Leslye Colvin
@leslye.bsky.social
Catholic Writer ~ Racial & Social Justice Advocate ~ Spiritual Director ~ Contemplative Activist ~ Podcast Guest and more in lower Alabama.
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This is a promising time for employers at the intersection of faith and social justice seeking communications staff who appreciate nuance and can move beyond the dualism grasping society. Am I your next hire? #jobseeker www.leslyecolvin.me/about
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
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December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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Live now:
Vatican
'Concert with the Poor' (with Michael Bublé, etc.)
- this annual pre-Christmas event was initiated by Pope Francis
- today is the 6th edition
- Pope Leo is in attendance
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Vatican
'Concert with the Poor' (with Michael Bublé, etc.)
- this annual pre-Christmas event was initiated by Pope Francis
- today is the 6th edition
- Pope Leo is in attendance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=03pY...
Vatican Media Live
YouTube video by Vatican News
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December 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Live now:
Vatican
'Concert with the Poor' (with Michael Bublé, etc.)
- this annual pre-Christmas event was initiated by Pope Francis
- today is the 6th edition
- Pope Leo is in attendance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=03pY...
Vatican
'Concert with the Poor' (with Michael Bublé, etc.)
- this annual pre-Christmas event was initiated by Pope Francis
- today is the 6th edition
- Pope Leo is in attendance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=03pY...
“Thank you for accompanying me on the journey of Leslye’s Labyrinth!
Whether you are a paid or free subscriber, thank you!
Whether we have known each other for decades or months, thank you!”
#thankyou
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Whether you are a paid or free subscriber, thank you!
Whether we have known each other for decades or months, thank you!”
#thankyou
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Thank you!
Thank you for accompanying me on the journey of Leslye’s Labyrinth! Whether you are a paid or free subscriber, thank you! Whether we have known each other for decades or months, thank you!
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December 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
“Thank you for accompanying me on the journey of Leslye’s Labyrinth!
Whether you are a paid or free subscriber, thank you!
Whether we have known each other for decades or months, thank you!”
#thankyou
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Whether you are a paid or free subscriber, thank you!
Whether we have known each other for decades or months, thank you!”
#thankyou
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"it is our duty to work for social justice, and that all of us
have a responsibility to help those rejected by the society around us", wrote Graham Dragon for #TheFriend.
A very nice column on #DilexiTe!
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#PopeLeoXIV
have a responsibility to help those rejected by the society around us", wrote Graham Dragon for #TheFriend.
A very nice column on #DilexiTe!
@assisiproject.com @wystrach.de @its-robin.bsky.social @leslye.bsky.social
#PopeLeoXIV
Few things I like better than when the Quakes and the Papes get it together over liberation theology! This is about Pope Leo’s “apostolic exhortation”, as appreciatively reported in the Quaker weekly. “It is not possible to separate the worship of God from concern for the poor.“
December 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"it is our duty to work for social justice, and that all of us
have a responsibility to help those rejected by the society around us", wrote Graham Dragon for #TheFriend.
A very nice column on #DilexiTe!
@assisiproject.com @wystrach.de @its-robin.bsky.social @leslye.bsky.social
#PopeLeoXIV
have a responsibility to help those rejected by the society around us", wrote Graham Dragon for #TheFriend.
A very nice column on #DilexiTe!
@assisiproject.com @wystrach.de @its-robin.bsky.social @leslye.bsky.social
#PopeLeoXIV
For those observing Advent…
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“Seeing in the Dark” — The Riverside Church Sermons
Sunday, November 30, 2025Rev. Adriene Thorne
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December 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
For those observing Advent…
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Seventy years ago today…
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A Woman in A Black Body
December 1, 1955
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December 2, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Seventy years ago today…
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“War and the threat of war has covered us with heavy shadows,
Making the days big with forebodings—
The nights crowded with frenzied dreams and restless churnings.
We do not know how to do what we know to do.
We do not know how to be what we know to be.”
#HowardThurman
Making the days big with forebodings—
The nights crowded with frenzied dreams and restless churnings.
We do not know how to do what we know to do.
We do not know how to be what we know to be.”
