#popeleo — Public Fediverse posts

‘They celebrate goals, we count martyrs’: Watching the #WorldCup in Gaza
As the #FIFAWorldCup enters its final stages, it is clear that even three years of #genocide has not extinguished Gazans’ passion for the game. Ibtisam Mahdi described how #Palestinians are defying Israeli bombings and power outages to follow #soccer’s biggest tournament, while many still fear that the world has abandoned them.

https://www.972mag.com/wp-content/themes/rgb/newsletter.php?page_id=8&section_id=193292&utm_source=972+Magazine+Newsletter&utm_campaign=357808de35-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_9_12_2022_11_20_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f1fe821d25-357808de35-1401528606

from +972’s Sunday Recap
#972Magazine [published in #Israel]
July 12, 2026

Also:

• First Israel silenced Palestinian citizens. Now it turns to their leaders
• Can an exhibition be ‘explicitly political’ at Israel’s preeminent #art school?
• What #PopeLeo won’t say about #Gaza is testing the #CatholicChurch

#SanctionIsrael #StopStarvingGaza #FreePalestine #BlockTheBombs #StopGazaGenocide #IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity #BDS #DivestFromIsrael #USHandsOffICC #SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism
#Palestine #news #politics #football

LIVE: Sixth day of Pope Leo’s visit to Spain

Pope Leo travels from Barcelona to the Canary Islands where he will hold Holy Mass and meet with organizations working with migrants. The Pope visited Barcelona's Sagrada Familia on June 10 and inaugurated the newest of its soaring geometric spires that makes the modernist structure designed by Antoni Gaudi the world's tallest church. #PopeLeo #Pope #CanaryIslands #HolyMass #migrants #Spain #catholic #christianity #religion…

https://fllics.com/en/video/live-sixth-day-of-pope-leos-visit-to-spain/

LIVE: Fifth day of Pope Leo’s visit to Spain

Pope Leo visits Montserrat before holding a mass at the Sagrada Familia Basilica later in the day. The Pope spoke in Catalan, a language key to the ‌region's identity, as he arrived in Barcelona on June 9 for the second stop of a week-long tour of Spain in which he has warned that conflicts have pushed the world into a profound crisis. #PopeLeo #Pope #Montserrat #SagradaFamiliaBasilica #Spain #catholic #christianity…

https://fllics.com/en/video/live-fifth-day-of-pope-leos-visit-to-spain/

Pope Leo Says No Place for Hate in World Except Towards White Sox Front Office

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://thehardtimes.net/culture/pope-leo-says-no-place-for-hate-in-world-except-towards-white-sox-front-office/

Thursday, May 28, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/thursday-may-28-2026/

Monday, April 20, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/monday-april-20-2026/

"'I’m thankful the President has made it very clear that this was not at all what he thought the AI-generated image was representing—he thought it was a doctor helping someone, and when he learned of the concerns, he immediately removed the post.'"

As Holly says, it's hard to write satire these days when "reality" itself, as offered to us by the links of Graham, is ludicrous satire of, well, reality and truth.

#Trump #Hegseth #PopeLeo #FranklinGraham #DoctorTrump #WhiteChristianNationalism
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Holly Berkley Fletcher links to and provides an excerpt from a satirical piece she has written saying that Franklin Graham blames Jesus for Trump's missteps with Iran and the economy. Then she notes that right after she published this, Franklin Graham said,

'I do not believe President Trump would knowingly depict himself as Jesus Christ—that would certainly be inappropriate.'"

#Trump #Hegseth #PopeLeo #FranklinGraham #DoctorTrump #WhiteChristianNationalism
/5

https://hollyberkleyfletcher.substack.com/p/franklin-graham-blames-jesus-for

Last I checked, neither God, Jesus or Pope Leo was in the #EpsteinFiles

So it’s extremely difficult to take the rhetoric coming from JD Vance, Mike Johnson and Sean Hannity seriously while they smear Pope Leo in order to paint a child molester like Donald Trump as the second coming of Christ.

#trump #popeleo #jdvance #mikejohnson #hannity #fox #EpsteinFiles #epstein #republicans #MAGA #news #worldnews #iran #middleeast #msnow

RE: https://flipboard.com/@wallpapermag/art-cmsofa77z/-/a-rw9QSQCzQ3Ovh9iX9a_l7A%3Aa%3A1697399301-%2F0

The Vatican is something else these days. Right on, I guess.

#art #venicebiennale #pattismith #PopeLeo #vatican #music #thevatican

LIVE: Day three of Pope Leo’s Africa tour

Pope Leo leads a holy mass in the Basilica of Saint Augustine in Annaba before departing for Algiers. #PopeLeo #AfricaTour #Algeria #Annaba #HolyMass #SaintAugustine #Basilica #live #Reuters #News Keep up with the latest news from around the world:

https://fllics.com/en/video/live-day-three-of-pope-leos-africa-tour/

"Now the Pope is saying, Now let me tell you what the scriptures really say. And let me just meet you with the scripture. It's not my words. It's not my politics. It's not my policy. I'm just going to hit you with the scriptures. Blessed are the peacemakers, the children of God. Blessed are the meek."

