Anna Lo
@l0anna.bsky.social
~just a catholic girl in an anglican world~ / the parish's novelty young jesus loving nerd / ✝️ 🏳️🌈 / proud Hongkonger in 🇨🇦
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Bridget don't be sad!! I know it *seems* ageist but actually these former priests are still equal in *dignity* to real priests. They just have a different role. But I find they are much happier after they stop denying their nature ☺️
December 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Bridget don't be sad!! I know it *seems* ageist but actually these former priests are still equal in *dignity* to real priests. They just have a different role. But I find they are much happier after they stop denying their nature ☺️
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truly turning the dial ALL THE WAY to two.
December 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
truly turning the dial ALL THE WAY to two.
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sorry men can’t hear scripture or pray about it, because receiving the Word & holding it in your heart is inherently feminine.
sorry, boys & men can’t be baptized, bc baptism makes you a member of the Church, the Bride of Christ.
sorry, boys & men can’t be baptized, bc baptism makes you a member of the Church, the Bride of Christ.
December 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
sorry men can’t hear scripture or pray about it, because receiving the Word & holding it in your heart is inherently feminine.
sorry, boys & men can’t be baptized, bc baptism makes you a member of the Church, the Bride of Christ.
sorry, boys & men can’t be baptized, bc baptism makes you a member of the Church, the Bride of Christ.
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guy who makes an argument from scripture that height is "based on nature, permanent, and true" and therefore metaphysically essential and relevant to basically everything
December 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
guy who makes an argument from scripture that height is "based on nature, permanent, and true" and therefore metaphysically essential and relevant to basically everything
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...Barth also says that the Virgin Birth had to happen because, among other reasons, men in particular had damaged the world so deeply by doing war and fascism (etc) that men in particular could have no part in the logic of the Incarnation.
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
...Barth also says that the Virgin Birth had to happen because, among other reasons, men in particular had damaged the world so deeply by doing war and fascism (etc) that men in particular could have no part in the logic of the Incarnation.
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As I have said before: Mary is the patron saint of men being optional
...Barth also says that the Virgin Birth had to happen because, among other reasons, men in particular had damaged the world so deeply by doing war and fascism (etc) that men in particular could have no part in the logic of the Incarnation.
December 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
As I have said before: Mary is the patron saint of men being optional
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The Virgin Birth is the true response to "toxic masculinity"
December 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The Virgin Birth is the true response to "toxic masculinity"
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“Um, Mr Vice President? I heard there was some confusion on the Ordo Amoris over here.”
November 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“Um, Mr Vice President? I heard there was some confusion on the Ordo Amoris over here.”
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“I said, ‘and the Son.’” ⚓️
November 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“I said, ‘and the Son.’” ⚓️
Of your charity, pray for the dead, the grieving, the injured, those who have lost their homes and everything. It’s heart wrenching to watch home from afar.
Hong Kong fire: At least 36 killed in Hong Kong fire with 279 still missing, authorities say
Hundreds of firefighters have spent hours tackling the blaze, which began in apartment blocks surrounded by bamboo scaffolding.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Of your charity, pray for the dead, the grieving, the injured, those who have lost their homes and everything. It’s heart wrenching to watch home from afar.
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Traditionally, the Church is a little reluctant to let you have even one spouse. 0 is the official ideal number
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
Pope Leo and the Vatican reject polygamy in sweeping doctrinal praise of monogamy
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
www.sltrib.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Traditionally, the Church is a little reluctant to let you have even one spouse. 0 is the official ideal number
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The Pope’s apostolic letter is SO GOOD. This is the kind of teaching, encouragement, and vision that benefits all Christians. ⚓️
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Apostolic Letter In Unitate Fidei on the 1700th Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea (23 November 2025)
LEO XIV APOSTOLIC LETTER IN UNITATE FIDEI ON THE 1700 th ANNIVERSARY OF THE COUNCIL OF NICAEA ____________
www.vatican.va
November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The Pope’s apostolic letter is SO GOOD. This is the kind of teaching, encouragement, and vision that benefits all Christians. ⚓️
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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The water that submerged the church in Iznik for more than 700 years has receded due to climate change. 🥲
Basilica emerges from lake, illuminating early Church life in Turkey.
