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MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV FOR THE 60TH WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS
His emphasis on face and voice is good.
"A new era of religious leadership in the U.S Catholic Church has dawned — driven by the immoral and destructive extremes of the Trump administration. ... No longer can Catholics within the administration's apparatus or supporters of it twist reality to accommodate policies clearly at odds with Catholic social teaching and the heart of the Christian Scriptures."
~ National Catholic Reporter
#Trump #Catholic #PopeLeo #morality #power
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https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/editorial/editorial-church-speaks-out-new-era-has-dawned
"We have reached, in our national life, that point of no escaping.
There is no hiding from the inhumanity in depriving the neediest abroad of life-saving medicine and food. There is no longer turning away from the brutal treatment of not only immigrants but also U.S. citizens at the hands of a paramilitary force accountable to no one."
#Trump #Catholic #PopeLeo #morality #power #immigrants #ICE #food #healthcare #war
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"There is no rationale that any longer justifies a self-indulgent president and his minions lusting after an irrational and destructive hemispheric hegemony.
We have asked previously what it means to be a Catholic in this country at this moment. The American hierarchy has begun to answer the question and it cannot be surprising that the answer is more challenging than comforting."
#Trump #Catholic #PopeLeo #morality #power #immigrants #ICE #food #healthcare #war
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"In this effort [to resist the fascism of the Trump regime], no one should underestimate the power of the Christian churches and interfaith groups in urging their flocks to action and exposing the regime’s immorality. From Presbyterian Rev. David Black (shot in the head with pepper bullets while praying in Chicago) to Pope Leo (who recently denounced Trump’s imperialism:"
~ Jennifer Rubin
#Trump #fascism #resistance #churches #DavidBlack #PopeLeo
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https://contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-gets-worse-but-the-blowback
“'The principle established after the Second World War, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been completely undermined'), we have seen religious leaders rise to the occasion — just as some did at critical junctures during the civil rights movement (in contrast to the bulk of white Southern evangelicals)."
"When resistance becomes a moral and religious crusade, the amoral, vicious, and Trump-idolaters are flummoxed."
And it's precisely because of the attempt of Trump and MAGA to wrap themselves in piety and religion that the pushback of religious leaders is critically important — and the stolidity of knee-jerk hostility to that pushback among progressives hostile to religion is so politically ill-considered.
"Today three top American Catholic cardinals, Blase Cupich of Chicago, Robert McElroy of Washington, D.C., and Joseph Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, issued a joint statement warning the Trump administration that its military action in Venezuela, threats against Greenland, and cuts to foreign aid risk bringing vast suffering to the world."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
"Nicole Winfield and Giovanna Dell’Orto of the Associated Press reported that the cardinals spoke up after a meeting at the Vatican in which several fellow cardinals expressed alarm about the administration’s actions. Cupich said that when the U.S. can be portrayed as saying '"might makes right"—that’s a troublesome development. There’s the rule of law that should be followed.'”
"The Catholic Archbishop of the US military [Timothy Broglio] said that soldiers who refused to participate in an invasion of Greenland 'would be in good conscience to do so.'"
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Trump #Greenland #Catholic #PopeLeo
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/republicans-must-stage-an-intervention
"On Sunday, the Archbishop told the BBC 'Sunday' show that if the Trump administration ordered the military to take control of the semi-autonomous Danish territory, he was worried that U.S. service members 'could be put in a situation where they’re being ordered to do something that’s morally questionable.'”
"Broglio also noted that while it would be difficult for a soldier or Marine to disobey such an order, he or she 'would be in good conscience to do so.'”
"With President Donald Trump ratcheting up economic threats against U.S. allies as part of his campaign to take Greenland, after the administration's comments that military action is 'always an option,' U.S. bishops are offering stark warnings against the administration's recent foreign policy actions and threats, including a rare joint statement from three senior church leaders.
