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I preferred the warmth of Myspace. Rugged (and handsome) Catholic.

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@japan_nobunaga Cars and traffic. Five miles in a lA may take an hour of travel, which in North Dakota could bring you 70 miles. How do you reconcile that nationally? Describe in time rather than distance since that distance signifies either way how much time your butt will be in a seat.

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@nedryun I have never once been interested in soccer. He is quickly changing my mind. He's like the Sophia Cunningham of the sport.

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

Like many others, I have been alarmed by the success of certain politicians in our country who identify as extreme socialists or communists.

This is not a matter of classical liberals triumphing over standard-issue conservatives; this is the victory of people who stand athwart the fundamental principles that undergird our country.

There are many reasons why I detest Communism, but I want to draw attention to just one issue of supreme importance.

Karl Marx said that the first critique is the critique of religion. He meant that, before a complete re-working of the politics and economics of a society can take place, religion has to be taken down.

This is because religion, as he saw it, is the “opium of the masses,” a drug taken to dull our sensitivity to the suffering caused by economic exploitation. As long as the suffering populace is lured into complacency by fantasies about God's providence and the promise of eternal life, they will never rise up and throw off their chains.

But there is a second reason why the elimination of religion is of paramount significance for Marx.

Communism aspires to be a totalizing system, involving the government's control over education, entertainment, communication, politics, and especially economics.

What stands resolutely athwart this ambition is religion, which declares that all of these societal expressions are finally under the judgment of God. So, if you want Communism to succeed, religion has to be stamped out.

If you doubt me on any of this, I would encourage you to read the recent histories of China, Russia, Cuba, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Venezuela. Revisit those histories and tell me I'm wrong about the attack on religion.

Might I encourage my fellow believers in God not to be complacent in the face of this very troubling development in the American body politic?

[greg @greg16676935420]

My whole timeline is full of millionaires complaining about a trillionaire

[Anna Lulis @annamlulis]

"I am a man. See me as a human being—not a birth defect, not a syndrome. I don’t need to be eradicated."

Frank Stephens pleads for the humanization of people with Down syndrome, studies suggest 67-90% are aborted in the United States due to faulty prenatal screenings.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

If the two disciples of Emmaus recognize Jesus when He breaks the bread for them, we too should recognize Him in this way. Not just in the Eucharist, but wherever there is a life that becomes broken bread, wherever someone makes a compassionate gift of themselves, like He did. With the grace of the Risen Christ, we can become this broken bread that transforms reality. #GospelOfTheDay (Lk 24:13–35) #ApostolicJourney #Angola

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@DudespostingWs That second to last block though….

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@IassenG @DschlopesIsBack I think you just won.

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@jarvis_best Greatest post ever created. Well done.

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@OfAthenry That’s what sold me

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@NickJFreitas @DefiantLs Yes, but Socrates was also dealing with this kind of shit 2500 years ago. That willingness to affirm BS also gets Christ crucified.

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@Canucks Can they be prosecuted for a hate crime if they high stick or get in a fight?

[Jarvis @jarvis_best]

If Don Lemon is spending all of his time protesting churches he is NEVER going to find a wife.

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@EricLDaugh Out of curiosity: who would be scared of Dirty Don?

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@SandyofCthulhu We’re all just held together by superglue and sutres.

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@StephenM Well, ignore the judiciary please, especially with the “allies” you have in Congress.

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@IlhanMN Give us our money back.

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@krassenstein Pictures: All the kids

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

In the current context, we are seeing an actual “short circuit” of #HumanRights. The right to freedom of expression, freedom of conscience, religious freedom, and even the right to life are being restricted in the name of other so-called new rights, with the result that the very framework of human rights is losing its vitality and creating space for force and oppression. This occurs when each right becomes self-referential, and especially when it becomes disconnected from reality, nature, and truth.