I’m a scientist – going to state school was great for my careerishop Joseph Strickland did not always have a difficult relationship with Pope Francis. When Francis became the head of the Catholic Church, Strickland recalls admiring how welcoming the pope was. But as the began taking increasingly liberal stances, the bishop of Tyler, Texas, felt he could no longer stay silent. As Strickland began speaking out about Francis’ teachings, from the church’s positions towards divorcees and LGBTQ+ people to the question of whether priests should be allowed to marry, he quickly realized that “Politically, I was in a rather ” “There’s just a lot of politics in the world and it’s a reality that affects the church as well,” the bishop told in an interview. Although he said he has the action against him, Strickland said he worries that it could promote an “atmosphere of fear” within the church. Strickland’s removal last year was not only an unprecedented measure but also a sign of how the culture wars have polarized the church of 1.3 billion Catholics, with the battle lines nowhere more evident than in the United States. Under the leadership of Francis, the church has welcomed more people, including same-sex couples and divorced Catholics. The pope has also been outspoken on issues such as climate change, inequality, global capitalism and interfaith dialogue, all of which have meant a departure from the traditional teachings of the church. And while these positions have made Francis a hero among progressives and their allies, it has with traditionalists. The types of actions that Francis has taken against his conservative American critics have not been seen in centuries, said church historian and Villanova University professor Massimo Faggioli. “In terms of the relations between a pope and the United States, it’s unprecedented,” Faggioli, who is also the author of Pope Francis: A Voice for Mercy, Justice, Love, and Care for the Earth, told . “It started immediately after his election, and there was a clear sense that this pope was really different from the previous ones.” The Press Office of the Holy See did not respond to request for comment. Inaugurated in 2013, Francis wasted no time in breaking with the conservatism of his predecessor Benedict XVI. Early in his papacy, Francis startled traditionalists when he asked, “If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?” From there, it became increasingly clear that Francis was leading the church in a more progressive direction. Central to the conservative pushback is the way Francis has embraced LGBTQ+ people. Attitudes toward the community have softened under Francis, and culminated last year in the pope’s approval for a that said priests could to same-sex couples under certain circumstances. Opposition came from many parts of the world. Some 90 scholars and authors from around the globe published a joint letter calling on all Catholic cardinals and bishop to oppose the document from the Vatican. There was a particularly in one of the fastest growing regions for the church, Africa, where bishops called the idea “contrary to the will of God.” “This declaration has caused a shockwave,” wrote Congolese Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo in a strong sign of with Francis “In our context, this would cause confusion and would be in direct contradiction to the cultural ethos of African communities.” But Francis did not back down. In response, he slammed his opponents, calling it “hypocrisy” that those critics wouldn’t have objected to him giving a “blessing to an entrepreneur who perhaps exploits people,” but that they were “scandalized” by his blessing for “two people who love each other,” even if they’re of the same sex. The culture wars in the church have resonated globally, and the divide is easily depicted in two New York City where the vastly different opinions of Francis are separated by just two miles. Reverend Mark Hallinan of the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, a Roman Catholic parish on Park Avenue in New York City’s Upper East Side, for one, is grateful that Francis has called on the church to put a “greater emphasis on and ” Hallinan told that some of his had been “very appreciative” of the outreach by Francis, but he does note there are some who have been “impatient with the pace of change,” acknowledging that the pope is not always “free to move as far as he might like.” The mood is distinctly different at the Church of the Holy Family in midtown Manhattan, where Reverend Gerald Murray refers to Francis by the nickname the “Pope of Surprises.” “Not all surprises are welcome,” Murray told . Murray said he took issue not only with open criticisms by Francis of “what he calls the ‘ideological’ opposition of some Catholics in the United States,” but also the pope’s refusal to “consider the substance of those criticisms.” In the face of repeated sniping from conservative bishops in the United States, Francis sent a clear message to his critics last year. Over the summer, he criticized some