Well, Trump claims he owns Greenland and hence that ice as well, so Leo planting the Vatican flag there, so to speak, is another clear act of aggression by the Pope against the President no? I mean, that's how MAGA world will read it...

Bishop Sarah Mullaly, New Archbishop of Canterbury: "Our history of safeguarding failures has left the legacy of deep harm and mistrust. And we must all be willing to have light shone on our actions regardless of our role in the church."

Posted by the President of the United States.

The world is a wonderful gift made up of different forms of life, given to us so that we might help and complete one another. Differences are not an obstacle, but rather an invitation to build harmony to reveal the beauty of creation. #SeasonOfCreation

Astonishing that the Anglican Communion is only now starting to tackle the crisis of sexual abuse:

Today’s prevailing mentality tends to value existence if it produces wealth or success, forgetting that the human being is always a limited creature with needs. We therefore hide or remove the fragility of the #Elderly. Yet, growing old is part of the marvel of creation. If we

In Oklahoma a former Trump faith advisor gets a 10 year suspended sentence, just six months in jail for sexually abusing a child. Who has the criminal justice problem? Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges religionnews.com/2025/10/03/tex…

This does not speak in your favor at all. It's an embarrassment, really. The publication and the lion's share of those writers became totally gleichgeschaltet by the end of the first Trump term.

Trump wanted to give King Charles one of Ike's swords. The Eisenhower presidential library said it could not provide one because it is government property and illegal to give away. Now the library director has been fired. Jennifer Schuessler Minho Kim nytimes.com/2025/10/02/art…

Mike Lewis has details on the machinations by conservative US hierarchs to use the USCCB to publicly rebuke Cardinal Cupich -- a move w/o precedent, even against bishops who refused to adopt child protection guidelines or those who waged holy war against Pope Francis:

Leonardo Cohen O, gather up the brokenness Bring it to me now The fragrance of those promises You never dared to vow The splinters that you carried The cross you left behind Come healing of the body Come healing of the mind youtu.be/MUB1O2cT2gM?si…

This is how a democracy dies.

TGIF

BREAKING: Donald Trump announces that the First Amendment of the US Constitution no longer matters.

Such bad dudes. Just an insane thing to do to someone peacefully talking.

Absolutely bananas that “we gotta build more houses” is used as the basis of an attack ad. A generational policy divide is opening and only one side is growing as a voting block. Kiss social security (and maybe Medicare) goodbye if we don’t build more housing.

"Leo’s exhortation is expected to show his continuity with Francis in relation to the poor and the reality of poverty in today’s world." Gerard O'Connell

Wise words from the Catholic Bishop of Brownsville, TX, in the Rio Grande Valley:

Hahahahahahahahaha Life comes at you fast