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Bulletins and News Discussion from May 5th to May 11th, 2025 - Fuck Fascists Friday

Image is the famous photograph Raising a Flag Over the Reichstag, taken during the Battle of Berlin.

On Friday is May 9th, which is the 80th anniversary of Victory Day, which Russia, among other places, celebrates as the day when the Soviets defeated the Nazis. Naturally, one of the current hotspots of fascism in the world today, Ukraine, is essentially threatening that they might strike Russia or even Moscow itself during that timeframe. Any such strike would almost certainly be symbolic and not aimed at anything too important, as I doubt even Zelensky and his American handlers would actually want to kill a world leader, not least somebody like Xi Jinping. But I would not be surprised if they tried something nonetheless, if only to disrupt the event in some way and not actually kill anybody.

And, as we're on this topic, @EllenKelly@hexbear.net has reminded me that Tuesday is the anniversary of the Nazis burning the Institut für Sexualwissenschaf in 1933, an early institute advocating for the rights of LGBT people, and which also provided early forms of gender-affirming surgeries, as well as hormone therapies. We are currently seeing a crackdown on LGBT rights throughout swathes of the imperial core (as well as countries in the periphery, to the extent that those rights existed there already), and this Nazi-inspired movement will be similarly defeated in the future.

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  • With a discreet profile and a quiet voice, Prevost tends to avoid the spotlight and interviews. However, he is seen as a reformer, aligned with the line of openness implemented by Francis. He has a solid background in theology and is considered to have a deep knowledge of canon law, which governs the Catholic Church.

    He entered religious life at the age of 22. He graduated in theology from the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago and, at 27, was sent to Rome to study canon law at the University of St. Thomas Aquinas. He was ordained a priest in 1982 and, two years later, began his missionary work in Peru - first in Piura, then in Trujillo, where he remained for ten years, even during the authoritarian government of Alberto Fujimori. Prevost even demanded a public apology for the injustices committed during that period.

    In 2014, he was appointed administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo, where he was ordained bishop and remained for nine years. During this time, he faced the main crisis of his career: in 2023, three women accused Prevost of covering up cases of sexual abuse committed by two priests in Peru when they were still children.

    According to the reports, one of the victims called Prevost in 2020. Two years later, he formally received the reports and referred the case to the Vatican. One of the priests was preventively removed and the other was no longer working due to health reasons. The Peruvian diocese denies any cover-up and says that Prevost followed the procedures required by Church law. The Vatican has not yet concluded its investigation.

    During his time in Peru, Prevost also held prominent positions in the local Episcopal Conference and was appointed to the Congregation for the Clergy and then to the Congregation for Bishops. In 2023, he received the title of cardinal - a position he held for less than two years before becoming pope, something rare in the modern Church.

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