Simmering tensions between US President Donald Trump and the Chicago-born Pope Leo exploded into public view when Trump lashed out at the Catholic spiritual leader on Truth Social. The two most famous and powerful Americans have been at odds ever since Leo's elevation to the papacy nearly a year ago. Pope Leo has been highly critical of Washington's harsh immigration crackdown and more recently Catholic leaders in both Rome and the US have expressed concern Washington's growing military adventurism.But the ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)Patriotism derives from the ancient Greek πατρις, ("ancestor's land" or "clan lands"), in turn from πατρια (the extended family, clan, or other group of common ancestry), in turn from πατερ ("father"). The term πατρις referred to a set of people of recent common ancestry, in the Indo-European and Semitic cultures alike, symbolized by a common patriarch -- a group of relatives, and of the common bonds those relatives had.Patriotism was not about watching TV and getting all gung-ho ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)Patriotism derives from the ancient Greek πατρις, ("ancestor's land" or "clan lands"), in turn from πατρια (the extended family, clan, or other group of common ancestry), in turn from πατερ ("father"). The term πατρις referred to a set of people of recent common ancestry, in the Indo-European and Semitic cultures alike, symbolized by a common patriarch -- a group of relatives, and of the common bonds those relatives had.Patriotism was not about watching TV and getting all gung-ho ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)Patriotism derives from the ancient Greek πατρις, ("ancestor's land" or "clan lands"), in turn from πατρια (the extended family, clan, or other group of common ancestry), in turn from πατερ ("father"). The term πατρις referred to a set of people of recent common ancestry, in the Indo-European and Semitic cultures alike, symbolized by a common patriarch -- a group of relatives, and of the common bonds those relatives had.Patriotism was not about watching TV and getting all gung-ho ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)Patriotism derives from the ancient Greek πατρις, ("ancestor's land" or "clan lands"), in turn from πατρια (the extended family, clan, or other group of common ancestry), in turn from πατερ ("father"). The term πατρις referred to a set of people of recent common ancestry, in the Indo-European and Semitic cultures alike, symbolized by a common patriarch -- a group of relatives, and of the common bonds those relatives had.Patriotism was not about watching TV and getting all gung-ho ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)Patriotism derives from the ancient Greek πατρις, ("ancestor's land" or "clan lands"), in turn from πατρια (the extended family, clan, or other group of common ancestry), in turn from πατερ ("father"). The term πατρις referred to a set of people of recent common ancestry, in the Indo-European and Semitic cultures alike, symbolized by a common patriarch -- a group of relatives, and of the common bonds those relatives had.Patriotism was not about watching TV and getting all gung-ho ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)Patriotism derives from the ancient Greek πατρις, ("ancestor's land" or "clan lands"), in turn from πατρια (the extended family, clan, or other group of common ancestry), in turn from πατερ ("father"). The term πατρις referred to a set of people of recent common ancestry, in the Indo-European and Semitic cultures alike, symbolized by a common patriarch -- a group of relatives, and of the common bonds those relatives had.Patriotism was not about watching TV and getting all gung-ho ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)Patriotism derives from the ancient Greek πατρις, ("ancestor's land" or "clan lands"), in turn from πατρια (the extended family, clan, or other group of common ancestry), in turn from πατερ ("father"). The term πατρις referred to a set of people of recent common ancestry, in the Indo-European and Semitic cultures alike, symbolized by a common patriarch -- a group of relatives, and of the common bonds those relatives had.Patriotism was not about watching TV and getting all gung-ho ...

Patriotism derives from the ancient Greek πατρις, ("ancestor's land" or "clan lands"), in turn from πατρια (the extended family, clan, or other group of common ancestry), in turn from πατερ ("father"). The term πατρις referred to a set of people of recent common ancestry, in the Indo-European and Semitic cultures alike, symbolized by a common patriarch -- a group of relatives, and of the common bonds those relatives had.Patriotism was not about watching TV and getting all gung-ho to go fight for some strang ...

Japan continued to object to a claim by China’s top diplomat Wang Yi that Tokyo was returning to militarism, saying it didn’t reflect reality. https://t.co/LM97EAWz0H ...