Polen Ierland liefhebber dwarsliggers negentiende eeuw Dostojewski, Kierkegaard, Newman, maar vooral van Augustinus
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Diederik Wienen retweeted
Just a year ago, Ales Bialiatski and I could not have imagined that such an extraordinary meeting with Svetlana Alexievich would ever be possible. Today, we are together with two Belarusian Nobel laureates. An incredible moment filled with joy, freedom, and optimism .❤️ – at Warsaw, Poland
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Tom Nichols spent nearly 20 years teaching just war theory at Harvard. He is precise about what Vance got wrong.
The just war tradition does not tell Christians when God is on their side. It regards war as evil and every life taken - ally or enemy - as a tragedy. Its conditions - just cause, right intention, proportionality, last resort - are not a permission slip. They are questions a leader must answer before risking his mortal soul by sending people to die.
After Vance's remarks, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops doctrine chairman put it in writing: Pope Leo is not offering opinions. He is exercising his ministry as Vicar of Christ. That is Bishop Massa's clarification, addressed directly to this situation.
Vance told the pope that theology should be "anchored in truth." Nichols identifies that phrase correctly: it means nothing. Whose truth? The bishop of Rome, whom Catholics believe speaks with charism on matters of faith and morals, was told by a recent convert that he should go do his theology homework.
The Catholic tradition Vance cited has a name for this disposition. Pope Gregory the Great called pride the queen of all vices. The Latin word is superbia. Proverbs 16:18 has been in the text considerably longer than the Iran war.
Vance has now seized the top seat in the Death of Expertise Hall of Fame: He has lectured the pope—the pope, the leader of a billion and a half Catholics—about being too sloppy with theology.
The queen of all vices: Pride.
theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…
In @nrc lees ik rouwannonce voor Albert van den Heuvel, oud secretaris-generaal van Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk (van 1972 tot meen ik 1980), daarna nog voorzitter van VARA. Opvallend afwezig in het nieuws (?), zelfs Wikipedia-artikel nog zonder sterfdatum nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert…
Diederik Wienen retweeted
Nee dat zei hij niet... Hij zei dat die visie van de school niet de zijne is, evenals dit niet de visie van het CDA is. Hij zij dat vrijheid van denken belangrijk is bij een pluriforme samenleving en juist het afschaffen van art. 23 de pluriformiteit in geding brengt.
Dat religieuze scholen homoseksuele relaties afwijzen, is volgens CDA-leider Henri Bontenbal nu eenmaal een gevolg van de vrijheid van onderwijs. Daar wil hij niet aan tornen. nos.nl/nieuwsuur/artikel/258… #Nieuwsuur
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Terwijl de wereldleiders hun volzinnen praten, spreekt de werkelijkheid boekdelen. #Oekraïne
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JUST IN: St John Henry Newman is to be declared a Doctor of the Church.
Pope Leo XIV made the decision today, @HolySeePress says.
Title to be officially "conferred shortly"
Diederik Wienen retweeted
Five years ago today, @by_kalesnikava, @VTsepkalo & I united our forces. It took just 15 minutes.
The dictator thought he could ignore women. Now, two of us are in exile. Maria is a hostage, held since 2020.
But we’re still fighting.
Because we know that Belarus will be free.
Diederik Wienen retweeted
My husband Siarhei is free! It’s hard to describe the joy in my heart.
Thank you, 🇺🇸 @POTUS, @SPE_Kellogg, @JohnPCoale, DAS Christopher W. Smith, @StateDept & our 🇪🇺 allies, for all your efforts.
We’re not done. 1150 political prisoners remain behind bars. All must be released.
Moet dit even een plek geven. Robert Prevost nam me als generaal van de augustijnenorde op als lekenlid van de die orde. Leo XIV, Deo gratias! Moge de Heer hem nabij zijn en hem kracht geven.
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Czech President Petr Pavel @prezidentpavel about the Russian drone attack on Odesa during his visit:
"We had left Odesa by train about 20 minutes before the first explosions were heard. It was not pushed by this incident. We were there in a planned time frame, so it was just a coincidence.
But what I take out of it is that one has to be truly cynical when declaring the will to have a peace negotiation or negotiations on a ceasefire and, at the same time, launch a massive attack on civilian infrastructure. It's extremely difficult to deal with such a party.
And that's why I believe that we have to clearly point to these events to demonstrate how Russia approaches these talks and with what kind of responsibility. And we have to be very cautious about any potential agreement."
Diederik Wienen retweeted
Dear @ZelenskyyUa, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
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Przypominam Zgromadzonym na Radzie Bezpieczeństwa słowa mojego wielkiego poprzednika, prof. Władysława Bartoszewskiego: “warto być przyzwoitym”.
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Foreign Minister @sikorskiradek's full speech at the @UN General Assembly ⬇️
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President Zelenskyy is not a dictator. He is the democratically elected leader of Ukraine who bravely stood up to Putin’s illegal invasion. Under my leadership, and under successive Conservative Prime Ministers, we have and always will stand with Ukraine.
President Trump is right that Europe needs to pull its weight - and that includes the UK. We need to get serious. The PM will have my support to increase defence spending - there is a fully funded plan to get to 2.5% sitting on his desk. That should be the bare minimum. Starmer should get on with it, get on a plane to Washington and show some leadership. We cannot afford to get this wrong.
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Wishing a Happy Birthday to Tadevuš Kandrusievič, former Archbishop of Minsk–Mahiloŭ. In 2020, he showed great courage, praying for detained protesters outside Akrescina prison. He was later denied entry to Belarus after returning from Poland. A true symbol of faith & resilience.
Een bijzonder moment: voor het eerst in 50 jaar wordt een eeuwige professie afgelegd in de Nederlandse provincie van de augustijnen. Gerben Zweers doet vandaag zijn gelofte in de Utrechtse Augustinuskerk.
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#Belarus Political prisoner Dzmitry Shlethauer died in jail. He was just 22.
He spent in a penal colony less than a month, being sentenced to 12 years on charges of "espionage" and "facilitation of extremist activity."
He recently became a father.
It's the seventh death of a political prisoner since 2021. The cause of his death remains unknown.
He held a Russian citizenship.
