NEW: Pope Leo XIV sent a message to Fr. Gabriel Romanelli, the pastor of Gaza’s only Catholic parish, after an Israeli airstrike killed a Christian mother and her daughter on Saturday. “How long, Lord?” the pope wrote. Fr. Gabriel read the message aloud today. Here it is with English subtitles.

Pope Leo XIV’s top ally in Washington Cardinal Robert McElroy has told Catholics to convert the politicians who tolerate Trump’s war on immigrants “or replace them.” He was met with a standing ovation.

Last month, Indianapolis Archbishop Charles Thompson excused Catholics from Sunday Mass if they “reasonably fear being detained” as ICE surged into Indiana, even those “with proper legal documentation.” Nashville, Charlotte and New Orleans issued their own dispensations.

“Even the Nuns Are Mad” — Indianapolis Archbishop Excuses Catholics From Mass as ICE Surges Into Indiana

Archbishop Charles Thompson’s decree covers anyone who “reasonably fear[s] being detained,” legal status or not, through Sept. 30. From Bridgeport to Blue Ash, the Church is now organizing its life…

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“Artificial intelligence needs to be disarmed.” — Pope Leo XIV

The Archdiocese of St. Louis sued the Trump administration on Monday to get its priests inside a Missouri jail that holds ICE detainees. The jail had proposed having a guard hand detainees a packaged host. Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski called it “sacrilegious.”

Following Pope Leo XIV, St. Louis Archbishop Sues Trump’s ICE Over Sacraments for Detainees

A Missouri jail proposed that priests hand the Eucharist to a guard in a package. Archbishop Rozanski sued on Monday — two days after Cardinal Cupich demanded access to ICE detainees.

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Thank you for sharing Sister Rose's story. Fewer of these kids have lawyers now, and I talked with Acacia and NCYL about how habeas petitions are getting some children out of custody. https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/no-child-should-need-a-habeas-petition

"No child should need a habeas petition in order to get out of government custody."

Jill Williams from the Acacia Center for Justice and Becky Wolozin from the National Center for Youth Law explain why kids are being held longer than ever and what attorneys are doing about it.

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Sister Rose Kuhn, a Philadelphia nun, drives roughly forty miles every Wednesday to sit beside unaccompanied children at the federal immigration court in Harlingen, Texas. Some are as young as four. “I introduce myself as a Catholic nun, I tell them I went to Mass this morning for you,” she said.

Peter Thiel, the billionaire who bankrolled JD Vance’s political career, on Pope Leo XIV: “I’m not saying he was an agent of the Communists, but he was at least acting as a useful idiot for the CCP.”

In 2011, the future Pope Leo XIV excitedly typed in all caps to Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn’s contact page after he signed the state’s death penalty repeal. Prevost did skip the box to subscribe to Quinn’s newsletter.

Future Pope Leo Thanked a Democratic Governor for Ending the Death Penalty

Long before Rome, Leo praised Illinois Governor Pat Quinn for repealing capital punishment in Illinois.

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“The believer cannot accept the oppression of the weak and the poor, nor the unjust structures that perpetuate conditions of dependence and injustice.” — Pope Leo XIV

“In every age, there is no shortage of false teachers who exploit the religious sentiments of many believers for their own interests, often pushing them to radicalize certain aspects of the teaching they have received at the expense of the whole.” — Pope Leo XIV

Peter Thiel told a closed-door Nashville audience that Pope Leo XIV took up AI to distract from the abuse crisis. Leo named AI a priority two days after the conclave elected him. No reporter has asked JD Vance, Thiel’s protégé, about it.

In Fourth Attack, Peter Thiel Accuses Pope Leo XIV of Using AI to Deflect From Sex Abuse Crisis

JD Vance’s top donor also lumped the pope in with Barack Obama, saying “Obama knows the Democrats have no ideas, but they can at least oppose AI.” Vance has yet to be asked about it.

