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[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Silence can help us most to recognize the voice of God, since it fosters attention and recollection. Freed from the noise of a thousand voices, we come to recognize that some voices deceive our desires, others buy us without nourishing us, and still others speak out of self-interest. In silence, we understand that ideologies pass away, while truth remains. https://t.co/lbaMqHx1cJ

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

However, when we discover that our life has value, that we are loved, awaited, and called to carry out a task in the world, then hope is born. This spiritual force sustains life, even in the most difficult moments.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together. In Jesus Christ, this humanity in its grandeur becomes the Way, the Truth and the Life, opening the path for each of us to grow toward fullness. #MagnificaHumanitas
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[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

As evidenced by the unbridled promotion and implementation of technology at the expense of human dignity, we are truly experiencing an eclipse of the sense of what it means to be human. It is imperative to recover an understanding of the true meaning and grandeur of humanity as intended by God. It is in this sense that the challenge we currently face is not technological, but anthropological, and it is my hope that the Encyclical Letter to be published within a few days will contribute to answering this challenge.

[Shadow Droid @ShadowDroid616]

@NelwynToes @RyanLEllis @jzipple They act like having a huge echo chamber should’ve entitled them to a vote in a Papal Conclave. Doesn’t work that way.

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@wornoutgirl1 @CatholicSOTC Not happening.

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@Baseball20Fan20 @RichRaho The SF Archdiocese had an Auxiliary Bishop who passed away too soon: Robert Christian.

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@ssteven2 @BishopBarron I also stopped listening to him. There are plenty of other homilists you can listen to regularly.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Although we don’t yet have the details about the motives behind last night's shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner, it’s incumbent upon all us to reject the idea that violence has any place in our democracy. It’s also a sobering reminder of the courage and sacrifice that U.S. Secret Service Agents show every day. I’m grateful to them – and thankful that the agent who was shot is going to be okay.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

In a world wounded by arrogance, people hunger and thirst for justice. We must encourage those who believe in peace and dare to engage in “countercurrent” politics, which focus on the common good. What is urgently needed is the courage of new visions and an educational pact that gives young people space and trust. #ApostolicJourney #EquatorialGuinea https://t.co/81zzJos7Ij

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@MatthewJozefia3 @jimbretzke What would you rather have: a USCCB office or the power to vote in a papal conclave? Not having a USCCB office didn’t take away their power to vote for a new pope.

[RosarySon @SkyVirginSon]

Jack, you just accidentally made the strongest argument FOR Pope Leo XIV.

You’re upset that he:

❌ Criticized harsh border enforcement, the same enforcement that separated children from mothers

❌ Defended human dignity after George Floyd’s death, a man made in God’s image

❌ Didn’t align with Trump and Vance politically

Congratulations. You’ve just described Catholic Social Teaching.

The Catechism (§2241) calls nations to welcome migrants. The Pope is not obligated to be a Republican. He is obligated to be a successor of the Apostles.

St. John Paul II criticized American capitalism. Benedict XVI criticized Western materialism. Were they also ‘trashing’ America?

The Pope’s job is not to validate your politics, it is to guard your soul.

The fact that you measure a Pope’s worth by his Twitter feed rather than his faith, his decades of missionary service, and his sacred election… reveals more about your priorities than his.

He was chosen by 133 Cardinals in sacred prayer. Not by a polling algorithm.

Pray a Rosary, Jack. Our Lady will sort it out. 🙏

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@megskinsey @thescottbarber @JackPosobiec Trans awareness day falls on March 31 every year. It was coincidence that Easter also fell on March 31 in 2024.

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@roddreher Rod, these three had a say in who got to be the Pope following Francis. You didn’t.

[Mike Lewis @mfjlewis]

They also helped orchestrate fellow American boomer Leo's election.

[Shadow Droid @ShadowDroid616]

@Jeffreyhbaird @roddreher Not your choice to decide who gets to be the Pope.

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@RochSaint816 @Corwin4333 @ChristopherHale Your opinion about whether he should be a cardinal carries no weight and it won’t invalidate McElroy’s appointment or his vote in the papal conclave.

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@MrInsubordinate @ChristopherHale Your opining won’t invalidate McElroy’s appointment or give Cordileone a cardinal’s red hat.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

This is our God: Jesus, 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, saying: “Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood” (Is 1:15).