#popes — Public Fediverse posts

Illustration by Master of San Miniato, from Vaticinia de Pontificibus, BL Harley 1340 (15th century).

Source: British Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d8327eaf-4209-4896-bafe-8b7b2c48766b

#popes #manuscripts #religion #angels #bishops #prophecy #lambs #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Master of San Miniato, from Vaticinia de Pontificibus, BL Harley 1340 (15th century).

Source: British Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d8327eaf-4209-4896-bafe-8b7b2c48766b

#popes #manuscripts #religion #angels #bishops #prophecy #lambs #art #publicdomain

What the Pope Said About A.I.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-pope-leo-xiv-said-about-ai

What the Pope Said About A.I.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-pope-leo-xiv-said-about-ai

As A.I. Fever Rises in Silicon Valley, Pope Leo Has a Few Words

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/technology/pope-ai-silicon-valley.html

As A.I. Fever Rises in Silicon Valley, Pope Leo Has a Few Words

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/technology/pope-ai-silicon-valley.html

Pope Leo Warns of Risks From A.I. in 42,300-Word Encyclical

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/world/europe/pope-leo-encyclical.html

Pope Leo Warns of Risks From A.I. in 42,300-Word Encyclical

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/world/europe/pope-leo-encyclical.html

Pope Leo Is Set to Release an Encyclical About A.I. Why Is That Important?

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/world/europe/pope-leo-encyclical-ai.html

Pope Leo Is Set to Release an Encyclical About A.I. Why Is That Important?

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/world/europe/pope-leo-encyclical-ai.html

Times recounts #Popes call to #Chicago banks -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/infotech.html#98

#Tennessee #GOP pushes redistricting plan that could -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/world-capitals.html#Madrid

#TheGuardian view on a cryptic crossword landmark- -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/politics.html#9

Saclepea Residents Lauds Supt Gono for Modern #City -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/markets.html#1

What led to #AnthonyEdwards leaving with ice on both -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/world-capitals.html#Kathmandu

View all World Country news https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/2026/03/latest-news-from-countries-of-world.html

Times recounts #Popes call to #Chicago banks -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/infotech.html#98

#Tennessee #GOP pushes redistricting plan that could -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/world-capitals.html#Madrid

#TheGuardian view on a cryptic crossword landmark- -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/politics.html#9

Saclepea Residents Lauds Supt Gono for Modern #City -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/markets.html#1

What led to #AnthonyEdwards leaving with ice on both -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/world-capitals.html#Kathmandu

View all World Country news https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/2026/03/latest-news-from-countries-of-world.html

What Happened When Pope Leo XIV Had to Call Customer Service

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/us/pope-leo-xiv-bank-customer-service.html

What Happened When Pope Leo XIV Had to Call Customer Service

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/us/pope-leo-xiv-bank-customer-service.html

#Markets misread crisis as Hormuz disruption may last -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/business.html#42

50 days until #World Cup - pick your favourite kits -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/etc.html#SKorea

The Twelve Greek #Popes of the #Catholic Church -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/food.html#15

Firefighting efforts increased at #Russia’s Tuapse marine -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/us-capitals.html#Hartford

#Malawians struggle as cost of living rises -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/uk.html#2

View all news from Cities in the US https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/2026/03/latest-news-from-cities-in-united-states.html

Pope Francis was a great fan of Argentine Tango and once said, “Tango comes from deep within me.” 10 facts about the former Pope.

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/03/13-march-pope-francis.html

#Religion #Popes

Pope Francis was a great fan of Argentine Tango and once said, “Tango comes from deep within me.” 10 facts about the former Pope.

