On Veterans Day, we remember the most decorated chaplain in US history

An Irishman named Father Francis Duffy, the statue of whom stands proudly in the middle of Times Square in New York

🧵 1/13 Duffy was born in Ontario, Canada in 1871 to Patrick and Mary Duffy

His grandparents had hailed from Monaghan and Roscommon and had left Ireland during the mass starvation of the 1840s and 1850s

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The pope and the Vatican are inseparable in most people's minds

But the pope did not always live there, in fact for almost 1,000 years he lived elsewhere in Rome

On 9th November, that former home, Saint John Lateran Basilica, is honoured by the universal church

🧵 1/9 Saint John Lateran is Rome's cathedral and also known as Omnium urbis et orbis ecclesiarum mater et caput, 'the mother and head of all churches'

After his conversion, Constantine donated land belonging to the Laterani family to the church, where the basilica was built
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Indian Independence Day 🇮🇳

Today is a good day to draw attention to how Narendra Modi has turned the most populated country into one of the most DANGEROUS and VIOLENT in the world for CHRISTIANS

India arrests Christians and places BOUNTIES on heads of PRIESTS and NUNS🧵 1/15 Many Western liberals will be able to tell you about their definition of ‘Christian Nationalism’, but 20% of the world lives under Hinduvta/ Hindu Nationalism, promoted by Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, which itself emerged from the radical Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh 2/15

Media reporting that Pope Leo XIV called for 'open borders' and attacked 'political nationalism'

His comments on 'borders' were related to spiritual divisions between people while his comments on 'political nationalism' clearly referred to war zones, such as Gaza and Ukraine

Read for yourself:

"The Spirit opens borders, first of all, in our hearts. He is the Gift that opens our lives to love. His presence breaks down our hardness of heart, our narrowness of mind, our selfishness, the fears that enchain us and the narcissism that makes us think only of ourselves. The Holy Spirit comes to challenge us, to make us confront the possibility that our lives are shrivelling up, trapped in the vortex of individualism. Sadly, oddly enough, in a world of burgeoning “social” media, we risk being ever more alone. Constantly connected, yet incapable of “networking”. Always immersed in a crowd, yet confused and solitary travellers.

The Spirit of God allows us to find a new way of approaching and experiencing life. He puts us in touch with our inmost self, beneath all the masks we wear. He leads us to an encounter with the Lord by teaching us to experience the joy that is his gift. He convinces us, as we just heard in Jesus’ words, that only by abiding in love, will we receive the strength to remain faithful to his word and to let it transform us. The Spirit opens our interior borders, so that our lives can become places of welcome and refreshment.

The Spirit also opens borders in our relationship with others. Jesus tells us that this Gift is the love between him and the Father that comes to dwell within us. We then become capable of opening our hearts to our brothers and sisters, overcoming our rigidity, moving beyond our fear of those who are different, and mastering the passions that stir within. The Spirit also transforms those deeper, hidden dangers that disturb our relationships, like suspicion, prejudice or the desire to manipulate others. I think too, with great pain, of those cases where relationships are marked by an unhealthy desire for domination, an attitude that often leads to violence, as is shown, tragically, by numerous recent cases of femicide.

The Holy Spirit, on the other hand, brings to maturity within us the fruits that enable us to cultivate good and healthy relationships: “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control”

In this way, the Spirit broadens the borders of our relationships and opens us to the joy of fraternity. This is also a critical yardstick for the Church. For we are truly the Church of the Risen Lord and disciples of Pentecost if there are no borders or divisions among us; if we are able to dialogue and accept one another in the Church, and to reconcile our diversities; and if, as Church, we become a welcoming and hospitable place for all.

Finally, the Spirit also opens borders between peoples. At Pentecost, the Apostles spoke the languages of those they met, and the confusion of Babel was finally resolved by the harmony brought about by the Spirit. Whenever God’s “breath” unites our hearts and makes us view others as our brothers and sisters, differences no longer become an occasion for division and conflict but rather a shared patrimony from which we can all draw, and which sets us all on journey together, in fraternity.

The Spirit breaks down barriers and tears down the walls of indifference and hatred because he “teaches us all things” and “reminds us of Jesus’ words” He teaches us, reminds us, and writes in our hearts before all else the commandment of love that the Lord has made the center and summit of everything. Where there is love, there is no room for prejudice, for “security” zones separating us from our neighbors, for the exclusionary mindset that, tragically, we now see emerging also in political nationalisms" The term 'security zone' has a very particular meaning in this context

On this day in 1879, one of the most unique and powerful Marian and Eucharistic miracles took place in the West of Ireland.

Our Lady of Knock is the story of famine, faith, war, hope and mystery.

