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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest2d agoRAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public InterestApr 16Pope Leo, in Cameroon, decries world ‘ravaged by tyrants’
Bishop Greer GodseyThe Book of Isaiah is not a radical left document. The Sermon on the Mount is not soft on crime. The command to seek peace and pursue it is not a foreign policy failure. It is the Word of God.
We stand in solidarity with Pope Leo XIV's call for peace, for the protection of civilian life, and for the dignity of every human person caught in the crossfire of war. We call upon all Old Catholic faithful, all clergy, and all persons of good will to reject the weaponization of Christian language in service of military aggression, and to pray for the courage of those who speak truth to power at cost to themselves.
Pax et Bonum.
The Right Reverend Greer Godsey, OSFoc
Presiding Bishop, Old Catholic Churches International
Saint Francis ParishStatement of the Old Catholic Churches International on President Trump's Attack on Pope Leo XIV
Issued by the Right Reverend Greer Godsey, OSFoc, Presiding Bishop Greer Godsey
April 13, 2026
We have watched with grave concern as President Donald Trump launched a public attack tonight on Pope Leo XIV, calling the Holy Father "weak" and "terrible" and demanding that he "stop catering to the Radical Left." The cause of this attack is clear: Pope Leo called for peace. He asked that wars cease. He condemned the idolatry of force.
That is not weakness. That is the Gospel.
We do not share all things in common with the Roman Catholic Church. Our tradition is distinct, and our independence from Rome is long-established. But on this we have no ambiguity: a political leader who attacks the leader of the world's largest Christian communion because that leader dared to say "enough with war" has revealed something important about himself and about the values he serves. Those values are not the values of Jesus of Nazareth.
The Book of Isaiah is not a radical left document. The Sermon on the Mount is not soft on crime. The command to seek peace and pursue it is not a foreign policy failure. It is the Word of God.
We stand in solidarity with Pope Leo XIV's call for peace, for the protection of civilian life, and for the dignity of every human person caught in the crossfire of war. We call upon all Old Catholic faithful, all clergy, and all persons of good will to reject the weaponization of Christian language in service of military aggression, and to pray for the courage of those who speak truth to power at cost to themselves.
Pax et Bonum.
The Right Reverend Greer Godsey, OSFoc
Presiding Bishop, Old Catholic Churches International
Bishop Greer GodseyStatement of the Old Catholic Churches International on President Trump's Attack on Pope Leo XIV
Issued by the Right Reverend Greer Godsey, OSFoc, Presiding Bishop Greer Godsey
April 13, 2026
We have watched with grave concern as President Donald Trump launched a public attack tonight on Pope Leo XIV, calling the Holy Father "weak" and "terrible" and demanding that he "stop catering to the Radical Left." The cause of this attack is clear: Pope Leo called for peace. He asked that wars cease. He condemned the idolatry of force.
That is not weakness. That is the Gospel.
We do not share all things in common with the Roman Catholic Church. Our tradition is distinct, and our independence from Rome is long-established. But on this we have no ambiguity: a political leader who attacks the leader of the world's largest Christian communion because that leader dared to say "enough with war" has revealed something important about himself and about the values he serves. Those values are not the values of Jesus of Nazareth.
The Book of Isaiah is not a radical left document. The Sermon on the Mount is not soft on crime. The command to seek peace and pursue it is not a foreign policy failure. It is the Word of God.
We stand in solidarity with Pope Leo XIV's call for peace, for the protection of civilian life, and for the dignity of every human person caught in the crossfire of war. We call upon all Old Catholic faithful, all clergy, and all persons of good will to reject the weaponization of Christian language in service of military aggression, and to pray for the courage of those who speak truth to power at cost to themselves.
Pax et Bonum.
The Right Reverend Greer Godsey, OSFoc
Presiding Bishop, Old Catholic Churches International
Old Catholic Churches Intl.Statement of the Old Catholic Churches International on President Trump's Attack on Pope Leo XIV
Issued by the Right Reverend Greer Godsey, OSFoc, Presiding Bishop Greer Godsey
April 13, 2026
We have watched with grave concern as President Donald Trump launched a public attack tonight on Pope Leo XIV, calling the Holy Father "weak" and "terrible" and demanding that he "stop catering to the Radical Left." The cause of this attack is clear: Pope Leo called for peace. He asked that wars cease. He condemned the idolatry of force.
That is not weakness. That is the Gospel.
We do not share all things in common with the Roman Catholic Church. Our tradition is distinct, and our independence from Rome is long-established. But on this we have no ambiguity: a political leader who attacks the leader of the world's largest Christian communion because that leader dared to say "enough with war" has revealed something important about himself and about the values he serves. Those values are not the values of Jesus of Nazareth.
The Book of Isaiah is not a radical left document. The Sermon on the Mount is not soft on crime. The command to seek peace and pursue it is not a foreign policy failure. It is the Word of God.
We stand in solidarity with Pope Leo XIV's call for peace, for the protection of civilian life, and for the dignity of every human person caught in the crossfire of war. We call upon all Old Catholic faithful, all clergy, and all persons of good will to reject the weaponization of Christian language in service of military aggression, and to pray for the courage of those who speak truth to power at cost to themselves.
Pax et Bonum.
The Right Reverend Greer Godsey, OSFoc
Presiding Bishop, Old Catholic Churches International
Jonathan EmmesediErik Loomis nails JD Vance's religiosity.
https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/04/a-man-of-deep-religious-principle
A Man of Deep Religious Principle - Lawyers, Guns & Money
There’s something deeply telling about JD Vance putting a cover of a rural Methodist church on the cover of his book about his conversion to Catholicism. First, there is no more Protestant move in the entire playbook than choosing a religion based on your politics. Vance converted to Catholicism not because he believes in the […]
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public InterestApr 2Leo, the first US pope, emerges as pointed Trump critic
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CBC CalgaryHundreds expected at Way of the Cross procession in Calgary
Despite the recent dump of snow, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary is holding its annual Outdoor Way of the Cross procession on Good Friday, returning to a modified version of its traditional route for the second year in a row.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/way-of-the-cross-procession-2026-9.7152297?cmp=rss
Despite the recent dump of snow, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary is holding its annual Outdoor Way of the Cross procession on Good Friday, returning to a modified version of its traditional route for the second year in a row.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/way-of-the-cross-procession-2026-9.7152297?cmp=rss
