Robert Francis Prevost as a name is a clear sign the pope may descend from the millions of French-Canadians who fled Quebec during a wave of poverty that struck the province during the early 20th century.

🇻🇦— Notably, Pope Leo XIV is the first American Pope, raised in Chicago. He follows Pope Francis, who was the first elected from outside of Europe in modern history.

An image for those not yet familiar with Pope Leo.

🇺🇦💥🇷🇺 — Ukrainian forces are allegedly carrying out a landing operation on the south bank of the Dniepr River near Kherson, reports Rerum Novarum citing sources in the Russian military.

🇪🇨🇮🇱 - Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa says Israel wants to "help" with intelligence against cartels.

🇻🇦 - Liberals could've been honest. "He's named Leo, we know what that means, watch out"

Instead "Look, we're going to hype up female ordination while knowing it will never happen because we want a pretext to go after the pope when how much he isn't convenient with our worldview is obvious"

🇹🇷🇮🇶 - PKK announces "successful" dissolution congress, agrees to lay down arms and dissolve.

🇻🇦 - Pope Leo XIV at his first Mass: “Even today there are many settings where the Christian faith is considered absurd, meant for the weak and unintelligent, settings where other securities are preferred; technology, money, success, power and pleasure. These are context where it is not easy to preach the Gospel, and bear witness to its truth, where believers are mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pity. Yet precisely for these reasons, these are the places where our missionary outreach is desperately needed.”

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🇮🇳💥🇵🇰 — India-Pakistan clashes have escalated significantly; today, officials in the Pakistani Ministry of Defense stated that they "are at war with India"

🇮🇳🛫 — The Indian government has issued a NOTAM (no fly zone) for most of the border with Pakistan.

🇻🇦 - Pope Leo XIV says CHRISTIANS are God's chosen people.

🇻🇦 - Crazy how all the "Protestant constitutionnal conservatives" are unhappy over it.

🇮🇳🇵🇰 - Pakistani retaliation underway, still contained to J&K for now.

🇵🇰🇮🇳 - Pakistan announced it is initiating a large-scale military operation codenamed "Operation Bunyan ul Marsoos" in response to "continuous provocations by India."

The Pakistani side said that "multiple strategic targets across India" are being engaged.

(GeoTV)

🇵🇰🇮🇳 - Pakistan’s military says it hit a BrahMos missile site in India - Reuters

🇮🇳🇵🇰 - Indian military source says air operations are currently underway in Pakistan - Reuters

🇮🇳🇵🇰 -

At this moment, the international community's message should be clear if any country is serious about preserving basic nuclear peace: the world will not stand by as two nuclear powers march toward catastrophe. The current exchange of strategic strikes between India and Pakistan represents the gravest escalation between nuclear states since the Cold War. Should either side choose to deploy nuclear weapons—tactical or otherwise—the consequences will not be regional. They will be global, irreversible, and morally unforgivable.

Every government, especially those with economic and diplomatic leverage, must act now. This is not the time for neutrality, hedging, or procedural statements. If nuclear weapons are used, the responsible state must face immediate and total sanctions: exclusion from international financial systems, airspace closures, full diplomatic isolation, and embargoes on energy, medicine, migration and critical technology. The preservation of civilization demands nothing less.

🇮🇳🇵🇰 - Jesus Christ.

The lack of response from the international community is truly astounding. We have two nuclear-armed nations essentially at war - and not even serious discussion of *potential* peace talks. I seriously hope that this doesn't escalate into a ground war.