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Dante depicted this scene in one of the circles of hell: dude has massive headache but all the Tylenol is locked behind plastic barriers. And there is literally NO KEY. 😱
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April issue of @GiveUsThisDayLP My Blessed Among Us include Edward Dowling SJ, Martin Luther King Jr, Teilhard de Chardin, Rachel Carson, James Cone, St Catherine of Siena, and many more.
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Remembering a great African, Christian, and Feminist. Rest peace, Teresia Mbari Hinga. @OrbisBooks
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Whenever he envisioned his arrest the master had imagined it would be for something HUGE like seizing the telegraph exchange or sacking Rome—surely not for public urination. Still, it would burnish his image as a martyr and disruptor of the status quo. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Orthodox St and martyr Maria Skobstova died in Ravensbruk camp on 3/31 1945. My reflections in @GiveUsThisDayLP “At the Last Judgment I shall not be asked whether I was successful in my ascetic exercises… I shall be asked, Did I feed the hungry…visit the prisoners?”
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Kelly Brown Douglas delivers the Grawemeyer lecture for her prize-winning book, “Resurrection Hope: A Future where Black Lives Matter.” piped.video/live/DOPlV1SMbDk…. @DeanKBD @OrbisBooks
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During his trip to Canada Pope Francis was challenged by First Nation peoples to renounce the "doctrine of discovery" that justified the oppression of indigenous people. Today this Vatican statement was released: bit.ly/3M3rljF
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Sr Thea Bowman d March 30, 1990. “What does it mean to be Black and Catholic? It means that I come to my church fully functioning, I bring myself, my Black self, all that I am, all that I have, all that I hope to become.” My reflections in @GiveUsThisDayLP #BlackCatholic
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Highly recommend the documentary “The Movement and the Madman,” the story of the massive anti-war Moratorium demonstrations of Oct and Nov 1969 which—unknown to the protesters—had enormous effect in changing history, thwarting Nixon’s secret plan to launch massive escalation…
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in Nov 69 up to and including carrying out the nuclear threats he had been making. The scale of the demonstrations convinced him he could not implement these plans. He deliberately conveyed impression that demos had no effect on him, and as the war continued, many believed him.
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Episcopal Bishop @Mebudde of Washington and Bishop-elect Matthe Heyd of NY joined @DeanKBD in Louisville to offer support as she received the Grawemeyer Award in Religion for her book “Resurrection Hope; A Future Where Black Lives Matter.” @OrbisBooks
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