#popeleo — Public Fediverse posts
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History’s first US-born pope, whose family history includes both enslaved people & slave owners, delivered the apology in his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” (Magnificent Humanity), which was released Monday.
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#PopeLeo XIV made a historic #apology Monday for the role the Holy See played in #slavery & for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the #Vatican’s record a “wound in Christian memory.”
Past popes have apologized for Christians’ involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. But no pope had ever publicly acknowledged, much less apologized for, the role that past popes played in giving European sovereigns explicit authority to subjugate & enslave “infidels.”
https://apnews.com/article/pope-apologizes-slavery-role-holy-see-vatican-78df993c5604eb098b19f255b89b3155 -
Monday, April 20, 2026
Ukraine carries out first-ever interception of Shahed using naval drone platform -- Ukraine builds AI-driven defense ecosystem as over 200 companies develop drone technologies -- Ukraine strikes Russian another drone plant in Taganrog -- Russian drone attack on Kyiv Oblast damages homes ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/monday-april-20-2026/
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Pope Leo says God rejects prayers of leaders who wage wars
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#PopeLeo says #aerial #military #strikes should be #banned
"No one shld hv to fear tt threats of #death & #destruction might come fr te sky. After te tragic experiences of the 20th century, aerial #bombings should have been banned forever," he said. "Yet they still exist … this is not progress; it is regression!" The #pope has called repeatedly for a #ceasefire in the #Iran #war. On Sunday he called the conflict a "scandal to the whole #human family"" #JailNetanyahu
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/pope-leo-says-aerial-military-strikes-should-be-banned-2026-03-23/ -
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Ukraine destroys nearly 6,000 Russian FPV drones in major strike on military targets -- Russia's Arctic shadow war: How Moscow’s most-probed front fuels its Ukraine invasion -- The hidden health impact of Russia's attacks on Ukraine's energy grid -- Mazda quietly returns to Russian market despite 2022 'exit' ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/02/tuesday-february-10-2026/
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Sunday, July 27, 2025
Resistance inside Russia is growing: Su-27UB jet set alight in Krasnodar Krai — Ukraine’s F-16 have a new trick to avoid Russian ballistic missiles — After being battered by Ukraine, Russia hopes to ‘strengthen’ Black Sea Fleet — Russia could be ready for ‘confrontation with Europe’ by 2027, Polish prime minister says … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/sunday-july-27-2025/
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The Pope Is a Graduate of Villanova, Where the Church Bells Won’t Stop Ringing
The private Catholic university in the suburbs of Philadelphia has a new most famous alumnus.
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Captain Ibrahim #Traoré - letter to the New #Pope