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/03/13-march-pope-francis.html

#Religion #Popes

As Olympics Open, Pope Warns Against Using Sports for ‘Propaganda’

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/world/europe/pope-leo-milan-olympics-letter.html

#Cleveland, Akron extending warming centers through
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/us-cities.html#30a

#Chinese ambassador
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/cities.html#107a

#Video shows #Tesla Model S go head-to-head
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/religon.html#2

Lefotu’s FT accuracy, 27 points lift #SaintLouis by
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/us-capitals.html#Honolulu

Paedophile #IT expert caught with 200,000 pictures and
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/uk.html#4

#UN official hails #Popes moral authority on
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/religon.html#4

#PopeLeo's #Christmas sermon is a cowardly disgrace. 😡

War is not a #senseless act of fools. It's the rational act of #evil people who choose to mass kill.

#Popes harshly denounce women & #LGBTQ people who seek bodily autonomy. Words like sin, evil, wickedness, disorder.

But for the men who order mass slaughter, Popes use mild language of misjudgement rather than malice or wickedness.

Eff you, #Leo. Stop sanitising killers 🤮

screenshot from https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/first-christmas-sermon-pope-leo-decries-conditions-palestinians-gaza-2025-12-25/ or https://archive.is/zdLlY

#PopeLeo's #Christmas sermon is a cowardly disgrace. 😡

War is not a #senseless act of fools. It's the rational act of #evil people who choose to mass kill.

#Popes harshly denounce women & #LGBTQ people who seek bodily autonomy. Words like sin, evil, wickedness, disorder.

But for the men who order mass slaughter, Popes use mild language of misjudgement rather than malice or wickedness.

Eff you, #Leo. Stop sanitising killers 🤮

screenshot from https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/first-christmas-sermon-pope-leo-decries-conditions-palestinians-gaza-2025-12-25/ or https://archive.is/zdLlY

The Pope’s outfit decoded: Hidden meanings behind every stitch!

Let's decode the outfit of the pope and its symbolism. #Popes #outfit #decoded #Hidden #meanings #stitch

https://10bmnews.com/2025/05/the-popes-outfit-decoded-hidden-meanings-behind-every-stitch/

#NSFW #News #PopeLeoXiv
As all the others #Popes i just do not give a damn about what he thinks, wishes or represents, just another bozo as all religious leaders, for sure not representing the spirit of #Jesus that never spoke against the lbgt+ community at the time!

#NSFW #News #PopeLeoXiv
As all the others #Popes i just do not give a damn about what he thinks, wishes or represents, just another bozo as all religious leaders, for sure not representing the spirit of #Jesus that never spoke against the lbgt+ community at the time!

Pope's funeral emphasizes the importance of fostering connections over creating divisions. #World #connections #creating #divisions #Emphasizes #Fostering #funeral #Importance #Popes 
https://tinyurl.com/2cgbzjns

Proto-cardinals! Altars always made from stone!
Martyrdom! I am so annoyed at myself for not keeping up with this #podcast after covid hit. (I’m like three years behind Rex Factor, too. One major podcast catchup project at a time, though.)

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-u2n9a-93e5e1

#Pontifacts #Popes #history

Proto-cardinals! Altars always made from stone!
Martyrdom! I am so annoyed at myself for not keeping up with this #podcast after covid hit. (I’m like three years behind Rex Factor, too. One major podcast catchup project at a time, though.)

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-u2n9a-93e5e1

#Pontifacts #Popes #history

@thetimes.com

"LIVE: 📺. Pope Francis' coffin transferred to St Peter's Basilica"

#popes #funeral

https://www.youtube.com/live/j1E1LvzrHtQ?feature=shared

@thetimes.com

"LIVE: 📺. Pope Francis' coffin transferred to St Peter's Basilica"

#popes #funeral

https://www.youtube.com/live/j1E1LvzrHtQ?feature=shared

The #Catholic #Church for all intents and purposes, is 2025 years old.
There have been 266 #Popes that means that the average length of time a pope has served in his position is 7.61 years.
They need to start electing younger men.

Man, this brings me back. I was a listener from day one and followed the show religiously (ha!) up until sometime in 2020, when the pandemic kind of scrambled my brain and wiped out a lot of stuff I enjoyed.