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Americans stand with Pope Leo XIV.

MAGA: The woke Pope Leo XIV is contradicting 2,000 years of Catholic teaching on the death penalty. Pope Nicholas I in 866 AD:

“A Catholic cannot truly claim to be ‘pro-life’ by maintaining a stance against abortion while simultaneously advocating in favor of the death penalty. “That would not be consistent with the social doctrine of the Church.” — the future Pope Leo XIV

The first Russian diesel cargo heading for the US left St Petersburg on September 22, two weeks *before* Trump announced the deal with Putin, Windward reports. The Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Zen carrying 275,000 barrels of diesel/gasoil is due at the US East Coast around 11–12 October.

❤️‍🩹 A Ukrainian soldier pulled a litter of puppies from the rubble.

Trump doesn’t care about our troops. He is, according to high-ranking ex-Mоssad agent Ari Ben-Menashe, completely compromised by the volume of kompromat Bibi has on him. He does what lsrael tells him to. - Andrew Hall

As Trump himself said, this entire campaign is about protecting Netanyahu.   Words of condemnation aren't enough, ICC members must take action to defend the rule of law. Remember, ICC prosecutors have the authority to open criminal investigations against ANYONE who obstructs justice.

EXCLUSIVE: US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize

Navi Pillay sat in the court's appeals chamber.

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8. John Roberts' impeachment letters are 8 short of 35,250. If you've ever been told the rules don't apply to the powerful, be one of the 8: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell Congress: Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts

Contact Congress today!

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I never thought I would write this… but she is absolutely right 👍

⚡️️️️️️️'Will only lead to more slaughter' — bipartisan backlash erupts in US over Trump-Russia diesel deal. Lawmakers from both major parties argued the move would undermine recent sanctions, provide Moscow with billions in revenue, and contradict efforts to pressure Putin to end the war in Ukraine.

'Will only lead to more slaughter' — bipartisan backlash erupts in US over Trump-Russia diesel deal

Lawmakers from both major parties argued the move would undermine recently enacted sanctions against Russia, potentially provide Moscow with billions of dollars in revenue, and contradict Congress's e...

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Even the US made drone deals with Ukraine, not to mention the rest of the world. He's a little child and putin slave, he got angry because he called him weak and obviously the Nobel peace price.

MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social · 6h ago

🇺🇦‼️🇺🇸 Trump on Ukraine: I suggest Ukraine gets a new leader who can make a deal. For some reason, Zelensky never does deals.

THE DEAL WAS ALREADY DONE WELL BEFORE IT WAS ANNOUNCED. THE UKRAINIANS WENT TO AMERICA FOR FK ALL, SO MUCH FOR PEACE NEGOTIATIONS 🤬🤬🤬BSTARDS!!! bsky.app/profile/wart...

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The first Russian diesel shipment is reaching the US East Coast barely 24 hours post announcement, indicating the pact preceded its public reveal as the tanker Minerva Zen departed St. Petersburg back on September 22.

If enough of us write in pope Leo as president we might be able to redeem ourselves

NAFTA was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on December 8, 1993 and took effect January 1, 1994. Trump replaced it with the USMCA which entered into force July 1, 2020. It’s just one MAGA moron after another 😆

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50 million of my fellow Americans are brainwashed and trapped in a cult. This insanity will only end when Trump dies.

And Trump will sign it? 😅 Despite Ending Importation of Russian Oil Act of 2022 and the EO 14066 from 3/2/22, the President retains broad legal authority to issue temporary administrative waivers if doing so is deemed “in the US national interest”. In short, you have laws, enact them.

Oracle is sending 30 TRUCKS OF GAS A DAY to one of its data centres due to delayed gas pipeline 🩻 still waiting for AI to solve climate change🩻 www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...

The US cannot possibly continue participating in negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. It is absurd to allow a hostile state aligned with Russia, acting in bad faith, to play a role in the peace process.