~ Michael O'Loughlin
#Trump #Greenland #Catholic #PopeLeo
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https://www.ncronline.org/news/us-bishops-break-further-trump-time-foreign-policy
"On Monday, Jan. 19, three Catholic cardinals — Blase Cupich of Chicago, Robert McElroy of Washington, D.C., and Joseph Tobin of Newark, New Jersey — amplified an address given Jan. 9 by Pope Leo XIV to the Vatican's diplomatic corps."
"'We renounce war as an instrument for narrow national interests and proclaim that military action must be seen only as a last resort in extreme situations, not a normal instrument of national policy,' said the cardinals, each of whom were staunch allies of Pope Francis and were present at the conclave that elected Leo."
I’m finding it odd that I am agreeing so much with the #Christian #Church these days.
Top #Catholic Clerics Denounce #US #ForeignPolicy
Citing recent events in #Venezuela, #Ukraine & #Greenland, 3 cardinals said their statement was inspired by #PopeLeo.
#Trump #MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #alliances #NewWorldOrder #law #Constitution #democracy #Congress #DerelictionOfDuty #InternationalLaw
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/us/catholics-trump-archbishops.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
David Gibson argues that "Trump's amoral world meets its match in Pope Leo":
"Leo is not looking for a fight with Mr. Trump; he is looking past him. When he challenges the president’s policies, he does so as an American-born pope recalling the American-inspired system that Mr. Trump is dismantling — one that values statesmanship over gamesmanship, the common good over national conquest and common decency over jingoist bullying."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/opinion/pope-leo-trump-world-order-peace.html
"Leo obviously has no hard power to deploy and his is not a nostalgia for a durable yet flawed Pax Americana. But his voice, with its American accent, is filling a void. ...
Catholicism has a knack for preserving the best of the past to help seed a better future. Today’s Leo may be the surest guardian of a legacy that America, and the world, will desperately need."
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "JD Vance's comments💔justifying the death of #ReneeGood are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith.🚨His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
Since there doesn't appear to be anyone with a moral compass inside Trump's⭕, it's important to amplify influential orgs that've "some" history of⚡defending #HumanRights, other #rights, & #morality.
#Murder #DHS #PopeLeo #USPol
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Yesterday on the anniversary of the Jan. 6 Trump-led attack on the US capitol, many Christian communities were celebrating the feast of the Epiphany. News report about an Epiphany sermon Pope Leo gave in Rome are capturing attention because of what Leo said about current events.
Matthew Robinson writes,
"Pope Leo XIV has marked the end of the Vatican's 2025 Holy Year by denouncing anti-foreigner attitudes and consumerism."
#PopeLeo #Trump #migrants #EconomicElites
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https://www.newsweek.com/pope-leo-denounces-anti-foreigner-action-xenophobia-consumerism-11314295
"Speaking to tens of thousands of people gathered at the Vatican on Tuesday, Leo said the Jubilee, a holy year of renewal and forgiveness in the Catholic church, had encouraged Christians to reject 'the flattery and seduction of those in power' and to welcome strangers."
#PopeLeo #Trump #migrants #immigrants #EconomicElites #EthicofWelcome
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As Christopher Hale says, Leo's sermon called on Christians to "resist tyrants, welcome strangers, reject war, serve the poor."
"Pope Leo also drew a sharp contrast between the joy of those who seek Christ and the fear of those who cling to power. He recounted how King Herod reacted to Jesus’s birth with lies and violence, desperate to control what he could not understand."
#PopeLeo #Trump #migrants #immigrants #EconomicElites #EthicofWelcome
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https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/resist-tyrants-welcome-strangers
"A Catholic bishop publicly apologizing to LGBTQ people is a profound rarity; it showed the kind of shepherd Pope Leo wants to elevate.
Bejarano has shown the same compassion on another front: immigrants and refugees.
On World Refugee Day this year, he joined a group of clergy at a San Diego immigration court to support migrants facing deportation."
In an op-ed piece published in The Guardian in the last week of November, Simon Tisdall states that Pope Leo and US Catholics responsive to his leadership have unique potential to "tame" Trump and his rabid anti-immigrant policies. In a statement published yesterday focuses on three faith leaders who offer counterwitness when many US white Christians have bought wholly into white Christian nationalism. One of these leaders is Pope Leo.
