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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 13h

In places throughout the world and in moments of great social duress, such as in Poland during the Solidarity movement and El Salvador during St. Oscar Romero’s episcopate, “people’s Masses” have been organized by grassroots Catholic communities.

Amid Chicago ICE raids, a people’s Mass is an example of ‘political holiness’

Several hundred Catholics and people of faith gathered on Sept. 13 to celebrate a people’s Mass, or Misa popular, outside the gates of the Great Lakes Naval Station in the city of North Chicago.

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 11h

“Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone,” Dr. Kornbluth wrote.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 15h

Some of the most vulnerable children are being doubly punished.
Thanks to Nick Henderson of the Irish Refugee Council for highlighting this.

Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 16h

"The Church has always recognized in migrants a living presence of the Lord who, on the day of judgment, will say to those on his right: “I was a stranger and you welcomed me” (Mt 25:35)."

Pope Leo XIV

Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 17h

#JusticeForHarvey

Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 17h

A nice tribute to a great man, Don O’Leary, who made a difference.

Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 17h

“Do you think President Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?”

Slovenia's President, Nataša Pirc Musar: “Francesca Albanese deserves the Peace Prize for this year”

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 18h

Pope Leo XIV in a new letter to Catholic Charities USA: Migrants are "living witnesses of hope" with an "intrinsic human dignity" who should be "invited to participate fully in community life."

Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 1d

Let us never forget. @kittyholland.bsky.social

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 1d

Deaths in Carrickmines fire were like a ‘devastating earthquake’, anniversary Mass hears

10 people died at Traveller halting site a decade ago

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 1d

The stop to Israeli genocide is greatly to be welcomed. So is this

bdsmovement.net/news/palesti...

Palestinian civil society reacts to the Trump-Netanyahu genocidal plan

Nothing less than freedom, justice and self-determination!

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 1d

Great seeing this www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

'Life changing' for former prisoner to secure employment

Employers are being urged to keep an open mind about hiring convicted criminals after they have left prison.

www.rte.ie

Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 1d

“Peace is not merely the absence of war. Nor can it be reduced solely to the maintenance of a balance of power between enemies. Nor is it brought about by dictatorship. Instead, it is rightly and appropriately called ‘an enterprise of justice.”

— Gaudium et Spes, 1965

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to this.

Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 1d

Vigil for the dead children of Gaza outside the Dáil recently.

The memorial quilt, with over 2,500 squares, runs for 130 feet. It was laid out alongside photos and small shoes. 🇵🇸 🇮🇪

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 1d

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Budget measures to result in small income losses - ESRI

The measures announced in Budget 2026 will result in small income losses next year, according to an analysis from the Economic and Social and Research Institute.

www.rte.ie

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 1d

www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Concern over response to children arriving in State alone

Concerns have been raised about how Ireland is responding to the growing number of separated children arriving in the State without parents or guardians.

www.rte.ie

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 2d

"In a world where the poor are increasingly numerous, we paradoxically see the growth of a wealthy elite, living in a bubble of comfort and luxury, almost in another world compared to ordinary people." #PopeLeoXIV #DilexiTe #RememberThePoor www.ncronline.org/pope-leo-bla...

Pope Leo blasts elitism, indifference toward poor in first major document

"I am convinced that the preferential choice for the poor is a source of extraordinary renewal both for the church and for society," the pope wrote in Dilexi Te.

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 2d

A ceasefire in Gaza is welcome, but the work has only just begun; a lasting peace must also come hand in hand with justice, writes Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne.

http://jrnl.ie/6839488

Opinion: Ceasefire in Gaza is welcome, but our work has only just begun

A lasting peace must also come hand in hand with justice, writes Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne.

jrnl.ie

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 2d

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Alcohol and domestic abuse - Alcohol Action Ireland

Click here for Alcohol & DSGBV report series “Ignoring the presence of alcohol will neither eliminate its role in intimate partner violence nor prevent its being used as an excuse for violence. On the...

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 2d

I have just finished reading ‘Dilexi Te’
Such rich pickings.

Pope Leo XIV: "I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor."

"Dilexi te"

vatican.va/content/leo-xi…

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 2d

Lynn Ruane: Pepper spray may be coming to Irish prisons - but you can't reduce violence through violence jrnl.ie/6838356

Lynn Ruane: Pepper spray may be coming to Irish prisons - but you can't reduce violence through violence

It’s not clear how introducing incapacitant sprays to prisons could reduce violent incidents, writes Senator Lynn Ruane.

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 3d

Civil servants' review of Budget 2026 shows poverty will rise next year jrnl.ie/6839245

Civil servants' review of Budget 2026 shows poverty will rise next year

In a damning review, the body said Budget 2026 will lead to average income losses across all income groups.

jrnl.ie

Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 3d

Taking place in Belfast tomorrow.

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 3d

Message for MAGA.

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 3d

‘Pope Leo told U.S. bishops visiting him at the Vatican on Wednesday that they should firmly address how immigrants are being treated by President Donald Trump's hardline policies, attendees said, in the latest push by the pontiff on the issue.’

www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...

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