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I work with special needs children in a public school. Catholic but no saint.
"War is a defeat for humanity." - Pope St. John Paul II
"War is a defeat for humanity." - Pope St. John Paul II
“War is never holy; only peace is holy, because it is willed by God.” - Pope Leo XIV
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
“War is never holy; only peace is holy, because it is willed by God.” - Pope Leo XIV
Yeah, those Civil War generals would have no place in today's army. Especially the guy the sideburn is named after.
November 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Yeah, those Civil War generals would have no place in today's army. Especially the guy the sideburn is named after.
Kind of a moot question at this point.
September 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Kind of a moot question at this point.
Ten years ago Trump did his infamous ride down the escalator to announce his presidential bid. Today the escalator stalled on the way back up. I think the escalator is trying to tell us something.
September 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Ten years ago Trump did his infamous ride down the escalator to announce his presidential bid. Today the escalator stalled on the way back up. I think the escalator is trying to tell us something.
"Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men." - Pope John Paul II
September 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
"Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men." - Pope John Paul II
The veneer of manners and civility of Trump's Rose Garden Club cannot mask the barbarism and malignant moral rot of those who reject the rule of law and justice in order to bask in the stench of power. God have mercy.
September 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The veneer of manners and civility of Trump's Rose Garden Club cannot mask the barbarism and malignant moral rot of those who reject the rule of law and justice in order to bask in the stench of power. God have mercy.
"The darkness first takes our children who then kill our children, using the guns that are easier to obtain than aspirin. We sacralize death's instruments and then are surprised that death uses them." - Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, TX
August 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"The darkness first takes our children who then kill our children, using the guns that are easier to obtain than aspirin. We sacralize death's instruments and then are surprised that death uses them." - Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, TX
86 years ago today, Pope Pius XII called for peace to avert impending conflict. "It is by the force of reason, not the force of arms, that justice makes its way. Empires not founded on justice are not blessed by God." Nazi Germany invaded Poland a week later launching the Second World War.
August 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
86 years ago today, Pope Pius XII called for peace to avert impending conflict. "It is by the force of reason, not the force of arms, that justice makes its way. Empires not founded on justice are not blessed by God." Nazi Germany invaded Poland a week later launching the Second World War.
Calvin and Hobbes sort of grappled with this issue 40 years ago.
August 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Calvin and Hobbes sort of grappled with this issue 40 years ago.
I don't know, have you seen that new logo?
August 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I don't know, have you seen that new logo?
"Skywatcher" (1948) by Marion Perkins. The African American artist created the work as a memorial to the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, though he felt no such public memorial would be possible in the US until far in the future. May there never again be victims of nuclear holocaust.
August 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"Skywatcher" (1948) by Marion Perkins. The African American artist created the work as a memorial to the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, though he felt no such public memorial would be possible in the US until far in the future. May there never again be victims of nuclear holocaust.
The International Union Superiors General of Catholic sisters is calling for a day of fasting and prayer for world peace on August 14, the eve of the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary.
www.uisg.org/en/news/decl...
www.uisg.org/en/news/decl...
August 8, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The International Union Superiors General of Catholic sisters is calling for a day of fasting and prayer for world peace on August 14, the eve of the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary.
www.uisg.org/en/news/decl...
www.uisg.org/en/news/decl...
"Indeed, true peace demands the courageous laying down of weapons—especially those with the power to cause an indescribable catastrophe. Nuclear arms offend our shared humanity and also betray the dignity of creation, whose harmony we are called to safeguard." - Pope Leo XIV
August 6, 2025 at 1:38 AM
"Indeed, true peace demands the courageous laying down of weapons—especially those with the power to cause an indescribable catastrophe. Nuclear arms offend our shared humanity and also betray the dignity of creation, whose harmony we are called to safeguard." - Pope Leo XIV
Will there be an ICE raid at the construction site of Trump's new White House ballroom?
August 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Will there be an ICE raid at the construction site of Trump's new White House ballroom?
Don't get a tall woman angry.
July 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Don't get a tall woman angry.
Great exhibit at the Smithsonian African Art Museum on the Nigerian artist Bruce Onobrakpeya and a series of prints he made from the 1960s depicting Christian iconography. Here is the risen Christ appearing before the disciples.
July 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Great exhibit at the Smithsonian African Art Museum on the Nigerian artist Bruce Onobrakpeya and a series of prints he made from the 1960s depicting Christian iconography. Here is the risen Christ appearing before the disciples.
Apparently Kurt forgot he visited Dante's hell with the X-Men and Dr. Strange and met Lucifer himself. About as Catholic as you can get.
July 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Apparently Kurt forgot he visited Dante's hell with the X-Men and Dr. Strange and met Lucifer himself. About as Catholic as you can get.
"On every side the dread phantom of war holds sway: there is scarce room for another thought in the minds of men." - Pope Benedict XV in the opening days of World War I
June 22, 2025 at 2:51 AM
"On every side the dread phantom of war holds sway: there is scarce room for another thought in the minds of men." - Pope Benedict XV in the opening days of World War I
The United States should not bomb Iran or attempt regime change. As Pope Paul VI pleaded sixty years ago before the United Nations, "No more war, war never again." Nobody seems to have listened. It would be a good time to start.
June 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The United States should not bomb Iran or attempt regime change. As Pope Paul VI pleaded sixty years ago before the United Nations, "No more war, war never again." Nobody seems to have listened. It would be a good time to start.
Rites of Spring by Modris Eksteins is really good.
June 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Rites of Spring by Modris Eksteins is really good.
"He told me he is very concerned about the cultural shifts we are living through... artificial intelligence, robotics, human relationships. He was inspired by Leo XIII, who in the midst of the Industrial Revolution wrote 'Rerum Novarum."
www.detroitcatholic.com/news/chilean...
www.detroitcatholic.com/news/chilean...
May 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
"He told me he is very concerned about the cultural shifts we are living through... artificial intelligence, robotics, human relationships. He was inspired by Leo XIII, who in the midst of the Industrial Revolution wrote 'Rerum Novarum."
www.detroitcatholic.com/news/chilean...
www.detroitcatholic.com/news/chilean...
The first American pope. I was not expecting this.
May 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The first American pope. I was not expecting this.
I've spent way too much time reading about the various papal contenders. Whoever the cardinals elect won't be another Francis, or another John Paul II for that matter, but his own man. May they choose wisely.
May 7, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I've spent way too much time reading about the various papal contenders. Whoever the cardinals elect won't be another Francis, or another John Paul II for that matter, but his own man. May they choose wisely.
There's already a sequel and it's a horror movie.
May 3, 2025 at 5:19 AM
There's already a sequel and it's a horror movie.
Farewell Pope Francis. 😞
April 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Farewell Pope Francis. 😞