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[Rocco Palmo @roccopalmo]

While Tradfederates demand another Rage Parade to the Pope, closer to home – and just ahead of Cats' Roman opener – LeBob's alma mater commits a horrific schism, damaging the fabric of this city & 🇺🇸 sport: https://t.co/SBAn1tkS0W

The Big 5 is One. Forever.

We need unity here.

[Rocco Palmo @roccopalmo]

NB: When folks "like" this shop's content without sharing it, they – ie. *you* – censor news and suffocate the work that goes into it.

Just sayin'... Do better.

[Rocco Palmo @roccopalmo]

7 years since the passage of NY State’s Child Victims Act (which suspended the civil statute of limitations for historic abuse cases), the Gotham Arch is the first diocese to settle its docket without resorting to Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Now, the lone unresolved see is Brooklyn.

[Rocco Palmo @roccopalmo]

“Habemus Payout” – ending years of legal theatrics (and bankruptcy threats), 2.5 mil-member NY Arch reaches $800 million settlement for 1,300+ cases: US’ 2nd-largest single deal, its total still dwarfed by the $1.6 billion LA paid over 2 state "windows." https://t.co/CjEtqz3Uum

[Rocco Palmo @roccopalmo]

“Habemus Payout” – ending years of legal theatrics (and bankruptcy threats), 2.5 mil-member NY Arch reaches $800 million settlement for 1,300+ cases: US’ 2nd-largest single deal, its total still dwarfed by the $1.6 billion LA paid over 2 state "windows." https://t.co/CjEtqz3Uum

[Rocco Palmo @roccopalmo]

Grasping to explain Oval fiasco, after mega blowback for laying hands on Trump with Paula White, Denver’s +Golka says “I’m heartbroken people are hurt… and intentionally using this moment to sow disunity”: https://t.co/fymK70zM15

(NB: The optic sowed “disunity,” and confusion.)

[Rocco Palmo @roccopalmo]

Per WH video, 2 days after nabbing a year of silence from one of US Right’s top influencer-priests, new Denver Arch +Jim Golka prays over Trump in The Oval… Dallas’ +Ed Burns, Rapid City’s +Scott Bullock & Kansas MAGA-meritus +Joe Naumann visible in shot

[Rocco Palmo @roccopalmo]

Making a “Cardinal Betsy” of his own in Reds Country – one of US Catholicism’s most illustrious folds – Cinci’s +Bob Casey becomes the latest ranking US prelate to institute a lay COO-overhaul to his Curia, recruiting his pick from Procter & Gamble: https://t.co/8sfvqpgrib

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

Pope Leo XIV will not make his scheduled visit to Assisi on October 27 in order to “aid his recovery” following his recent thoracic surgery, according to the Holy See Press Office.

The Pope will instead send a message to express his closeness to the organizers and attendees of the “Unarmed and Disarming Peace” meeting, which marks the 40th anniversary of the World Day of Prayer for Peace convened in the Italian city by Pope St. John Paul II.

“To aid his recovery following the thoracic surgery he underwent on Tuesday of last week, Pope Leo XIV will be unable to attend the ‘Unarmed and Disarming Peace’ meeting in Assisi on October 27, as planned,” read the statement.

The Press Office assured everyone that the Holy Father remains convinced “that the ‘Spirit of Assisi’ dialogue and the search for words and gestures of peace are valuable resources in an age of conflict.”

At the same time, Dr. Luigi Carbone and Professor Stefano Margaritora said the Holy Father underwent a scheduled follow-up chest X-ray, which confirmed that his “postoperative recovery is progressing very well.”

“However, given the short time that has elapsed since the surgery, his doctors advised against the planned helicopter journey on October 27 as a precaution,” they noted in the statement released on Friday by the Holy See Press Office.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

This is precisely what it means to “give to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s”: to be truthful, free from servile fear or hypocrisy, free to do good. Let us pray to the Lord to help us live in this way. #GospelOfTheDay (Mt 22:15-21)

[Rocco Palmo @roccopalmo]

Striking as it was, today's Oval fiasco is all the more extraordinary given the feast at hand...

Having looked to 🇺🇸 as a beacon from behind the Iron Curtain, St JPII became one of us... and called us to faithful citizenship on the 200th of the Constitution, in Magisterial text:

[Rocco Palmo @roccopalmo]

Much as it looked like +Jeff Grob behind the Resolute Desk, given his (Blase-r) provenance, it just didn't compute....

But just like the Brewers in a World Series, here we are.

[Sophie Carson @SCarson_News]

We confirmed Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey Grob is standing behind Trump's chair, to the left of Paula White-Cain.
An archdiocese spokeswoman said: "Archbishop Grob was among a group of bishops who had a brief meeting with the president today."
https://t.co/iREfp2F8cQ

[Rocco Palmo @roccopalmo]

@BarkingBarister No.

[Rocco Palmo @roccopalmo]

There are other US hats in the frame (some hiding, or trying), but it’d be irresponsible to name them without full clarity… Anyone up to help finish the puzzle?

[Rocco Palmo @roccopalmo]

Per WH video, 2 days after nabbing a year of silence from one of US Right’s top influencer-priests, new Denver Arch +Jim Golka prays over Trump in The Oval… Dallas’ +Ed Burns, Rapid City’s +Scott Bullock & Kansas MAGA-meritus +Joe Naumann visible in shot

[Rocco Palmo @roccopalmo]

Per WH video, 2 days after nabbing a year of silence from one of US Right’s top influencer-priests, new Denver Arch +Jim Golka prays over Trump in The Oval… Dallas’ +Ed Burns, Rapid City’s +Scott Bullock & Kansas MAGA-meritus +Joe Naumann visible in shot

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

Pope Leo welcomed members of the American Jewish Committee in the Vatican this morning and recalled their shared commitment to promoting human dignity and to rejecting all forms of hatred and discrimination.

[Rocco Palmo @roccopalmo]

Long story short: “Pope Cancer-Free.”

#GoBob

[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.”

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

At his first Wednesday General Audience after having undergone surgery, Pope Leo XIV thanks everyone for their prayers and encourages the faithful to renew their trust in the goodness and mercy of God.

[Paulina Guzik @Guzik_Paulina]

How is Pope Leo feeling 8 days after his surgery?
Pope Leo:
📸by @LolaGomezC @CatholicNewsSvc

[Rocco Palmo @roccopalmo]

Pope’s first extended event 8 days after cancer op, Leo to hold the standard Wednesday Audience at 1000 Rome (3am Chicago); no indication which, if any, elements of the usual 2-hour en masse meet & greet will be curtailed due to his recovery.

Livefeed: https://t.co/HUvxL6wy4a

[WGN TV News @WGNNews]

Nearly everyone who meets the Pope brings a present. From flowers to photos, tennis racquets and t-shirts, many of the items end up in the Vatican archives, sitting in storage, or donated to charity.

But when Chicago attorney Michael Airdo planned to visit his old friend, he wanted to bring something special: https://t.co/Ylh5UYJQ7M

[Catholic News Agency @cnalive]

The Vatican’s International Theological Commission will study Church tradition and how it is transmitted through different cultures.

https://t.co/lRDVgSN7Lh