Tony Roy Jansen

[Tony Roy Jansen @TonyJansen3]

@FriarMario Thank you Father. Much love, many blessings.

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

“If we want the world to live in peace, we must begin with ourselves.

“Enough with insults, enough with bullying, enough with all those things that wage war between people, between communities, between countries!” — Pope Leo XIV

[Tony Roy Jansen @TonyJansen3]

@AlbumTalksHQ I wish they had asked Pretty Yende instead of Tyla to evoke the power and reverence of the anthem.

[The Catholic Herald @CatholicHerald]

The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has lodged a formal complaint with Israeli authorities over alleged settler encroachments on Church-owned land in the northern West Bank.

https://t.co/gGIhnEBYZX

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you stand with Pope Leo against Donald Trump!

[Paolo Mossetti @paolomossetti]

💥 Vatican's Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin:

“Many governments have expressed outrage at the attacks against Ukrainian civilians carried out by Russian missiles and drones, imposing sanctions on the aggressors. It does not seem to me that the same has happened with the tragedy of the destruction of Gaza.”

[Manjit Singh Ghuman @manjitghuman58]

Think 🤔…

[Jvnior @Jvnior]

We witnessed genocide on our phones.

Nobody will ever forget what israel did.

Don’t expect the world to just go back to normal. Before that, israel has to be held accountable.

If you agree with me, repost this.

[Iranian Force @MrImranPk]

Never forget,
If you're seeing this picture, retweet to break the silence.

[Steve Hanke @steve_hanke]

FLASH: On Good Friday, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, head of the Archdiocese for the US Military Services, declared the Iran war UNJUST.

The Archbishop has rendered an important final judgement.

Case closed.

[Eastern christians @Easternchristns]

On #GoodFriday in #Lebanon, Christians across the country pray in churches and streets. Hymns fill the air from south to north as thousands reenact the Stations of the Cross, carrying an empty tomb filled with flowers, symbolizing Christ’s burial.

[Sarah Wilkinson @swilkinsonbc]

israeli troops engage in the yearly “Beating up of Christians” festival which starts on Good Friday: spitting, bashing, arresting, wounding

[LPC @landpalestine]

Cardinal Zuppi read the names of every chiId kiIIed by IsraeI in Gaza

It took 7 hours

[mohammed hussein~Gaza 🇵🇸 @mohammedIhysse]

My wife Yara tells me that the world has forgotten us, that no one is thinking about us anymore, and that she has lost hope.

But I told her that the world still thinks about us, and that many people love us and stand with us.

So I posted this tweet to prove to her that there are still many people who care about us and who love our children, Imad and Adam.

So my friend, if you see this, please leave a 🍉 or 🇵🇸 or even just a dot(.).
It gives my family hope and strength.

[Sachin Jose @Sachinettiyil]

Four Catholic nuns of the Missionaries of Charity were brutally murdered by Houthi militants on this day in 2016, in Aden, Yemen. The nuns—two from Rwanda, one from India, and one from Kenya—were serving at a care home for the elderly and disabled when armed attackers stormed the facility and executed them along with twelve other staff members and volunteers.

[Sr. Mary Joseph Calore, SSCJ @sscjusa]

Soul of Christ, be my sanctification.
Body of Christ, be my salvation.
Blood of Christ, fill all my veins.
Water of Christ’s side, wash out my stains.
Passion of Christ, my comfort be.
O good Jesus, listen to me.
In Thy wounds I fain would hide,
Never to be parted from Thy side,
Guard me, should the foe assail me.
Call me when my life shall fail me.
Bid me come to Thee above,
With Thy saints to sing Thy love,
World without end. Amen.

[Ian Cameron @IanCameron23]

The current push around amendments to the Firearms Control Amendment Bill is premised on the idea that legal firearm owners are the source of South Africa’s violence. That premise is flawed.

South Africa remains in a sustained violent crime crisis. Communities across the country face daily threats of murder, rape, armed robbery and gang violence. Yet the response from government is to tighten restrictions on those who have complied with the law, rather than fix the systemic failures that enable criminals.

Detection and conviction rates in serious crimes remain weak. Without effective investigations, there can be no prosecution. Without prosecution, there is no deterrence. The central problem is not compliance by lawful citizens. It is illegal firearms, organised criminal networks, diversion from state stockpiles, weak investigative capacity and corruption within the system.

Disarming compliant citizens while illegal supply chains remain intact is neither rational nor just.

Do not punish our first line of defence.

Lawfully armed citizens undergo background checks, competency assessments and licensing processes. They are regulated and traceable. Criminal syndicates are not. In many communities where response times are stretched and trust in the system is low, responsible firearm owners are often the immediate line of protection for themselves and their families.

Violence is also geographically concentrated. Gang-driven firearm violence continues to devastate communities in parts of the Western Cape, particularly in areas such as Nyanga, Khayelitsha and Delft. These are not failures of civilian compliance. They are failures of policing, intelligence coordination and sustained prosecution.

If government is serious about reducing violent crime, the focus must shift to structural reform:

• Intelligence-led policing in high-risk hotspots
• Prosecution-driven investigations that secure convictions
• Stabilising Crime Intelligence and forensic capacity
• Preventing diversion of firearms from state and private stockpiles
• Dismantling organised criminal networks using racketeering legislation

Centralised policing has not resolved entrenched hotspots. Where operational competence exists at local and provincial level, it should be enabled rather than obstructed. Expanding policing powers to capable local governments would strengthen forensic and investigative capacity and allow more targeted disruption of gang leadership structures.

South Africans are not interested in symbolic legislation. They are interested in getting home alive.

The DA will oppose any attempt to disarm law-abiding citizens. We will contest it in Cabinet, in Parliament and, if necessary, through legal avenues.

Safety in South Africa will not be restored by scapegoating compliant firearm owners. It will be restored through accountable institutions, professional policing, effective prosecution and the dismantling of illegal firearm networks.

[Tony Roy Jansen @TonyJansen3]

@IOL The pity is that the violent crime emanating from townships is indiscriminate. Having been a victim of a stoning and a second encounter where a side mirror was lost during a close shave with an attacker, I support the wall.

[Sachin Jose @Sachinettiyil]

Pope Leo’s Lenten message

“I would like to invite you to a very practical and frequently unappreciated form of abstinence: that of refraining from words that offend and hurt our neighbor.”