I wonder how long it’ll take me to catch up.

#podcast #Pontifacts #Popes #history

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-z964n-93704d

Man, this brings me back. I was a listener from day one and followed the show religiously (ha!) up until sometime in 2020, when the pandemic kind of scrambled my brain and wiped out a lot of stuff I enjoyed.

I wonder how long it’ll take me to catch up.

#podcast #Pontifacts #Popes #history

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-z964n-93704d

Just about all #popes who have died in the past century are buried in the crypt under St Peter's #Basilica. But #Pope #Francis informed that he wants to be buried in the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in #Rome. It is from 1903 that a pope will be buried outside the #Vatican walls.

Just about all #popes who have died in the past century are buried in the crypt under St Peter's #Basilica. But #Pope #Francis informed that he wants to be buried in the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in #Rome. It is from 1903 that a pope will be buried outside the #Vatican walls.

On "real Christians."

This is a lightly edited version of a post I first made several years ago on Facebook. Sadly, it never seems to stop being relevant.

===

Every time I hear #Christians saying "they're not real Christians" or "this isn't real #Christianity," about other Christians doing something that brings discredit on the ##religion, my skin crawls.

Because if they're not Christians ... well, neither was Constantine. Neither were the generations of #monarchs who followed, invoking the divine right of kings. Neither were the #popes and #bishops and #priests—and note that I'm not just talking about #Catholics here—who almost universally supported and legitimized the idea that #God had put our leaders in place, and to oppose them was #blasphemy.

Neither were the #Crusaders, the #Inquisitors, the #witch-burners. Neither were the soldiers who fought generations of #religious #wars within #Christendom, including the Thirty Years' War that wrought devastation equal to both World Wars. Neither for that matter were the politicians who gave us what we *call* the First World War, in which most of the major combatants on both sides proudly claimed the Christian label, and in several cases were still official theocracies.

Neither were the Christians who rounded up their #Jewish neighbors in the Second for delivery to the camps—and if you claim that was the work of a #neopagan cult that maybe a few thousand people total ever took seriously, I'll laugh in your face before cutting you out of my life. (But I'll remember who and what you are, believe me.) Neither were the people who used Christianity to justify #conquest and #slavery and #genocide and #segregation, for centuries, and in many cases still do.

In short, if you say these people aren't Christians, you're saying most Christians throughout the *entire history of the religion* weren't Christians. You can die on that hill if you really want to. But you'll die alone, and most likely at the hands of your fellow believers.

Christians are, as a rule, no worse than other people. But you're no better, either. Do you *want* to be better? Great, that's what everyone else wants too.

So prove it. Stop making excuses. Own these people, and *then* confront them. Admit that they're yours, and then expunge them. Scourge the heretics with fire and sword, and send them wailing into the outer darkness tearing their hair and gnashing their teeth. Cast them into the lake of fire.

If you do this, if you have first the moral and then the physical courage to face this monstrosity in your midst unflinchingly and with full knowledge of what it is, then you'll have plenty of help. #Jews and #Muslims and #Hindus and #Wiccans and #atheists and all the rest won't just cheer you on. We'll be right there by your side.

And while there are in the US still more Christians than all of us put together, there aren't more of *this kind* of Christian than all decent human beings put together. We can't fight them alone. Neither can you. Together we can—as long as you're honest about what that means.

If you don't? We'll be right back to #Torquemada, with a high-tech gloss. You might live a little longer than the rest of us, but not by much, and you'll go to the rack and the stake and the oven with the words of your own holy writ shouted in your ears.

Those are the only two options. Your choice.

===

Addendum:

I have a great many friends who grew up Christian, and left the religion at some point. Despite having made the choice to walk away from their childhood faith, they often feel the reflexive need to defend the people they were, and in most cases their families still are.

