bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 04/12/2025So proud of my former jurisdiction... feels like church. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y3_...youtube.comWelcoming & Walking with Refugees: The Episcopal Church and Europe's RefugeesYouTube video by The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe 021
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 03/12/2025"Our last chance" a penetrating analysis by a major world leader. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...foreignaffairs.comThe West’s Last ChanceHow to build a new global order before it’s too late. 010
Reposted by @bppwhalon973.bsky.socialBobinou @ste3.bsky.social · 01/12/2025« Nous sommes comme des livres. La plupart des gens ne voient que notre couverture, la minorité ne lit que l'introduction, beaucoup de gens croient les critiques. Peu connaîtront notre contenu.» Émile Zola #booksky 529988
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Let's go! It’s safe to visit Haiti... really... medium.com/p/its-safe-t...medium.comIt’s safe to visit HaitiAt least, some parts… 010
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Personne n'en parle—no one talks about it. 7676076fde29cb34e26d-759f611b127203e9f2a0021aa1b7da05.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/pdf/La-perse...?7676076fde29cb34e26d-759f611b127203e9f2a0021aa1b7da05.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 25/11/2025I am heartened by Pope Leo's Letter to have chosen to emphasize the Nicene Creed as the structure of my book, Choose the Narrow Path. Read the letter! (and the book...😏) www.vatican.va/content/leo-...vatican.vaApostolic Letter In Unitate Fidei on the 1700th Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea (23 November 2025)LEO XIV APOSTOLIC LETTER IN UNITATE FIDEI ON THE 1700 th ANNIVERSARY OF THE COUNCIL OF NICAEA ____________ 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 23/11/2025www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...newyorker.comThe Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of ThousandsThe short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes. 010
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 22/11/2025The saints in heaven are richer, but we on earth are poorer: into paradise may the angels greet you, my old friend. Chester Talton episcopalnewsservice.org/2025/11/21/r...episcopalnewsservice.orgEpiscopal News ServiceThe official news service of the Episcopal Church. 010
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Leavitt defending Trump's unacceptable talk doubles down on its unacceptability. wapo.st/4ifNGbIwapo.stWhite House defends Trump calling female reporter ‘Piggy’The president has escalated his attacks on the press amid political blowback for his handling of files related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 010
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 18/11/202524 years ago today, I was consecrated a bishop of the Church at St. Paul's Within the Walls. The Presiding Bishop, the Most Reverend Frank Griswold was the chief consecrator. I give thanks to God for this amazing life I've lived! 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 17/11/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Lesson We Teach Schoolchildren About the Holocaust Is Wrong 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 17/11/2025[no paywall] pierrewhalon.medium.com/wealth-tax-w...pierrewhalon.medium.comWealth tax won’t fix itIn both my countries, America and France, there is a big debate going on about how to address out-of-control national debt. One idea that’s… 010
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Haaretz is a Jewish newspaper, by the way: www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...haaretz.comA few lost boys? Jewish terrorism in the West Bank has a clear planHundreds Are Taking Part, Not a Small Group of Wayward Israeli Youths. The Violence Is Designed to Instill Fear Among the Palestinians, Shrink Their Living Space and Evict Them From Their Land A Speci... 100
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Unusual for them: www.usccb.org/news/2025/us...usccb.orgU.S. Bishops Issue a “Special Message” on Immigration from Plenary Assembly in BaltimoreThe bishops issued a Special Message addressing their concern for the evolving situation impacting immigrants in the United States. It marked the first time ... 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 14/11/2025pierrewhalon.medium.com/the-bell-tol...pierrewhalon.medium.comThe Bell Tolls OnThe November 11 commemoration made me think of my French grandfather, Charles. He and his brother Pierre were both poilus, as World War I… 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Gates-keeper: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comI wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George MonbiotMoney talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Thank a teacher! pierrewhalon.medium.com/https-share-...pierrewhalon.medium.comhttps://share.google/images/gVyzscouTVscgVoR1People who win a Nobel Prize may not be humble about it. 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Revival, yes; revolution, no. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Something Is Stirring in Christian America, and It’s Making Me Nervous 021
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 17/10/2025A crucial point about prayer. It is not like the ancients, who tried to wear down their deities until they got satisfaction (or not). We do not influence God; God influences us. open.substack.com/pub/jakeowen...open.substack.comFaith and PrayerPrayer doesn’t change God’s mind. It changes us. 010
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 15/10/2025What realpolitik looks like: www.spectator.co.uk/article/hama...spectator.co.ukHamas unchecked is as brutal as everAs the dust settles on Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza under Donald Trump’s ceasefire deal, Hamas has slithered straight back into the void. 010
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 14/10/2025A different perspective. Refreshing... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...theguardian.com‘Americans are democracy’s equivalent of second-generation wealth’: a Chinese journalist on the US under TrumpThe long read: Once a stalwart of Hong Kong’s journalism scene, Wang Jian has found a new audience on YouTube, dissecting global politics and US-China relations since the pandemic. To his fans, he’s p... 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Lots remain to be seen... but the Trump family will get richer... www.haaretz.com/israel-news/... 000
Reposted by @bppwhalon973.bsky.socialMelanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 08/10/2025I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time. 17035594220944
