Pope Leo looks magnificent. He is younger than me which might be a blessing because he wasn't indoctrinated with the Spirit of Vatican II Bilge, like Francis.
As an aside, I started watching Nuremberg last night, starring Russell Crowe as Herman Goering. I stopped watching it when the movie maker injected into the movie a scene with Justice Jackson and Pius XII which in fact never took place. It pushed the old canard that Pius XII was a Nazi collaborator. The actor who portrayed Pius XII was very far away from type. This actor looked like someone who should be making pizzas and did not in any way resemble the aristocratic Eugenio Pacelli.
I am shocked (not really) that the USCCB has not condemned this calumny!
A Blessed Easter to holy Fathers, McDonald, Kavanaugh, and Evans...to each reader/participant here...to each person throughout then world.
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With Father McDonald's permission:
From: Sunday Mirror:
-- Pope Leo has clear message for Donald Trump in first ever Easter Sunday address
"Pope Leo seemed to take aim at Donald Trump in his first Easter address, condemning what he described as indifference to the "thousands of people" killed in war.
"...Leo quoted his predecessor, Pope Francis, who during his last public appearance from the same loggia last Easter reminded the faithful of the "great thirst for death, for killing, we witness each day."
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Pope Leo XIV declared today:
"We are growing accustomed to violence, resigning ourselves to it, and becoming indifferent. Indifferent to the deaths of thousands of people.
"There is an ever-increasing “globalization of indifference,” to borrow an expression dear to Pope Francis, who one year ago from this loggia addressed his final words to the world, reminding us:
“What a great thirst for death, for killing, we witness each day in the many conflicts raging in different parts of the world!”
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In 2023 A.D., Ukrainian Catholic bishops proclaimed Pope Francis (requiescat in pace) the "universal voice of truth and justice."
Today, holy Pope Leo XIV is the "universal voice of truth and justice."
In regard to the quest for peace: Beginning this second, may each Catholic, as well as not Catholic, on earth, embrace Pope Leo XIV as the "universal voice of truth and justice."
May we embrace Pope Leo XIV's rejection of war.
May we reject the death and destruction in which warmongers traffic.
May we embrace the following from Gaudium et Spes:
"It is our clear duty, therefore, to strain every muscle in working for the time when all war can be completely outlawed by international consent."
He's doing some things quite well, really. In his public facing roles he is doing very well. My only real concern are his appointments. They are a mixed bag, but the worst one in my opinion was the confirmation of the entire dicastery for bishops (minus ++Nichols, who is now 80), the majority of whom shouldn't be in their roles. This really should not have happened.
I had a long back and forth with AI about the technicalities of this and what it all means (procedurally), and that was inconclusive. It will likely become more clear how Leo operates when original 5 year terms expire, or after the next cardinal in the group (Omella) turns 80. That and the first new cardinal to go on the dicastery will be very telling.
Of interest are Roche's term at Divine Worship ending in May, and Gambetti's term at St Peter's expiring this past March. I've heard rumors that do not seem to be grounded in anything that some good bishops may be under consideration. Hopefully they're true. But I'm starting to entertain a pipe dream: How about Marini as Archpriest of St Peter's? It's not a rumor, i thought of it while reading other ones, but it sounds great.
Here is a chink in Pope Leo's armor. He is directly critical of the mere words of the President of the United States but he has never once specifically condemned the bloody slaughter of tens of thousands of protestors by the Iranian regime. Women. Children. Families, all shot down like dogs.
For the most part, President Trump’s war mongering, saber rattling and profanity laced threats to Iran has done what Pope Leo hasn’t been able to do yet, unite the orthodox and heterodox in the Church in condemning him for his irresponsible words and actions. TJM, you would do well to do so also, since your eternal salvation hangs in the vacuum. Pope Leo needed to say what he did and the Holy Spirit is gladdened by it. Be a Catholic first and a Maga second. Trump doesn’t need anymore sycophants.
Nor does Pope Leo need more sycophants. He was being politically selective in whom he condemns, not a good look, or is he afraid of Muslim retribution?
