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He's BACK

Pope Leo XIV has landed in Peru

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Speaking of foreign influence ops

Ireland had referendums to legalise same sex marriage and abortion because of an American politician who moved from the States

She got the government to run both referendums and American NGOs and multinationals backed them while US tech companies censored the opposition

Both measures passed and she later returned to the States

Republicans did absolutely nothing to help those who wanted to oppose either vote, either before or since, but they do regularly chip in on happenings in Ireland with such nuggets as 'Wow what happened to Ireland they're all gone woke over there'

Just while we are on the subject

[Ted Cruz @tedcruz]

Tragically, every word of this is accurate.

It’s a foreign influence op that is ripping our Nation apart 👇👇👇

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Imagine telling these people that he would be back 12 years later as the pope 🤣

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Fr. Robert Prevost during his time in Peru

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'Is there a problem officers?'

[termo @usdtermo]

Podrás tener toda la seguridad del mundo pero nunca vas a poder contra... un perro?

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Pope Leo XIV's flight from Argentina to Peru is currently the most tracked flight in the WORLD

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On Veterans Day we recall:

58% of Medal of Honor recipients have been Irish

Over 50% of foreign born recipients were Irish born

5 of 19 of the two time recipients were Irish Catholics

The most decorated Chaplain in US Military history was an Irish Catholic priest

GREATEST ALLY 🇮🇪 🇺🇸

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On Veterans Day, we recall the most decorated chaplain in US history

That man is an Irish priest born in North America named Father Francis Duffy

Duffy was born in Ontario, Canada in 1871 to Patrick and Mary Duffy

His grandparents had hailed from Monaghan and Roscommon and had left Ireland during the mass starvation of the 1840s and 1850s

Duffy studied at Saint Joseph's Seminary in New York

He was an accomplished student, teacher and priest, earning a doctorate from the Catholic University of America and founding a parish in the Bronx

His later involvement in the armed forces would define his priesthood

When World War I broke out, Duffy was chaplain for the Irish American Fighting 69th Brigade, composed of men from the Bronx

Duffy was revered by the men, he accompanied them with hearing confessions and administering Last Rites

Fr. Duffy was more than just a chaplain

He was beside them in the trenches with the men and was amongst them as they fought and in many cases, died

General Douglas McArthur once said that Duffy was even considered for the role of commander

Fr. Duffy was known for hosting long confession lines at the trenches and for recovering bodies from No Man's Land

Following his military career, Duffy helped politician Al Smith in his political career

Al Smith was the first Catholic to be nominated for President and was subjected to horrific anti Catholicism and anti Irish racism

Smith was able to leverage their friendship and point out Duffy's patriotism to critics of Catholicism

25,000 people attended Duffy's funeral in 1932

He was described as 'a priest, a scholar, a soldier. His name had become a household word, because of the nobility of his life and the valor of his deeds. Thousands looked up to him and he was venerated by many'

In 1937, the statue of Father Francis Duffy was unveiled in Times Square in New York

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[Luisito. @cosmeluichito]

No hay mucho qué pensar.

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USA 🇺🇸

World War 2 veteran Raymond Martin Sr became Catholic in Arizona earlier this year...at the age of 98!

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What a proud week for the great people of Argentina 🇦🇷

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Este fue el saludo del Presidente Javier Milei a las Fuerzas Federales de Seguridad y a las fuerzas policiales provinciales y locales que participaron del operativo de seguridad más grande de la historia argentina, en el marco de la visita apostólica de Su Santidad León XIV.

Desde el Comando Unificado, que ahora lleva el nombre de Papa León XIV, el Presidente reconoció el trabajo de quienes garantizaron que millones de argentinos pudieran participar de esta celebración con seguridad y orden.

Gracias a cada uno de los hombres y mujeres de nuestras Fuerzas por su compromiso, profesionalismo y entrega durante esta visita histórica.

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The tomb of Irish missionary Servant of God Alphonsus Lambe in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Lambe died at the young age of 26

He was instrumental in spreading the Legion of Mary which now has 1 million members in Argentina

Argentina has the 5th largest Irish diaspora in the world

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Cool 🇦🇷

[Vicky @vickytedije]

De repente pasaban unos volando con la bandera. Que cosa maravillosa este país.

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Plenty of the usual shallow Hibernophobic 'analysis' of the protest against Joe Biden in Dublin

Many of those holding this protest could be heard speaking with American accents in footage from it

Many were visibly non Irish, either exchange students or migrants

Trinity College, it should also be said, is a British Protestant institution, not one that can be considered representative of Ireland

Most importantly, this radicalised Left that exists in Ireland is in large part a product of the United States. The Democratic Party and affiliated NGOs and multinationals spent the 2010s turning Ireland into an experiment to see how much damage they could cause to it to suit their needs. Ireland was reeling from the crash and these opportunistic Americans, led by George Soros, pounced. They funded dramatic social change, drove up immigration to suit their needs (some American multinationals in Ireland are 90% foreigner) and they even interfered in referendums by censoring socially conservative campaigners.

Unfortunately, many (not all) conservatives in the USA take little to no interest in such issues and are happy to let places like Ireland become the devil's playground

Which is their choice, but to then point the finger at the monster that they stood back and watch being created is hypocritical at best, shameful at worst

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Argentina President Javier Milei was literally in tears as he said adios to Pope Leo XIV

After the incredible events of this week, who could blame him?

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@edgarjbb_ Enjoy 🥳

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Pope Leo XIV was elected as pope on the Feast of Our Lady of Luján

Today, he visited her shrine in thanksgiving for his pontificate

3 million Argentinians joined him

[davo @trashero]

Voy a confesar algo en este antro de paz:
Me asusta mucho ver tanta gente católica fanatizada…
Me pregunto: qué habrá detrás de este fanatismo religioso? Qué vendrá después de esto?

[agustinG @_agusting]

Sabés cuando voy a ir a ver al papa?
Cuando dos personas del mismo sexo puedan casarse en una iglesia. Cuando una mujer pueda dar misa. Cuando dejen abortar a una mujer sin juzgarla. Cuando los curas abusadores se pudran en la cárcel.