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12. Of course the audience might include all who are neutral, or of all other faiths. The encyclical is to people of

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #11)

Tue May 26, 2026, 11:26 AM

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good will worldwide, rightly including the CEO of Anthropic and his cohorts in Silicon Valley and beyond (most AI developers in both China and the US have worked together), so that the pope can honor and broadly expand the good faith dialogue he believes will promote the common good of humanity.

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Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing slavery [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday OP

Pope Leo is going to make a major impact, given he is not afraid to speak truth... hlthe2b Yesterday #1

Love this man Clouds Passing Yesterday #2

Having to apologize for a centuries-long oopsie kind of puts a big crack in that whole "papal infallibility" thing. LudwigPastorius Yesterday #3

Big Nope. Infallibility refers to statements made Ex Cathedra. NO pope has ever spoken ex cathedra to declare slavery ancianita Yesterday #4

So, popes (say Nick V, for instance) can be fallible, as long as their directives aren't "official". LudwigPastorius 21 hrs ago #6

They are human and can err. But almost all of the 267 pope's in Jesus's 2,000 year old church hold to the Gospel ancianita 12 hrs ago #9

It's a shame that that this gesture has gotten lost and drowned out in all the absurd news. BumRushDaShow Yesterday #5

Well, not totally drowned out. It stayed as the digital front page headline of the New York Times yesterday. ancianita 13 hrs ago #7

Not that many still have a NYT sub BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago #8

Around 15 million digital subscribers by the end of next year. ancianita 12 hrs ago #10

But as you might have noticed BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago #11

Of course the audience might include all who are neutral, or of all other faiths. The encyclical is to people of ancianita 11 hrs ago #12

I agree on the intent and appreciate Pope Leo going farther than even Francis on advocacy BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago #13

Well, he's starting from a divine place that moves toward peace on Earth. Where and what ancianita 9 hrs ago #15

There will always be the battle BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago #16

Yes, agree. You're foundational in posting the news; that said, the battle isn't always what it's reported to be. ancianita 9 hrs ago #17

This afternoon and yesterday was such an example of the pendulum swings BumRushDaShow 8 hrs ago #18

Absolutely important battles to cover! ancianita 7 hrs ago #19

Now do apologizing for forcing women to give birth at the cost of their own lives. 50 Shades Of Blue 10 hrs ago #14