#HowardThurman
December 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
“War and the threat of war has covered us with heavy shadows,
Making the days big with forebodings—
The nights crowded with frenzied dreams and restless churnings.
We do not know how to do what we know to do.
We do not know how to be what we know to be.”
#HowardThurman
Making the days big with forebodings—
The nights crowded with frenzied dreams and restless churnings.
We do not know how to do what we know to do.
We do not know how to be what we know to be.”
#HowardThurman
For Pax Christi International, solidarity with the Palestinian people is a Gospel-rooted commitment…
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International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People - PAX Christi International
Video featuring staff from Pax Christi International, Wi'am, and the Arab Educational Institute, who share their understanding of solidarity with the Palestinian people.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
For Pax Christi International, solidarity with the Palestinian people is a Gospel-rooted commitment…
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I write this on Thanksgiving but decided not to offer two posts on the same day. open.substack.com/pub/leslyesl...
I Honor the Memories
I honor the memory of the peoples of the First Nations who since time immemorial strove to live in right relationship with this land, water, air, animals and resources.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I write this on Thanksgiving but decided not to offer two posts on the same day. open.substack.com/pub/leslyesl...
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🧵 Lowe's CEO, one of 8 Black Fortune 500 CEOs, stands firm on DEI.
"Championing Diversity Through Action: Ellison’s approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is rooted in practical change rather than public statements"
Home Depot, meanwhile, allows ICE agents to raid its parking lots.
"Championing Diversity Through Action: Ellison’s approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is rooted in practical change rather than public statements"
Home Depot, meanwhile, allows ICE agents to raid its parking lots.
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🧵 Lowe's CEO, one of 8 Black Fortune 500 CEOs, stands firm on DEI.
"Championing Diversity Through Action: Ellison’s approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is rooted in practical change rather than public statements"
Home Depot, meanwhile, allows ICE agents to raid its parking lots.
"Championing Diversity Through Action: Ellison’s approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is rooted in practical change rather than public statements"
Home Depot, meanwhile, allows ICE agents to raid its parking lots.
Do not become desensitized to the depraved cruelty and injustice. That is what they want. Continue to feel empathy for the targeted, and righteous anger towards those perpetuating attacks on human dignity, our democracy and the Constitution.
November 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Do not become desensitized to the depraved cruelty and injustice. That is what they want. Continue to feel empathy for the targeted, and righteous anger towards those perpetuating attacks on human dignity, our democracy and the Constitution.
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The journalist who got this scoop and reported it is a former U.S. Army infantry soldier and Iraq War vet
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The journalist who got this scoop and reported it is a former U.S. Army infantry soldier and Iraq War vet
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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#Thanksgiving
Just for smiles
Yes AI fun as the Thanksgiving Parade starts soon
This is a good one
A giant hot air Epstein
and look closely you'll see the hot air orange buffoon
leading the way
#EpsteinFiles
Release the Epstein Files all of it
Remember the survivors
Just for smiles
Yes AI fun as the Thanksgiving Parade starts soon
This is a good one
A giant hot air Epstein
and look closely you'll see the hot air orange buffoon
leading the way
#EpsteinFiles
Release the Epstein Files all of it
Remember the survivors
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
#Thanksgiving
Just for smiles
Yes AI fun as the Thanksgiving Parade starts soon
This is a good one
A giant hot air Epstein
and look closely you'll see the hot air orange buffoon
leading the way
#EpsteinFiles
Release the Epstein Files all of it
Remember the survivors
Just for smiles
Yes AI fun as the Thanksgiving Parade starts soon
This is a good one
A giant hot air Epstein
and look closely you'll see the hot air orange buffoon
leading the way
#EpsteinFiles
Release the Epstein Files all of it
Remember the survivors
May you experience
the grace
of Thanksgiving. ❤️🕊️
the grace
of Thanksgiving. ❤️🕊️
November 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
May you experience
the grace
of Thanksgiving. ❤️🕊️
the grace
of Thanksgiving. ❤️🕊️
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Staten Island honors Dorothy Day: Memorial Mass marks anniversary and push for sainthood
Staten Island honors Dorothy Day: Memorial Mass marks anniversary and push for sainthood
The Catholic Worker of Staten Island will gather for a memorial Mass on Saturday, Nov. 29, at St. Peter’s R.C. Church in New Brighton at 11 a.m.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Staten Island honors Dorothy Day: Memorial Mass marks anniversary and push for sainthood
CT’s announcement framed her appointment squarely in the legacy of Billy Graham, who founded the magazine in 1956 “to see the church more faithful to Christ and the world more drawn to him.” @ChristianityToday.com #NicoleMassieMartin baptistnews.com/article/chri...
