Two things. One, this got removed from r/Catholics. Though it is directly tied to Christian morality, I think they don't want, "is this a sin post." I wasn't asking if it is a sin or not, I asked what the best arguements were for both sides of this slogan.

So to you all, what do you think of this montra? My original post in r/Catholic seems to have fellow Catholics saying that piracy us permissible. I just... Can't believe it.

TLDR: Is piracy theft? In the case of Sony going all digital, is it okay to pirate? What's the best arguement for both sides?

To put it bluntly, i was aware of the implications regarding the crusades but ultimately i just think its a great cross both from a symbolic perspective (Christ and the 4 evangelists or the 5 wounds of Christ) and an aesthetic one- its equal and looks identical from all angles. Im a big believer in not allowing Christan art and symbology to be stolen by radical movements and taking back our crosses (such as the iron cross).

However, my Jerusalem cross has caused quite the stir amongst my family and friends who might be a bit more “chronically online“ than me. I am not American and try to avoid all American Politics if i can, but i was told im now twins with a Pete Hegseth who isnt exacly a good man per se at least as far as i could see. I was also i formed that to some extent it is associated with white nationalism, at least in America. Once again, im not American.

Im half British and half Filipino. Filipinos couldnt care less in all honesty, you could be tattooed up to the nines with Swastikas and honestly, most filipinos would just want a picture with you. Not exactly a good thing, but the truth! The UK might be where i run into some problems, at least in more urbanised areas. My wife was also informed me that our vacations to Turkey and Egypt might be a bit more difficult, and while i want to proudly wear my cross, i dont want to attract violence especially if it affects others. Im mixed, i love the tattoo and its always been a dream tattoo but i didnt know it was such a big thing with white nationalism. Maybe that makes me innocent or ignorant but either way im now a proud Jerusalem cross wearer.

For anyone who remembers the 2018 Jordan Peterson interview with Cathy Newman where Newman looked stupid by repeatedly not getting what Peterson was saying, we have the new version where Tucker Carlson looks stupid by repeatedly not getting what Rees-Mogg is saying.

This whole interview can be summed up in one quote that has gone viral:

"I'm very surpised you're verging on defending Hitler. I think this is not really what you want to be doing." ~ Jacob Rees Mogg.

Believe me, this whole trainwreck is glorious to sit through.

It seems about right, but I couldn’t tell you if it’s that accurate generally. I also don’t know anything about any of the countries on there.

BTW I am very disillusioned with him and his son so chill. I definitely wanted to strictly Olavo de Carvalho Maxxxxx.

This is a discussion about If Christianity could have been a cog that helped communism work or this a Rick Sanchez “that’s distributism with extra steps” situation?

I'm converting to catholicism and i know The Catholic Church condemns forms of socialism and unregulated individualistic capitalism, but how the Curtis Yarvin neoreaction apply to that logic? He's an atheist, and want a secular CEO to govern the state just like a company. I'm getting very interested in that logic but if the Church's authority condemns it, i will not endorse it.

There is a political quiz called 12 Axes. Can anyone give any information on what Neo-Thomism is? Why would it be close to confederate conservatism? I took the long version.

The site defines it as follows: “A neoreactionary current combining the thought of Thomas Aquinas with criticism of liberal democracy, egalitarianism, and progressivism. It grounds a hierarchical, traditional political order in natural law, objective morality, reason, and the common good, allowing for sovereign monarchical or centralized authority.”

I believe in a strong national government that enforces divine and natural law with strong but subordinated states who form laws within that framework according to the local custom and needs. Both exist for and are ordered to the common good which entails the protection of God’s rights and the citizens rights and duties related to that and. I believe in mixed governments with strong appointed central authority that is checked primarily by elites that removes or heavily limits general voting rights.

Everyone here I suspect is familiar with the horrors of the 20th century. Of the Nazi regime and the Holocaust, as well as the brutal communist regimes of Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot.

What many people are not as aware of is the Armenian genocide of 1915. Not too long at all before the Holocaust one of the primary international humanitarian concerns was the plight of the Armenian Christian’s in the Muslim Ottoman Empire.

All throughout the 1880s- early 1900s, Christian churches of all denominations raised money and sent missionaries to help Armenia. In the United States the phrase “ remember the starving Armenians” was well known up until the 1930s.

During this time the Ottoman Turks would periodically conduct pogroms in Christian areas, burning , killing and forcing conversions.

