Arthur Urbano
@arturoviaggia.bsky.social
Professor @ Providence College specializing in Early Christianity and Chair of the Jewish-Catholic Theological Exchange Committee | President, catacombsociety.bsky.social
Viaggia is not my name. It's what I do. #VirtualTravel for now.
Viaggia is not my name. It's what I do. #VirtualTravel for now.
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Arthur Urbano
@arturoviaggia.bsky.social
· Aug 18
Hello new followers! If you are #CovidCautious and like to #travel, follow my #VirtualTravel posts! I've been making my way through Calabria #Italy this summer!
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Pope Leo was probably just glad it wasn't another jersey.
December 1, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Pope Leo was probably just glad it wasn't another jersey.
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Buongiorno Roma!
PM Showers today in the eternal city!
Low 8°C / High 14°C
Humidity 71%
Wind from North at 6km/h
#MeteoRoma #WhenInRome
PM Showers today in the eternal city!
Low 8°C / High 14°C
Humidity 71%
Wind from North at 6km/h
#MeteoRoma #WhenInRome
December 1, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Buongiorno Roma!
PM Showers today in the eternal city!
Low 8°C / High 14°C
Humidity 71%
Wind from North at 6km/h
#MeteoRoma #WhenInRome
PM Showers today in the eternal city!
Low 8°C / High 14°C
Humidity 71%
Wind from North at 6km/h
#MeteoRoma #WhenInRome
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It's amazing how so many billionaires - who have WAY more money than they could possibly need in 500 lifetimes - REALLY want to avoid paying small slivers of tax money to benefit a common good like social safety services for less fortunate countrymen within the society that made them billionaires.
November 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It's amazing how so many billionaires - who have WAY more money than they could possibly need in 500 lifetimes - REALLY want to avoid paying small slivers of tax money to benefit a common good like social safety services for less fortunate countrymen within the society that made them billionaires.
When your family's life has been radically changed by this, six years ago seems like six decades ago, or a time you could only imagine.
6 years today the first COVID case was identified in a man in Wuhan marking the beginning of a global pandemic that changed the world. We are way less prepared today to face another pandemic than we were back then. This fact makes me sad.
December 1, 2025 at 5:16 AM
When your family's life has been radically changed by this, six years ago seems like six decades ago, or a time you could only imagine.
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6 years today the first COVID case was identified in a man in Wuhan marking the beginning of a global pandemic that changed the world. We are way less prepared today to face another pandemic than we were back then. This fact makes me sad.
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
6 years today the first COVID case was identified in a man in Wuhan marking the beginning of a global pandemic that changed the world. We are way less prepared today to face another pandemic than we were back then. This fact makes me sad.
Every time Patriarch Bart sees Leo now, he's gonna ask "Are you wearing that stole I gave you?"
#SartorialTheology
#SartorialTheology
December 1, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Every time Patriarch Bart sees Leo now, he's gonna ask "Are you wearing that stole I gave you?"
#SartorialTheology
#SartorialTheology
I had the opportunity to attend prayer at the Phanar some years back, thanks to an Orthodox colleague. I was surprised at how small the space is. The Patriarch wasn't there, but it was a moving experience. It happened to be on the anniversary of the fall of Constantinople.
December 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I had the opportunity to attend prayer at the Phanar some years back, thanks to an Orthodox colleague. I was surprised at how small the space is. The Patriarch wasn't there, but it was a moving experience. It happened to be on the anniversary of the fall of Constantinople.
December 1, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I've somehow learned to concentrate and work through the constant loop of the tarantella playing for ma figghia. Maybe it's just got some of those special thinking waves. Maybe it will come out in my book.
December 1, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I've somehow learned to concentrate and work through the constant loop of the tarantella playing for ma figghia. Maybe it's just got some of those special thinking waves. Maybe it will come out in my book.
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More bad news a liberal arts college... "[A]fter a review of 'student enrollment data and student interest'... Cornell College will halt its [majors in] more than 10 areas, including classical studies, French and Francophone studies, German studies, religion..."
Cornell College to cut programs after review of enrollment, student interest • Iowa Capital Dispatch
Cornell College will halt "major courses of study" in different languages, music studies and more in the next academic year.
iowacapitaldispatch.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
More bad news a liberal arts college... "[A]fter a review of 'student enrollment data and student interest'... Cornell College will halt its [majors in] more than 10 areas, including classical studies, French and Francophone studies, German studies, religion..."
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Join us in person on Tuesday at the Dwares Jewish Community Center in Providence for this important discussion of the progress and challenges in Jewish-Christian relations in the 60 years since Nostra Aetate.
Register: jewishallianceri.org/events/60-ye...
#interfaith #RhodeIsland
Register: jewishallianceri.org/events/60-ye...
#interfaith #RhodeIsland
November 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Join us in person on Tuesday at the Dwares Jewish Community Center in Providence for this important discussion of the progress and challenges in Jewish-Christian relations in the 60 years since Nostra Aetate.
Register: jewishallianceri.org/events/60-ye...
#interfaith #RhodeIsland
Register: jewishallianceri.org/events/60-ye...
