#Popes

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2026-02-06

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

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The Olympic rings in the Olympic Village in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
2025-12-25

#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 🤮

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Screenshot of two parAgraphs from the lInked Reuters article:

"Fragile is the flesh of defenseless populations, tried by so many wars, ongoing or concluded, leaving behind rubble and open wounds," said the pope.

"Fragile are the minds and lives of young people forced to take up arms, who on the front lines feel the senselessness of what is asked of them and the falsehoods that fill the pompous speeches of those who send them to their deaths," he said.
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2025-12-18
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2025-11-16
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2025-11-13

Catholic Bishops Rebuke Trump’s Immigration Tactics in Rare Statement

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At their annual meeting, Catholic bishops were largely united in their statement about the federal crackdown on illegal immigration.
Joshua McNeilljoshisanonymous@h4.io
2025-11-08

#PopeLeo's recent statements against #Trump's #immigration policies had me wondering about how #Popes impact the views of #conservative #Catholics when there's a conflict between #religious and #political positions. Landrum & Vasquez's (2020) literature review of conservative Catholic views after #PopeFrancis's #climatechange position was announced suggest that they simply deny the credibility of the Pope. So, apparently, #politics comes before #science and #God?

#USpol

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2025-11-06

French bishop who had a seven-year affair with woman resigns at Pope’s urging

A day after the embassy’s statement came to light, Gusching admitted to having a relationship which lasted “from…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #according #affair #at #back #bishop #clergyman #defrocked #disgusting #down #French #had #hitting #NewZealand #NZ #over #pope #popes #pressured #Relationships #resigns #sevenyear #situation #step #today #urging #vatican #who #with #woman #women
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Sacred King

In many historical societies, the position of kingship carried a sacral meaning & was identical with that of a high priest & judge.

Divine kingship is related to the concept of theocracy. Although a sacred King doesn’t necessarily rule through his religious authority. But rather, the temporal (or non-religious) position itself has a religious significance behind. The monarch may be divine, become divine, or represent divinity to a greater or lesser extent.

In sacred kingship, the king often has little political power, & is contrasted with divine kingship where the king triumphs in the politico-religious struggle between the people & the king. A sacred king is often encumbered with ritals & used as a scapegoat for disasters such as famine & drought. However, they can become divine & achieve greater power.

In Africa, sacred kings are often represented as volatile & potentially dangerous wild animals. The Ashanti flog, yes flog, a newly selected King (Ashantehene) before enthroning him.

From the Bronze Age in the Near East, the enthronement & anointment of a monarch is a central religious ritual, reflected in such titles as Messiah or Christ. This became separated from worldly kingship. Sargon of Akkad described himself as a “deputy of Ishtar.” This is like how the modern Catholic popes take the role of the “Vicar of Christ.”

Kings are styled as shepherds from the earliest times. The term was applied to Sumerian princes such as Lugalbanda in the 3rd millennium BCE. Shepherd imagery combines themes of leadership & the responsibility to supply food & protection, as well as superiority. As a mediator between the people & the divine, the sacred King was credited with special wisdom (like Solomon or Gilgamesh) or vision (via oneiromancy). Oneiromancy is a form of divination based on dreams, & also uses dreams based on dreams, & also uses to predict the future.

Here are some examples of some sacred kings:

  • Chakravartin, a righteous king derived from Indian religious thought
  • Devaraja, a cult of divine kings in Southeast Asia
  • Germanic kingship
  • Kings in pre-Christian Scandinavia & England claimed descent from God’s such as Odin & Freyr. Scandinavian kings in pre-Christian times served as priests at sacrifices.
  • The kings of Goryeo claimed descent from the Dragon King
  • Holy Roman emperors
  • Imperial cults
  • The Omukama of Kitara ruled as a heavenly sovereign
  • The High King of Ireland, according to medieval tradition, married the sovereignty goddess
  • The Eze Nri, ruler of the defunct Igbo Nri Kingdom in present-day Nigeria. He was addressed as “Igwe,” meaning “heavenly one” in the Igbo language, & has bestowed his title to the monarch of a contemporary traditional state of the same name.
  • The Emperor of Japan is known in Japanese as Tenno (Heavenly sovereign) & was formerly believed to be a living kami.
  • The Kende was the sacred King of the Magyars in the 9th century.
  • The Khagan
  • The kings of Luba became deities after death.
  • The earthly power of the papacy.
  • Pharaoh, the title of Ancient Egyptian rulers. The pharaoh adopted names symbolizing holy might.
  • The last vestige of Athenian monarchy, Archon basileus, mainly retained the duties of overseeing certain religious rites.
  • The Son of Heaven, an East Asian title
  • Shah & Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist, Islamic concepts
  • The kings of Sparta claimed direct descent from Heracles himself, & served as hereditary priests.
  • Madkhalism in Islam
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2025-06-07

Leo XIII presided over an intellectually and spiritually ambitious papacy that helped steer the Catholic Church from the 19th century into the 20th. His example is an excellent guide for his namesake successor, Leo XIV.

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2025-05-10
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2025-05-09
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2025-05-09
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2025-05-09

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

Let's decode the outfit of the pope and its symbolism.

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2025-05-08

#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!

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2025-04-26

Who Is Kielce Gussie, the American Who Did the First Reading at Pope Francis’ Funeral?

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