Those who are still Christians, of whom I trust I also have a fair number left, may feel the same impulse—although interestingly, it seems to me they're less reflexive on the whole than the former believers.

We're all made of our #history. The people we were are still the people we are, in some corner of our brains. And there are complexities about being on the inside of any group that outsiders can never quite grasp. It's similar to the way I am about the #military, which is practically a religion in its own right.

Okay. Stipulated, as lawyers say on TV and maybe in real life too. I get it. Now please get this:

Unless you *grew up* as a member of a religious minority, you will most likely never understand, on a gut level, the terror the majority religion inflicts by its very existence.

This isn't unique to Christianity, to be clear. Every majority religion, in every time and place, has unconsciously (and often consciously as well, to be sure) been casually brutal to infidels and heretics. Nature of the beast. But here in the US, that beast invariably carries a cross, so there's the focus of my attention.

You don't have to understand it. Just accept that it exists, and it leaves scars. I can live with those scars, and so can nearly everyone else who bears them. That *stigma*, if you will.

But if you cut us, we still bleed. We'll heal from those wounds too, and add new scars to the old. Long after the bleeding stops, we'll remember who gave them to us.

Here I stand; I can do no other. How about you?

On "real Christians."

This is a lightly edited version of a post I first made several years ago on Facebook. Sadly, it never seems to stop being relevant.

===

Every time I hear #Christians saying "they're not real Christians" or "this isn't real #Christianity," about other Christians doing something that brings discredit on the ##religion, my skin crawls.

Because if they're not Christians ... well, neither was Constantine. Neither were the generations of #monarchs who followed, invoking the divine right of kings. Neither were the #popes and #bishops and #priests—and note that I'm not just talking about #Catholics here—who almost universally supported and legitimized the idea that #God had put our leaders in place, and to oppose them was #blasphemy.

Neither were the #Crusaders, the #Inquisitors, the #witch-burners. Neither were the soldiers who fought generations of #religious #wars within #Christendom, including the Thirty Years' War that wrought devastation equal to both World Wars. Neither for that matter were the politicians who gave us what we *call* the First World War, in which most of the major combatants on both sides proudly claimed the Christian label, and in several cases were still official theocracies.

Neither were the Christians who rounded up their #Jewish neighbors in the Second for delivery to the camps—and if you claim that was the work of a #neopagan cult that maybe a few thousand people total ever took seriously, I'll laugh in your face before cutting you out of my life. (But I'll remember who and what you are, believe me.) Neither were the people who used Christianity to justify #conquest and #slavery and #genocide and #segregation, for centuries, and in many cases still do.

In short, if you say these people aren't Christians, you're saying most Christians throughout the *entire history of the religion* weren't Christians. You can die on that hill if you really want to. But you'll die alone, and most likely at the hands of your fellow believers.

Christians are, as a rule, no worse than other people. But you're no better, either. Do you *want* to be better? Great, that's what everyone else wants too.

So prove it. Stop making excuses. Own these people, and *then* confront them. Admit that they're yours, and then expunge them. Scourge the heretics with fire and sword, and send them wailing into the outer darkness tearing their hair and gnashing their teeth. Cast them into the lake of fire.

If you do this, if you have first the moral and then the physical courage to face this monstrosity in your midst unflinchingly and with full knowledge of what it is, then you'll have plenty of help. #Jews and #Muslims and #Hindus and #Wiccans and #atheists and all the rest won't just cheer you on. We'll be right there by your side.

And while there are in the US still more Christians than all of us put together, there aren't more of *this kind* of Christian than all decent human beings put together. We can't fight them alone. Neither can you. Together we can—as long as you're honest about what that means.

If you don't? We'll be right back to #Torquemada, with a high-tech gloss. You might live a little longer than the rest of us, but not by much, and you'll go to the rack and the stake and the oven with the words of your own holy writ shouted in your ears.

Those are the only two options. Your choice.

