Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
@padresj.bsky.social
Catholic Priest
Passionate about Tech and Science
Jesuit in Rome
Bots, edgelords & those who can't have a civil conversation are blocked.
All opinions are my own
Passionate about Tech and Science
Jesuit in Rome
Bots, edgelords & those who can't have a civil conversation are blocked.
All opinions are my own
"Writers? Editors?
Pfffft....! We don't need any of those!"
-- Owner of this paper (probably)
Pfffft....! We don't need any of those!"
-- Owner of this paper (probably)
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"Writers? Editors?
Pfffft....! We don't need any of those!"
-- Owner of this paper (probably)
Pfffft....! We don't need any of those!"
-- Owner of this paper (probably)
Interesting.
The Trump faithful are now setting up the, "you're not REALLY a pedophile if your victim is 15-years old" defense.
www.huffpost.com/entry/megyn-...
The Trump faithful are now setting up the, "you're not REALLY a pedophile if your victim is 15-years old" defense.
www.huffpost.com/entry/megyn-...
Megyn Kelly Questions If Jeffrey Epstein Was A Pedophile Because 'He Wasn't Into, Like, 8-Year-Olds'
The MAGA host said she was "not trying to make an excuse" for Epstein — before doing exactly that.
www.huffpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Interesting.
The Trump faithful are now setting up the, "you're not REALLY a pedophile if your victim is 15-years old" defense.
www.huffpost.com/entry/megyn-...
The Trump faithful are now setting up the, "you're not REALLY a pedophile if your victim is 15-years old" defense.
www.huffpost.com/entry/megyn-...
You know... I'm only about 15 years away from being that age where if I look lost or confused, younger people will try to help me instead of laughing & recording me on their phones.
a man is helping an elderly woman walk down a sidewalk
ALT: a man is helping an elderly woman walk down a sidewalk
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
You know... I'm only about 15 years away from being that age where if I look lost or confused, younger people will try to help me instead of laughing & recording me on their phones.
This is Joshua Kindred.
In 2020, Trump gifted him a lifetime federal judgeship in Alaska.
Earlier this year he resigned rather than face allegations that he turned his office into a hellscape of verbal & sexual abuse.
Today he was disbarred for basic ethics violations.
...
"The Best People"
In 2020, Trump gifted him a lifetime federal judgeship in Alaska.
Earlier this year he resigned rather than face allegations that he turned his office into a hellscape of verbal & sexual abuse.
Today he was disbarred for basic ethics violations.
...
"The Best People"
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
This is Joshua Kindred.
In 2020, Trump gifted him a lifetime federal judgeship in Alaska.
Earlier this year he resigned rather than face allegations that he turned his office into a hellscape of verbal & sexual abuse.
Today he was disbarred for basic ethics violations.
...
"The Best People"
In 2020, Trump gifted him a lifetime federal judgeship in Alaska.
Earlier this year he resigned rather than face allegations that he turned his office into a hellscape of verbal & sexual abuse.
Today he was disbarred for basic ethics violations.
...
"The Best People"
I received an unsolicited text message from one of my uberMAGA titas that reads:
"It is obvious to me that our great President Donald J Trump spent time with Epstein victims in order to pray with them in their darkest times."
My response:
"So he KNEW about their darkest times?"
"It is obvious to me that our great President Donald J Trump spent time with Epstein victims in order to pray with them in their darkest times."
My response:
"So he KNEW about their darkest times?"
November 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I received an unsolicited text message from one of my uberMAGA titas that reads:
"It is obvious to me that our great President Donald J Trump spent time with Epstein victims in order to pray with them in their darkest times."
My response:
"So he KNEW about their darkest times?"
"It is obvious to me that our great President Donald J Trump spent time with Epstein victims in order to pray with them in their darkest times."
My response:
"So he KNEW about their darkest times?"
Reposted by Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
Catholic Traditionalism After Francis. It’s not just about the liturgy
My latest in “Commonweal”
www.commonwealmagazine.org/catholic-tra...
My latest in “Commonweal”
www.commonwealmagazine.org/catholic-tra...
Catholic Traditionalism After Francis
Traditionalism today is less about questioning Vatican II theology and liturgy and more about waging broader culture wars.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Catholic Traditionalism After Francis. It’s not just about the liturgy
My latest in “Commonweal”
www.commonwealmagazine.org/catholic-tra...
