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Catherine Connolly calls US attacks 'deliberate assaults on international law' Ministers are concerned Donald Trump could cancel Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s White House visit over controversial comments by Catherine Connolly.

‘What we have witnessed in recent days in the Middle East, and beyond, are not political disputes.

‘They are deliberate assaults on international law, the international laws that have underpinned global peace for 80 years.'
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We obviously don’t want 6-year-olds actually operating fire extinguishers themselves, but you know they won’t hesitate to correct an adult who grabs the wrong one.

Yup. Cutting themselves off from all the instruments of unity means the only unity left is the baptismal unity they share with everyone, so 🤷‍♀️.

It's like "the street food is a modern thing, what happened to women cooking a proper meal from scratch for her husband" trope.
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Spell like no one is watching.

Yup.

Two Working LEGO Printing Presses | LEGO® Ideas The development of mechanical printing changed how ideas move through the world. Once text and images could be printed rather than copied by hand, knowledge was…

Hi #EarlyModern Bluesky - did you know that someone brilliant has built working printing presses using Lego and they are trying to get enough supporters so that Lego will release it as a kit?

They look so cool!

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This "Global Anglican Communion" is Anglican like the CofE is the "Catholic Church of England", then?
In other words, not part of the same communion, any more than we're part of the Church of Rome.
So, schism, then.

‘Moral and spiritual authority’ of Archbishop of Canterbury ‘severely compromised’ says Gafcon Primate But ‘the Global Anglican Communion is neither a breakaway Communion nor an alternative Communion’ its new chair, the Archbishop of Rwanda, insists

"Those who disengage from the Canterbury Instruments are not schismatic. The Church of England was reformed by Thomas Cranmer, leaving the errors of the Church of Rome behind. Like Cranmer, we are reforming the Communion from within and leaving the Canterbury Instruments behind."
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JAMES B. JANKNEGT Rich Fool, 2007, Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 101.6 cm; Courtesy of James B. Janknegt

For the 'Rich Fool', what remains worthy of preservation is the community found in the humble house painted by James B. Janknegt.

Take a closer look at our seventh Lenten station:

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@joyful-lamb.bsky.social Hello 🤗
Have you discovered the #CofEPeeps and #Narthex feeds?

Me too! Never noticed before.

'In the Middle East and elsewhere, the tedious demands of diplomacy are essential for achieving peace' Though Donald Trump had just chaired the Board of Peace's first session in Washington, he refused to allow time for negotiations with Iran to come to fruition, triggering a conflict with an outcome that remains uncertain.

'In the Middle East and elsewhere, the tedious demands of diplomacy are essential for achieving peace'

How lessons from Iraq are shaping Starmer’s Iran response Operation Epic Fury is a US military operation. It will not be possible for the UK to exert any significant influence in planning.

The prime minister would do well to remember one of Chilcot’s points: that “the UK’s relationship with the US has proved strong enough over time to bear the weight of honest disagreement. It does not require unconditional support where our interests or judgments differ.”
#ChilcotInquiry

Women's march in Kyiv today, as city residents bring attention to women being held in Russian captivity.

John 4 is a nifty Gospel reading for #IWD2026

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It's not surprising you take it personally. There's so much church culture telling us a) numerical growth of our congregations is pressing and urgent, and b) this is a matter for the church leadership.
So, I appreciate it's a tiny counter voice but: God doesn't ask for "success", but faithfulness.

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6 year old you clearly had insight!

I went to the Egyptian room once, as a young adult, I think, and it made the hairs stand up at the back of my neck.
We should not be treating human beings - dead or alive - as exhibits.

Have ordered this and it looks good.
#GraveTalk
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Store aisle shelves stuffed on one side with inflatable ducks faces the other, stuffed with inflatable flamingos.

some shit is about to go down

Of your kindness 🕯️ ✝️ folk, would you hold me in your prayers for Tuesday.
I have some Discerning to do.

“The church, I tell them, is not a shiny, seaworthy vessel with perfect crew members guiding it. It is, instead, a leaky ship with a crew of all sorts, and it is truly a miracle that it still remains afloat. (1/2)

Energy insecurity. Higher bills. Exposure to catastrophic economic consequences of Trump's wars.

That's what happens when you fail to shift fast enough to renewables, and cut back on support for clean energy.

Let's cut bills & create jobs through a clean power revolution.

There is a whole attritional belittling that comes with being subject to the DWP which is - for me - not so much demoralising as robbing me of any desire to cooperate.
Which is another argument for #UBI: Please just treat me like a grown-up & let me get on with putting the wheels back on my life.

In UK, a nice person with rescued greyhounds is elected to parliament, while in the United States a bad person who actually boasted of executing their own dog is sacked.

Grove Books have just added a wishlist button
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Stop Palantir taking over our public services! Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

Be wary of the spying stone that opens the door to evil powers - and don't let our public services be fodder for a profit-hungry US tech firm.
Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.