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A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 12d

“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.

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A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 1h

“Just as sin can become embedded in social structures, so too can grace become incarnate in organized communities dedicated to justice and mercy.”

Analysis: Pope Leo’s theological vision of a church for the poor in ‘Dilexi Te’

In 'Dilexi Te,' Pope Leo draws our attention to the fundamental link between the Gospel and love for the poor.

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The Hindu @thehindu.com · 1h

Israel said that the last 20 living hostages released by Hamas on Monday had arrived in the country.

"Welcome home," the foreign ministry wrote in a series of posts on X.

📸 AFP, Reuters

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A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 9h

Ravel - Boléro - Alondra de la Parra (WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln)

Ravel - Boléro | Alondra de la Parra | WDR Sinfonieorchester

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A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 9h

“Lucretius’s De rerum natura is a neglected source for the emergence of the theory and practice of the sublime in the early modern period.”

Milton, Lucy Hutchinson, and the Lucretian Sublime – Tate Papers | Tate

Tate Papers no.13, Spring 2010, Milton, Lucy Hutchinson, and the Lucretian Sublime, David Norbrook - part of The Sublime Object

www.tate.org.uk

A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 9h

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KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See - Glastonbury 2008 - Live HD

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A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 9h

the sense in which anagogy becomes the natural expansion of analogy as well as allegory

from comparison into conversation

between the visible and invisible

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

thank you; that’s my plan :)

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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 1d

Look, this is what Catholicism does so well. Yes girl, BRING OUT THE MONSTRANCE. MAKE THEM SAY IT IN FRONT OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT. Martin Luther could *never*. He failed to predict the Trump Presidency and also is directly implecated. I am so serious.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 1d

Men like Piers Morgan have found women in trans women who it is socially acceptable to abuse.

Every time they do this stuff they are telling you how they'd treat cis women if they could get away with it.

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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 1d

Rest in Peace, Diane Keaton. Thank you for your work and for your many wonderful performances. My favorite was your role as Louise Bryant in "REDS" (1981). 🗃️

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"Alone with your work" -- Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson in Reds

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Currently in Chicago...

This looks peaceful to me...

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1d

The right-wing consolidation of corporate media continues.

Who Is Bari Weiss? Pro-Israel Pundit to Head CBS News as Billionaire Ellisons Expand Media Empire

We speak to journalist David Klion about the Trump-affiliated right wing’s increasing grip on mainstream news media, as “anti-woke” pundit Bari Weiss takes the helm as the new editor-in-chief of CBS N...

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A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 1d

thank you!

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CNN @cnn.com · 1d

The storm is packing a serious punch as it slowly moves north and threatens to disrupt air travel at major Northeast airports and push the ocean into homes and onto roads along the mid-Atlantic coast. https://cnn.it/3KKHImu

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A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 1d

“He used his first savings to buy a sleeping bag for a homeless man he often saw on the way to Mass.”

Saint Carlo Acutis - Amazing True Story of a Gamer Teen who said the Eucharist was his Highway to Heaven! Patron Saint of Internet, Gamers, Youth - Saint of Oct. 12

Catholic Church, Catholic News World, Vatican, Pope Francis, Breaking, Pope News, c na, Catholic Headlines,

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo at Jubilee Mass: “Let us take care to avoid any exploitation of the faith that could lead to labelling those who are different — often the poor — as enemies, ‘lepers’ to be avoided and rejected.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”

By @megomatz.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

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Shanlon Wu @shanlonwu.com · 1d

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Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here’

The signs range in style and mark numerous locations where people have been taken by federal agents.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Israel and Gaza prepare for release of hostages and prisoners

Forty-eight Israeli hostages due to be released on Monday, with nearly 2,000 Palestinian detainees to follow * Ceasefire live: aid trucks enter Gaza as Netanyahu says Israel is ready for ‘immediate’ release of hostages Authorities in Israel and Gaza are preparing for the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners ahead of a Monday deadline for the swap stipulated in the ceasefire deal which could end the two-year war in Gaza. Hamas is meant to release all living hostages from Gaza within 72 hours of signing of the deal – a deadline which ends at noon local time (10.00 BST). The militant group holds 48 hostages, 20 of which are believed to be alive. Continue reading...

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 1d

What's important here is that it's the ICE raids that are capturing their attention.

This is why the reliance on focus groups and polls and the inevitable claim that voters only care about "kitchen table" issues misses the mark.

paulwaldman.substack.com/p/why-trump-...