My latest in “Commonweal”
www.commonwealmagazine.org/catholic-tra...
Reposted by Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
Happy Birthday, Father Arturo Sosa!
Today, the Society of Jesus offers prayers and gratitude for the life and leadership of our Superior General.
We thank him for his guidance in promoting the #UAPs & a mission of reconciliation & justice at the frontiers.
Ad Multos Annos!
Today, the Society of Jesus offers prayers and gratitude for the life and leadership of our Superior General.
We thank him for his guidance in promoting the #UAPs & a mission of reconciliation & justice at the frontiers.
Ad Multos Annos!
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Happy Birthday, Father Arturo Sosa!
Today, the Society of Jesus offers prayers and gratitude for the life and leadership of our Superior General.
We thank him for his guidance in promoting the #UAPs & a mission of reconciliation & justice at the frontiers.
Ad Multos Annos!
Today, the Society of Jesus offers prayers and gratitude for the life and leadership of our Superior General.
We thank him for his guidance in promoting the #UAPs & a mission of reconciliation & justice at the frontiers.
Ad Multos Annos!
Remember when "The Most Dangerous Game" was just a short story we read in primary school?
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Wealthy foreigners ‘paid for weekend safaris to kill civilians’ during siege of Sarajevo
Wealthy foreigners paid tens of thousands of pounds to become “weekend snipers” and shoot civilians during the siege of Sarajevo, according to allegations being investigated by Italian authorities.
www.yahoo.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Remember when "The Most Dangerous Game" was just a short story we read in primary school?
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
The injustice is the point.
To make decent people fall into despair.
To make us believe that their way is the only way.
To make everybody as ugly and vindictive as themselves.
...
We need to rise.
To make decent people fall into despair.
To make us believe that their way is the only way.
To make everybody as ugly and vindictive as themselves.
...
We need to rise.
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The injustice is the point.
To make decent people fall into despair.
To make us believe that their way is the only way.
To make everybody as ugly and vindictive as themselves.
...
We need to rise.
To make decent people fall into despair.
To make us believe that their way is the only way.
To make everybody as ugly and vindictive as themselves.
...
We need to rise.
One of my brothers came up to me today and said, gently:
"You know, the next time you see Pope Leo... maybe try to look a little less... homeless?"
He's not wrong.
I promise to get a proper suit and fitted clerical garb for such occasions. 😇
"You know, the next time you see Pope Leo... maybe try to look a little less... homeless?"
He's not wrong.
I promise to get a proper suit and fitted clerical garb for such occasions. 😇
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
One of my brothers came up to me today and said, gently:
"You know, the next time you see Pope Leo... maybe try to look a little less... homeless?"
He's not wrong.
I promise to get a proper suit and fitted clerical garb for such occasions. 😇
"You know, the next time you see Pope Leo... maybe try to look a little less... homeless?"
He's not wrong.
I promise to get a proper suit and fitted clerical garb for such occasions. 😇
Remember when ultraMAGA folk, wanting to show their trust in Trump, bought his NFTs, which then promptly lost 98% of their value
... THEN they thought, "yeah... this is the guy we want running the US economy"
... THEN they thought, "yeah... this is the guy we want running the US economy"
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Remember when ultraMAGA folk, wanting to show their trust in Trump, bought his NFTs, which then promptly lost 98% of their value
... THEN they thought, "yeah... this is the guy we want running the US economy"
... THEN they thought, "yeah... this is the guy we want running the US economy"
I once worked w/a man who constantly mansplained EVERYTHING, even the most basic things, to everybody in the office. He would almost never be correct in his explanation.
As it turned out, he was just extremely insecure about his intelligence. (rightly so)
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-cla...
As it turned out, he was just extremely insecure about his intelligence. (rightly so)
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-cla...
Trump, 79, Claims Nobody Knows What a Magnet Is
Trump deflected hard questions about the economy with tales of magnets.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I once worked w/a man who constantly mansplained EVERYTHING, even the most basic things, to everybody in the office. He would almost never be correct in his explanation.
As it turned out, he was just extremely insecure about his intelligence. (rightly so)
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-cla...
As it turned out, he was just extremely insecure about his intelligence. (rightly so)
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-cla...