#interfaith #RhodeIsland
that's about right
Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Allegory of Bad Government, 1338–40, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena
November 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
that's about right
Every single confirmation hearing of every single person appointed by this administration was lies.
Mr. Kennedy said it’s an individual choice as to whether or not to vaccinate.
Then he and his minions started taking that choice away by making FDA approval of some vaccines impossible.
Then he and his minions started taking that choice away by making FDA approval of some vaccines impossible.
November 30, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Every single confirmation hearing of every single person appointed by this administration was lies.
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Mr. Kennedy said it’s an individual choice as to whether or not to vaccinate.
Then he and his minions started taking that choice away by making FDA approval of some vaccines impossible.
Then he and his minions started taking that choice away by making FDA approval of some vaccines impossible.
April 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Mr. Kennedy said it’s an individual choice as to whether or not to vaccinate.
Then he and his minions started taking that choice away by making FDA approval of some vaccines impossible.
Then he and his minions started taking that choice away by making FDA approval of some vaccines impossible.
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🎯 post by @kananaskinyeti.bsky.social:
"Schrödinger's Covid is that both the belief that “things seem off” or the belief that “everything is perfectly normal” exist simultaneously in a denier’s head until they see whether or not if the person they are conversing with..."
x.com/kananaskinye...
"Schrödinger's Covid is that both the belief that “things seem off” or the belief that “everything is perfectly normal” exist simultaneously in a denier’s head until they see whether or not if the person they are conversing with..."
x.com/kananaskinye...
November 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
🎯 post by @kananaskinyeti.bsky.social:
"Schrödinger's Covid is that both the belief that “things seem off” or the belief that “everything is perfectly normal” exist simultaneously in a denier’s head until they see whether or not if the person they are conversing with..."
x.com/kananaskinye...
"Schrödinger's Covid is that both the belief that “things seem off” or the belief that “everything is perfectly normal” exist simultaneously in a denier’s head until they see whether or not if the person they are conversing with..."
x.com/kananaskinye...
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In reference to the current timeline, recalling the time in Rome I was asked to correct the English of a graduate-level thesis that turned out to contain not a single definite or indefinite article.
November 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
In reference to the current timeline, recalling the time in Rome I was asked to correct the English of a graduate-level thesis that turned out to contain not a single definite or indefinite article.
American hawks don't smell blood. They smell oil.
November 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
American hawks don't smell blood. They smell oil.
What about the covid that has killed and disabled children?
In a new leaked memo, the FDA outlined plans to make it much harder to get new vaccines approved, claiming, without sharing evidence, that the COVID vaccines have killed at least 10 children.
This is so reckless. The science shows us that COVID vaccines have saved millions of lives.
This is so reckless. The science shows us that COVID vaccines have saved millions of lives.
November 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
What about the covid that has killed and disabled children?
philofilioquism
I am personally quite fond of the filioque 😔
November 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
philofilioquism
Happy New Year, Christian peeps (who observe Advent)!
November 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Happy New Year, Christian peeps (who observe Advent)!
I hate that the media creates these ridiculous nicknames.
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I hate that the media creates these ridiculous nicknames.
Anyone on the other place take note of whether Catholic Twitter is having a conniption over the filioque? I can't bare to look myself.
November 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Anyone on the other place take note of whether Catholic Twitter is having a conniption over the filioque? I can't bare to look myself.
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This is excellent. Not only well-informed in terms of both the Christian and Muslim perspectives, but it also provides some balance to a lot of the mainstream everything-is-interfaith-wonderful reporting on the Pope’s Türkiye trip so far.
My interview with @aljazeera.com on the significance of Pope Leo's visit to Turkey, in the context of the history of genocide and ethnic cleansing of Eastern Christians in Turkish history
youtu.be/cJgvSykOCAg
youtu.be/cJgvSykOCAg
Pope Leo's Visit and the Tragic History of Christians in Turkey | Interview with Al-Jazeera English
YouTube video by Philip Dorroll
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This is excellent. Not only well-informed in terms of both the Christian and Muslim perspectives, but it also provides some balance to a lot of the mainstream everything-is-interfaith-wonderful reporting on the Pope’s Türkiye trip so far.
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My interview with @aljazeera.com on the significance of Pope Leo's visit to Turkey, in the context of the history of genocide and ethnic cleansing of Eastern Christians in Turkish history
youtu.be/cJgvSykOCAg
youtu.be/cJgvSykOCAg
Pope Leo's Visit and the Tragic History of Christians in Turkey | Interview with Al-Jazeera English
YouTube video by Philip Dorroll
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
My interview with @aljazeera.com on the significance of Pope Leo's visit to Turkey, in the context of the history of genocide and ethnic cleansing of Eastern Christians in Turkish history
youtu.be/cJgvSykOCAg
youtu.be/cJgvSykOCAg
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But important to note that also others were included - among them Mar Awraham Youkhanis, bishop of Western Europe, representing the Assyrian Church of the East - who used to be called ‘Nestorians’
November 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
But important to note that also others were included - among them Mar Awraham Youkhanis, bishop of Western Europe, representing the Assyrian Church of the East - who used to be called ‘Nestorians’