Judging by his time as the bishop of Chiclayo, yeah I expect that to continue, unfortunately

TIL about the Brazilian Expeditionary Force. 25k soldiers is far more significant than I expected!

Judging by his track record I think he will largely continue Francis’ legacy. Perhaps a bit more conservative than Francis, but I’ve found his statements encouraging for the most part. He’s criticized both JD and Trump in the past, and he seems to be focusing on the more positive Christian teachings like caring for the poor rather than the fire and brimstone wing

Meh, that place is going downhill quick anyway

God forbid the help be allowed to talk about what’s actually going on. Fucking bullshit

The fun police back at it

I’d say the Jeff that hates Mario party, but now that I think about it, I don’t know how Jeff, Jeff, or Jeff feels about it. I only know how Jeff feels about it.

I’d start watching regularly again if Jeff somehow came back

Giving me random CKY flashbacks

Is this a Mao Sparrow reference or did all their air pollution kill the birds?

Smaller than bald eagles, I see them all the time

This isn’t exactly news

Good point. Looks like my view is at least a decade out of date. Here I am thinking about how the West relied Pakistan in the Cold War while India was a regular customer of Russian arms exports.

I just looked for some actual recent data; now with the Russian weapons export business largely dead thanks to their three day invasion, India is sourcing most weapons imports from the US and France. Meanwhile over 80% of Pakistan’s imports are from China.

AI use is tied to climate change, at least.

Also, this is somewhat encouraging:

The after-lunch outing came after Leo presided over his first formal audience, with the cardinals who elected him pope. In it Leo repeatedly cited Francis and the Argentine pope’s own 2013 mission statement, making clear a commitment to making the Catholic Church more inclusive and attentive to the faithful and a church that looks out for the “least and rejected.”

From Francis’ 2013 statement:

In the text, Francis denounced trickle-down economic theories as unproven and naive, saying they are based on a survival of the fittest mentality “where the powerful feed upon the powerless” with no regard for ethics, the environment or even God.

“Money must serve, not rule!” he said in calling for political leaders to reform the system. “The Pope loves everyone, rich and poor alike, but he is obliged in the name of Christ to remind all that the rich must help, respect and promote the poor.”

Speaking as an ex-Catholic, can’t agree more

Isn’t Trump one of the reasons the Liberal party got creamed? Not that I expect her to realize or accept it.

Relative to the conservative wing of Catholicism. They make being anti-gay and anti-abortion look pedestrian in comparison.

Sheesh

I’m all for free school lunches, but where did you go to school where it was 8+ hours a day? I recall school being 6.5 hours