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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2d

not me doing what the pope wants like a good little catholic

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3d

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Señor Wiggles @srwiggles.bsky.social · 13h

Do you have any idea how mad a midwest catholic has to be before they start talking like this?

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 13h

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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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 1d

This is a little performative for most Protestants and it is Extremely Not for most Catholics.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Some clergy are begging to be allowed closer to the detention center to perform communion.

"You are preventing our religious freedom," someone in the crowd shouts.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 11h

Rome might not use those words but Rome has thrown open the door to them being used, and clearly backs them. Think about that.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 13h

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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Coffeemancer Vanvidum @vanvidum.bsky.social · 11h

One thing the Catholic Church has in abundance is a flair for theatrical presentation.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 13h

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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RoombaRider @pfoxen.bsky.social · 11h

One does not simply -turn away- a Procession.
I've been a lapsed Catholic for twenty years and I flinched at that thought.
The presence and solemnity and dignity can be important even for Non-Catholics that witness or take part in it.
Good on this congregation.
Have mercy on their souls indeed.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 13h

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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Walt @waltimedes.bsky.social · 9h

The church I grew up in was named after St Clare. One of the stories around her was that her convent was about to be attacked so she grabbed a monstrance and held it overhead on the roof for a very long time and the army retreated. This is why she's usually depicted holding one.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 13h

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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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 9h

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 · 13h

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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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 11h

Look, this is what Catholicism does so well. Yes girl, BRING OUT THE MONSTRANCE. MAKE THEM SAY IT IN FRONT OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT. Martin Luther could *never*. He failed to predict the Trump Presidency and also is directly implecated. I am so serious.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 13h

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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Kizri @krittopolis.bsky.social · 7h

Idk if I’ve seen that word since confirmation classes - my eyebrows shot right up

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Mar, werewolf ABD @marscardua.bsky.social · 7h

What the priest did was to carry an artifact that is, in Cath tradition, the ACTUAL PRESENCE OF JESUS THAT CONSACRATES A TEMPLE, to the detainment center.

Guys, what happened is that ICE turned *actual Jesus* away from its doors, from the Catholic perspective.

fr. Larry you're a genius.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 13h

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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Kizri @krittopolis.bsky.social · 7h

Denying priests access to the imprisoned and thus denying people communion and other sacraments? Inexcusable and monstrous.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 13h

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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Kizri @krittopolis.bsky.social · 7h

More of this please - keep it cute and fiery and righteous

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 13h

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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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 10h

Listen sometimes the situation simply requires a Catholic

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i love that 17th century jewish poltergeist story where the family living in the haunted house calls a catholic priest for help before they contact a rabbi, because yeah, i think that would be my call too; id be like, oh? a demon in my house speaking latin and drawing inverted crosses on my wall in sulfuric bile? then without even questioning my faith i'd call up the catholic church and be like yo father, one of your boys loose come get him

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scary tall bart @tallbart.com · 7h

A yellow stick figure stepping out of line with a bunch of white stick figures. The caption says, "Just making sure I'm didn't sell my soul to an Internet cult and haven't succumb to computer madness."

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 8h

Im still wondering what goes through the mind of someone who joined ICE just for the benefits when they're told to rip a mother away from her screaming children or to kidnap a child from school...

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 12h

that isn't true

America had the social gospel in 20th century history and LatAm evangelicals (padilla) did have their own version of liberation theology

Mina @minerva1.bsky.social · 12h

Evangelicals don’t have a liberation theology.

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Michelle Keep @jmkeep.bsky.social · 9h

The internet has been a huge chunk of my life since I was 12 years old. It's where my best friends and my career lives.

I can't just not be on the internet, but so much joy has been sucked from it.

I hate having to scrutinize every video, every image, every piece of text to see if it's AI slop.

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Kizri @krittopolis.bsky.social · 10h

Real talk: Not teaching basic, age-appropriate sex ed is negligence.

People who’d call it grooming should have their hard drives checked.

As for LGBTQ+, anti-egalitarian rhetoric and policies have zero place in the public sphere. Thinking otherwise should be seen as deeply weird and disqualifying.

Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 10h

Sex ed for young children focuses on teaching kids what touching is inappropriate and what to do about it, which *fights* child sex abuse. LGBTQ+ inclusion fights bullying.

These bigots call it "grooming" to teach kids to not bully and to report sexual abuse.

That's what's really sick.

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 11h

One of the nastiest things from these nasty pieces of work has been the lie that kidlit creatives, teachers & librarians are somehow grooming kids.

Statistically, a parent, guardian, or other relative is more likely to be the perpetrator: www.nationalchildrensalliance.org/media-room/n...

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 10h

I see the light in our teacher candidates' eyes when they speak about working with young people.

We are light workers. I don't want that light hidden under a proverbial bushel. I want it to shine. God knows we need all the candles we can get in these bleak times.

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 11h

One of the nastiest things from these nasty pieces of work has been the lie that kidlit creatives, teachers & librarians are somehow grooming kids.

Statistically, a parent, guardian, or other relative is more likely to be the perpetrator: www.nationalchildrensalliance.org/media-room/n...

National Statistics on Child Abuse - National Children's Alliance

A look at the scope of the problem of child abuse, including how it impacts kids, where and how it happens, and how CACs help.

www.nationalchildrensalliance.org

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BillyZane420 @hillary.pizza · 11h

Source: Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995)

Image: A tsundere German teenage girl looks at you in disgust

Text: Alone on a Saturday night? God, you're pathetic.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h

really striking the degree to which not a single person working in the trump administration appears to be interested in serving the american people

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 11h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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RXSarsparilla🎉 @gypsymoon1969.bsky.social · 2d

oh yeah well could AI do THIS *gets trapped in sports bra*

Boo-greenia 👻 @eugreenia.bsky.social · 2d

oh yeah well could AI do THIS
*hiccups and burps at the same time *

Chicken the Friendly Ghost 👻 @vermontchicken.bsky.social · 2d

oh yeah well could AI do THIS
*dribbles water down the front of their shirt*

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