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Can't make this s— up: www.wired.com/story/govern...wired.comGovernment Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for ShutdownSome employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED. 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 03/10/2025America Last: www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...foreignaffairs.comChina Goes on OffenseBeijing’s plans to exploit American retreat. 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Another dead in the "woodchipper". wapo.st/46GSwcvwapo.stTrump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting.USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found... 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 27/09/2025www.rusi.org/explore-our-...rusi.orgHow Russia is Helping China Prepare to Seize TaiwanRussia has agreed to equip and train the PLA to air-drop armoured vehicles and special reconnaissance capabilities. 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 26/09/2025A Little Self Talk My god, woman, your feet. Those are the dirtiest heels I have ever seen. Have you been mowing the yard in flip flops and walking barefoot in dirt? For days? Something about it makes me so darn glad to be in your skin. —Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer 020
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 22/09/2025substackcdn.com/image/fetch/...substackcdn.com 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Charlie Kirk in his own words. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oVc...youtube.comCharlie Kirk in his own words. We Report. You Decide.YouTube video by The Seneca Project 000
Reposted by @bppwhalon973.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2025There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here. 13205842716166
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 21/09/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...nytimes.com 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 21/09/2025A complex story... typically American... doesn't fit the us vs them plot. wapo.st/46IOyRXwapo.stHis wife was dying, his federal job crumbling. It tested his faith — in God and Trump.One federal worker was rejected three times from the administration’s early resignation offer. Would he blame the president he voted for? 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 17/09/2025The "eerie disconnect..." Will of course is a conservative ... wapo.st/3KdFiwlwapo.stOpinion | A seamlessly unserious presidentDamage from Trump’s protectionism mounts domestically as danger abroad rises. 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 14/09/2025I am resending my five-part piece on Haiti, free. pierrewhalon.medium.com/think-you-kn...pierrewhalon.medium.comThink you know Haiti?Don’t knock it until you know some facts 031
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 07/09/2025I will never forget how shocked I was several years ago, as I was driving I saw a billboard advertising "fresh human eggs from college-educated women." This article lays out all the murky issues surrounding surrogacy and its industry. www.wired.com/story/the-ba...wired.comThe Baby Died. Whose Fault Is It?When her son died in utero, a venture capitalist went to extremes to punish her surrogate. 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Brilliant. Just brillant. You want foreign investment, but there's a little catch... just brilliant. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/w...nytimes.comSouth Korea Negotiates Release of Korean Workers Detained in Georgia Raid 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 05/09/2025He's acting, all right... www.thedailybeast.com/top-doj-offi...thedailybeast.comTop DOJ Official Spills Epstein Cover-Up Plans to HoneytrapPam Bondi’s acting deputy chief was filmed bragging to a date about the department’s plans to alter the Epstein files. 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Including three Trump appointees... www.thedailybeast.com/judges-attac...thedailybeast.comJudges Attack Supreme Court’s ‘Inexcusable’ Trump Rulings in Unprecedented OutburstNearly a dozen federal judges have spoken out against the conduct of nation’s highest court. 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Sorry I can't be there... All good blessings on the meeting, and le Réseau francophone de la Communion anglicane. www.anglicannews.org/news/2025/09...?anglicannews.orgFrancophone bishops and spouses gathering will focus on mission, leadership and community transformationA gathering for Francophone bishops and their spouses starts today in Nairobi, to discuss mission, leadership development and community transformation. 011
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Do you remember the Hmong, and how we gave them asylum for helping us in Vietnam? Now look at this dishonor, this betrayal: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/26/m...bostonglobe.com‘If I go back to Afghanistan, I will be killed’: He helped the American military. Now the US wants to deport him. - The Boston GlobeThe move to deport a former interpreter on a Special Immigrant Visa is extreme – and so far, rare – but it has sent chills through the broader Afghan refugee community. 011
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Haiti? Dream? pierrewhalon.medium.com/making-the-w...pierrewhalon.medium.comMaking the world dream? Haiti??Who are you kidding? 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Totally foreseeable. Except for the blinded. wapo.st/4nqyHx9wapo.stOpinion | My workers voted for Trump. Now they’re absorbing the impact.Business was growing for our aluminum foundry. Then came the tariffs. 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Legally here, illegally detained, immorally deported? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/27/o...bostonglobe.comMy DACA friend was taken by ICE - The Boston GlobeI worked with Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago on the campaign to allow all immigrants — documented and otherwise — to apply for a driver’s license in Massachusetts. Her presence is electric. 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 26/08/2025No peace, no peace prize... amazing how easily Putin can manipulate Trump. www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/belt...washingtonexaminer.comTrump's utterly incoherent Ukraine strategyDonald Trump's Ukraine policy is completely incoherent, writes John Bolton for the Washington Examiner on Monday. 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 23/08/2025And other losses, thanks to "the wood-chipper"... www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/22/w...bostonglobe.comCongo has astronomical rates of sexual violence. Now victims have lost access to care. - The Boston GlobeOver decades of fighting in eastern Congo, and through the current conflict that has left the Rwandan-backed rebel group M23 in control of much of the east of the country, the warring parties on all s... 010
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Save money, not lives: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...nbcnews.comAt least 600 CDC employees are getting final termination notices, union saysThe notices went out this week, and many people haven't yet received them, according to the American Federation of Government Employees. 000
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Talk is cheap... open.substack.com/pub/jakeowen...open.substack.comDoing is BelievingOur actions reveal what we truly believe 021
bppwhalon973.bsky.social @bppwhalon973.bsky.social · 20/08/20251.4 million soldiers, hundreds of thousands of civilians, thousands of children: dead. When does the Russian assault on Ukraine become real? The architect of this slaughter—for eleven years now—is not our friend. Get real. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Ukraine Diplomacy Reveals How Un-American Trump Is 123