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A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 8d

“Someone who says I’m against abortion but I’m in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don’t know if that’s pro-life.”

~Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV Wades Into Durbin Debate

The number of bishops who have condemned Cardinal Cupich’s decision to honor Durbin with a 'lifetime achievement award' has risen to 10, including two bishops emeritus.

www.ncregister.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22h

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 5h

Dan Kaszeta FR... @dankaszeta.bsky....
Me: "it's paneer. How hot could it possibly be."
5 mins later, also me: " Holy
sweet Jesus 🌶️🌶️🌶️ “
October 8, 2025 at 7:37 AM

Kim @kimanne.swifti... • 7h
But it was delicious wasn't it

Dan Kaszeta FRH...
Oh yes. And I'll do it again.

A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 5h

oh I don’t know

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Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you to Jack Jenkins for this report on religious protesters in Chicago and how they're being treated. @jackjenkins.me

religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

religionnews.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 14h

the smugness with which the Church’s social teaching is mocked by Buckley as “immanentizing the eschaton”

and the smugness of the laughter that followed

A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 15h

“Church leaders are concerned that many who belong to Latin Mass communities…openly reject the Second Vatican Council in whole or in part, do not respect the authority of the ordinary Magisterium of postconciliar popes, and question the legitimacy of the reformed liturgy.”

Straight Answers: The Reasons Behind Restricting the Latin Mass

Traditionalists often argue that Traditionis Custodes and diocesan limitations on the Tridentine Mass are unnecessary, punitive, and directed at sincere Catholics who only want to worship as their anc...

wherepeteris.com

A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 15h

for folks new to the Rosary, or unfamiliar with it but curious, this book is a very helpful guide:

Praying the rosary is not as difficult as you think

'We don’t talk enough about people’s struggles with the rosary. What can we do to help them?'

www.americamagazine.org

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A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 15h

I recite them in Latin; this is a good guide to the proper pronunciation:

Mysteria GLORIOSA Sancti Rosarii LINGUA LATINA sine litaniis (subtitles)

YouTube video by Santuario Madonna dei Boschi

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A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 15h

for folks praying the daily Rosary for peace this month, today’s mysteries are the Glorious ones

here’s a helpful guide in English:

How to Pray the Rosary

How to pray the Rosary - Rosary Center & Confraternity List of the steps to praying the Rosary. Also the reason, purpose, schedule and promises of the Rosary.

rosarycenter.org

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A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 15h

indeed; I share a faith with people who don’t think I belong in the US because I’m Latino

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 1d

I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11

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A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 16h

imagine calling yourself a Catholic and being offended when a Pope criticizes cruelty

imagine doing the Stations of the Cross and identifying with the Roman soldiers

Pope Leo's critique of Trump ends honeymoon with conservative Catholics

Pope Leo initially impressed conservative Catholics after his election in May as he embraced traditions shunned by his predecessor Pope Francis and steered clear of hot button social issues that divided the 1.4 billion-member Church.

www.reuters.com

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Joshua McElwee @joshmcelwee.org · 17h

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. For @reuters.com:

www.reuters.com

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A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 1d

youngest takes her SATs tomorrow

testing her knowledge of Greek and Latin roots

then systems of linear equations

Bill Conti - Gonna fly now (Rocky) HD

YouTube video by drako2012

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A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 1d

so pretty I had to take a picture

a wide stainless steel pan over a gas stove with green linguine surrounded by brown meatballs

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A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 1d

Juan Diego Flórez - Bésame Mucho (Wiener Konzerthaus)

Juan Diego Florez - "Besame Mucho" (Wiener Konzerthaus)

YouTube video by CMajorEntertainment

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A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 1d

youngest is taking her SATs again tomorrow

and requested “brain food” 🤣

A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 1d

Juan Diego Flórez - Que nadie sepa mi sufrir (at Paris Philharmonie)

Juan Diego Flórez - “Que nadie sepa mi sufrir" at Paris Philharmonie

YouTube video by TenorKarahanFan

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Edward Banatt @armavirumque.bsky.social · 1d

Albóndiga (meatball): From Andalusian Arabic البُنْدُقَة (al-bunduqa, “the hazelnut”), from Arabic بُنْدُق (bunduq, “hazelnut, pebble, bullet”), from Middle Persian pndk' (pondik, “hazelnut”), from Ancient Greek Ποντικόν κάρυον (Pontikón káruon, “Pontic nut”). #etymology

en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alb%C3%...

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A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 1d

Mi Perú - Óscar Avilés / Los Zañartu

Mi Perú - Óscar Avilés/Los Zañartu (Tengo el orgullo de ser peruano)

YouTube video by Perú with you

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A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 1d

Tallarines Verdes con Albóndigas Vegetarianas (veggie meatballs) 👨🏻‍🍳 🇵🇪

English captions available

Así Preparo mis TALLARINES VERDES en un TOQUE | Cocina Peruana

YouTube video by Abelca

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Greylace @greylace.bsky.social · 1d

The recent ICE raid which emptied an entire apartment building was apparently at the request of Wells Fargo, which is trying to foreclose on the building.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Wonderful Secrets @xiratho.bsky.social · 1d

Unfortunately, videos of Latinos being beaten and kidnapped in broad daylight aren't having the same impact today

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Chernynkaya @chernynkaya.bsky.social · 1d

That was a big part of the success of the civil rights protests. Seeing the protestors sprayed with fire hoses and bitten police dogs made the Movement much more real and sympathetic to more people.

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