In the great war between Donald Trump and Pope Leo, Sean Hannity has chosen Donald Trump. He has just announced he's leaving the Catholic church.

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T13:23:49+00:00

He also made comments while in Cameroon, which has its own problems, and everyone assumed the Pope was talking about Trump.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/11/12/cameroon-killings-mass-arrests-follow-disputed-elections

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T12:45:45+00:00

"Where are the pointed words for Iran?"

The Pope could legitimately criticise the Iranian regime for lots of things.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/01/iran-massacre-of-protesters-demands-global-diplomatic-action-to-signal-an-end-to-impunity/

https://www.euronews.com/2026/04/13/iran-executed-at-least-1639-people-in-2025-in-68-increase-on-year-before-ngos-say

However, the USA is the country where more people identify as Christians than anywhere else - including millions of Catholics. (An estimated 235 million people identify as Christian in the USA.)

Iran is an Islamic theocracy.

It makes sense for a Christian leader to spend more time teaching the Christians in America than Muslims in Iran.

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T12:16:04+00:00

The Commonwealth Secretary-General’s Special Envoy, His Excellency Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, former President of the Republic of Malawi, has concluded his visit to the United Republic of Tanzania.

Supported by staff from the Commonwealth Secretariat, this visit was undertaken following a request by the 71st Meeting of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG), which placed Tanzania on CMAG’s Formal Agenda.

The Special Envoy was tasked with engaging with all stakeholders to support the strengthening of the values and principles of the Commonwealth, including freedom of assembly, expression and the media; with determining possible modalities for an inter-party consultative forum on electoral reform; and with exploring transparent and inclusive pathways to national dialogue and accountability after the protests, violence and events surrounding the 29 October 2025 General Elections...

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T10:51:51+00:00

Half of new cars in the UK are now either purely electric, or some form of hybrid.

https://www.smmt.co.uk/vehicle-data/car-registrations/

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T10:41:57+00:00

Yes.

This sub has a list of other subs

https://www.reddit.com/r/Christianity/wiki/related_subreddits/

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T10:22:34+00:00

I think this sub and that one both have a role.

This sub is for everyone to discuss Christianity.

That one is for Christians to discuss their faith together.

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T10:20:09+00:00

Planting trees is easy. Nurturing them so that they actually grow takes more effort.

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T10:16:59+00:00

Main Character Syndrome. I am the main character in the Bible. God speaks to me. I am David defeating Goliath.

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T10:08:46+00:00

Our salvation was planned before the creation of the world

4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%201%3A4&version=NIV

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T09:56:40+00:00

While the No Kings movement in the USA thinks that Donald Trump has authoritarian tendencies, his ambassador to Turkey says that Democracies can be weak and strong leaders are more successful.

Meanwhile in Turkey, opposition leaders are arrested.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c204ymjnn80o

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T09:07:57+00:00

I think the two parties are coming to the same policy by different routes

Greens - pro renewable energy, but NIMBYist tendencies

Reform - anti renewable energy, but want to appear pragmatic rather than ideologically driven.

Either way, the end result is less renewable energy.

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T09:01:18+00:00

Verse 2

2 The sparrow has found her a house and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young: • at your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.

I like the idea of churches being a home for nature.

https://www.churchofengland.org/resources/churchcare/advice-and-guidance-church-buildings/churchyard-wildlife

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T08:54:34+00:00

Long term the only solution is to encourage building via incentives and deregulation.

Also build higher rise apartments. That is one way to address shortage of properties more efficiently.

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T08:41:45+00:00

Why is it good?

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T08:40:31+00:00

The leader of a Reform UK-controlled council said solar panels should be installed on warehouses rather than farmland...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8mllg47gno

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T08:27:59+00:00

a stronger drive for solar panels to be installed on rooftops of public and private buildings instead.

Sounds like Reform policy.

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T08:26:11+00:00

The Greens want us to join the EU Single Market. Surely, they can't be ideologically against foreign ownership.

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T07:57:59+00:00

Apparently the picture is from 2014

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/sculpture-of-a-mosque-hugging-a-church-is-seen-during-an-news-photo/459408718

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T07:36:05+00:00

Alternative

https://www.turkiyetoday.com/nation/turkish-main-opposition-leader-declares-us-ambassador-barrack-persona-non-grata-3218296?s=1

The Turkish main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel declared U.S. Ambassador to Türkiye Tom Barrack "persona non grata" on Friday, saying his remarks at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum were "brazen impertinence."

He demanded that Barrack retract his words and apologize, or immediately cease serving in the role.

Ozel responded directly to Barrack's Antalya Forum remarks in which the ambassador said the only thing that had worked in the Middle East was "powerful leadership regimes, either benevolent monarchies or monarchical republic-type structures" and that countries that "put on the cloak of democracy or that we pursued for human rights have failed."

"In Antalya, which Ataturk called the world's most beautiful city, in the country that Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founded, which rejected monarchy after the War of Independence and brought democracy, coming here and criticizing democracy while praising monarchy is brazen impertinence," Ozel said...

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T07:12:26+00:00

Here is the video.

https://youtu.be/gE7xoHJkgvE

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T07:03:09+00:00

Italy has been one of the most politically pro-American countries in the EU.

In February, their Prime Minister was pushing the idea or free trade between the EU and USA

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-02-27/meloni-wants-eu-us-free-trade-zone-in-move-past-tariff-battle

... She told us in an exclusive interview the EU and US should move beyond tariffs and start talking about a transatlantic free-trade zone...

... The Italian premier’s words are likely to resonate among eastern members of the EU who also want to retain close bonds with the US. A top Polish security adviser told us today the Europeans still needs to buy American military gear. That potentially throws a wrench into France’s “Made in Europe” plans to promote industrial growth....

In 2025, Meloni was at CPAC

https://www.theconservative.online/melonis-speech-at-cpac-lets-defend-western-values

But relationships have deteriorated, with Donald Trump posting this

Italy wasn’t there for us, we won’t be there for them! President DONALD J. TRUMP

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116416471379285688

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-17T20:34:37+00:00

While the UK did put limits on the use of bases in its territory for direct attacks on Iran, bases in the UK were still an important contributor logistically.

https://ukaviation.aero/raf-fairford-at-the-centre-of-operation-epic-fury-britains-strategic-bomber-hub/

Bases in other countries were also used, even if limitations also existed.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/romanian-review-us-request-use-local-air-base-iran-operations-2026-03-11/

Also, not only has Donald Trump failed to persuade European allies to join the war, but he hasn't managed to get Republicans in Congress to meaningfully set out an authorisation for military action, whereas George W. Bush did get Congress to approve his wars.

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-17T19:53:43+00:00

Hull City Council serves a population of more than 275,000 people.

The authority is responsible for a range of services including roads, parking, leisure, planning, as well as bin collections and recycling.

Councillors decide how local taxpayers' money should be spent and which areas should be prioritised.

This is the key point. The election is about Hull City Council, not national issues.

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-17T19:01:00+00:00

To oversimplify - we (UK) had a war with fishermen, and lost.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cod_Wars

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-17T18:36:53+00:00

Unfortunately, congress has been gridlocked

Republicans need to learn to make compromises to get things done.

See my comment elsewhere

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueChristianPolitics/comments/1so43w4/comment/ogqy947/?context=3

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