Ryan Knappenberger

Lehigh Valley native, Roman Catholic ✝️, proud dad of 4, American 🇺🇸, RN, & Philly 4/4 fan 🦅. It’s nice to be important, but more important to be nice!

[Philadelphia Phillies @Phillies]

Comeback kids!

#RingTheBell

[NBC Sports Philadelphia @NBCSPhilly]

"The city of Philadelphia should really, really not take it for granted."

[Ryan Knappenberger @ryanknappy]

Electric!

[Philly Sports Sufferer @mccrystal_alex]

This clip has an immeasurable amount of aura

[NBC Sports Philadelphia @NBCSPhilly]

tbh can't stop won't stop thinking about this Owen Tippett shift

[Philadelphia Flyers @NHLFlyers]

Sit down.

[Michael Haynes 🇻🇦 @MLJHaynes]

JUST IN: Israeli Police prevented Cardinal Pizzaballa from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre today, as he went to say Mass.

@LPJerusalem calls it a “grave precedent” which “constitutes a manifestly unreasonable and grossly disproportionate measure.”

Full statement from @LPJerusalem below

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Joint Press Release
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land

Holy City of Jerusalem
Palm Sunday, 29 March 2026

This morning, the Israeli Police prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, together with the Custos of the Holy Land, the Most Reverend Fr. Francesco Ielpo, OFM, the official Guardian of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, as they made their way to celebrate the Palm Sunday Mass.

The two were stopped en route, while proceeding privately and without any characteristics of a procession or ceremonial act, and were compelled to turn back. As a result, and for the first time in centuries, the Heads of the Church were prevented from celebrating the Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

This incident is a grave precedent,and disregard the sensibilities of billions of people around the world who, during this week, look to Jerusalem.

The Heads of the Churches have acted with full responsibility and, since the outset of the war, have complied with all imposed restrictions: public gatherings were cancelled, attendance was prohibited, and arrangements were made to broadcast the celebrations to hundreds of millions of faithful worldwide, who, during these days of Easter, turn their eyes to Jerusalem and to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Preventing the entry of the Cardinal and the Custos, who bear the highest ecclesiastical responsibility for the Catholic Church and the Holy Places, constitutes a manifestly unreasonable and grossly disproportionate measure.

This hasty and fundamentally flawed decision, tainted by improper considerations, represents an extreme departure from basic principles of reasonableness, freedom of worship, and respect for the Status Quo.

The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land express their profound sorrow to the Christian faithful in the Holy Land and throughout the world that prayer on one of the most sacred days of the Christian calendar has thus been prevented.

[Ryan Knappenberger @ryanknappy]

I despise that Harrison Bader is not a Phillie. 😡 #phillies #mlb

[Ryan Knappenberger @ryanknappy]

@bigjondaniel @NBAonNBC @WorldWideWob https://t.co/ZXQkrj2pjU -hopefully they’ll restock in the future…

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ROUNDBALL ROCK INTO BOB COSTAS CALLING PLAY-BY-PLAY! Feels like the old days. 👏

📺 NBC and Peacock

[Ryan Knappenberger @ryanknappy]

@NBAonNBC loving this throwback NBA showtime broadcast! Can’t wait for the game. Feel like I’m a kid again. Thank you for this ♥️

[Saint Adaugoijele ✝️ @JustAdaugoijele]

The Mass is the heart of the Christian life,
Go to Mass today

[Ryan Knappenberger @ryanknappy]

Lost 2 men this week (James and Brad) who battled and fought the cancer fight while both sharing messages of their faith/beauty of God’s love prior to diagnosis and during treatment. Thank you for your testimony and courage to speak truth and may we all learn from your witnesses.

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

JUST IN: Actor James Van Der Beek has sadly passed away at the age of 48.

"Our beloved James David Van Der Beek passed peacefully this morning," his family posted to his Instagram account.

"He met his final days with courage, faith, and grace. There is much to share regarding his wishes, love for humanity and the sacredness of time."

"Those days will come. For now we ask for peaceful privacy as we grieve our loving husband, father, son, brother, and friend."

Van Der Beek, a husband and a father, revealed in November of 2024 that he had colorectal cancer.

Back in March, the actor released the following video explaining what cancer had taught him.

RIP.

[🌵 RC | The Nostalgia Pro🕹️📺 @NostalgiaPro]

RIP Brad Arnold.🕊️

It’s hard to explain to people who weren't there just how massive 3 Doors Down was in 2000.

He wrote "Kryptonite" in a math class when he was 15 years old.

Five years later, it was the biggest song in the world.

47 is way too young.

I was lucky enough to see him in Phoenix in Sept 2024 at the Summer of '99 tour with Creed. He stopped the show to talk about how many of us feel like we'll never be good enough, and then reminded us we're absolutely enough because Jesus loves us.

"You are absolutely enough. You will always be enough... because Jesus Christ loves you."

Rest easy, Brad.😢

[Ryan Knappenberger @ryanknappy]

@1995_eagles Last time the Eagles wore the white jersey/kelly green numbers and silver pants in a regular season game. Wore them one final time at the vet vs the Lions in the Wild Card.

[Sublime @sublime]

"Life is too short, so love the one you got." 

R.I.P. Pierre Robert

[Ryan Knappenberger @ryanknappy]

The Super Bowl debts must be paid. This weekend delivered in many forms. 🤬 #eagles #phillies #PennStateFootball

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@KelseyReichmann Hey Kelsey it’s actually @ryan_knappy for proper credit

[Ryan Knappenberger @ryanknappy]

@epawawx currently in Ottsville, Bucks County.

[Andrew Wilkow @WilkowMajority]

Oh.....Now democrats care about national security.....