Pope Leo XIV on why the Church won’t change it’s teaching on marriage, sexuality and gender:
“I do understand that this is a very hot-button topic and that some people will make demands to say, “we want the recognition of gay marriage,” for example, or “we want recognition of people who are trans,” to say this is officially recognized and approved by the church. The individuals will be accepted and received. Any priest who has ever heard confessions will have heard confessions from all kinds of people with all kinds of issues, all kinds of states of life and choices that are made. I think that the Church’s teaching will continue as it is, and that’s what I have to say about that for right now. I think it’s very important.
Families need to be supported, what they call the traditional family. The family is father, mother, and children. I think that the role of the family in society, which has at times suffered in recent decades, once again has to be recognized, strengthened.”
I keep thinking of the prophets - how fiercely they advocated for the most vulnerable people in their land, and how fearlessly they spoke truth to power. We all need that prophetic courage right now.
These are the words of Isaiah —
“Woe to those who make unjust laws,
to those who issue oppressive decrees to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless. What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches?” -Isaiah 10
Without the Holy Spirit, the Church is lifeless, faith is only doctrine, morality merely a duty, and pastoral work just toil. Yet, with the Spirit, faith is life, God’s love inflames our hearts, and hope is born once again.
“It was from an internship experience that I got at Bell Laboratories when I was 17 years old that opened my aperture to understand what technology and what access actually means.” Watch: https://t.co/kyttQ9hy2X
The leader of the gang responsible for an armed uprising in Haiti during PM's Ariel Henry's absence has warned of a civil war if Henry returns to the country ⤵️
A lot of people have been waiting for this one: OpenAI just launched the GPT Store, where people can post customized GPT chatbots.
it's at https://t.co/CSkuKh11gf, but it looks like it may take some time for some people to get in (i can't yet view it.)
https://t.co/t94PGUpO6C
Congratulations to the Under-17 side who have defeated France to become World Cup Champions! 🏆🌍
Brilliant performance lads! You should be so proud of your performance! 🖤❤️💛
#GERFRA#U17WM#HERZZEIGEN
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