Fr. David Trahan

“Stand beside the earliest roads, ask the pathways of old which is the way to good and walk it; thus you will find rest for your souls.” – Jer 6:16

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

Pope Leo XIV’s doctors have confirmed that the tumor removed on October 13 was a lung adenocarcinoma and that the disease was localized.

Dr. Luigi Carbone and Professor Stefano Margaritora said on Wednesday evening that a subsequent oncological assessment has confirmed that “no further treatment is necessary.”

[Terrible Maps @TerribleMaps]

Distance from Texas, measured in Texases

[Fr. Joshua J. Whitfield @frjoshTX]

AI tech bros crashing out about the basics reminds me of something I say each year to prospective Catholics when we get around to moral theology, and that is: The Catholic Church has thought about this stuff so deeply that she knows why you disagree with her better than you do.

[Josh Hochschild @JoshHochschild]

Here's a great example. The Pope makes a claim about an "ontological difference" and a secular respondent doesn't even understand what he's talking about, only capable of thinking in terms of functional distinctiveness.

[Will Tanner @Will_Tanner_1]

Demons don't even challenge you to fiddle contests anymore, they just look at you like this

[Fr. David Trahan @caesius]

After a bit of thought I am still not mentally to grips with the fact that the first American pope, whose predecessor-in-name wrote “Longinqua Oceani”, is now writing to the United States on her 250th anniversary. Whatever editor got the text for this timeline would throw it out.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

I extend my heartfelt congratulations to all Americans on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This anniversary stands as an invitation not only to celebrate the nation’s remarkable journey, but also to reflect upon the responsibilities that the sons and daughters of this country bear to one another, and to the generations who will inherit the nation that is being shaped today. https://t.co/jIio4BBg9v

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

I extend my heartfelt congratulations to all Americans on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This anniversary stands as an invitation not only to celebrate the nation’s remarkable journey, but also to reflect upon the responsibilities that the sons and daughters of this country bear to one another, and to the generations who will inherit the nation that is being shaped today. https://t.co/jIio4BBg9v

[cdrsalamander @cdrsalamander]

I think every other World Cup should be in the USA.

[Catholic Life @prayandfast2]

Clotilde d’Arc, a direct descendant of St. Joan of Arc’s brother Pierre, dressed as St. Joan during the annual celebration of her 1429 victory over the English at Orléans.

[Emilce Cuda @CudaEmilce]

135 Aniversario de Rerum Novarum

[Eduard Habsburg @EduardHabsburg]

God bless the 🇻🇦🇨🇭 Swiss Guards for their heroic sacrifice against...
(checks post)
..."Habsburg troops"...
Oh dear.

[Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine]

This lovely explanation of the need for salvation *as a community* through the “integration” of the Gospel with “institutions” could just as well have been written by Leo XIII

[Catholic Sat @CatholicSat]

Incredible scenes as the orphans of the Ngul Zamba Orphanage in Yaoundé, Cameroon, sing the Magnificat in Latin to Pope Leo XIV, with the Pope himself joining in.

[Fr. David Trahan @caesius]

Pluperfect.

[Shane Donovan @SDDonovan]

Do you prefer reading books in present tense or past tense?

[T𑀣ᑏI 🇦🇱🇺🇸 @RexKwonDo92]

The Pope is deeply suspicious of thinking machines and believes in desert power

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

#ViaCrucis

[Eleanor Parker @ClerkofOxford]

The best of trees began to speak words:
'It was long ago – I remember it yet –
that I was cut down at the edge of a forest,
removed from my root.'

In the Anglo-Saxon poem 'The Dream of the Rood', the Cross recalls the Crucifixion: https://t.co/fbBEwcnTui

[Gravantus @Gravantus]

God's just cool like that.

He made sure everyone from the dawn of humanity got to see the interesting side of the moon.