Christian Pipe Smokers

Hopefully not him... though "inclusive" is not defined here. It is good to include others by showing love to them, but not all should be recognized as a part of the Church. The media tends to twist words.


We know what CBS means when CBS says "inclusive."

We also know that CBS takes words ...

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi... wants a church that listens to the faithful and is willing to modernize. Zuppi is inclusive of same-sex couples, as well as people of different religions.
Hopefully not him... though "inclusive" is not defined here. It is good to include others by showing love to them ...

Latin Patriarch Cardinal Pizzaballa would be an excellent Vicar of Christ.

Just as Cardinal Wojtyla of Krakow, Poland, was elevated to the papacy and became a world leader in the peaceful fall of Soviet communism (with US President Ronald Reagan)....
Thus also may the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem ...

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Pizzaballa 2025.

You heard it here first.


Apparently, Wikipedia agrees with you....

Pierbattista Pizzaballa

Pierbattista Pizzaballa OFM (Italian pronunciation: [ˌpjɛrbatˈtista pittsaˈballa]; born 21 April 1965) is an Italian Catholic prelate who has served as Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem ...

The funeral is tomorrow. Then there will be a novena (nine days of prayer. Then the Conclave will seal up in the Sistine Chapel and select a new pope.

The secular media will speculate about "political factions" and guess at who will most likely be chosen. They can't help themselves, actually ...

JimVH wrote: 25 Apr 2025, 17:40 I. Am. Crappa.

And this makes me happy.

Babies are so cute because they're bald.

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⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I should simply enjoy this skunked-on-one, solved-in-three.
But JimVH did this, and without any yellow. I should have known.

I can't think of a picture clue for this word.


I weirdly get hung-up on symmetry. You win.


I also love a symmetrical solution ...

Wordle 1,406 3/6





I should simply enjoy this skunked-on-one, solved-in-three.
But JimVH did this, and without any yellow. I should have known.

I can't think of a picture clue for this word.

Rainy this morning. Been raining all week.

47°F.