Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz sent a clear message to #Ukraine and the world at the SPD party conference today.

Germany will not stop supporting Ukraine in the coming years, and Germany will have to do more if others let up.

If a priest is cruel, rude, or verbally abusive in confession, you can walk away.
You don’t need to explain yourself, tell him what you’re doing or any such thing.
A person who comes to a priest in the sacrament of reconciliation is in a very vulnerable position and it is…

But Ukraine is clearly the front line of an effort to upend the US-led world order, to reintroduce wars of conquest which would, by causing large-scale economic disruption, make the Average American poorer. Much poorer if it led to us being dragged into another Great War. 18/

DUMB THINGS RUSSIA DID IN THE UKRAINE WAR

Sometimes we do not fully realize how stupid, absurd, delusional, and surreal the Russian war in Ukraine is.

We got so used to all those idiotic Kremlin statements, to Putin regressing into childhood and being not even able to explain…

We are with children under heavy missiles fire. lots of rockets exploding around! very dangerous. russian fascists - be damned!!!!!

The russian ministry of defense's press service is more powerful than most countries' armies.
russia doesn’t even need an army to conquer the entire world; its state media and MoD spokesperson konashenkov are more than adequate.

30.1.2023 Ketju: Ajatuksia Ukrainan sodan tämänhetkisestä tilanteesta ja kuluneesta sotavuodesta. Tämä ketju toiminee todennäköisesti alustuksena sarjalle pohdintoja erilaisista sotaan liittyvistä aiheista, ilmiöistä ja tapahtumista. 1/

As well all know, Russia's most common war strategy is complete demolition and destruction of whole cities and towns. This strategy aims to affect the civilian population so that they'd push for peace and negations. Why Russia uses it so often? Because it works.

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The memory of the extermination of millions of Jewish people and people of other faiths must neither be forgotten nor denied. There can be no fraternity without first dispelling the roots of hatred and violence that fueled the horror of the Holocaust. #HolocaustRemembranceDay

Mariinka.
The hellscape of Russian liberation.

“With sorrow I inform you that the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, passed away today at 9:34 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican.

Further information will be provided as soon as possible.”

Robert Reich Agreed, reduced competition is not good for the people

In the face of the sad view of injustices committed against human life, before and after birth, I make my own Pope John Paul II’s passionate appeal to the responsibility of each and every individual: “respect, protect, love and serve life, every human life!”
— Benedict XVI

A prayer for the health of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

May the Infant Jesus, the Blessed Mother, Saint Joseph, and all the holy angels bring you protection, peace, and joy this Christmas! With the Magi we bow down and give Him homage!

And if we truly want to celebrate #Christmas , let us rediscover awe before a God who becomes little, who is not born in splendour, but in the poverty of a stable. To meet Him, we must go where He is. We must lower ourselves, make ourselves little.

10:27 am in #Kyiv

So no power, no water, no heating.
All we have now is our lives.
Air raid alert is still on. I hardly can read news as connection is extremely slow.

Hope you’ll see this tweet

⚡️ While Russia is trying to turn off the lights, USAIDUkraine is providing 80 generators to maintain the power supply, said the US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink.

This is the only message that the world needs to understand about Ukraine.

The rest falls right into place after that.

We assisted a woman from #Mariupol filling out a testimony about Russian war crimes.
Won’t share details for security reasons but want to say: if more people knew what happened in Mariupol it would challenge many’s contemporary perception and understanding of the modern world.