conservatives in the United States Catholic Church for saying they showed “a very strong, organized, and had replaced with political ideology. Toward the end of the year, he moved against them. Weeks after Strickland was relieved by the Vatican in a one-line statement, Francis took the unprecedented step of revoking Cardinal Raymond Burke’s right to a subsidized Vatican apartment and salary. Burke, a traditionalist cardinal from Wisconsin and one of the highest-ranking critics of Francis, received notice in late November that he was to begin paying market rate rents on the apartment or surrender it by the end of February. While the church never explicitly detailed why Strickland was being removed, nor reveal the findings of its monthslong investigation into his governance at the diocese in Tyler, Strickland believes he was ultimately because he was “not with the program.” After all, a month before the pope’s decision, the bishop had called it a “I loved what Pope Francis said early on in his pontifices because he spoke a lot about reaching out and welcoming people,” Strickland said. “But what troubles me is, as things have developed, it’s like, ‘Reach out to the marginalized and just leave them marginalized.’” “I just don’t see how you can really guard the deposit of faith but say, ‘Oh, the faith changes.’ That’s not what the Bible says,” he added. At his house in a rural area outside the town of Tyler, nearly four months after his removal, Strickland seems as calm and cheery as the sunny, yellow room he sits in. Even though he has had to leave the Catholic Diocese of Tyler himself, Strickland continues to tell his supporters, “Please don’t walk away from the church.” He has also continued to speak out, while saying he recognizes the pope’s challenges and respects his authority. In a strongly worded letter “to all of my brother bishops around the world, including Pope Francis,” Strickland told his fellow Catholics on February 29: “Let us stand with our brothers, who in the 20th century, were strong enough to speak against despotic rulers even though they were a minority voice in their time.” Scholars say that Francis when addressing ideological conflicts because he also must ensure that his cardinals and bishops do not question or over the legitimacy of his authority. Much like a president expects his cabinet to the pope expects his cardinals to serve as a physical and tangible link between the Vatican and Catholics around the world. Because Cardinal Burke had repeatedly questioned the teaching of Francis, the pope decided “he doesn’t have to subsidize [Burke] to do that,” National Catholic Reporter’s Vatican correspondent Christopher White, told . Unity in the church is not easy to achieve and some are pushing the pope to become more liberal. One of the most prominent progressive challenges to Francis is Germany’s Synodal Path, a group that has called for the pope to do more to include divorcees, women and LGBTQ+ people within the church. They have also asked the church to reconsider its current structure so that members can play a greater role by choosing bishops and even preaching at Masses. “There’s no question that [Francis] is deeply concerned, perhaps even more concerned in some ways, with what’s happening in the German ” David Lantigua, a moral theology professor at the University of Notre Dame, told . “The pope has, on a couple of occasions, made it clear that the German Synodal Path has kind of set itself up as another council of the church and that it’s potentially headed in a direction of breaking from the church or schism.” While critics of Francis, both traditionalist and progressive, are outspoken, most Catholics support their pope. A 2021 Pew Research Center poll found that 82 percent of U.S. Catholics have a “very” or “mostly favorable” opinion of the pope, and that the majority of all Americans, 63 percent, support Francis. Even newly elected right-wing Argentine President Javier Milei, who had at one point described the pope as an “imbecile” and a “ has changed his tone. Since taking office, the right-wing libertarian has softened. In February, he embraced Francis at mass in the Vatican City days after calling him “the most important Argentine in history.” But traditionalist critics do not believe the pope is treating all his adversaries equally. Murray said that while Francis has criticized the German Synodal Way more than once, he has not taken strong action over their disregard for his concerns. “He could, for instance, forbid the German bishops from continuing to implement and finance the agenda of the Synodal Way,” Murray said. “He has not done that. The pattern is one of strong words and actions against more conservative Catholics, contrasted with a history of cooperation with and promotion of more liberal Catholics, who occasionally receive relatively mild criticisms and are rarely disciplined.” Faggioli said it was true that Francis has adopted a harsher tone with American traditionalists: “But they have also gone further than other bishops around the world.” He