If he keeps this up Pope Leo is going to make a Catholic out of me, and I don't say such words lightly:
“Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood” (Is 1:15).
“Jesus is the King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them.”
-POPE LEO
(yesterday)
Peter betrayed Jesus.
Judas betrayed Jesus.
Peter realised his error.
Judas realised his error.
Peter asked God for forgiveness.
Judas took laws into his own hands and t00k his life.
Both of them betrayed Jesus, but only Peter asked God for forgiveness.
What does this teach us as Christians in our world today? 🤔
JERUSALEM
After being DENIED entry to the Holy Sepulchre
Cardinal Pizzaballa prayed at Gethesmane, blessing Jerusalem with a relic of the True Cross:
'Today Jesus weeps once more over Jerusalem. He weeps over this city, which remains a sign of both hope and sorrow, of grace and suffering. He weeps over this Holy Land, still unable to recognize the gift of peace. He weeps for all the victims of a war that seems without end: for divided families, for shattered hopes. But the tears of Jesus are never fruitless. They open our eyes, challenge us, and reveal the truth'
After being denied entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre by Israeli police earlier today, in powerful moment, Cardinal Pizzaballa blessed the city of Jerusalem with a relic of the Holy Cross; the brief service took place at the foot of the Mount of Olives.
Horrendous. Video filmed by an eyewitness shows Czech police kneeling on the neck of a young Romani man for more than five minutes while the man writhes in pain, screams for help, and then goes quiet. The man was pronounced dead in an ambulance.
Romani man dies after Czech police kneel on his neck. Obvious parallels to the killing of George Floyd the US.
This demands a full, independent investigation.
https://t.co/YKzYTbtPwH
An innocent Israeli tank being attacked by a stone-throwing Palestinian. The tank was just trying to blast him out of existence. It was left feeling traumatised. Israel has asked UN to ban stones there. Only stones to build Israeli homes on occupied land should exist.
Today we celebrate the contribution Roma communities have made to 🇪🇺!
We re-commit to fight the discrimination & exclusion faced by too many.
#InternationalRomaDay
On #InternationalRomaDay, while we at FLAC celebrate Romani culture, it is also important to highlight the persistent difficulties & discrimination faced by the Roma Community as seen by our dedicated Roma Legal Clinic established in 2018 with the assistance of @DeptJusticeIRL