Constantine's Notebook
🇮🇱🇵🇸 - The IDF confirm the death of one Israeli soldier in the Gaza strip.
🇮🇱🇵🇸 - The slain soldier is named as Warrant Officer G'haleb Sliman Alnasasra, 35.
🇫🇷🇻🇦- In France: 10,384 adults and 7,400 teenagers aged 11 to 17 will be baptized this year on Easter night. This brings the total number of catechumens receiving baptism in France this year to over 17,800; an increase of 45% for adults compared to 2024.
🇺🇸🇾🇪 - Further US Air Force raids in Yemen in the last few hours.
Did you ever have a short-term relationship when you were on a vacation somewhere?
Anonymous Poll
5%
Yes and I'm still with the girl
22%
Yes and obviously we never spoke again
73%
Nope, I never did
Global Intel Watch
🇺🇸🇸🇾 - #BREAKING NYT confirms the "U.S. Is Withdrawing Hundreds of Troops From Syria" (article published 10 minutes ago)
🇺🇸🇸🇾 - Hundreds of empty trucks continue to enter Syria from Iraq to assist in the US withdrawal.
Forwarded from Constantine's Notebook
🇩🇿 - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune convenes a ministerial council to review draft laws concerning general mobilization.
🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Trump: HOPEFULLY RUSSIA AND UKRAINE WILL MAKE A DEAL THIS WEEK.
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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Trump: HOPEFULLY RUSSIA AND UKRAINE WILL MAKE A DEAL THIS WEEK.
Either he's delusional, or he knows things we don't. It could be a small deal and not a peace deal too.
Bring back Vince that was a scenario written for Discord mods.
🇻🇦- Pope Francis died today at age 88.
May he rest in peace.
May he rest in peace.
🇻🇦 - The question is now who will succeed him. I won't explain everyone here what is a conclave, I asssume everyone already knows, but as we learn the key dates we'll share them.
On this day, April 21, exactly 2,776 years ago, Rome was founded.
Today, as we mark this historic anniversary, we also mourn the passing of the Pope. A steadfast figure of faith, he remained with the faithful until the very end, making a public appearance just yesterday, despite ongoing speculation about his possible resignation. His leadership served as a point of stability in a world often shaken by war, uncertainty, and upheaval.
The Pope was granted the grace to witness one last Easter. His death, coming just one day after Easter, symbolically marks the end of an era, and the beginning of another. Yesterday, in one of his final acts, he met with JD Vance, a Catholic convert.
In this transitional moment, signs of renewal within the Catholic Church are beginning to emerge. In deeply secular nations like France, more than 18,000 people were baptized during the Easter Vigil. In historically Protestant countries such as England, Catholicism is experiencing a quiet resurgence, driven largely by the younger generation, the "Zoomers", and is poised to surpass Anglicanism in numbers. The faith continues to grow dynamically in Africa and Asia, while showing signs of stability in the United States.
As the Church prepares to choose its next pope, the task ahead is both immense and urgent: to carry forward meaningful reforms and offer a vision rooted in tradition but open to the modern world, bridging past and future with wisdom, humility, and courage.
Because in every collapse, a foundation is laid. And in endings, there is space for renewal.
Today, as we mark this historic anniversary, we also mourn the passing of the Pope. A steadfast figure of faith, he remained with the faithful until the very end, making a public appearance just yesterday, despite ongoing speculation about his possible resignation. His leadership served as a point of stability in a world often shaken by war, uncertainty, and upheaval.
The Pope was granted the grace to witness one last Easter. His death, coming just one day after Easter, symbolically marks the end of an era, and the beginning of another. Yesterday, in one of his final acts, he met with JD Vance, a Catholic convert.
In this transitional moment, signs of renewal within the Catholic Church are beginning to emerge. In deeply secular nations like France, more than 18,000 people were baptized during the Easter Vigil. In historically Protestant countries such as England, Catholicism is experiencing a quiet resurgence, driven largely by the younger generation, the "Zoomers", and is poised to surpass Anglicanism in numbers. The faith continues to grow dynamically in Africa and Asia, while showing signs of stability in the United States.
As the Church prepares to choose its next pope, the task ahead is both immense and urgent: to carry forward meaningful reforms and offer a vision rooted in tradition but open to the modern world, bridging past and future with wisdom, humility, and courage.
Because in every collapse, a foundation is laid. And in endings, there is space for renewal.
Forwarded from Constantine's Notebook
🇮🇱 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Shin Bet chief "failed miserably" on October 7, 2023.
✝️🇻🇦☦️ - Patriarch Kirill praises Pope Francis' ecumenical efforts.
🇺🇸🇻🇦 - Trump orders flags to be flown at half-mast.
🇻🇦 - It could be the first time in history we lose a pope on Easter Monday.
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🇪🇸🇻🇦 - King Felipe of Spain.
🇪🇸🇬🇧 - English Translation:
TELEGRAM
To His Most Reverend Eminence
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re
Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals
From His Majesty the King of Spain
Your Most Reverend Eminence:
Upon receiving, with profound sadness, the news of the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis, I wish to convey to you, in my name, in that of the Government, and of the Spanish people, the expression of our deepest condolences.
His Holiness Pope Francis bore witness throughout his pontificate to the importance that love for one’s neighbor, fraternity, and social friendship hold for our world today. He will continue to inspire us with his conviction of the need to bring encouragement and comfort to the poorest and most in need, and with the importance he placed on dialogue and consensus to achieve a fairer and more supportive world.
In the face of the sorrow caused by his loss, the Queen and the entire Royal Family join me in extending to the entire Catholic Church our condolences and our affection, as well as our prayers for his eternal rest.
Receive, Your Most Reverend Eminence, the expression of my highest consideration and esteem.
Felipe R.
TELEGRAM
To His Most Reverend Eminence
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re
Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals
From His Majesty the King of Spain
Your Most Reverend Eminence:
Upon receiving, with profound sadness, the news of the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis, I wish to convey to you, in my name, in that of the Government, and of the Spanish people, the expression of our deepest condolences.
His Holiness Pope Francis bore witness throughout his pontificate to the importance that love for one’s neighbor, fraternity, and social friendship hold for our world today. He will continue to inspire us with his conviction of the need to bring encouragement and comfort to the poorest and most in need, and with the importance he placed on dialogue and consensus to achieve a fairer and more supportive world.
In the face of the sorrow caused by his loss, the Queen and the entire Royal Family join me in extending to the entire Catholic Church our condolences and our affection, as well as our prayers for his eternal rest.
Receive, Your Most Reverend Eminence, the expression of my highest consideration and esteem.
Felipe R.