The new Pope, Leo XIV, spent quite a bit of time and energy asking for 'peace.' We agree with him in general terms, of course.
... the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have spent the past three decades embroiled in a multidimensional conflict with no end in sight. Its death toll is in the millions. But peace could be on the horizon.
Donald Trump announced the completion of a U.S.-brokered reconciliation agreement between the two nations on Friday, adding their saga to the growing list of global disputes his administration has taken steps toward ending. First, it was India and Pakistan, then came Israel and Iran, and now, Central Africa....--Tucker Carlson newsletter 6/30/25
Looks to me that the Pope should be sending Trump a love-letter.
Think he will??
N.B.: The International Atomic Energy Agency has declared that Iran remains a nuke danger. Iranian heavy construction equipment was seen at the "ground zero" area clearing material. That's something they would not do if "total annihilation" is the case. Would they?
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Thoughts on this post by Louie Verrecchio?
https://akacatholic.com/look-magazine-january-1961-relevant-as-ever/
Has Leo made Peace with Vigano?
Sancti Apostoli Petrus et Paulus, de quorum potestate et auctoritate confidimus, ipsi intercedant pro nobis ad Dominum. These are the words with which the solemn formula of the Apostolic Blessing begins: May the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, in whose power and authority we trust, intercede for us with the Lord. The power and authority of the Roman Pontiff derive in fact from the two Patrons of the Holy Church, whom today’s hymn greets as
Mundi Magister, atque cœli Janitor,
Romæ parentes, arbitrique Gentium, [1]
one the Master of the world, the other the Guardian of the celestial Gates, fathers of Rome and judges of the Gentiles. Their lives, consecrated to the preaching of the Gospel and the conversion of peoples to the One and Triune God, are intertwined even in death, in Martyrdom: Per ensis ille, hic per crucis victor necem, Saint Paul by the sword, Saint Peter by the cross. That Martyrdom – their heroic testimony of Faith usque ad effusionem sanguinis – still consecrates the land of the Urbe today:
O Roma felix, quæ duorum Principum
Es consecrata glorioso sanguine!
Horum cruore purpurata ceteras
Excellis orbis una pulchritudines.
O happy Rome, thou that hast been consecrated
by the glorious blood of these two Princes!
Purpled with their blood,
Thou alone surpass all the other wonders of the world. [2]
Thou alone surpass the wonders of the world: because the glories of ancient Rome, its culture, its law, its arts, its territorial and administrative organization, its ability to unite and pacify peoples in the practice of virtues – even if not yet enlightened and vivified by Grace – were destined to find their fulfillment in adherence to the Catholic Faith, prepared by Providence also in the Martyrdom of these pillars of the Church, which in the Creed we profess as Una, Sancta, Catholica et Apostolica. Belonging to that Church makes each of us, as the Supreme Poet [Dante] sings, cive di quella Roma onde Cristo è romano [a citizen of that Rome where Christ is Roman] (Purgatorio XXXII, 102).
Vigano's sermon continues at this link
https://exsurgedomine.it/250629-petrus-paulus-eng/
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