said the two camps have taken wildly different approaches, where progressives abroad use more conventional language when criticizing Francis and traditionalists American Catholics are taking to social media to voice their complaints with the pontiff. “It’s not getting any better. It will never get better. It will remain that complicated,” he said of the relationship between Francis and the church in America. “It’s the most problematic relationship Pope Francis has had with one national church. There’s no question of that.” While the United States has taken center-stage in the culture wars, the challenge for Francis is a global one. “On the one hand, he wants to move the church forward,” William Dinges, a religious studies professor at the Catholic University of America, told . “He wants to avoid going too far and transforming Catholicism into just another form of cultural religion. On the other hand, he also wants to avoid turning the church into a sectarian, over-and-against ecclesial community. He’s trying to find that sweet middle ground.” – biskup, papież – niepewna pozycja, niebezpieczna sytuacja – zaakceptować coś, pogodzić się z czymś – doprowadzić to do rozłamu – przełomowe orzeczenie – udzielać błogosławieństwa – duchowny, ksiądz, pastor – ostry sprzeciw – różnica zdań, sprzeciw – parafia – miłosierdzie – współczucie – parafianin – zacofanie – reakcyjna postawa – wiara (w Boga) – usunięty ze stanowiska – parodia, karykatura – balansować (między czymś a czymś), być w trudnej sytuacji wymagającej ostrożnego i przemyślanego zachowania – podać coś w wątpliwość – podporządkować się – niewyświęcony (na księdza) – wspólnota kościelna – obrzydliwy lewak and answer the following questions: 1. How did Bishop Joseph Strickland initially perceive Pope Francis’ leadership of the Catholic Church? 2. What prompted Bishop Strickland to speak out against Pope Francis’ teachings? 3. What significant step did Pope Francis take regarding the church’s stance on same-sex couples? 4. How did some bishops in Africa react to Pope Francis’ stance on blessings for same-sex couples? 5. How did Reverend Mark Hallinan of the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola view Pope Francis’ emphasis on mercy and compassion? 6. How did Pope Francis respond to criticisms from conservative bishops in the United States? 7. What is the general sentiment among Catholics towards Pope Francis, according to a 2021 Pew Research Center poll? First, match the words to form collocations and verb phrases that will help you describe the issue presented in the article. Next, write down a sentence using each collocation and verb phrase. The sentences you create should relate to the topic being discussed in the text. ( ) same-sex interfaith conservative landmark fierce minority ruling voice dialogue backlash pushback couples polarize break with lead embrace send speak against a clear message the church LGBTQ+ people the church despotic rulers the conservatism Task description: Students will participate in a discussion about Pope Francis’ progressive stances on the Catholic Church. Task elements: 1. Recall specific examples of Pope Francis’ progressive stances on the Catholic Church mentioned in the text. 2. Identify the motivations behind the Pope’s progressive actions and the various responses they have generated. 3. Discuss the potential benefits and challenges of embracing progressive values within the Catholic Church. 4. Consider whether Pope Francis’ progressive agenda has been effective in addressing contemporary challenges faced by the Church and promoting its relevance in today’s world. 5. Propose potential strategies for Pope Francis to further advance progressive values within the Catholic Church while fostering unity among its members. Complete the following summary using information from the text. Bishop Joseph Strickland, once an admirer of Pope Francis, grew critical as the pope embraced ________ stances. Strickland’s outspokenness led to his removal, reflecting a global ________ within the Catholic Church. Francis’s liberal shifts, especially regarding LGBTQ+ rights, face staunch ________, notably from ________ in the United States. The pope’s actions against conservative critics, like Strickland and Cardinal Burke, signal a significant departure from past norms. Despite challenges, Pope Francis enjoys ________, though tensions persist between traditionalists and progressives, complicating his leadership. Check the answer key!GRP saves womanwho jumped from moving train

