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Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron - Some commentators recently objected to Pope Leo’s revival of the ancient tradition of blessing lambs on the feast of St. Agnes. During the brief ceremony, the animals were gently held, blessed, and then returned to their caretakers. Yet this peaceful and symbolic moment was criticized as a form of cruelty and even as a violation of the spirit of Laudato si, on the grounds that the lambs were momentarily confined.
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Such reactions illustrate a tendency in certain quarters of contemporary Catholic commentary to impose ideological lenses on practices that are at once traditional, humane, and sacramental in character. The impulse to read malice or contradiction into ordinary, even tender, gestures reflects a deeper anxiety to police symbols rather than to understand them. When every action is treated as a political statement or a moral transgression, reverence gives way to suspicion and common sense is displaced by performative outrage.
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What these episodes reveal is not a newfound moral sensitivity but a loss of proportion. The Church’s rituals and symbols, especially those rooted in centuries of tradition, deserve to be interpreted with charity and theological depth, not subjected to the reflexive judgments of the culture wars.
https://x.com/BishopBarron/status/2016902805030572360

bitchuneedsoap @bitchuneedsoap - Hi @MikieSherrill, we can’t wait to check out the portal!
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Chief Nerd @TheChiefNerd
BREAKING: New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill to Launch a Portal to Track & Report ICE Agents
“We are going to be standing up a portal so people can upload all their cell phone videos and alert people. If you see an ICE agent in the street, get your phone out.”
https://x.com/bitchuneedsoap/status/2017046352648122520

Blue Lives Matter @bluelivesmtr - MAJOR update: The woman who DOXED the ICE Director and his family has LOST HER JOB! Turns out the tables were turned on her and now she BIG MAD.
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