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Pope Leo looks magnificent. He is younger than me which might be a blessing because he wasn't indoctrinated with the Spirit of Vatican II Bilge, like Francis.
As an aside, I started watching Nuremberg last night, starring Russell Crowe as Herman Goering. I stopped watching it when the movie maker injected into the movie a scene with Justice Jackson and Pius XII which in fact never took place. It pushed the old canard that Pius XII was a Nazi collaborator. The actor who portrayed Pius XII was very far away from type. This actor looked like someone who should be making pizzas and did not in any way resemble
the aristocratic Eugenio Pacelli.
I am shocked (not really) that the USCCB has not condemned this calumny!
A Blessed Easter to holy Fathers, McDonald, Kavanaugh, and Evans...to each reader/participant here...to each person throughout then world.
=======
With Father McDonald's permission:
From: Sunday Mirror:
-- Pope Leo has clear message for Donald Trump in first ever Easter Sunday address
"Pope Leo seemed to take aim at Donald Trump in his first Easter address, condemning what he described as indifference to the "thousands of people" killed in war.
"...Leo quoted his predecessor, Pope Francis, who during his last public appearance from the same loggia last Easter reminded the faithful of the "great thirst for death, for killing, we witness each day."
=======
Pope Leo XIV declared today:
"We are growing accustomed to violence, resigning ourselves to it, and becoming indifferent. Indifferent to the deaths of thousands of people.
"There is an ever-increasing “globalization of indifference,” to borrow an expression dear to Pope Francis, who one year ago from this loggia addressed his final words to the world, reminding us:
“What a great thirst for death, for killing, we witness each day in the many conflicts raging in different parts of the world!”
=======
In 2023 A.D., Ukrainian Catholic bishops proclaimed Pope Francis (requiescat in pace) the "universal voice of truth and justice."
Today, holy Pope Leo XIV is the "universal voice of truth and justice."
In regard to the quest for peace: Beginning this second, may each Catholic, as well as not Catholic, on earth, embrace Pope Leo XIV as the "universal voice of truth and justice."
May we embrace Pope Leo XIV's rejection of war.
May we reject the death and destruction in which warmongers traffic.
May we embrace the following from Gaudium et Spes:
"It is our clear duty, therefore, to strain every muscle in working for the time when all war can be completely outlawed by international consent."
That is the way of holy Pope Leo XIV.
Pax.
Mark Thomas
He's doing some things quite well, really. In his public facing roles he is doing very well. My only real concern are his appointments. They are a mixed bag, but the worst one in my opinion was the confirmation of the entire dicastery for bishops (minus ++Nichols, who is now 80), the majority of whom shouldn't be in their roles. This really should not have happened.
I had a long back and forth with AI about the technicalities of this and what it all means (procedurally), and that was inconclusive. It will likely become more clear how Leo operates when original 5 year terms expire, or after the next cardinal in the group (Omella) turns 80. That and the first new cardinal to go on the dicastery will be very telling.
Of interest are Roche's term at Divine Worship ending in May, and Gambetti's term at St Peter's expiring this past March. I've heard rumors that do not seem to be grounded in anything that some good bishops may be under consideration. Hopefully they're true. But I'm starting to entertain a pipe dream: How about Marini as Archpriest of St Peter's? It's not a rumor, i thought of it while reading other ones, but it sounds great.
Here is a chink in Pope Leo's armor. He is directly critical of the mere words of the President of the United States but he has never once specifically condemned the bloody slaughter of tens of thousands of protestors by the Iranian regime. Women. Children. Families, all shot down like dogs.
For the most part, President Trump’s war mongering, saber rattling and profanity laced threats to Iran has done what Pope Leo hasn’t been able to do yet, unite the orthodox and heterodox in the Church in condemning him for his irresponsible words and actions. TJM, you would do well to do so also, since your eternal salvation hangs in the vacuum. Pope Leo needed to say what he did and the Holy Spirit is gladdened by it. Be a Catholic first and a Maga second. Trump doesn’t need anymore sycophants.
Nor does Pope Leo need more sycophants. He was being politically selective in whom he condemns, not a good look, or is he afraid of Muslim retribution?
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