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[Image Description: A Twitter post from "Otto Von Tweetmarck": "Extremely funny to accidentally elect a Pope because everyone settled on the same guy as their initial throwaway vote to figure out what the factions were."

Below screenshot: "The cardinals in conclave, most of whom opposed a return to Rome, demanded of Cardinal de Comminges, whose election seemed assured, the promise to remain at Avignon. His refusal precipitated an unexpected canvass for candidates. On the first ballot, 20 December 1334, many electors, intending to sound the mind of the conclave, voted for the unlikely Cardinal Fournier, who, though he was one of the few men of real merit in the college, was but lightly regarded because of his obscure origin and lack of wealth and following. He amazed the conclave by receiving the necessary two-thirds vote. On 8 January 1335, he was enthroned as Benedict XII." (cite note 7)]

Don't want to drive traffic to X with an actual link, but this was so great I just had to post it.

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Don't want to drive traffic to X with an actual link, but this was so great I just had to post it.

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OH THANK GOD.

No, seriously. The time he spent as a bishop in Peru helping to calm the political storm there is exactly what we need right now. And the name Leo, or Lion, says "I'm not playing around."

The Holy Spirit has heard our prayers.

yall are ignoring the comedic potential of a dual citizen pro-immigration american pope

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Yes, abortion is a sin. These cell lines never should have been used.

You know what is also a sin? Bearing false witness against life-saving medicine.

(From Dr. Paul Offit: "The rubella vaccine, like the Catholic Church, has prevented many abortions.")

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Jesus out there being fully human.

Are you like the only guy who hasn’t been in Jerusalem this weekend? still one of the funniest beats in Scripture

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What! A llama?! He’s supposed to be dead!!

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Somehow...Jesus returned.

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You’ve been hit by 🔪

You’ve been struck by 🔪

A Roman Senator 🔪🔪🔪

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Young Barriss has snuck tooka kittens into the Temple on multiple occasions.

The Jedi Temple is full of animals. Creatures that came back from missions, strays from all levels of Coruscant, pets given to younglings after many akk puppy eyes, animals that just wandered in and didn’t leave. They live the good life, getting doted on by the entire Temple and helping the children practice bonding with animals.

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Anakin Skywalker? Take notes.

“We may give our human loves the unconditional allegiance which we owe only to God. Then they become gods: then they become demons. Then they will destroy us, and also destroy themselves.”

– C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

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My favourite girl, painted for International Women's Day, in honour of all the incredible female heroes out there ❤

Painted on Procreate in mixed media.

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Good to know I'm not the only one thinking of this!

Everyone's always like "mythology disproves Christianity." No!!!! Mythology proves that our God is a God of stories, of details, of intentionality. Everyone is so hung up on "every culture has a story of the dying and rising god/a virgin birth, etc. etc" but that's just it. Every culture has it, because somewhere, somewhen, it was true. Mythology is simply a reminder that God fashioned for us a language that we are all born knowing— a religious language, a language of the sacred. It's the reason so many cultures view bread as something sacred and use incense in their worship. Christ did not become man to unteach us "pagan" vocabulary. The vocabulary was never pagan to begin with! It was, and is, human. Christ became man, took on flesh, and spoke the language we were all born knowing: the language of mythos and sacred rituals, of prayers and of liturgy.

Do you think Jesus did not intimately know the world He entered? Do you think He didn't know the stories of Dionysus? Or the surprisingly Christocentric imagery associated with Apollo? Do you think He did not watch Virgil pen his fourth ecologue, in which he prophesies the coming of a baby, a redeemer? Do you think the all-knowing, all-powerful God who crafted Virgil's soul with his own hands didn't know that?

Mythology reminds us that God wrote the story. That He etched into the very marrow of our bones the language we need to know Him. When He came, He came in a way that was unexpected. But it was the way we would best recognize Him.

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GOOD NEWS GYNS

A potential cause for endometriosis has been found, called fusobacterium

In the study, mice with the bacteria were able to be treated successfully with an antibiotic and it massively lowered quantity and severity of endometrial lesions

The bacteria was found in most women w endo that were tested, compared to 10% of women without endo.

FINALLY, good news in women’s healthcare!

Hopefully only a few years out from an actual treatment for endometriosis!

Link to the study:

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I love kids they’re all like.. “when i grow up i’m gonna be an astronaut and a chef and a doctor and an olympic swimmer” like that self confidence! That drive! That optimism! Where does it go

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Am I the only one who thinks Comrade Black from de Blob should have a villain song?