It also highlights Catholicism's unique role in Irish history and vice versa
👇🏼 1879 was a tumultuous year in Irish history

The 'Land War' commenced with the foundation of The Land League, which agitated for change due to abusive high rents and evictions from cruel, mostly foreign, landlords

The image below shows an eviction in Clare

BREAKING

FRANCE

A 16th century Catholic Church has been burnt to the ground

The steeple of Eglise Notre Dame Drosnay can be seen collapsing on video. French churches are being destroyed every week

https://x.com/CatholicArena/status/1677610096178745344?t=FtqwI13_T3Dgx4SXxb7-eA&s=19

If the Latin Mass becomes restricted once more, don't fret.

Here are some of the liturgies that will still be available.

1) The Clown Liturgy 2) The people hiding under the cloth liturgy

BREAKING

Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin DELETES tweet after it emerges that it may indict Joe Biden on charges of violating the Logan Act, which forbids such unauthorised communications

Former Trump advisor Michael Flynn was prosecuted for violating the act similarly in 2016 UPDATE

This is a violation of the Logan Act, unlike Boris Johnson's call which was congratulatory

Martin seems confused and has now reuploaded his tweet, further landing Biden in potential trouble as he CONFIRMS that they discussed foreign policy

George Soros's lapdog @CommissionerHR @Dunja_Mijatovic is the driving force behind anti Catholic violence in Poland Mijatovic is a long time collaborator with George Soros and his Open Democracy group

Her position as Human Rights Commissioner for the Council of Europe is essentially a front for appearing impartial regarding Soros's malignant influence in Europe

Thread of what we know so far about Pope Francis's comments on Same Sex Civil Unions Firstly, the comments were circulated in the media today as part of the promotion for the new documentary 'Francesco'

Francesco is directed by former Israeli Defence Forces member Evgeny Avineesky

The achievements of the Vatican's social media game in the past 20 years can summed up one photo.

Almost everything else has been a colossal and unmitigated failure, damaging people's faith and the image of the church.

The calamity over this Pope Francis movie is no different To take a film with some stark and powerful images, then turn it into a source of distress and confusion

Not to mention allowing a Same Sex Marriage campaigner to direct it and release it to coincide with the US election

Represents a Vatican that is addicted to disaster

Pope Francis did not endorse same sex civil unions.

It was an old interview, he has already clarified what he meant. The interview has been online for a year and a half

The director is a former Israeli soldier who hates Trump and who has shamelessly put anti Trump images & messages into the trailer to influence election

The Vatican got used and are paying the price

The alleged words of Pope Francis are strikingly similar in tone and content to those regularly uttered by the film's director, Evgeny Afineesky, a former Israeli soldier and long term advocate of associating 'family' with same sex relationships

#catholictwitter Afineesky is also a long term proponent of associating the papacy with homosexuality

In 2013, Afineesky claimed that Pope Benedict had announced that he was a homosexual

There are 50,000 reported cases of child abuse in Ireland every year.

Pretending Confession is the issue shows Socdems don't want separation of church and state and that they are willing to use serious issues as a battering ram to come after Catholics

Do not vote for bigotry

https://twitter.com/WhitmoreJen/status/1299472294880964609

The Socdems have claimed that there is a 'baptism barrier' in Irish schools

This is a complete fabrication designed to cover the failures of secular authorities (their leader was a Minister once) to provide alternatives

It simply doesn't occur

Two years ago today, Ireland's anti Catholic media and liberal elite created one of their most bizarre conspiracy theories yet

This one involved homeless people being moved out of Dublin to accommodate Pope Francis's visit The conspiracy claimed that homeless people would be moved from Dublin out of hotels to make way for big crowds attending the World Meeting of Families

It was never true, but the media decided to run with it anyways to smear Catholics and to try to upstage the Pope's visit

A 2018 ERSI study found that

- 59% of Irish public admitted to wanting few or no Muslim migrants
- 57% of young Muslims want Ireland to be an Islamic State
- 28% of young Muslims believe political violence is sometimes justified The Festival of Sacrifice in Croke Park is not an organic religious event

It is merely another saga in the NGO manufacturing of the Ireland that they desire

One of the most shameful moments in Irish political history

Abortion extremists hijacking a discussion about helping people needing actual healthcare because of coronavirus, in order to expand the powers of those who kill unborn babies for profit

Firstly, @bridsmithTD

1/5 After Brid Smith had barked about the lack of services for snuffing out unborn children, @sinnfeinireland then spoke up and asked the same, even nonchalantly using the term 'termination services'

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@SimonHarrisTD has already lied and tried to bully Catholics and remove their religious liberty this past week with regards to both IVF and public prayer

Now the hopeless Minister's cronies are bullying and attacking a man who offers hope where they offer despair

Why?

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Jason Evert, who we will return to, is a popular Catholic speaker

Evert was due to speak to a number of young people across Ireland on the importance of chastity and sexual dignity for CATHOLICS

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