Peter Sonski
@29sonski.bsky.social
Seeker of truth and the common good
June 1 marks the start of the third annual observance of Fidelity Month. I was all in at the beginning and renew my endorsement of the initiative. Many excellent programs are planned. Join the movement! fidelitymonth.com
FIDELITY MONTH
Fidelity Month is to restore unity and bring out what is best in us by rededicating ourselves to God, our spouses and families, our communities, and country.
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June 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
June 1 marks the start of the third annual observance of Fidelity Month. I was all in at the beginning and renew my endorsement of the initiative. Many excellent programs are planned. Join the movement! fidelitymonth.com
Such incidents are becoming more frequent but we cannot allow them to go without objection. open.substack.com/pub/thepilla...
‘An act of darkest evil’ - explosive device detonated on Penn. parish chapel altar
"I am heartbroken that such a heinous, hateful, and evil act occurred."
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May 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Such incidents are becoming more frequent but we cannot allow them to go without objection. open.substack.com/pub/thepilla...
Begin your day with a prayer for the pope. Not with worry or joy; just prayer. (Unsplash 📸 by Chris Czermak.)
May 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Begin your day with a prayer for the pope. Not with worry or joy; just prayer. (Unsplash 📸 by Chris Czermak.)
An American is chosen as pope and U.S. Catholics scramble to look up his political affiliation in order to define his faith perspectives. Maybe we should allow our faith to define our political priorities instead. 🤦♂️
May 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
An American is chosen as pope and U.S. Catholics scramble to look up his political affiliation in order to define his faith perspectives. Maybe we should allow our faith to define our political priorities instead. 🤦♂️
By choosing the name Leo, the new pope suggests a link to the last pontiff to bear that name, LEO XIII, who authored Rerum Novarum in 1891, the landmark document of modern Catholic Social Teaching. capp-usa.org/pope-leo-xiv/
Pope LEO XIV and Catholic Social Teaching | CAPP-USA
By choosing the name, Leo, Cardinal Robert Prevost, shows his commitment to spreading the practice of Catholic social teaching.
capp-usa.org
May 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
By choosing the name Leo, the new pope suggests a link to the last pontiff to bear that name, LEO XIII, who authored Rerum Novarum in 1891, the landmark document of modern Catholic Social Teaching. capp-usa.org/pope-leo-xiv/
My view just before sunrise during this morning’s walk.
May 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
My view just before sunrise during this morning’s walk.
What and imaginative and useful gift! www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
The Popemobile of Peace: Pope Francis’ final gift to Gaza - Vatican News
Pope Francis requests that his popemobile be turned into a health clinic for the children of Gaza.
www.vaticannews.va
May 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
What and imaginative and useful gift! www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Cardinal electors will be cut from the world but hopefully dialed in to heaven.
www.osvnews.com/vatican-gues...
www.osvnews.com/vatican-gues...
Vatican guesthouse undergoes transformation ahead of papal election - OSV News
The Vatican guesthouse is now preparing to house 128 of the 133 cardinal electors that are expected to be present during the conclave.
www.osvnews.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Cardinal electors will be cut from the world but hopefully dialed in to heaven.
www.osvnews.com/vatican-gues...
www.osvnews.com/vatican-gues...
Out of Dachau, an instrument for the Jubilee Year of Hope
April 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Out of Dachau, an instrument for the Jubilee Year of Hope
“Pope Francis reminded us that ‘mercy’ is the very name of God, and, therefore, no one can put a limit on his merciful love with which he wants to raise us up and make us new people.”
Mercy, the cornerstone of Pope Francis’ teaching and ministry, must guide the Catholic Church through its period of mourning and the uncertainty that lies ahead, Cardinal Parolin said, celebrating Mass April 27 for the second day of the “novendiali."
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Cardinal Parolin celebrates Mass for teens, second day of ‘novendiali’ - OSV News
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, celebrated the second Memorial Mass for Pope Francis on Divine Mercy Sunday.
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April 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
“Pope Francis reminded us that ‘mercy’ is the very name of God, and, therefore, no one can put a limit on his merciful love with which he wants to raise us up and make us new people.”
What great insights! May Francis’ quest for peace never subside!
