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So proud of my former jurisdiction... feels like church.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y3_...
Welcoming & Walking with Refugees: The Episcopal Church and Europe's Refugees
YouTube video by The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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"Our last chance" a penetrating analysis by a major world leader. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The West’s Last Chance
How to build a new global order before it’s too late.
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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« Nous sommes comme des livres.
La plupart des gens ne voient que notre couverture, la minorité ne lit que l'introduction, beaucoup de gens croient les critiques. Peu connaîtront notre contenu.»

Émile Zola

#booksky
December 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Let's go! It’s safe to visit Haiti... really...
medium.com/p/its-safe-t...
It’s safe to visit Haiti
At least, some parts…
medium.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Personne n'en parle—no one talks about it.
7676076fde29cb34e26d-759f611b127203e9f2a0021aa1b7da05.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/pdf/La-perse...?
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November 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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I am heartened by Pope Leo's Letter to have chosen to emphasize the Nicene Creed as the structure of my book, Choose the Narrow Path. Read the letter!
(and the book...😏)
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Apostolic Letter In Unitate Fidei on the 1700th Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea (23 November 2025)
LEO XIV APOSTOLIC LETTER IN UNITATE FIDEI ON THE 1700 th ANNIVERSARY OF THE COUNCIL OF NICAEA ____________
www.vatican.va
November 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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The saints in heaven are richer, but we on earth are poorer: into paradise may the angels greet you, my old friend.
Chester Talton
episcopalnewsservice.org/2025/11/21/r...
Episcopal News Service
The official news service of the Episcopal Church.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Leavitt defending Trump's unacceptable talk doubles down on its unacceptability. wapo.st/4ifNGbI
White House defends Trump calling female reporter ‘Piggy’
The president has escalated his attacks on the press amid political blowback for his handling of files related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
wapo.st
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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24 years ago today, I was consecrated a bishop of the Church at St. Paul's Within the Walls. The Presiding Bishop, the Most Reverend Frank Griswold was the chief consecrator.

I give thanks to God for this amazing life I've lived!
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
Opinion | The Lesson We Teach Schoolchildren About the Holocaust Is Wrong
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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[no paywall] pierrewhalon.medium.com/wealth-tax-w...
Wealth tax won’t fix it
In both my countries, America and France, there is a big debate going on about how to address out-of-control national debt. One idea that’s…
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November 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Haaretz is a Jewish newspaper, by the way:
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
A few lost boys? Jewish terrorism in the West Bank has a clear plan
Hundreds Are Taking Part, Not a Small Group of Wayward Israeli Youths. The Violence Is Designed to Instill Fear Among the Palestinians, Shrink Their Living Space and Evict Them From Their Land A Speci...
www.haaretz.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Unusual for them: www.usccb.org/news/2025/us...
U.S. Bishops Issue a “Special Message” on Immigration from Plenary Assembly in Baltimore
The bishops issued a Special Message addressing their concern for the evolving situation impacting immigrants in the United States. It marked the first time ...
www.usccb.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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The Bell Tolls On
The November 11 commemoration made me think of my French grandfather, Charles. He and his brother Pierre were both poilus, as World War I…
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November 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Gates-keeper: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Thank a teacher! pierrewhalon.medium.com/https-share-...
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People who win a Nobel Prize may not be humble about it.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Revival, yes; revolution, no.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
Opinion | Something Is Stirring in Christian America, and It’s Making Me Nervous
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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A crucial point about prayer. It is not like the ancients, who tried to wear down their deities until they got satisfaction (or not). We do not influence God; God influences us. open.substack.com/pub/jakeowen...
Faith and Prayer
Prayer doesn’t change God’s mind. It changes us.
open.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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What realpolitik looks like: www.spectator.co.uk/article/hama...
Hamas unchecked is as brutal as ever
As the dust settles on Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza under Donald Trump’s ceasefire deal, Hamas has slithered straight back into the void.
www.spectator.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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A different perspective. Refreshing... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘Americans are democracy’s equivalent of second-generation wealth’: a Chinese journalist on the US under Trump
The long read: Once a stalwart of Hong Kong’s journalism scene, Wang Jian has found a new audience on YouTube, dissecting global politics and US-China relations since the pandemic. To his fans, he’s p...
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Lots remain to be seen... but the Trump family will get richer...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
October 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Sounds about right.
cwebbonline.com Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Oct 8
So the people causing the shutdown are getting paid. The people keeping the country running don’t.

And Speaker Mike Johnson won’t let the House come back to work. So basically they’re on a paid vacation while Americans miss paychecks.

Did I get that right?
October 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Can't make this s— up: www.wired.com/story/govern...
Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown
Some employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM