I find myself drawn to a full-on defense of what Vatican II asserted & Pope John XXIII preached: that believers & religious institutions gained far more than they lost by coming to terms with modernity & that liberalism’s virtues strengthen Christian virtues. Commonweal at 100:

The national colours of #Ukraine projected onto the Houses of the Oireachtas tonight

Former deputy head of Israel’s national security council says what’s happening in northern Gaza is a war crime and that it’s the duty of Israeli soldiers to refuse to serve in such circumstances.

Assume António Guterres conveyed this explicitly to Putin when they met. If so, meeting could have been worthwhile. If not, what’s the point tweeting it? 🤷🏻‍♂️

Utterly bad taste from Dublin Airport

Is Washington Post still a newspaper in any real sense? Criticism mounts over Washington Post decision to endorse neither Harris nor Trump theguardian.com/us-news/live/2…

Makes sense. Neutrality on fascism is incompatible with being a serious newspaper

A newspaper driven solely by its own commercial considerations is not worthy of the name newspaper

Those who remain neutral in the choice between fascism and democracy bear an immense responsibility, as with the rise of Hitler. That tragically includes elements of US Catholic Church theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

A message of clarification to Georgian friends: When Orbán Viktor arrives in #Tbilisi, he will speak for the Hungarian government, NOT on behalf of the European Union. For 🇪🇺 position, please refer to Charles Michel, António Costa & Josep Borrell Fontelles. For 🇩🇪 position, stay here.

This is a worrying, wrong and dangerous decision by the Knesset. It’s part of a long campaign to discredit UNRWA in its entirety. It will cost lives.

Interesting piece ⁦Mark Hennessy⁩ e-pages.dk/irishtimes/510…

The book display at Heathrow is unintentionally funny. Or possibly intentionally.

The argument that Harris needs to make is that a second Trump term is far more dangerous than the first — and he’s doing a heck of a job helping her make that case. From my conversation with ⁦Ramesh Ponnuru⁩ & ⁦Matt Bai⁩. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

PM_ViktorOrban claims again to be “pro peace”. He is the greatest warmonger in Europe, supporting the Putin war and backing the pro-Putin candidate in US election. Grotesque dangerous liar

BREAKING: The New York Times Editorial Board just released this piece endorsing Kamala Harris. This is huge.

Jesus wept. Rory McIlroy thinks Elon Musk is the “smartest man in the world” irishtimes.com/sport/golf/202…

Autocrats want a world order of the strong against the weak, of a globe of slaves divided among great powers. Putin's idea of peace is no one fighting back against Russian aggression and he seems to assume that Trump will go along.

We can empathise with voters + accept the result but Trump’s victory does not make his program or vision better. We were wrong to believe Kamala Harris would win. We were not wrong to believe that she should have won. Or that the values + vision that she represents can win again

It's the economy, stupid - 10 hot election topics: Housing, Immigration, Trump, Climate, Jobs, Apple’s €14bn, Infrastructure, Inflation, Economy and Debt. Analysis via ⁦RTÉ News⁩ rte.ie/news/business/…