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I'm Gary Gately, an award-winning journalist and founder and editor of The Catholic Observer, an independent source of news and views on the Catholic Church.

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Holy Smoke: #Conclave2025 to Elect New #Pope to Begin May 7. Cardinals from across the world will choose the successor to #PopeFrancis to lead the 1.4 billion-member #CatholicChurch. Read The Catholic Observer story: https://t.co/2hz1yitcL9

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After his Holy Thursday visit to a Rome prison, #PopeFrancis asks: "Why them and not me?” The pope's visit with dozens of inmates came as he recovers from life-threatening pneumonia. TCO story: https://t.co/2Myf7mXHYw
#CatholicChurch #Easter2025 #vatican

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A bill approved by Washington's state legislature would require priests to report child abuse revealed In confession or face up to a year imprisonment. TCO story: https://t.co/aZjLNG6qav #CatholicChurch #priestsexualabuse #snapnetwork #usccb

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#Catholic NGOs, Other Aid Agencies Urge U.S. to Restore Funding for #USAID, @USStateDepartm2 contracts. They say terminating most foreign-aid contracts jeopardizes the lives of millions of the world's most impoverished people. https://t.co/NVhwSHIioX

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New Report: U.S. Religious Leaders Can Play Major Role In Healing "Toxic Polarization" https://t.co/hgtwAtZ0yz

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Catholic Bishops, Pro-Life Groups Criticize UK Buffer Zones Near Abortion Clinics https://t.co/kuOTRhrjcV

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A Catholic deacon's daughter died by suicide. Then he started a global Catholic mental health ministry. https://t.co/dn0ej1TVv1

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A Catholic deacon's daughter died by suicide. Then he started a global Catholic mental health ministry. https://t.co/dn0ej1TVv1

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For Countless Clergy Abuse Victims, Justice Remains Elusive.... SNAP highlights the need for reforms to hold religious organizations accountable, including lifting statutes of limitations on child sexual abuse claims. https://t.co/sA5uJza5Xf

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With Church Polarized, Catholic Organizations Launch Major Campaigns Supporting Trump or Harris https://t.co/xHXUbDJPAx

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@sextoyspolitics @BaltimorePolice Good point, Max. CHILDREN.

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@sextoyspolitics @BaltimorePolice good point,

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@Martina wtf

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@NCRonline @Dodgers @HeidiSchlumpf Enlightening story, @heidishlumpIf. "Hate is not the answer." Amen. But it seems many invoke the name of God and the #CatholicChurch to attack #lgbtqcatholics, believing they're doing God's will as #Catholics whose @Pontifex declares "gender theory" evil.

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@SNAPNetwork Catholic #clergyabuse victims advocates demand ouster of @archbalt
#Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori over handling of #priestabuse @krassenstein @ncronline @heidischlumpf @melaniesakota https://t.co/ynveO8VNEv

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@HeidiSchlumpf Insane Indeed. Insane indeed, making targets of more students in #schoolshootings. How about you think of our children instead of the
@NRA, @GovernorBillLee? #stopthenra @GunControlPlz #GunControlNow @sandyhookpromis @StopSchoolSho10
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This is insane. Kids and adults die in a school shooting, and they pass laws to protect gun manufacturers from liability. https://t.co/DTndlN7ksR

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@HeidiSchlumpf God help us. So lets make it easier to put weapons of war in the hands of sociopaths so they can gun down more students in #schoolshootings in the most violent developed country in the world. How about you think of our children instead of the @NRA? #GunControlNow #stopsthenra

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To Really Celebrate Mothers (and Families), by @StevenBeschloss https://t.co/RYefYenA4Z

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Creating Inclusive Catholic Schools for the LGBTQIA+ Community | University of San Francisco https://t.co/9rZI0p4td4

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The Catholic Observer Editorial: Bishop Joseph Strickland Must Go. https://t.co/okwowYSvzt @NCRonline @americamag @USCCB @CatholicDems @NCRegister @Pontifex @Pope_news @VaticanNews @JamesMartinSJ @CatholicReview @JoeBiden @CatholicDems @TheDemocrats @HeidiSchlumpfm #Catholic