#MoralTheologian. Vice President, Corporate Engagement, IWP Capital. Former Chancellor, Diocese of Orange and Theological Advisor to the Bishop of Orange.
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Reading this man's words, hearing his voice, always amazing.
Happy feast of St. John Paul II.
The feast of St. John Paul II is celebrated on October 22 because it marks the anniversary of the inauguration of his pontificate in 1978.
On October 22, 1978, he celebrated the Mass inaugurating his ministry as Pope, delivering his famous appeal to the world:
“Be not afraid! Open wide the doors for Christ!”
He was elected Pope on October 16, 1978, but the Church chose October 22 as his liturgical memorial to commemorate the beginning of his papal ministry.
St. John Paul II was canonized by Pope Francis on April 27, 2014, Divine Mercy Sunday.
🙏 October 22 is therefore a day to remember his extraordinary pontificate and his call to the world to open its heart to Christ.
Heard from BlackRock today that they've decided to drop their SPLC filter. Very grateful to the company for this ongoing collaborative conversation. Read more here -
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And @elonmusk just gave a second life to the manual transmission!
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It was 48 years ago today that Karol Wojtyła was elected Pope John Paul II. Pray for us!
So good. Thanks @JohnJSSoriano for sharing. @JodiGHunt great job!
@jamestalarico abortion does not solve the problem of a pregnant 10yo unless you're trying to destroy a crime scene.
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An award-winning ESPN producer resigned after 24 years over the network's embrace of sports betting: “I’m not going to work for a gambling company and have blood on my hands.” cjr.org/the-interview/nicole…
Here's more on the FedEx shareholder resolution that we filed, asking FedEx to generate a report analyzing its risk under the Comstock Act since it ships mifepristone, an abortifacient.
Thank you, @PiadeSolenni and @FWdiocese for your help with my latest story, in which Bishop Michael Olson said he hopes to further the culture of life by urging @FedEx to consider whether it's violating federal law by mailing abortion pills to pro-life states: ewtnnews.com/world/us/fort-w…
Spot on. I've seen this happen several times. Bishop Varden's comments on the divorced (not annulled) and remarried are really helpful.
Bishop Varden comments on his time at the Amoris Laetitia conference & possibility of Holy Communion for divorced/re-married:
“A principal pastoral concern in such situations is to recall the bigger picture, letting sufferers discover the potentially productive sense of their troubles, which may serve to lessen selfishness and purify love. Marriage, no less than monastic life, is a school of conversion.
Concerning ‘irregular’ relationships, I find our Catholic communities normally embrace these maturely and well. It can be liberating for persons in such situations to be in a setting where their ‘irregularity’ is acknowledged, not relativised; and where they are yet embraced with Christian friendship, enabled to contribute to the community.
I think of the example of many faithful people I know who, Sunday after Sunday, come up for a blessing at the time of Communion, knowing they cannot accede to the sacrament, yet entrusting themselves to God’s mercy at work in the Church.
Their example of fidelity does much to build up the Christian community. It testifies to the vital realism of the sacrament and to the virtue of hope. Sacramental exile sustained over time can prepare a joyful homecoming.
Christ gave us his rigorous commandments to educate us and to liberate us from ourselves, ‘that we might live no longer for ourselves but for him who died and rose again for us’ (Fourth Eucharistic Prayer). His intention is to make us grow in stature into new, divinised life.
That life must always be the aim we propose to people, not merely human affirmation — though we all need a bit of that as well.”
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Pope John Paul II: "Sadly, very little of women's achievements in history can be registered by the science of history."
Pope Francis: "At times in history when women were largely excluded from social and ecclesial life, the 'Holy Spirit raised up saints...'"
History: "Hold my beer..."
@RealRCWomen
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Witnessing a murmuration of starlings in Italy was absolutely breathtaking! 🇮🇹 Thousands of birds swirling together in a synchronized dance—nature's own aerial ballet.
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A photograph of Pope Leo XIV blessing Marie-Garance, a 10-year-old girl in a blue dress who has multiple disabilities, went viral after the pope encountered her in Paris Sept. 26.
Agence France Press photographer Ludovic Marin captured the moment the pope leaned toward Marie-Garance, took her hand and met her eyes. Her adoptive mother, Clotilde Noël, told OSV News the blessing represented vulnerable people who are often set aside because they are different.
“I agreed to share my story because, for me, these blessings went far beyond them and our family,” Noël told OSV News.
“Marie-Garance was carried into the pope’s arms and looked at him with trust and a sense of surrender,” she said. “Carried by others, she represented that entire segment of humanity that is so often set aside because it is different, and particularly vulnerable.”