===

Addendum:

I have a great many friends who grew up Christian, and left the religion at some point. Despite having made the choice to walk away from their childhood faith, they often feel the reflexive need to defend the people they were, and in most cases their families still are.

Those who are still Christians, of whom I trust I also have a fair number left, may feel the same impulse—although interestingly, it seems to me they're less reflexive on the whole than the former believers.

We're all made of our #history. The people we were are still the people we are, in some corner of our brains. And there are complexities about being on the inside of any group that outsiders can never quite grasp. It's similar to the way I am about the #military, which is practically a religion in its own right.

Okay. Stipulated, as lawyers say on TV and maybe in real life too. I get it. Now please get this:

Unless you *grew up* as a member of a religious minority, you will most likely never understand, on a gut level, the terror the majority religion inflicts by its very existence.

This isn't unique to Christianity, to be clear. Every majority religion, in every time and place, has unconsciously (and often consciously as well, to be sure) been casually brutal to infidels and heretics. Nature of the beast. But here in the US, that beast invariably carries a cross, so there's the focus of my attention.

You don't have to understand it. Just accept that it exists, and it leaves scars. I can live with those scars, and so can nearly everyone else who bears them. That *stigma*, if you will.

But if you cut us, we still bleed. We'll heal from those wounds too, and add new scars to the old. Long after the bleeding stops, we'll remember who gave them to us.

Here I stand; I can do no other. How about you?

This week on The Medieval Podcast: Rome and the Papacy with Jessica Wärnberg https://www.medievalists.net/2024/02/rome-and-the-papacy-with-jessica-warnberg/ #Rome #Popes #podcast

This week on The Medieval Podcast: Rome and the Papacy with Jessica Wärnberg https://www.medievalists.net/2024/02/rome-and-the-papacy-with-jessica-warnberg/ #Rome #Popes #podcast

So, What Does #PopeFrancis Actually #Think About #Queer and #Trans #People?

Pope Francis has established himself as one of the most boundary-pushing #popes the #church has ever had. Here are his #stances on #samesexmarriage, #trans #people, #LGBTQ+ #parents and more.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Spirituality #Religion #Representation #Culture

https://www.them.us/story/so-what-does-pope-francis-actually-think-about-queer-and-trans-people

So, What Does #PopeFrancis Actually #Think About #Queer and #Trans #People?

Pope Francis has established himself as one of the most boundary-pushing #popes the #church has ever had. Here are his #stances on #samesexmarriage, #trans #people, #LGBTQ+ #parents and more.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Spirituality #Religion #Representation #Culture

https://www.them.us/story/so-what-does-pope-francis-actually-think-about-queer-and-trans-people

Why Pope Francis Is the Star of AI-Generated Photos - Francis has become a recurring favorite to show in incongruous situations, such as riding... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/08/technology/ai-photos-pope-francis.html #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #romancatholicchurch #religionandbelief #midjourneyinc #photography #socialmedia #francis #popes

Why Pope Francis Is the Star of AI-Generated Photos - Francis has become a recurring favorite to show in incongruous situations, such as riding... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/08/technology/ai-photos-pope-francis.html #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #romancatholicchurch #religionandbelief #midjourneyinc #photography #socialmedia #francis #popes

Does #GoogleHome have some extra search filter (eg for religious hate speech etc)? I ask because we were having a family #discussion about how many #popes have been violently killed vs how many British #monarchs. Trying a Google Home voice search on "How many popes have been violently killed" (or similar) always fails but "How many monarchs..." always works. A text search on #Google of the same gives the right results.

Can someone else in the UK with Google Home test this out?

Does #GoogleHome have some extra search filter (eg for religious hate speech etc)? I ask because we were having a family #discussion about how many #popes have been violently killed vs how many British #monarchs. Trying a Google Home voice search on "How many popes have been violently killed" (or similar) always fails but "How many monarchs..." always works. A text search on #Google of the same gives the right results.

Can someone else in the UK with Google Home test this out?