Beth Dittmar

Columbus Area Realtor with RE/MAX Affiliates, Wife, Cheer and Soccer Mom, Wine & Travel fan. Voted "Top Pick" for Columbus Realtor from 2023-2025!

[The Crew @ColumbusCrew]

Celebrating Steven's journey 🤩

In honor of Cabo Verde and Steven Moreira facing off with Saudi Arabia tonight as they fight to qualify for the Knockout Round, we are giving away a ball signed by Steven. Like, repost, and make sure you are following to be entered to win ⚽️

[Gillette Stadium @GilletteStadium]

Matchday giveaway! Follow us and RT this post for your chance to win this World Cup swag!

[Garage Beer @drinkgaragebeer]

RT for a chance to win a Lil Garage 🥶 (beer not included) (21+ to enter) (I’ll put a sticker in the box too)

[Kansas City Chiefs @Chiefs]

Year 14, here we go 🏹

[Beth Dittmar @bethdittmar]

@crumbl Me please! 👠🩵

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth. #ApostolicJourney #Cameroon https://t.co/bKteFZ3iWE

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

Yes, he really said that.

Yesterday Vice President JD Vance criticized Pope Leo XIV for not knowing enough theology: "I think it's very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology ... If you’re going to opine on matters of theology, you’ve got to be careful, you’ve got to make sure it’s anchored in the truth," he said, at a Turning Point conference.

One of the many, many, ironies about that statement is that it came in response to Pope Leo's comments about war and peace and, specifically, the concept of "just war," which originated with St. Augustine. As many have already noted, when the Vice President was making his comments, Pope Leo XIV, a member of the Augustinian Order, and twice Prior General of the Augustinians before his election as Pope, was visiting the hometown of St. Augustine, then called "Hippo," now in Annaba, a town in modern-day Algeria. For good measure, Pope Leo XIV, the man critiqued for insufficient theological education, earned not only a master's degree in divinity, but also licentiate and a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome.

JD Vance's recent conversion to Catholicism is beside the point, because many converts are of course not only highly intelligent (and learned in theology) but faithful and energetic Catholics. We rejoice over everyone entering the church.

What most of us do not rejoice over, however, is a deadly combination of inaccuracy and hubris. Pace, Vice President Vance, but the current war in Iran is not a just war under Catholic doctrine. You can hear that from church leaders from across the theological spectrum, from Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the head of the military vicariate and former head of the @USCCB, to Cardinal Robert McElroy, Archbishop of Washington who holds doctorates in both theology and political science. You can look all that up online. Suffice to say, the Vice President doesn't seem to understand the tenets of just war.

Nor does he seem to understand the fundamental position of the church, which is for peace. "War is always a defeat for humanity," as St. John Paul II said. If that authority isn't enough, then turn to Jesus who said, "Blessed are the peacemakers," not "Blessed are the warmongers." And after the Resurrection, the Risen Christ says to the frightened disciples not "Vengeance is mine" but "Peace be with you."

Incidentally, the day before, the Vice President said that the Pope (and the Vatican) should stick to teaching about morality, also seeming to forget that war and peace are profoundly moral issues.

For his part, Pope Leo was focused yesterday on his spiritual father, St. Augustine. After what seemed like an emotional visit to Hippo, he celebrated Mass at the Basilica of St. Augustine in Annaba. During his homily he said, "The primary task of pastors as ministers of the Gospel is therefore to bear witness to God before the world with one heart and one soul, not permitting our concerns to lead us astray through fear, nor trends to undermine us through compromise."

Amen. Let's all continue to pray for the Holy Father as he works for peace.

(Image: Pope Leo XIV prays at the archeological ruins of Hippo, home of St. Augustine, in current-day Algeria. CNS photo).

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

God’s heart is torn apart by wars, violence, injustice and lies. But our Father’s heart is not with the wicked, the arrogant, or the proud. God’s heart is with the little ones and the humble, and with them He builds up His Kingdom of love and peace day by day. Wherever there is love and service, God is there. #ApostolicJourney #Algeria

[University of Notre Dame @NotreDame]

A statement from University President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., in support of Pope Leo XIV:

[Beth Dittmar @bethdittmar]

@wsyx6 This is great with no link to the story…

[Beth Dittmar @bethdittmar]

@swifferupdates In the blink of a crinkling eye…

[Beth Dittmar @bethdittmar]

@reillyfangman @TNNDN @NDFencing Someone PLEASE put that on a tee shirt!! I want one!

[Beth Dittmar @bethdittmar]

@newheightshow @Brandon_Borders HELL YES! LFG 🙌🏻

[Beth Dittmar @bethdittmar]

@crumbl 🥧

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

College students increasingly support banning laptops from classrooms. Multifunction screens fragment attention and block learning. Computers and tablets do not belong on students' desks, and especially not in K-12.

https://t.co/2lDNYCd5Yt

[Beth Dittmar @bethdittmar]

@NCAA @GoBearcatsFB @JasonKelce @laila_edwards21 @NCAAIceHockey I see what you did there @NCAA You’re a real one and a 92%er!!

[Beth Dittmar @bethdittmar]

@carlyteller You’ll always be a part of Cleveland!!

[Garage Beer @drinkgaragebeer]

They say relationships are all about meeting in the middle. Right in the middle of an ice cold Garage Beer. Two sides. One beer. All love.

[Beth Dittmar @bethdittmar]

@TWIZZLERS not being the official sponsor of all ice dancing twizzles in the @Olympics really seems like a lost opportunity. #Olympics2026

[row ☁️ @howdiditrow]

eras dancers doing the opalite dance… new dance trend PLEASE