Ricardo Colpari

Interconnected enthusiast, sunday-blogger, interests:inspire change,classical music, among various projects I dream with an adventurous ocean of sparkling ideas

[FLA Henrique @flahenriquebr]

Fizeram um compilado de 4 minutos mostrando os lances em que a Argentina foi favorecida contra o Egito.

Simplesmente um escândalo mundial. Quanta sujeira envolvida. 🤢

[Ricardo Colpari @Lricardo]

@bullseyse can you give spoilers please? what is the ending about?

[Ricardo Colpari @Lricardo]

@MartinexMati spoilea el final, porfa

[Dr Taylor Marshall™️ @TaylorRMarshall]

Trump doesn't understand Catholics.

This is Trump’s blind spot:

Trump’s financial and political successes are rooted in a personality cult surrounding the TRUMP brand. Even his preferred religious leaders are appointed solely because they are loyal to Trump first.

Trump has failed to understand that Catholics have a greater allegiance to their Pope in Rome. Trump cannot compete with the Pope. Even when a Pope is mid-tier, Catholics will defend their Pope. Pope means “pop” or “dad” and while we may see flaws in our dad, he's still our dad.

Historians will mark Trump’s attack on the Pope as one of the primary events that led to his downfall and the downfall of the Republican Party. The Midterms will be ugly.

2025-2026 was a triumphant year for Catholics with the first American Pope ever and a record-breaking increase in Easter conversions.

Trump chose the absolute worst moment to throw darts at the Pope, publish profanity on Easter Sunday, and post himself as a “red cross doctor with glowing hands.”

Trump cooked himself. He should have celebrated an American Pope and harnessed all the exuberant Catholic energy moving into 2026. But Trump shares the stage with no one. Instead, he attacked the one American who is more powerful and more popular than himself: the American Pope.

Trump was blinded by his own (declining) aura.

[Gilbert Dabari @SkyVirginSon]

With all due respect to the Office of the President, this post contains several claims that are factually inaccurate and theologically misguided, and as a Catholic I feel compelled to respond.

1. The Pope was not elected to please any president.

Pope Leo XIV was elected by 133 cardinals from across the world in a sacred conclave, on the fourth ballot, on May 8, 2025. 

The Holy Spirit guides the conclave, not American politics.

To suggest that “if I wasn’t in the White House, Leo wouldn’t be in the Vatican”  is not only historically ignorant but theologically offensive to every Catholic on earth.

2. He was not an unknown outsider.

Pope Leo XIV served as Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, one of the most powerful roles in the Vatican, responsible for selecting bishops for dioceses worldwide. 

He was one of the most qualified candidates in the College of Cardinals.

3. He is deeply rooted in service, not politics.

An Augustinian missionary who worked for decades in Peru, Pope Leo XIV dedicated his life to the poor and the Gospel long before any political figure noticed him. 

His name honors Leo XIII, the Pope who championed workers’ rights and the poor during the Industrial Revolution, a tradition of Catholic Social Teaching that predates any modern political party.

4. The Pope’s role is prophetic, not partisan.

When the Pope speaks on peace, nuclear weapons, immigration, or the dignity of nations, he is fulfilling the mission of Christ, not opposing any government.

His first words as Pope were “Peace be with you all,”  echoing the Risen Christ (John 20:19).

A Pope who is silent on injustice would be failing his divine mandate.

5. Demanding a Pope “get in line” with a president contradicts 2,000 years of Church history.

From St. Peter before Nero, to St. Thomas More before Henry VIII, to John Paul II before Soviet communism, the Church has never existed to validate earthly power.

“We must obey God rather than men.” (Acts 5:29)

As Catholics, we pray for all leaders, including President Trump.

But we stand firmly with our Holy Father.

Habemus Papam. And he answers to God alone.

[Eduardo Verástegui @EVerastegui]

Presidente @realDonaldTrump

Como católico, le respondo con respeto, pero también con claridad:
El Papa León XIV no es un actor político ni un subordinado de ningún gobierno. Es el sucesor de San Pedro y el vicario de Cristo, y su misión es apacentar a las ovejas de Cristo; su misión es espiritual: guiar almas, defender la dignidad humana y recordar al mundo la verdad, incluso cuando incomoda al poder.
La Iglesia no existe para agradar a los gobiernos, sino para ser luz en medio de la oscuridad.
Podemos debatir políticas públicas.
Podemos tener diferencias legítimas.
Pero atacar al Papa con descalificaciones personales no fortalece a nadie… y mucho menos a la fe católica que millones profesamos.
Un líder fuerte no teme a la verdad.
Y un verdadero cristiano no debería perder la caridad, ni siquiera en el desacuerdo.

Aclaración importante:
Los católicos respetamos a las autoridades civiles, pero nuestra lealtad última es a Cristo y a su Iglesia.
El poder es temporal.
La verdad no.
Invito a todos los católicos a rezar por la paz en el mundo y por la conversión de todos los líderes políticos, para que sirvan a sus pueblos como Dios manda.

Dios lo bendiga.

[RTSG News @RTSG_News]

🚨🇨🇳 BREAKING: China has successfully landed reusable rockets on the sea.

Follow: @RTSG_News

[meta thomist 🇻🇦 @metathomist]

The baptismal font doesn’t care about your cheekbones.

Christ died for both these women equally.

So yes, they are morally equal (equal dignity, equal worth before God).

[Padre Javier Olivera Ravasi @PJavierOR]

"¿Por qué no soy protestante?"
Contribuyendo al verdadero ecumenismo.

[Ricardo Colpari @Lricardo]

@MnJaume Muchas gracias Padre.

[Ricardo Colpari @Lricardo]

@MnJaume por el alma de Ricardo Colpari Díaz, mi padre.

[ApoStructura @ApoStructura]

All 258 rockets launched in 2025 so far, chronologically and at scale.

[Ricardo Colpari @Lricardo]

@mapgy jaaa, pues es cierto, me ha tocado estar de los dos lados...

[That Catholic Guy 🇻🇦 @Catholic_bro]

“This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?”

[Ricardo Colpari @Lricardo]

@DarkMakintosh @Arteymas_ fui en 2012 a China, estuve un año y nunca vi que nada se pierda, o que te asalten, hay crimen y corrupcion en las altas esferas del poder, pero no hay rateros pequenos en las calles.

[Ricardo Colpari @Lricardo]

God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world. ~C. S. Lewis #quote

[Institute for Hispano Studies @hispano_studies]

Did you know? 📜
The Spanish Empire preserved the grammar of Nahuatl (1547) & Quechua (1560) decades before English even had it’s own (1586).

Then came Aymara (1603), Mapuche (1606), Tagalog (1610), Guaraní (1639), Maya (1684) — and dozens more.

While the Anglo world was still fumbling with its own tongue, the Spanish were safeguarding the voices of entire civilizations. 🌎⚔️🇯🇪

[Ricardo Colpari @Lricardo]

@aliciiagd cuenta con mis oraciones.