this isn't real <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a>," about other Christians doing something that brings discredit on the #<a href="https://qoto.org/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a>, my skin crawls.</p><p>Because if they're not Christians ... well, neither was Constantine. Neither were the generations of <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/monarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monarchs</span></a> who followed, invoking the divine right of kings. Neither were the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/popes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>popes</span></a> and <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/bishops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bishops</span></a> and <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/priests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>priests</span></a>—and note that I'm not just talking about <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Catholics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catholics</span></a> here—who almost universally supported and legitimized the idea that <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/God" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>God</span></a> had put our leaders in place, and to oppose them was <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/blasphemy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blasphemy</span></a>.</p><p>Neither were the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Crusaders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crusaders</span></a>, the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Inquisitors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inquisitors</span></a>, the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/witch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>witch</span></a>-burners. Neither were the soldiers who fought generations of <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/wars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wars</span></a> within <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Christendom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christendom</span></a>, including the Thirty Years' War that wrought devastation equal to both World Wars. Neither for that matter were the politicians who gave us what we *call* the First World War, in which most of the major combatants on both sides proudly claimed the Christian label, and in several cases were still official theocracies.</p><p>Neither were the Christians who rounded up their <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> neighbors in the Second for delivery to the camps—and if you claim that was the work of a <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/neopagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neopagan</span></a> cult that maybe a few thousand people total ever took seriously, I'll laugh in your face before cutting you out of my life. (But I'll remember who and what you are, believe me.) Neither were the people who used Christianity to justify <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/conquest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conquest</span></a> and <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> and <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> and <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/segregation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>segregation</span></a>, for centuries, and in many cases still do.</p><p>In short, if you say these people aren't Christians, you're saying most Christians throughout the *entire history of the religion* weren't Christians. You can die on that hill if you really want to. But you'll die alone, and most likely at the hands of your fellow believers.</p><p>Christians are, as a rule, no worse than other people. But you're no better, either. Do you *want* to be better? Great, that's what everyone else wants too.</p><p>So prove it. Stop making excuses. Own these people, and *then* confront them. Admit that they're yours, and then expunge them. Scourge the heretics with fire and sword, and send them wailing into the outer darkness tearing their hair and gnashing their teeth. Cast them into the lake of fire.</p><p>If you do this, if you have first the moral and then the physical courage to face this monstrosity in your midst unflinchingly and with full knowledge of what it is, then you'll have plenty of help. <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jews</span></a> and <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Muslims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Muslims</span></a> and <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Hindus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hindus</span></a> and <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Wiccans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wiccans</span></a> and <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/atheists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atheists</span></a> and all the rest won't just cheer you on. We'll be right there by your side.</p><p>And while there are in the US still more Christians than all of us put together, there aren't more of *this kind* of Christian than all decent human beings put together. We can't fight them alone. Neither can you. Together we can—as long as you're honest about what that means.</p><p>If you don't? We'll be right back to <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Torquemada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Torquemada</span></a>, with a high-tech gloss. You might live a little longer than the rest of us, but not by much, and you'll go to the rack and the stake and the oven with the words of your own holy writ shouted in your ears.</p><p>Those are the only two options. Your choice.</p><p>===</p><p>Addendum:</p><p>I have a great many friends who grew up Christian, and left the religion at some point. Despite having made the choice to walk away from their childhood faith, they often feel the reflexive need to defend the people they were, and in most cases their families still are.</p><p>Those who are still Christians, of whom I trust I also have a fair number left, may feel the same impulse—although interestingly, it seems to me they're less reflexive on the whole than the former believers.</p><p>We're all made of our <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a>. The people we were are still the people we are, in some corner of our brains. And there are complexities about being on the inside of any group that outsiders can never quite grasp. It's similar to the way I am about the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a>, which is practically a religion in its own right.</p><p>Okay. Stipulated, as lawyers say on TV and maybe in real life too. I get it. Now please get this:</p><p>Unless you *grew up* as a member of a religious minority, you will most likely never understand, on a gut level, the terror the majority religion inflicts by its very existence.</p><p>This isn't unique to Christianity, to be clear. Every majority religion, in every time and place, has unconsciously (and often consciously as well, to be sure) been casually brutal to infidels and heretics. Nature of the beast. But here in the US, that beast invariably carries a cross, so there's the focus of my attention.</p><p>You don't have to understand it. Just accept that it exists, and it leaves scars. I can live with those scars, and so can nearly everyone else who bears them. That *stigma*, if you will.</p><p>But if you cut us, we still bleed. We'll heal from those wounds too, and add new scars to the old. Long after the bleeding stops, we'll remember who gave them to us.</p><p>Here I stand; I can do no other. How about you?</p>
Chuck Darwin<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/bishops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bishops</span></a> are suing the Trump administration for recently ❌suspending funding for refugee resettlment under its ban on foreign aid.<br>The US Conference of Catholic Bishops is the largest private resettlment program in the US <br>and one of 10 national agencies that serve refugees. <br>The conference says the halt in foreign aid has resulted in the Trump administration witholding millions of dollars, <br>including for reimbursements of costs incurred before the ban went into effect. </p><p>The lawsuit notes that the resettlement program isn’t even foreign aid <br>– but rather domestic support for newly arrived refugees.<br>“The Catholic Church always works to uphold the common good of all <br>and promote the dignity of the human person, especially the most vulnerable among us,” <br>said Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the USCCB.</p><p> “The conference suddenly finds itself unable to sustain its work to care for the thousands of refugees who were welcomed into our country and assigned to the care of the USCCB by the government after being granted legal status.”<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/feb/18/donald-trump-elon-musk-eric-adams-us-politics-live-news?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-67b51afa8f08cae10d799583#block-67b51afa8f08cae10d799583" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/live/2</span><span class="invisible">025/feb/18/donald-trump-elon-musk-eric-adams-us-politics-live-news?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-67b51afa8f08cae10d799583#block-67b51afa8f08cae10d799583</span></a></p>