Gudziak: Pope Francis gave a gift to the world through surprise Trump-Zelenskyy encounter
Gudziak: Pope Francis gave a gift to the world through surprise Trump-Zelenskyy encounter
"They were circumstances which inspire," the archbishop said. "Which point to
profound truths about human life and which call to responsibility."
www.osvnews.com
April 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
What great insights! May Francis’ quest for peace never subside!
Another gang member? www.reuters.com/world/us/two...
Two-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported 'with no meaningful process'
The Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen "with no meaningful process," a federal judge said on Friday, as the child's father sought to have her returned to the United States.
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April 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Another gang member? www.reuters.com/world/us/two...
Quite the providential setting for this meeting. Praying it was a graced encounter. apnews.com/article/trum... Trump and Zelenskyy meet briefly at the Vatican to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war
Trump and Zelenskyy meet briefly at the Vatican to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have held a brief meeting at the Vatican to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war.
apnews.com
April 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Quite the providential setting for this meeting. Praying it was a graced encounter. apnews.com/article/trum... Trump and Zelenskyy meet briefly at the Vatican to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war
The Administration’s disposition toward Ukraine, its citizens, and its sovereignty, is appalling.
Ukraine Catholic leader calls for world to stop Russia’s war as Trump pushes peace terms
Ukraine Catholic leader calls for world to stop Russia’s war as Trump pushes peace terms
Ukrainian Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk called on the international
community to act after Russia's Bright Thursday attack on Ukraine.
www.osvnews.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The Administration’s disposition toward Ukraine, its citizens, and its sovereignty, is appalling.
A noble sentiment. I hope that this meeting is only delayed. aleteia.org/2025/04/24/o...
Patriarch mourns Francis; will next pope meet him in Turkey?
Patriarch Bartholomew expressed deep sorrow over the death of Pope Francis, calling him “a precious brother in Christ” and “a true friend of Orthodoxy.”
aleteia.org
April 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A noble sentiment. I hope that this meeting is only delayed. aleteia.org/2025/04/24/o...
A presentation about displaced and persecuted Christians is worth your attention today. www.youtube.com/live/c2CjV8B...
Among the Persecuted and Displaced
YouTube video by Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center
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March 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A presentation about displaced and persecuted Christians is worth your attention today. www.youtube.com/live/c2CjV8B...
New exhibition at Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center offers insight into the plight of Christians in Iraq and Nigeria ... and beyond by extension. youtu.be/VrOpf4p0nZ0?...
Exhibit Teaser | Among the Persecuted and Displaced: Photographs from Iraq & Nigeria
YouTube video by Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center
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March 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
New exhibition at Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center offers insight into the plight of Christians in Iraq and Nigeria ... and beyond by extension. youtu.be/VrOpf4p0nZ0?...
Happy birthday, Jackie Robinson (b. 1919)! You revolutionized not only baseball but America (thankfully).
January 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Happy birthday, Jackie Robinson (b. 1919)! You revolutionized not only baseball but America (thankfully).
A novel *whole life* legislative initiative
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www.ohiocathconf.org/news/new-leg...
New Legislation: Prohibit State-Funded Death
The Catholic Conference of Ohio participated in a press conference today to introduce a new bill prohibiting state funding that intentionally terminates human life at any stage and circumstance in Ohi...
www.ohiocathconf.org
January 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A novel *whole life* legislative initiative
www.ohiocathconf.org/news/new-leg...
www.ohiocathconf.org/news/new-leg...
Solidarity “is a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good” capp-usa.org/solidarity/
The Principle of Solidarity flows from Human Dignity | CAPP-USA
The key Catholic social teaching principle of solidarity demands that our love for others must be as radical as Christ's.
capp-usa.org
January 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Solidarity “is a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good” capp-usa.org/solidarity/
A worthy reflection arcoftheuniverse.info/on-donald-tr...
On Donald Trump’s “Go to Hell” Theology - arcoftheuniverse
“Go to hell,” our President-elect, Donald Trump, wrote on Truth Social to the death row prisoners whose sentences President Biden recently commuted. Trump wrote this on Christmas Day. Christians, who ...
arcoftheuniverse.info
December 31, 2024 at 6:08 PM
A worthy reflection arcoftheuniverse.info/on-donald-tr...