Gaspar

Retired: I enjoy gardening and cooking!

[Gaspar @GasparGaryD]

@Pontifex I hope the Dicastery for Clergy would mercifully allow widowed permanent deacons who were married at their ordination to marry even if they do not have small children to care for in their homes. Under St Pope John Paul II Canon Law did not require small children for all cases.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

We cannot speak of #Europe without mentioning Christianity. Robert Schuman was well aware of this when he stated: “Christianity has taught that all people are equal by nature, children of the same God, redeemed by the same Christ, without distinction of race, colour, class, or profession. The universal law of love and charity has made every person our neighbour, and it is on this law that social relations in the Christian world have been based ever since.” #ApostolicJourney #France https://t.co/IkDJ3VwNGB

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Europe as we know it, with its spiritual and moral heritage, is rooted in the lives and work of men and women who lived, preached, and shared the teachings of the Gospel. From this heritage, the moral foundations of the world in which we live have been handed down to us: principles such as the primacy of the person and the sacred and inviolable nature of human life; the protection of freedom; the primary importance of the family; care for the poor and those most in need; welcoming the stranger; and respect for the elderly. #ApostolicJourney #France

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Here in Lourdes, the city of the sick and of hope, I appeal to the entire healthcare community to remember the profound meaning of your vocation, which is to care for a suffering person, not to eliminate that person. Be passionate servants of life! No one ever has the right to decide the life of any person. Medicine must never become the servant of programmed death! #ApostolicJourney #France https://t.co/gMbrY7eA6G

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Every human person is planned and willed by God to enter into communion with Him, with others, and with creation. Human dignity does not depend on a person’s abilities, wealth, or position in life, nor on the right or wrong choices made. Instead, it is a gift that precedes and transcends each person, endowed by God as an expression of His unfailing love. #MagnificaHumanitas #GeneralAudience

[LifeNews.com @LifeNewsHQ]

Scientists Confirm Unborn Children Feel Excruciating Pain During Abortions https://t.co/uXHE2SZWJ2

[Lila Rose @LilaGraceRose]

Charlie Kirk defending the value and humanity of unborn babies

“I am resolutely pro-life in every possible circumstance.”

Every child is worthy of life.

Thank you, Charlie.

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

Charlie Kirk died with a microphone in his hand—not a gun, a knife, or a grenade, but an instrument of communication. When we stop believing in the dignity of the human person, violence takes its place. A year later, that is still the wound. May he rest in peace.

[Gaspar @GasparGaryD]

@Roexoxoxoxo @KristanHawkins Also King Herod children 2 years old and under slaughtered in Bethlehem in an effort to kill Jesus. The Church honors them as martyrs , so they are in Heaven!
May they pray that abortion ends!

[Gaspar @GasparGaryD]

@Roexoxoxoxo @KristanHawkins NO! We have a hope that they will be in Heaven by the Mercy of God. However, abortionists saying that they will go to Heaven is NO REASON TO MURDER THEM!

[Gaspar @GasparGaryD]

@KristanHawkins Satan’s party of abortion must be defeated!

[Kristan Hawkins @KristanHawkins]

Democrats are already talking about making abortion a defining issue of 2028.

So, can we finally stop pretending Republicans can simply “move on” from abortion?

The abortion industry isn’t moving on.

Democrats aren’t moving on.

And the Pro-Life Generation certainly isn’t moving on.

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[Gaspar @GasparGaryD]

@netanyahu Please Mr Prime Minister do more to protect the Christians living in the West Bank, especially that Christian town attacked by Israeli settlers. 🙏🏼

[Gaspar @GasparGaryD]

@BishopBarron God is greater than evil and will win in the end, since the demons are fallen angels created by God who choose evil.

[Gaspar @GasparGaryD]

@BishopBarron St Benedict pray for unity in the Catholic Church.

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

Like many others, I have been alarmed by the success of certain politicians in our country who identify as extreme socialists or communists.

This is not a matter of classical liberals triumphing over standard-issue conservatives; this is the victory of people who stand athwart the fundamental principles that undergird our country.

There are many reasons why I detest Communism, but I want to draw attention to just one issue of supreme importance.

Karl Marx said that the first critique is the critique of religion. He meant that, before a complete re-working of the politics and economics of a society can take place, religion has to be taken down.

This is because religion, as he saw it, is the “opium of the masses,” a drug taken to dull our sensitivity to the suffering caused by economic exploitation. As long as the suffering populace is lured into complacency by fantasies about God's providence and the promise of eternal life, they will never rise up and throw off their chains.

But there is a second reason why the elimination of religion is of paramount significance for Marx.

Communism aspires to be a totalizing system, involving the government's control over education, entertainment, communication, politics, and especially economics.

What stands resolutely athwart this ambition is religion, which declares that all of these societal expressions are finally under the judgment of God. So, if you want Communism to succeed, religion has to be stamped out.

If you doubt me on any of this, I would encourage you to read the recent histories of China, Russia, Cuba, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Venezuela. Revisit those histories and tell me I'm wrong about the attack on religion.

Might I encourage my fellow believers in God not to be complacent in the face of this very troubling development in the American body politic?

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

From this square, I wish to address a clear message to those who take advantage of people’s desperation, to those who organize death routes, traffic in human beings, withhold documents, exploit workers, threaten women, deceive families, and turn the suffering of others into a business. Stop! Repent! (Mk 1:15) #ApostolicJourney
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[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

"God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him” (1 Jn 4:16). This is the heart of the Gospel, the heart of Christ. Whoever immerses themselves in it no longer lives for themselves. I give thanks for the abundant witnesses of faith and charity I have experienced on this #ApostolicJourney to #Spain.

[Ihab Hassan @IhabHassane]

SAVE WEST BANK CHRISTIANS.

Following the Israeli settler attack on the Christian village of Taybeh, I have received several phone calls from residents inside the village. People are terrified — fires are surrounding the village, and settlers opened fire on homes and civilians.

[Ihab Hassan @IhabHassane]

BREAKING: After setting the Christian village of Taybeh on fire, Israeli settlers are now at the entrance of the Christian city of Bethlehem, throwing stones at cars — under the protection of the Israeli army.