Now that Guiliani has been pardoned, he's working on his credentials to be Trump's next choice for NYC Mayor.
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Now that Guiliani has been pardoned, he's working on his credentials to be Trump's next choice for NYC Mayor.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Either he doesn't understand how insurance works or he thinks his supporters are too ignorant to figure it out for themselves.
...
Insurance risk pools only work because most of the participants don't make claims in any given time period.
It's NOT an investment, it's a hedge against disaster.
...
Insurance risk pools only work because most of the participants don't make claims in any given time period.
It's NOT an investment, it's a hedge against disaster.
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Either he doesn't understand how insurance works or he thinks his supporters are too ignorant to figure it out for themselves.
...
Insurance risk pools only work because most of the participants don't make claims in any given time period.
It's NOT an investment, it's a hedge against disaster.
...
Insurance risk pools only work because most of the participants don't make claims in any given time period.
It's NOT an investment, it's a hedge against disaster.
Reposted by Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
New toy (um, I mean valuable scientific instrument) in the lab.
September 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
New toy (um, I mean valuable scientific instrument) in the lab.
This morning, Trump went on TV and claimed that he will have brought in more than $20 trillion by the end of the next year.
For reference, the US GDP is $29 trillion.
So... Trump is claiming that he will increase the GDP by ~70% in the next 6 weeks.
For reference, the US GDP is $29 trillion.
So... Trump is claiming that he will increase the GDP by ~70% in the next 6 weeks.
a man in a blue shirt and tie is holding a cup of coffee and saying `` yea ok '' .
ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is holding a cup of coffee and saying `` yea ok '' .
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This morning, Trump went on TV and claimed that he will have brought in more than $20 trillion by the end of the next year.
For reference, the US GDP is $29 trillion.
So... Trump is claiming that he will increase the GDP by ~70% in the next 6 weeks.
For reference, the US GDP is $29 trillion.
So... Trump is claiming that he will increase the GDP by ~70% in the next 6 weeks.
I found a dumpling place!
WITH ASIANS! 🥰
Here's hoping that it's good. I would really like a place for noodles and dumplings.
WITH ASIANS! 🥰
Here's hoping that it's good. I would really like a place for noodles and dumplings.
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I found a dumpling place!
WITH ASIANS! 🥰
Here's hoping that it's good. I would really like a place for noodles and dumplings.
WITH ASIANS! 🥰
Here's hoping that it's good. I would really like a place for noodles and dumplings.
Uh oh... somebody just reminded him that he really ISN'T a king.
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Uh oh... somebody just reminded him that he really ISN'T a king.
Remember WAY back in Feb 2025 when the Trump administration ramped up their "War on Woke" by firing hundreds of FAA workers?
You know... back when MAGA claimed that REAL Americans were ready to become ATCs & Elon would fix the FAA?
...
Good thing that never came back to bite us, right?
You know... back when MAGA claimed that REAL Americans were ready to become ATCs & Elon would fix the FAA?
...
Good thing that never came back to bite us, right?
November 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Remember WAY back in Feb 2025 when the Trump administration ramped up their "War on Woke" by firing hundreds of FAA workers?
You know... back when MAGA claimed that REAL Americans were ready to become ATCs & Elon would fix the FAA?
...
Good thing that never came back to bite us, right?
You know... back when MAGA claimed that REAL Americans were ready to become ATCs & Elon would fix the FAA?
...
Good thing that never came back to bite us, right?
Had this happened during the presidency of a Democratic POTUS, Fox News would ABSOLUTELY have denounced it as part of the Democrat "War on Christmas"
taskandpurpose.com/news/air-for...
taskandpurpose.com/news/air-for...
Air Force families at Florida base told to take down Christmas decorations in privatized housing
The most wonderful time of year will have to wait until the end of the month for airmen and families at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.
taskandpurpose.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Had this happened during the presidency of a Democratic POTUS, Fox News would ABSOLUTELY have denounced it as part of the Democrat "War on Christmas"
taskandpurpose.com/news/air-for...
taskandpurpose.com/news/air-for...
Remember when this guy made it absolutely clear that the President was responsible for the US government being shut down by the GOP-majority congress?
November 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Remember when this guy made it absolutely clear that the President was responsible for the US government being shut down by the GOP-majority congress?
My office for the day.
November 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
My office for the day.