Recent appointments Pope Leo is making in the US Catholic church suggest that these interpretations of his potential to challenge Trump have strong merit.
Kate Hoeting writes:
"In a Christmas gift for all justice-loving Catholics, Pope Leo XIV has accepted Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s resignation. Dolan’s retirement as Archbishop of New York is not unusual —"
#PopeLeo #Trump #immigrants #WhiteChristianNationalism #CardinalDolan
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https://theoverreachmonitor.substack.com/p/overreach-weekly-who-is-nycs-new
"canon law requires bishops to submit their resignation at age 75. However, the successor Pope Leo named is somewhat of a dark horse: Bishop Ronald Hicks of the Diocese of Joliet in Illinois.
What kinds of moral, pastoral, and political commitments might Bishop Hicks bring to his new role? It’s not clear, but this change will likely be an improvement for those in the Archdiocese of New York. Cardinal Dolan is known for his outspoken right-wing extremism."
"Pope Leo is replacing pro–Trump Cardinal Timothy Dolan as New York’s archbishop in a major shake-up of the Catholic Church in the U.S.
The first-ever American pope has accepted the resignation of Dolan, a prominent figure known for engaging in culture wars, and has appointed the relatively unknown Illinois-based Bishop Ronald Hicks in his place."
~ Ewan Palmer
#PopeLeo #Trump #immigrants #WhiteChristianNationalism #CardinalDolan
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"Dolan has earned a reputation as an eager Trump supporter, with regular appearances on the pro-Trump Fox News and prayer appearances at both of the president’s inaugurations. He appeared alongside Trump at a Catholic Charities fundraiser last year, and referred to slain MAGA commentator Charlie Kirk as 'a modern-day Saint Paul' in the wake of his September killing."
#PopeLeo #Trump #immigrants #WhiteChristianNationalism #CardinalDolan
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"Trump, likewise, is such a fan of Dolan that he appeared to suggest the cardinal could be the next pope following the death of Pope Francis in April, though he also floated himself as a candidate to head the Catholic Church."
#PopeLeo #Trump #immigrants #WhiteChristianNationalism #CardinalDolan
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"With the retirement of Cardinal Timothy Dolan as archbishop of New York, the Roman Catholic Church is losing one of its most anti-LGBTQ+ American leaders.
Here’s a look at Dolan’s worst moments as leader of the second-largest archdiocese in the U.S. and what to expect from his successor."
~ Trudy Ring
#PopeLeo #Trump #immigrants #WhiteChristianNationalism #CardinalDolan
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https://www.advocate.com/news/homophobe-timothy-dolan-record-successor
Christopher Hale reports on the man Pope Leo has just made bishop of Monterey, California, Ramón Bejarano:
"Bishop Bejarano made headlines in 2024 when he presided over an 'All Are Welcome' Mass for the LGBTQ community.
'I apologize for the pain and distress that I and the Church have caused… because we have told them that they are not valued and not worthy of the love of God,' he told the congregation."
#PopeLeo #Trump #BishopRamónBejarano
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https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope-leo-names-lgbtq-affirming-pro
"Pope Leo, Rev. Budde, and Pastor Bryant showed us that true faith leaders do not oppress or demonize others and certainly do not deify a noxious politician (one whose conduct and rhetoric revolts even other MAGA pols)."
#Trump #MAGA #PopeLeo #MariannBudde #JamalBryant #FaithLeaders
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Jennifer Rubin points to three faith leaders who, in a dismal time in which many American Christians are actively promoting cruelty, exclusion, hatred, and outright evil, "stood out this year as undaunted proponents of decency, empathy, and social responsibility." The three leaders she names are Pope Leo, Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde, and Pastor Jamal Bryant:
If you are into Canadian politics, even a little.. and/or into "Press Gallery" type political jokes. This 9 minutes flies by with Interim NDP Leader Don Davies. No holding back, self-deprecating, hilarious, slightly vulgar and absolutely brutal.