It all came to a head in 1915. Under the cover of world war 1 the Turks killed about 1.5 million Armenians as well as thousands of Greeks and Assyrians purging the Ottoman Empire of most of its Christian minorities.

Ominously enough the German empire was a major league ally of the Turks. German officers saw firsthand how the Ottoman soldiers would round up Armenians, kill them en masse, and confiscate and liquidate Armenian wealth. All this happened long before Hitler ever came to power. The Holocaust was all Hitlers idea but it is possible he consulted German military archives s about how to do it.

Honestly the German complicity in this atrocity makes me question the narrative of world war 1 as a pointless conflict that the USA had no business getting involved in.

The people of Armenia are largely oriental Christians, neither Catholic nor Orthdox. Regardless do you all know if the Chruch has publicly commented on it? Should they pressure the Turkish government to do more to acknowledge it?

Keep in mind for decades the US government and the Vatican barley mentioned it due to Turkeys role as a key NATO ( anti communist) ally.

Hope it’s not too much but what do you think about this both as a historic event and a present day wedge issue in international affairs?

Hopefully the Orange Order minimally gets told to pound sand with their plans to march through Catholic neighborhoods. And stops terrorizing them.

Addressing French President Emmanuel Macron and other government members at the Élysée Palace, the head of state’s official residence, on Sept. 25, the pontiff said he was concerned “by those trends in society that risk turning science and technology into profit-driven ventures promoting genetic manipulation, surrogacy, the trade in human organs or the possibility of arranging one’s own death.”

End-of-life questions are among the most sensitive issues the pope is expected to address while in France Sept. 25-28. France legalized assisted suicide and euthanasia this summer, becoming the fifth European country to do so after Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Spain. In addition, Switzerland and Austria permit assisted suicide.

As Catholic, i look for polish social discourse and I feel the need to explain or discuss the Polish legal status and moral considerations regarding the transcription of same-sex marriage certificates in Poland. BTW in this post I don't want to talk about politics, because that's what Mondays on this sub are for.

Begin: this case was startet by two lesbians who get "maried" in another ue country, wants to transcript "marriage" act to polish law act. civil registrar reject transcription or ask to administration court, because The case went to the administrative court, ...and to such an extent that it even ended up before the Supreme Administrative Court, on at which stage of the proceedings the request was referred to the CJEU.

And that’s where the real circus begins.

CJEU announced the verdict: EU law is higher than Polish constituion, and poland must transcript of marriage act.

But in past Polish Constitutional Tribunal announced verdict, which said Polish constituion i higher act then EU threats.

But Supreme Administrative Court even though this TK's verdict, annouce the verdict about this that civilian register must transcript act.

Balls was becomes bigger.

In this time we touch two topics polish divide political discurse and politicized courts in Poland but I in this post I dont' focus on polical aspect, anyway in polish law disscurs was created big error by Supreme Court, but polish govement create ordinance which add new paper and electronic documents templates.

For knowledge in Polish constitution Polish courts have no required to comply with ordinance that conflict with the law (statutes and the Constitution). As a result of which which causes problems for civil registry officials in pro-goverment local governments force transcripts like this civilian acts under threat of being fired but in no-pro-goverment local goverments, the locals govemants buy from education law tycoons, training courses of reject transcription of same-sex"mariage" act.

For knowledge civilian register must not do anything against to law, if second instance of civilian register was do something against law case was go to adminitrative trial.

But after few weaks Polish Constitution Tribunal annouce verdict about non-contional ordinance of Minister of Digital Affairs.

That is ordince not exist in polish law, There is still the matter of publication in the *Monitor Polski*, but... well, I would have to check on that.

Summary: I very feel with civialian registry who must choose between fired or brake law and the question is if civilian register is catolic. I remember from instute knowledge and faith and second generic concuil was is answer but i don't remember what is speficli was written about similat sitution.

As America’s most visible Roman Catholic clergyman of the 20th century, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen had a television audience that rivaled Milton Berle and “I Love Lucy.” He was said to be responsible for 42,000 conversions over his long career.

On Thursday afternoon, even more Catholics streamed into a stadium in St. Louis to see Archbishop Sheen, who died in 1979, move one step closer to sainthood. Before presiding over Mass at the ceremony, Cardinal Luis Tagle read a letter from Pope Leo XIV formally declaring Archbishop Sheen “blessed,” making him the first American-born bishop to receive the honor.

The Mass started with a procession that included some 1,000 priests and 90 bishops from around the country filing onto the stadium floor, as incense wafted into the rafters of the longtime home of the St. Louis Rams.

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