Christianity Today hires a Black woman and the right goes nuts
Nicole Massie Martin’s appointment comes during a season of turnover and turmoil at the flagship evangelical magazine.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
CT’s announcement framed her appointment squarely in the legacy of Billy Graham, who founded the magazine in 1956 “to see the church more faithful to Christ and the world more drawn to him.” @ChristianityToday.com #NicoleMassieMartin baptistnews.com/article/chri...
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Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
"On this Day, we must reaffirm our shared commitment to preventing all forms of gender-based violence, wherever they appear. Every woman and girl has the right to enjoy freedom and safety both online and offline." - Mr Khaled El-Enany, Director-General
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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
25 November
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November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"On this Day, we must reaffirm our shared commitment to preventing all forms of gender-based violence, wherever they appear. Every woman and girl has the right to enjoy freedom and safety both online and offline." - Mr Khaled El-Enany, Director-General
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📌Most white people look at this violent, draft-dodging, pussy-grabbing, America-attacking, lying, racist convicted felon and see a president.
📌The rest of America just sees a violent, draft-dodging, pussy-grabbing, America-attacking, lying, racist convicted felon.
📌The rest of America just sees a violent, draft-dodging, pussy-grabbing, America-attacking, lying, racist convicted felon.
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
📌Most white people look at this violent, draft-dodging, pussy-grabbing, America-attacking, lying, racist convicted felon and see a president.
📌The rest of America just sees a violent, draft-dodging, pussy-grabbing, America-attacking, lying, racist convicted felon.
📌The rest of America just sees a violent, draft-dodging, pussy-grabbing, America-attacking, lying, racist convicted felon.
“I felt as though lost and floundering in the unknown of my circumstances.”
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Finding My Way
Have you experienced a personal version of Charles Dickens’ “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times?” A year ago, “Seeking Wisdom’s Light”, the Advent reflection guide that Pax Christi US...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
“I felt as though lost and floundering in the unknown of my circumstances.”
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In gratitude for the life and ministry of Sister Jamie Phelps. May she rest in peace.
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For Sister Jamie Phelps, life’s joys outweigh struggles | VISION Vocation Network for Catholic Religious Life & Priesthood | English
We have hundreds of Catholic vocation articles to help you discern your path and follow the Call of God in your life.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:05 AM
In gratitude for the life and ministry of Sister Jamie Phelps. May she rest in peace.
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Don’t know how I missed this news report.
“In a little-covered but striking speech last week, the president of Portugal—the centrist leader of a NATO ally—referred to President Donald Trump as “a Russian asset.”” #russianasset
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“In a little-covered but striking speech last week, the president of Portugal—the centrist leader of a NATO ally—referred to President Donald Trump as “a Russian asset.”” #russianasset
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Finally, a European Leader Said Out Loud What All of Them Are Likely Thinking About Trump
Is the charge worth taking seriously? Yes, if it’s also taken literally.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Don’t know how I missed this news report.
“In a little-covered but striking speech last week, the president of Portugal—the centrist leader of a NATO ally—referred to President Donald Trump as “a Russian asset.”” #russianasset
slate.com/news-and-pol...
“In a little-covered but striking speech last week, the president of Portugal—the centrist leader of a NATO ally—referred to President Donald Trump as “a Russian asset.”” #russianasset
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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The essay is so powerful and heartbreaking. There are no upsides to this story at all. None. Tragedy all around. For Tatiana's kids, husband and mom Caroline who has lost her dad young, her brother young and soon her daughter. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The essay is so powerful and heartbreaking. There are no upsides to this story at all. None. Tragedy all around. For Tatiana's kids, husband and mom Caroline who has lost her dad young, her brother young and soon her daughter. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...