Robert Mickens
@robinrome.bsky.social
🇺🇸🇭🇺🇪🇺 A “Roman Observer” of the papacy, the Vatican and the Catholic Church since 1986. Author of the "Letter from Rome", posted weekly on UCANews @ucanews.bsky.social
"This past Wednesday, I took advantage of the general audience at the Vatican to instead visit Saint Mary Major, where Pope Francis is buried. I had hoped to spend a few moments in prayer before his tomb, but the Vatican gendarmes kept instructing us to keep moving." www.ucanews.com/news/wednesd...
Wednesdays with Francis- UCA News
Francis tenaciously clung to the challenging words of the gospel. We will probably never see another pope born as Jorge Mario Bergoglio.
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May 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"This past Wednesday, I took advantage of the general audience at the Vatican to instead visit Saint Mary Major, where Pope Francis is buried. I had hoped to spend a few moments in prayer before his tomb, but the Vatican gendarmes kept instructing us to keep moving." www.ucanews.com/news/wednesd...
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April 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
My first "Letter from Rome" since ending my year-long sabbatical.
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A radically evangelical pope- UCA News
Pope Francis, the first Jesuit and Latin American pope, redefined the papacy with prophetic compassion, humility, and bold Gospel witness
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April 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
My first "Letter from Rome" since ending my year-long sabbatical.
www.ucanews.com/news/a-radic...
www.ucanews.com/news/a-radic...
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“Even assuming the Administration now wishes to take back its litany of breathtakingly intrusive demands,” Harvard told The Washington Post in a statement, “it appears to have doubled down on those demands through its deeds in recent days”
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Harvard pushes back on claim that Trump team mistakenly sent demand letter
Harvard on Saturday balked at claims that the letter was sent in error, pointing out that the Trump administration had “doubled down” on its threats.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
“Even assuming the Administration now wishes to take back its litany of breathtakingly intrusive demands,” Harvard told The Washington Post in a statement, “it appears to have doubled down on those demands through its deeds in recent days”
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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Connecting the dots. Ideological subversion: "to change the perception of reality of every American to such an extent that despite an abundance of information, no one is able to come to sensible conclusions in the interest of defending themselves, their families, their community, and their country.”
KRASNOV: Every American Needs to Understand This
Allegations Resurface: Was Donald Trump Recruited as a Russian Asset?
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April 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Connecting the dots. Ideological subversion: "to change the perception of reality of every American to such an extent that despite an abundance of information, no one is able to come to sensible conclusions in the interest of defending themselves, their families, their community, and their country.”
What price Vatican-approved sainthood?
News: Carlo Acutis, an Italian boy who built websites to spread his faith, will be proclaimed the Catholic Church's first millennial saint this month. There is no doubt he was special, his mother Antonia Salzano told Reuters. But in many ways, she said, he was like any other teen. For @reuters.com:
Italian teen set to be first millennial saint was 'ordinary child', says mother
Carlo Acutis, a British-born Italian boy who built websites to spread his faith, will be proclaimed the Catholic Church's first saint of the millennial generation this month, elevating him to the same level as Mother Teresa and Francis of Assisi.
www.reuters.com
April 15, 2025 at 8:43 AM
What price Vatican-approved sainthood?
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BREAKING: On Friday, the federal government issued new demands of Harvard University. The university's lawyers just responded: back off.
April 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
BREAKING: On Friday, the federal government issued new demands of Harvard University. The university's lawyers just responded: back off.
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Brooks is right twice a year, unfailingly. But this one counts for four.
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I Should Have Seen This Coming
When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won...
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April 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Brooks is right twice a year, unfailingly. But this one counts for four.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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what Ross Douthat is doing with Trump now - trying to rationalize everything he and Vance do - puts in perspective what he did with Pope Francis.
April 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
what Ross Douthat is doing with Trump now - trying to rationalize everything he and Vance do - puts in perspective what he did with Pope Francis.
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Biggest insider trading market manipulation scheme in history.
They aren't even bothering to hide it.
They aren't even bothering to hide it.
April 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Biggest insider trading market manipulation scheme in history.
They aren't even bothering to hide it.
They aren't even bothering to hide it.
A bunch pf clowns. Cruel, clueless, and DANGEROUS clowns.
Epstein Files. ICE raids. What a surprise that this govt is run by a reality TV host. Very serious people.
April 9, 2025 at 5:07 AM
A bunch pf clowns. Cruel, clueless, and DANGEROUS clowns.
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RIP dear Ladislas
April 4, 2025 at 8:35 AM
RIP dear Ladislas
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“This is how democracy dies. Everybody just gets scared,” the Connecticut senator Chris Murphy tells David Remnick. “You make a few examples, and everyone else just decides to comply.”
We Are Sleepwalking Into Autocracy
Senator Chris Murphy, of Connecticut, describes how free and fair elections might end in America as soon as 2026.
www.newyorker.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“This is how democracy dies. Everybody just gets scared,” the Connecticut senator Chris Murphy tells David Remnick. “You make a few examples, and everyone else just decides to comply.”
Let’s hope this is the end.
Hooters of America is about $300 million in debt, and this winter began preparing for a possible bankruptcy filing
The End of Hooters
Can the breastaurant survive?
www.theatlantic.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Let’s hope this is the end.
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With global attention fixed on the war on Gaza, Israel is rapidly redrawing the map of the occupied West Bank through intensified assaults, paving the way for full annexation.
On Palestine Land Day, we map out what is happening ⤵️
On Palestine Land Day, we map out what is happening ⤵️
Mapping how Israel’s land grabs are reshaping the occupied West Bank
Israel’s assault in Jenin and Tulkarem seeks to suppress resistance and tighten control amid a demographic crisis.
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March 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
With global attention fixed on the war on Gaza, Israel is rapidly redrawing the map of the occupied West Bank through intensified assaults, paving the way for full annexation.
On Palestine Land Day, we map out what is happening ⤵️
On Palestine Land Day, we map out what is happening ⤵️