Joan Carroll<p>This is a door in St Nicholas' Cathedral in Ljubljana Slovenia, installed in honor of a visit by Pope John II in 1996. It depicts the most recent bishops of Ljubljana. </p><p><a href="https://photog.social/tags/cathedral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cathedral</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/door" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>door</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/slovenia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slovenia</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/ljubljana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ljubljana</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/blackandwhite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackandwhite</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/blackandwhitephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackandwhitephotography</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/monochrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monochrome</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/travelphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travelphotography</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/stnicholas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stnicholas</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/bishops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bishops</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/sculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sculpture</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/AYearForArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AYearForArt</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/buyIntoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buyIntoArt</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/giftideas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>giftideas</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/wallart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wallart</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/artforsale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artforsale</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://photog.social/@joancarroll" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>joancarroll</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://joan-carroll.pixels.com/featured/cathedral-door-ljubljana-slovenia-joan-carroll.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">joan-carroll.pixels.com/featur</span><span class="invisible">ed/cathedral-door-ljubljana-slovenia-joan-carroll.html</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>July 14 -- On this date in history:<br>In 1789, French peasants stormed the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Bastille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bastille</span></a> prison in Paris, beginning the French Revolution. The event is commemorated as "Bastille Day," a national holiday in France.</p><p>In 1793, Jean Paul <a href="https://c.im/tags/Marat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marat</span></a>, one of the most outspoken leaders of the French Revolution was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday, a Royalist sympathizer. The murder was immortalized in a painting by Jacques-Louis David.</p><p>In 1881, outlaw <a href="https://c.im/tags/Billy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Billy</span></a> the Kid was shot to death at a ranch in New Mexico.</p><p>In 1914, Robert <a href="https://c.im/tags/Goddard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Goddard</span></a>, father of the space age, was granted the first patent for a liquid-fueled rocket design. His first rocket soared for about 2 seconds, flew as fast as 60 mph and landed 174 feet from the lift-off pad.</p><p>In 1933, all political parties except the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nazis</span></a> were officially suppressed in Germany.</p><p>In 1966, eight student nurses were found killed in Chicago. Drifter Richard <a href="https://c.im/tags/Speck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Speck</span></a>, later convicted of the slayings, died in prison in 1991.</p><p>In 1968, future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Hank <a href="https://c.im/tags/Aaron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aaron</span></a> became the eighth person to hit 500 home runs for the Atlanta Braves in a win over the San Francisco Giants.</p><p>In 2007, Russian President Vladimir <a href="https://c.im/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> announced that his country would suspend its participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty, a Cold War agreement that limited deployment of heavy weaponry.</p><p>In 2009, within months after repaying bailout money supplied by the U.S. government, New York banking giant <a href="https://c.im/tags/Goldman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Goldman</span></a> Sachs reported a profit of $3.44 billion for the first quarter of the year. JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America and Citigroup also reported big profits.</p><p>In 2014, the Church of England's governing body voted to allow women to become <a href="https://c.im/tags/bishops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bishops</span></a> for first time in the church's history.</p><p>In 2015, the New Horizons space probe came within 7,800 miles of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Pluto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pluto</span></a>, providing NASA scientists with the clearest photographs and most detailed measurements they've ever seen of the dwarf planet.</p><p>In 2016, 86 people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, France, were killed when a truck drove into a crowd. The <a href="https://c.im/tags/Islamic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Islamic</span></a> State claimed responsibility for the attack.</p><p>In 2019, Novak <a href="https://c.im/tags/Djokovic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Djokovic</span></a> defeated Roger Federer to win his fifth Wimbledon title in a marathon five-set match that lasted nearly 5 hours.</p><p><a href="https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2024/07/14/On-This-Day-Bastille-Day-attack-kills-86-in-Nice-France/3191720910971/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">upi.com/Top_News/2024/07/14/On</span><span class="invisible">-This-Day-Bastille-Day-attack-kills-86-in-Nice-France/3191720910971/</span></a></p>
The Kyiv Independent [unofficial]<p>Ukraine Daily Summary - Saturday, January 13</p><p>IAEA experts continue to be denied access to reactor halls at Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant -- Ukrainian diaspora asks Australia to send 45 retired helicopters to Ukraine -- Support grows for petition to revoke Hungary's voting rights at European Parliament -- American microchips are killing Ukrainians -- and more</p><p><a href="https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Saturday,%20January%2013/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/U</span><span class="invisible">kraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Saturday,%20January%2013/</span></a></p>
AnnaAnthro<p>University students from outside Quebec will have to achieve Level 5 French due to a new provincial law.</p><p>Even if they go to an English university. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mcgill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mcgill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/concordia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>concordia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bishops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bishops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/montreal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>montreal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quebec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quebec</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/tuition-deal-quebec-universities-french-language-biligual-out-of-province-students-1.7061190" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/tu</span><span class="invisible">ition-deal-quebec-universities-french-language-biligual-out-of-province-students-1.7061190</span></a></p>
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