Today, Clotilde and her husband, Nicolas, have 10 children, four of whom they have adopted — all their nonbiological children have disabilities.
Read the full story at osvnews.com/mother-popes-ble…
Thank you for your leadership @AGToddRokita. I just presented a proposal on this to the @FedEx shareholder meeting. Interestingly, this was the only proposal to which they responded. Grateful to @ADFLegal for their support. TY @BpOlsonFW for sponsoring the resolution.
FedEx and UPS maintain explicit restrictions on the shipment of numerous items that are illegal under federal or state law. It is indefensible that these companies do not have similar restrictions on the dangerous abortion drug mifepristone, which is illegal to ship under Indiana law, federal law, and the laws of many other states.
This is not an ordinary pharmaceutical. The drug is used to end the lives of the most vulnerable among us, the unborn. Allowing it to be shipped here actively undermines the pro-life laws we have enacted and fought so hard to uphold.
FedEx and UPS should act immediately to adopt and enforce clear, transparent shipping prohibitions on mifepristone.
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Les 6 jeunes porteurs de trisomie 21 qui vont servir la messe du #PapeLéonXIV sont prêts ! "Cela me réjouit beaucoup, je ressens un rayon de soleil à l’idée d’être à côté de lui. Je suis tellement fier !" En invitant ces jeunes à servir la messe, le Pape révèle au monde leur vulnérabilité. C'est un symbole puissant renvoyé à la France et au monde. Pour que le monde ait la vie, faisons de la place à toutes les vies !
@Eglisecatho
Yet, the AI companies say that they need to be regulated, as if they cannot regulate themselves.
Anthopic was able to say no to the US govt, but not to China & others?
These are brilliant people capable of good, brilliant solutions.
Makes the conspiracy theories seem true.
We now reached the point where more than half of AI exploits we hear about are destructive, dysfunctional and entropy-generating
ft.com/content/56133ef4-377b…
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"Le Pape va me bénir moi et toutes les personnes porteuses de trisomie 21. Je suis ravi et ça me touche vraiment !"🎙️
En invitant ces six jeunes porteurs de trisomie 21 à servir sa messe, le Pape fait un cadeau à la France et au monde entier 👉il leur révèle ceux qu’ils ne regardent plus.
#LinfodeVilno @CNEWS @Pierredevilno #LePapeEnFrance
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For the first time, a pope will witness an exposition of the Holy Tunic, the garment worn by Christ during his passion, which is preserved in the Basilica of Saint-Denis in Argenteuil, France.
The special relic is put on display during regular expositions every 50 years, as well as on extraordinary occasions — the most recent being in 2023 — but it has never before been brought before a pope.
Pope Leo XIV will be able to view it on Sept. 25, when it is displayed at the conclusion of the youth vigil at a soccer stadium in a suburb north of Paris, part of the packed schedule for his trip to France.
More than 80,000 French young people have registered for the prayer vigil at the Stade de France, and according to Father Guy-Emmanuel Cariot, former rector of the basilica of Argenteuil, Leo is the first pope to see the tunic since the time of St. Peter.
That may be an exaggeration, but it is true that there has never before been an extraordinary exposition of the relic during a papal journey and in the presence of a pontiff. That will happen during this trip, in part because only 3.7 miles separate the basilica of Argenteuil from the Stade de France.
The tunic will travel those nearly four miles under extremely tight security measures, made even stricter by memories of the theft of the tunic in 1983, when the relic disappeared for a couple of months. For that reason, the route the tunic will take is being kept confidential. It is known, however, that there will be surveillance both on the ground and from above to ensure that the transfer takes place discreetly and under optimal security conditions.
The tunic has been kept in Argenteuil for more than 1,200 years and is one of several relics of Christ’s passion preserved in France. The Crown of Thorns is kept at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, while the Holy Headcloth of Jesus is preserved in Cahors.
As for the Holy Tunic itself, it was mentioned in Gregory of Tours’ sixth-century work “Liber in Gloria Martyrum Beatorum” (“The Glory of the Martyrs and the Blessed”). The book notes that Jesus’ seamless tunic was kept in Galata, in a church dedicated to the holy archangels, about 120 miles from Constantinople. The seventh-century “Chronicle of Fredegar,” however, locates the tunic in Zafad, not far from Jerusalem.
More: ewtnnews.com/vatican/relic-o…
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San Pio da Pietrelcina
“La preghiera è la migliore arma che abbiamo, una chiave per aprire il cuore di Dio”
"Nell’umile frate si scorge l’immagine di Cristo sofferente e risorto: il suo corpo, segnato dalle ‘stimmate’ mostrava l'intima connessione tra morte e risurrezione”