Known as the Basilica of the Holy Fathers, it marks the site of one of the early Church's most important gatherings which took place in Nicaea 12 years after the Roman Empire legalised Christianity in AD 325
u.afp.com/Sh5e
Known as the Basilica of the Holy Fathers, it marks the site of one of the early Church's most important gatherings which took place in Nicaea 12 years after the Roman Empire legalised Christianity in AD 325
u.afp.com/Sh5e
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The water that submerged the church in Iznik for more than 700 years has receded due to climate change. 🥲
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Pumpkin Spice Theologizer
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Pumpkin Spice Theologizer
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*taps the sign*
The Old Testament is not contrary to the New:
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
*taps the sign*
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A double blessing for Gov Pritzker for bringing beer and not another damn sports jersey…
Pritzker Shares Beers, Books and Well-Wishes With Pope Leo XIV in Vatican Visit
Pritzker Shares Beers, Books and Well-Wishes With Pope Leo XIV in Vatican Visit
Sharing art, books and local beer, Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday called it an “honor” to meet with the pope in the Vatican to express “the pride and reverence of the people of this great state.”
news.wttw.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A double blessing for Gov Pritzker for bringing beer and not another damn sports jersey…
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Glimpses of light, in the darkness...
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Glimpses of light, in the darkness...
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who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit ever, one God, world without end. Amen.
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM
who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit ever, one God, world without end. Amen.
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(returning to my pro-nun agenda) Look I know everyone's gotta find your Someone but also what if No you don't?
the dating pool for 30-something straight women is so bleak that some are willing to settle for geriatric Kennedys with worms-that-aren't-really-worms for brains
November 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
(returning to my pro-nun agenda) Look I know everyone's gotta find your Someone but also what if No you don't?
Oh great news to hear that’s where they’ll be ending up!
About time - at least they were well preserved
The items will be taken to the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec. There, experts &Indigenous groups will try to identify where the items originated, down to the specific community
#cdnpoli
The items will be taken to the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec. There, experts &Indigenous groups will try to identify where the items originated, down to the specific community
#cdnpoli
November 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Oh great news to hear that’s where they’ll be ending up!
It’s a step but I hope the CCCB have some more details on how those artifacts are being returned to Indigenous peoples?… them being on Canadian soil alone isn’t exactly the point!
www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope Leo XIV gifts 62 indigenous artefacts to Canadian Bishops - Vatican News
Meeting with representatives of the Canadian Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Pope Leo XIV gifts 62 artefacts from the Vatican Museums’ collection ...
www.vaticannews.va
November 16, 2025 at 6:03 AM
It’s a step but I hope the CCCB have some more details on how those artifacts are being returned to Indigenous peoples?… them being on Canadian soil alone isn’t exactly the point!
www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
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There was never a time when the God who became human was not! The man of Nazareth, born of Mary, friend of Lazarus, who ate and drank and walked and laughed and wept and died on a cross and rose again is the Eternal God Uncreated!
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
There was never a time when the God who became human was not! The man of Nazareth, born of Mary, friend of Lazarus, who ate and drank and walked and laughed and wept and died on a cross and rose again is the Eternal God Uncreated!
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Breaking News:
The Archbishop of York was forced to abandon a visit to a family in the Palestinian West Bank on Saturday, after Israeli police ordered the #CofE delegation to leave the area after heavily armed Israeli settlers had blocked the road, preventing them from leaving. 😡
#Israel #Palestine
The Archbishop of York was forced to abandon a visit to a family in the Palestinian West Bank on Saturday, after Israeli police ordered the #CofE delegation to leave the area after heavily armed Israeli settlers had blocked the road, preventing them from leaving. 😡
#Israel #Palestine
Israeli police order C of E delegation to leave West Bank village after stand-off with armed settlers
Archbishop of York’s pastoral visit to the south Hebron hills was cut short
www.churchtimes.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Breaking News:
The Archbishop of York was forced to abandon a visit to a family in the Palestinian West Bank on Saturday, after Israeli police ordered the #CofE delegation to leave the area after heavily armed Israeli settlers had blocked the road, preventing them from leaving. 😡
#Israel #Palestine
The Archbishop of York was forced to abandon a visit to a family in the Palestinian West Bank on Saturday, after Israeli police ordered the #CofE delegation to leave the area after heavily armed Israeli settlers had blocked the road, preventing them from leaving. 😡
#Israel #Palestine
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do you ever think about how the divine judgment of a just and righteous God is good actually
November 9, 2025 at 12:03 AM
do you ever think about how the divine judgment of a just and righteous God is good actually
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Happy for a signal boost to talk about the work my church does:
-weekly meal served to our unhoused neighbors
-partner with other downtown churches for Cridlin Food and Clothing Pantry, which has supplies for infants
-free office space to a sexual assault and rape crisis center
-weekly meal served to our unhoused neighbors
-partner with other downtown churches for Cridlin Food and Clothing Pantry, which has supplies for infants
-free office space to a sexual assault and rape crisis center
November 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Happy for a signal boost to talk about the work my church does:
-weekly meal served to our unhoused neighbors
-partner with other downtown churches for Cridlin Food and Clothing Pantry, which has supplies for infants
-free office space to a sexual assault and rape crisis center
-weekly meal served to our unhoused neighbors
-partner with other downtown churches for Cridlin Food and Clothing Pantry, which has supplies for infants
-free office space to a sexual assault and rape crisis center