#canPoli #CdnPoli #abpoli #BQ #NDP #LPC #CPC #CBC #PopeLeo #TheAmericanFascist #ElbowsUp #Hockey #Carney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVfwyHooL8I
RE: https://mstdn.social/@MaryAustinBooks/115695342786096987
#PopeLeo should direct that this be the nativity displayed by every Catholic parish in America, until the #TurdReich is defeated.
By now you have probably seen the church nativity scenes with protest art about #ICE-- Jesus abducted, Mary and Joseph in cages, centurion-like ICE agents threatening the Holy Family, etc.
ICE is terrified of protest art and demanded a Catholic parish in Massachusetts take their protest Nativity scene down. RWNJ media also attacked the priest, showing how much the fascists fear the churches that stand on the side of right.
https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/ice-was-here-pope-leo-inspired-nativity
https://xcancel.com/chrisjollyhale/status/1998153694345588917#m
Pope Leo criticizes those Catholics who believe that Muslim mass-immigration to Europe is a threat to the West’s Christian identity:
He says that Lebanon is an example of how “Christians and Muslims can live together and be friends”
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #PopeLeo
"Pope Leo XIV has a clear message for the West: stop fear mongering about Islam.
During a press conference on his flight home from a landmark visit to Turkey and Lebanon this week, the American-born pope urged Christians in Europe and the United States to reconsider their attitudes toward Muslims."
~ Christopher Hale
#PopeLeo #Trump #immigrants #Muslims #Islamophobia #WhiteSupremacy
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https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope-leo-to-maga-christians-must
"Anti-Muslim sentiment, Leo observed, is 'oftentimes generated by people who are against immigration and trying to keep out people who may be from another country, another religion, another race.'
In other words, the pope bluntly tied Islamophobia to the agenda of nationalist agitators who exploit fear of the 'other.'”
#PopeLeo #Trump #immigrants #Muslims #Islamophobia #WhiteSupremacy
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Instead, #PopeLeo said his visit to #Turkey & #Lebanon underlined that “dialogue & friendship between #Muslims & #Christians is possible” citing Lebanon as a country which teaches friendship between Christians & Muslims. He said the lessons from Lebanon need to be “heard in #Europe or #NorthAmerica, that we should perhaps be a little less fearful & look for ways of promoting authentic dialogue & respect.”
#PopeLeo urges against #US incursion of #Venezuela as he warns Western countries to be ‘less fearful’ of #immigrants
“It seems there is the possibility…[of]…an operation to invade Venezuelan territory,” Leo, who spent several years as a missionary & bishop in Peru, told reporters…Tuesday. “I truly believe that it is better to look for ways of dialogue, maybe pressure, including economic pressure, but looking [for] another way….”
#law #Trump #Hegseth #murder #WarCrimes
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/americas/pope-leo-us-venezuela-immigrants-western-countries-intl-latam
The first American pope’s comments come at a time of heightened tensions between the #UnitedStates & #Venezuela, with #PopeLeo saying church leaders in the South American country were looking for “ways to calm the situation.”
He noted that #Trump & his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás #Maduro had spoken on the phone & that because “the voices that come from the US change, with some frequency sometimes, one needs to see.”
#law #Trump #Hegseth #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress
During an in-flight press conference covering a range of topics, #PopeLeo also called for #Europe & #NorthAmerica to be “a little less fearful” when it comes to #immigrants of different faiths. Asked about #Catholics who see #Islam as a “threat” to #Christianity in Europe, Leo said he is aware of people’s fears, but said they are often “generated by people who are against #immigration & trying to keep out people who may be from another #country, another #religion, another #race.”
#PopeLeo: "We have to look for ways of treating people humanely, treating people with the dignity that they have. If people are in the United States illegally, there are ways to treat that. There are courts. There’s a system of justice.” #JusticeAndMercy #RuleOfLaw https://bit.ly/4oX35A2
Just a reminder that the Atheists won't take you PEDOs either...
