For me it’s about my birthday present, which is coming up in a couple weeks. My mom will ask what I want, I’ll give a list of several things, and then she’ll give me a Home Depot gift card

The other piece is more universities are seeing the “business requires it” as reason for “university requires it.” My own institution is working on requiring AI in every program as part of strategic planning

My wife is the school counselor, so she does not go to the parties, so it is *always* me

I have seen Kpop Demon Hunters so many times 이제 한국어를 이해할 수 있어요

It’s not required to performatively hate things

See the poetry of Timothy Murphy: gay, Catholic, alcoholic.

The last lines here hit so hard!

I think that might be the one I listened to as well!

Possibly, although importantly JPII was a compromise candidate when the two leading contenders couldn’t get to 2/3 (and it took 8 ballots), while Leo XIV won pretty quickly in 4

Quick note on dates - from the closing, the note was "decided upon" by the DDF March 26, 2025 (before Pope Francis died), approved by Leo Oct 7, and published today (Nov 4). I am curious what edits occurred between March and October.

...In this way, Mary, as Mother, has a presence in the daily lives of the faithful that is far greater than the closeness any other saint could have." [Mary as first among all the saints]

...in our lives, can have an acceptable meaning. The plural form expresses all the aids — even material — that the Lord may grant us when he heeds his Mother’s intercession. These helps, in turn, prepare our hearts to open to God’s love...