"In a real sense, with Donald Trump, what you have at MAGA is a war on divinity."

~ William J. Barber

#Trump #PopeLeo #PaulaWhite #FranklinGraham #narcissism #WhiteChristianNationalism #MAGA
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"One thing that I love of what's happening right now is the Pope is not speaking as a political figure or as a politician. What he is doing is quoting the scriptures ans exposing these hustlers like Paula White and Franklin Graham and all the rest of them who have been hijacking the scriptures to pump this guy up and justify all their evil, their wickedness that they've been doing."

#Trump #PopeLeo #PaulaWhite #FranklinGraham #narcissism #WhiteChristianNationalism #MAGA
/3

"He has such an inflated perception of himself And he has so many people around him that continue to feed this narcissism and this craziness. I mean, he's got these Paula White and Franklin Graham hustlers that are out there constantly referring to him like Jesus. So why are we surprised that he would put something like this on?"

~ Father Michael Pfleger

#Trump #PopeLeo #PaulaWhite #FranklinGraham #narcissism #WhiteChristianNationalism #MAGA
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https://www.joyannreid.com/p/trump-cosplays-as-jesus-while-sending

LIVE: Pope Leo presides over Good Friday rite in Rome

Pope Leo presides over the Good Friday Way of the Cross at the Colosseum. #popeleo #Colosseum #easter #goodfriday #rome #holyweek Keep up with the latest news from around the world:

https://fllics.com/en/video/live-pope-leo-presides-over-good-friday-rite-in-rome/

It's a war between a Christianity that roots itself in Jesus and the gospels, a Christianity shared by millions of Americans of various confessional backgrounds, and a Christianity that totally ignores who Jesus was and what he said, and that twists Jesus to justify violence and to place "us" on the holy side as we obliterate "them."

#PopeLeo #Trump #Hegseth #FranklinGraham #war #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteEvangelicals
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It's not coincidental, I think, that Franklin Graham, who is a kind of pope for white evangelicals, would write Trump at just this moment when Pope Leo points out — clearly and rightly — that one cannot invoke Jesus to justify war.

There's a war going on here, for sure. It's a war between competing versions of Christianity.

#PopeLeo #Trump #Hegseth #FranklinGraham #war #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteEvangelicals
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"Perhaps coincidentally, on Palm Sunday, Trump posted a letter on Truth Social from Franklin Graham, the son of the late legendary televangelist Billy Graham, which assured him that his 'soul is secure' and he is 'bound for heaven.'”

#PopeLeo #Trump #Hegseth #FranklinGraham #war #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteEvangelicals
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/12/wednesday-december-10-2025/

I stand with Pope Leo XIV’s call to treat immigrants with dignity and humanity. Justice and compassion must guide policy—security and respect can coexist. #HumanDignity #ImmigrationJustice #CatholicSocialTeaching #PopeLeo www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/267907/...

Pope Leo XIV calls for heeding...

Pope hosts Hollywood stars at Vatican, laments decline in movie-going

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://interaksyon.philstar.com/celebrities/2025/11/17/304951/pope-hosts-hollywood-stars-at-vatican-laments-decline-in-movie-going/

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Ukrainian military releases footage of Russian troops killing civilian in Donetsk Oblast and Ukraine’s retaliation — Russia to spend $1.1 trillion preparing for upcoming large-scale war — Ukrainian drones reportedly attack Samara plant making raw materials for Russian artillery, bombs — Russia recruits children into drone programs through games, education incentives … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/wednesday-july-23-2025/

Sunday, June 29, 2025

Russia revives obsolete T-62 tanks amid equipment shortages — Ukraine approves new ‘Murakha’ ground robot for combat use — Ukrainian drones strike missile, drone arsenal in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast — Russia has amassed 111,000 troops near Pokrovsk … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/06/sunday-june-29-2025/

If you want to hear the #NewPope say doobeeedoobeedoo, have it courtesy of Dr Geoff Lindsey's analysis of his accent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I33mhMYGwOY

#PopeLeo #linguistics #pronunciation #vowelShift

Yes to this… a thousand times, yes. 🧦 ⚾️ ⚫️⚪️ #ChicagoWhiteSox #GoGoSox #WhiteSox #PopeLeo #PopeLeoXIV #SouthSideSox #MLB #MLBMastodon

https://www.hardcoreitalians.com/products/pope-leo-baseball-tee

@cafechatnoir @sindarina @BobHorowitz I follow a few folks on Bluesky (via the Tapestry app; I don't have a login) and this sounds right to me:

Pope Leo XIV is still going to be terrible on every issue that the Church is currently terrible on. That isn't going to change.

The good news is that this isn't walking back the limited reforms Francis instituted. And it is likely to mean a Pope who speaks up in areas where the Church is good.
(Eg migration, asylum, etc.)

And it's a Pope who is unlikely to be an active ally of MAGA and related fascist movements.

The bad was 100% locked in from the start. The good wasn't. And in 2025 America, I'll take anything slowing the descent or better as a win.

https://bsky.app/profile/questauthority.bsky.social/post/3looj23qtws2e

#NewPope #PopeLeoXIV #LeoXIV #PopeLeo