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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 1m

Progressive evangelicals have also formed important voting blocs for Chavismo, Lula, and other lefty politics across Latin America, opposing right wing evangelicals. That's a unique wrinkle that's not really present in US evangelicalism, and gets lost by universalizing it.

Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 2m

In fact they do! Though minoritarian and located primarily in the Global South (like Catholic liberation theology). Juan Stam is one interesting bridge figure, a Wheaton/Fuller grad who taught in Costa Rica. His 2003 column on George W. Bush:
www.thenation.com/article/arch...

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 2h

Have to agree, the man is a testament to the dangers of doing philosophy unsupervised. Don't handle this hazardous material without proper safety equipment (a learning community, other readers who aren't sycophants, the arduous task of building a knowledge base, basic literacy, etc.).

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 2h

most normies are mad at thiel for being incomprensible

we are mad at thiel for not understanding philosophy and theology

Orddu, Orwen, or Orgoch @troynovaunt.bsky.social · 2h

I DEEPLY resent that I have to take seriously the stunted, juvenile political and theological opinions of Peter Thiel

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 2h

Yes there have been big changes in the US too. Catholics were historically a reliable Democrat bloc, and the only two Catholic presidents have been Catholic. But times have changed. Imo the racial divide across the Church via immigration in particular is an essential piece, sadly.

Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 3h

For what it's worth @heidischlumpf.bsky.social did a good job exploring some of the weird discourse about the Catholic vote a while back: www.ncronline.org/news/there-a...

Is there anything Catholic about the so-called Catholic vote?

Election results indicate shifts among Catholics overall, especially white Catholics, as well as with Latino voters – and point to abortion's growing insignificance as a political issue.

www.ncronline.org

Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 3h

Polling agencies like Pew do studies to determine voter demographics. There is also a racial factor here in the US, though there's been a lot of discourse about "the Latino vote," which is an even more dubious category in my opinion, but it's a talking point.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

White Protestants and Catholics support Trump, but voters in other U.S. religious groups prefer Harris

Among White evangelicals, support for Trump is higher among those who attend church regularly than among those who don’t.

www.pewresearch.org

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 14h

For those not fluent in Catholic: refusing the Monstrance is not denying prisoners the Eucharist, it is refusing Christ himself, since Christ is present in the Monstrance.

If Portland’s blow up animals are the right language for Portland, this is the right language for Chicago.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 18h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 12h

A majority of Catholic voters chose this outcome. The Church in the US will need much bolder leadership to meet this moment. This is an encouraging sign that that's possible.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 21h

Outside of the Broadview ICE facility, a state trooper tells the delegation attempting to have communion with detainees that ICE has denied their request.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 18h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 21h

Pope Leo: “Lay down your sword is a message addressed to the powerful of this world, to those who guide the fate of peoples: have the courage to disarm! We must first disarm our hearts because unless we have peace within ourselves, we cannot give it to others.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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Matt B @mattbernico.bsky.social · 1d

@deandettloff.bsky.social and I (mostly Dean) made a new zine

The Magnificast @themagnificast.bsky.social · 1d

We’ve got a new zine featuring Gerard Winstanley!

themagnificast.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

Gerrard winstanley - the true levelers standard advance

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Coalition for Spirituality & Public Life host a Eucharistic Procession from St. Eulalia in Maywood to the ICE Detention Center in Broadview where there will be prayer & Communion. The Coalition will also try to bring Holy Communion to those detained in the facility, which is a right by Illinois law.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 1d

this pope just keeps getting better. now he’s calling out clickbait!

p.a.lapid, phd 🎃👻💀🪦 @palapid.bsky.social · 2d

da pope! first affirming migrant rights and now this

(and yes the headline is clickbait-y by design)

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 1d

"There has to be more human rights oversight…. We are seeing Canadian weapons being misused."

Canadian tech helped U.S. strike alleged Venezuelan drug boats: @ploughshares_ca report ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/... #cdnfp #cdnpoli

Canadian tech helped U.S. strike alleged Venezuelan drug boats: report | RCI

Global Affairs Canada says it’s ‘aware of the U.S. operation and is monitoring the situation’

ici.radio-canada.ca

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 1d

Got a yellow fever vaccine and a typhoid vaccine today, I'm basically invincible now.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 2d

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 2d

BREAKING Peru lawmakers vote to impeach president Dina Boluarte

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 2d

A person who suggests even Pope Francis is best described as a "liberal" is really being unserious.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

As Pope Leo begins to reveal some of his views on divisive issues, some conservative critics of his predecessor are rejecting the possible rise of another “liberal pope.”

As Pope Leo riles conservatives, some say ‘just focus on the church’

Conservatives who hoped that Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, would be more of a traditionalist instead hear echoes of his predecessor, Francis, in his public statements.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 2d

Totally agree.

Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 2d

I'll definitely accumulate PDFs but my brain just doesn't seem to retain things as effectively without pages.

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 2d

They are definitely gonna make it harder to concentrate on the move.

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 2d

Having not really thought ahead, which I regret, somehow the only two books that are around are Foucault's fourth volume of the History of Sexuality (on Christian confession) and Virilio's Negative Horizon. This is God's way of telling me to work on my French.

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 2d

Okay I'm gonna have to formally and publicly say you should not do this. Francis fingers are for everyone to enjoy. Not exactly clear who to call about this but I have to assume only a specifically designated Weird Guy is allowed to separate holy relics (i.e., fingers).