elizabeth t.c.

Professional cantor for the Roman Catholic Church
Memoir Writer

[Rich Raho @RichRaho]

Pope Leo at Sagrada Familia: “We cannot believe in Jesus and make war. We cannot believe in Jesus and kill the innocent. We cannot believe in Jesus and abandon those who suffer, those who weep, those who flee from misery.”

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

Goodnight 🌙

Say a prayer for these innocent victims of Donald J Trump

[elizabeth t.c. @singforGod]

@0TulsiGabbardRV A, for absolutely the worst!

[elizabeth t.c. @singforGod]

Nuns As Queer https://t.co/6i9uXw4UHl

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

As Alessandro Gisotti of Vatican News wrote: "A Good Samaritan on the Chair of Peter." Pope Leo XIV visits St. Paul Hospital, in Douala, Cameroon, today.

@AGisotti
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[America Magazine @americamag]

If you are outraged—which would be both understandable and justifiable—by President Donald Trump’s social media attack last night on Pope Leo, take a moment to step back and follow the pope’s example rather than taking the president’s bait.

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[PBS News @NewsHour]

Pope Leo XIV says he doesn't fear the Trump administration and will continue to speak out for peace and against the war in Iran, after being attacked by President Donald Trump for being "terrible for foreign policy."

"Too many people are suffering in the world today," Pope Leo said on board the papal plane on Monday. "Too many innocent people are being killed, and I think someone has to stand up and say there's a better way to do this."'

"I am called to do what the church is called to do," Leo later added. "We're not politicians, we're not looking to make foreign policy, he calls it, with the same perspective that he might understand it. But I do believe that the mention of the Gospel, 'Blessed are the peacemakers,' is a message that the world needs to hear today."

Trump wrote in a social media post on Sunday that "Leo should get his act together as Pope, use Common Sense, stop catering to the Radical Left, and focus on being a Great Pope, not a Politician."

Leo, who has urged an end to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, is embarking on an 11-day trip to Africa.

[elizabeth t.c. @singforGod]

@GeraldoRivera Really Geraldo?! To defend him is to support his blasphemy!

[Senator Mark Kelly @SenMarkKelly]

As a Catholic, I find it abhorrent that the President of the United States would publicly attack the Successor of St. Peter. Donald Trump is flailing. His war in Iran has led to the death and injury of American servicemembers and the death of Iranian children. He will attack anyone or anything to try to protect himself, even the Church that millions of Americans find faith and comfort in every day. The American people deserve a president who understands the consequences of his words and takes responsibility for his actions.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Trump is now attacking the Pope for speaking out against war while posting images of himself as a messianic figure.

This is not only offensive. It is deranged, egomaniacal behavior.

When will Republicans in Congress stop blindly following this dangerous and unhinged man?

[elizabeth t.c. @singforGod]

@POTUS IMPEACH this blasphemous, embarrassment of a president. NOW. @Congress wake up!

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

The statements made by President Trump on Truth Social regarding the Pope were entirely inappropriate and disrespectful. They don’t contribute at all to a constructive conversation. It is the Pope’s prerogative to articulate Catholic doctrine and the principles that govern the moral life. In regard to the concrete application of those principles, people of good will can and do disagree. I would warmly recommend that serious Catholics within the Trump administration–Secretary Rubio, Vice President Vance, Ambassador Brian Burch, and others–might meet with Vatican officials so that a real dialogue can take place. This is far preferable to the statements on social media.

I am very grateful for the many ways that the Trump administration has reached out to Catholics and other people of faith. It has been a high honor to serve on the Religious Liberty Commission. No President in my lifetime has shown a greater dedication to defending our first liberty. All that said, I think the President owes the Pope an apology.

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

Pope Leo XIV calls upon billions of people around the world to engage in a shared commitment against the “madness of war,” those who, in this dramatic hour of history, do not surrender to the idolatry of money and power.
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[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

I doubt Pope Leo XIV will lose any sleep over this, before he begins his pilgrimage to Africa tomorrow. But the rest of us should. Because it is unhinged, uncharitable and unchristian. Is there no bottom to this moral squalor?

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

James Martin: “Il Papa non è anti-Trump. Ma è a favore di Gesù. E Gesù non diceva: ‘Beati i guerrafondai’”
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[elizabeth t.c. @singforGod]

@mariashriver @POTUS is vying for the innermost circle of hell.

[elizabeth t.c. @singforGod]

@POTUS If you are against @Pontifex you are fighting GOD! Wake up!

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

I renew my invitation for everyone to join me for the Prayer Vigil for Peace, which we will celebrate in St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday, April 11, at 6:00 PM Rome time. #PrayTogether #Peace

[PBS News @NewsHour]

Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday that President Donald Trump's threat to Iran that he would wipe out an entire civilization was "truly unacceptable."

"There are certainly issues of international law here, but even more so a moral issue for the good of the whole, entire population," the pope said in Italian to reporters outside his residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. "I would like to invite everyone to truly think in their hearts about the many innocent people, so many children, so many elderly, completely innocent, who would also become victims of this escalation of a war that began from the very first days."

Leo was responding to Trump's threat earlier in the day that, if Iran's leaders did not agree to a deal that would open the Strait of Hormuz, "a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again." Trump has imposed an 8 p.m. Eastern deadline for Iranian leaders. The president has also said the U.S. has a "plan" to target Iran's power plants and bridges — actions that experts say could constitute a war crime.

The leader of the Catholic Church called on "all people of goodwill to search, always, for peace and not violence, to reject war." He referred to the monthlong conflict with Iran as "an unjust war" that is "not resolving anything."

The leader of Catholic bishops in the United States echoed the pope in a statement. "The threat of destroying a whole civilization and the intentional targeting of civilian infrastructure cannot be morally justified. There are other ways to resolve conflict between peoples," Archbishop Paul Coakley said. "I call on President Trump to step back from the precipice of war and negotiate a just settlement for the sake of peace and before more lives are lost."