#Atheism #Atheist #ReligionIsPoison #Catholic #PopeLeo #ChristianNationalism #Fascism #PDFfiles
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derekguy
@dieworkwear.bsky.social
heartbroken to learn the pope
sympathizes with the poor. how can i
continue to believe in god
PopeleoXIV
The poor are not there by chance or by blind and
cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a
choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to
make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness
and cruelty. #DilexiTe
Buckley's Chance
I was so hopeful I could be a Catholic again after
the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get
Francis 2.0 now and | am heartbroken. How do I
stay a Catholic now... don't want to lose faith but I
am. You belong to someone else, not God.
"This is an extraordinary and important statement from Pope Leo. It’s huge, actually."
~ Sherrilyn Ifill
#Trump #MaskedThugs #ICE #migrants #immigrants #PopeLeo
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https://www.threads.com/@sherrilynifill/post/DRN4gHRDUqh
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Sherrilyn Ifill highlights a statement of Pope Leo yesterday that directly addresses the abuse and dehumanization of immigrants such as is occurring under the Trump administration
Pope Leo's recent criticisms of #Trump anti-#immigration policies are emboldening #Catholic efforts to help #immigrants caught up in the admin's hardline crackdown, snr US Church leaders say.
After Leo called on Tues for "deep reflection" in the #US about the admin's treatment of #immigrants, several top bishops as well as the country's main network of Catholic nuns & its national charity federation told Reuters they would step up their work.
[#PopeLeo is from #Chicago]
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/pope-leos-critique-trump-emboldens-top-us-catholics-help-immigrants-2025-11-07/
"MAGA Catholic influencers are cheering the cutoff of food stamps — even as Catholic bishops, backed by Pope Leo XIV, plead for a restoration of benefits and mobilize the Church to feed those in need."
~ Christopher Hale
#PopeLeo #Christianity #MAGA #Republicans #food #hunger #children #cruelty
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https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/maga-catholics-cheer-food-stamp-cuts
Since the MAGA trolls have hopped onto this thread, I've closed commenting with apologies for people genuinely interested in valid conversation.
#PopeLeo #Christianity #MAGA #Republicans #food #hunger #children #cruelty
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Yesterday, Pope Leo posted the statement below (it's from his Dilexi te) on Twitter (aka X), and MAGA went wild plastering the posting with enraged comments. Someone shared this tweet in a Reddit posting devoted to Christianity and enraged MAGA posted so many hateful comments that Reddit took the posting down.
MAGA wants to wrap the cruelty of denying food to children in Jesus. Leo begs to differ.
#PopeLeo #Christianity #MAGA #Republicans #food #hunger #children #cruelty
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A statement by Pope Leo repeating Jesus's words that you cannot love God if you don't love your neighbor
"Will [Pope] Leo’s message be received? As of this writing, 154,000 New York City schoolchildren are homeless. The richest 10 percent of Americans account for half of all consumer spending, while many of their fellow citizens struggle to pay for food and shelter."
~ Commonweal
#Trump #shutdown #food #SNAP #groceries #prices #HealthInsurance #PopeLeo #EconomicElites #children
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https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/leo-dilexi-te-editorial-francis-pope-catholic-poor
"Donald Trump has leveraged the presidency to boost his personal worth by $3 billion since returning to office, and his favor-seeking donors have contributed $300 million for a garish White House ballroom. Millions of taxpayer dollars are being used to arm ICE with military-grade weaponry, but Trump’s cuts to USAID are expected to kill millions of children around the globe."
#Trump #shutdown #food #SNAP #groceries #HealthInsurance #PopeLeo #EconomicElites #children #USAID #ballroom #ICE
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"One of America’s most prominent Catholic leaders, Bishop Robert Barron, has been conspicuously silent about President Donald Trump’s aggressive ICE raids on immigrant families.
This silence stands in stark contrast to the clear moral call coming from Pope Leo XIV. Earlier this month, Pope Leo implored the U.S. Church to speak out 'with one voice' against the cruelty unfolding at the border."
~ Christopher Hale
#PopeLeo #immigrants #BishopBarron #CatholicBishops
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https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/bishop-barron-wont-speak-out-on-trumps