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The Karnataka BJP is under intense scrutiny for its lacklustre opposition against the Congress government, which has faced anti-incumbency sentiment despite being in power for just 18 months. The party’s internal disarray and strategic shortcomings have drawn criticism from within its ranks and beyond, highlighting concerns about its leadership. BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal openly criticised the party’s internal dynamics, describing the recent bypoll defeats as “humiliating” and attributing them to “adjustment politics” with the Congress. “We didn’t expect this humiliating defeat for the BJP in the state. This situation is entirely due to the party’s internal adjustment with the Congress,” he said on Sunday Yatnal further alleged that Arun Singh, the BJP’s state in-charge, acted as a proxy for former chief minister BS Yediyurappa and his son, BY Vijayendra. “We had Arun Singh, who acted as a messenger for Yediyurappa and Vijayendra. People have rejected everything Vijayendra has done,” he remarked. Calling for a leadership overhaul, he demanded the BJP high command to appoint “someone honest and with values” to manage the state unit. He did not shy away from blaming the former chief minister and his son directly, stating, “The father and the son are responsible for this humiliating defeat in the state.” The BJP leadership has not yet responded to Yatnal’s statements. People close to BY Vijayendra acknowledged that the party’s challenges in the bypolls were compounded by dissident activities and damaging internal statements. “The unchecked dissident activities and continuous party-damaging statements have significantly impacted BJP’s performance. Giving a long rope to such issues has cost the party dearly. If this is not addressed by the party high command, the road ahead will be challenging,” people said. The Congress celebrated a sweeping victory in the by-elections held for three assembly constituencies, solidifying its position despite allegations of corruption and the Waqf row. This success has bolstered chief minister Siddaramaiah’s standing, even as he faces investigations by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Lokayukta in the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) case. In Channapatna, deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar and his brother DK Suresh outmanoeuvred the JD(S) and consolidated their Vokkaliga vote bank, outshining the influence of the Deve Gowda family. BY Vijayendra, BJP’s state president, expressed disappointment over the results, admitting setbacks in all three contested seats. “We had confidence that our candidates would win all seats. We are disappointed with the results. In the coming days, the leaders of BJP and JD(S) parties will hold a meeting and discuss the reasons for our setback,” he said on Saturday. Leader of the opposition R Ashoka alleged that Congress relied heavily on financial resources to secure its victories. “The people have voted for the Congress thinking that they will face problems with regard to development. It is not a victory for CM Siddaramaiah or deputy CM Shivakumar. It is a victory for the money power. The BJP will turn the defeat into victory in coming days,” he said. He added that the Congress’s win does not Siddaramaiah received a clean cit in the MUDA case.

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Tears rolled down Lexi Thompson’s cheek before she could complete her final hole Sunday. Of course, this was more than just the end to an event – it was the conclusion to her full-time career. Thompson gathered herself and made a 2 1⁄2-footer for par. She then hugged her fellow competitors and her caddie, brother Nick, before being greeted with flowers and continuous applause. “It was very emotional,” said Thompson, who shot 74 with a front-nine finish. “Really wasn’t until I got to No. 9 for some reason. Kind of all hit me.” Thompson announced in late May , ahead of the U.S. Women’s Open, that she was retiring as a full-time LPGA player. Six months later, the emotional reality hit her. “I’ve held a lot in,” Thompson said, not just of recent months, but in relation to her career. “I think as athletes you’re always told to be strong and be intimidating on the golf course. Don’t show any sign the weakness. “I did it for a while, and it’s just, you know, it’s gotten to me sometimes. It’s hard. It’s not just me, it’s everybody that goes through a lot of things. It’s just a matter of how much you’re willing to hold in and let people in on your emotions. It’s kind of like the time I’m actually letting myself feel those emotions and actually be real.” Many of the fans at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida, were around the age Thompson was when she first made a name for herself. Alexis, before she was just Lexi, qualified for the 2007 U.S. Women’s Open at age 12 and joined the professional ranks three years later. Thompson’s tour career was one of extreme highs and lows. She won 11 LPGA events, including the 2014 Chevron Championship (then known as the Kraft Nabisco), and was a seven-time member of the U.S. Solheim Cup team. There were also major mishaps like the 2017 Chevron (then known as the ANA Inspiration), where she was penalized four strokes for incorrectly replacing her ball in the third round and subsequently lost in a playoff. There was also the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open, where she led by five strokes with nine holes to play but came home in 41 and missed a playoff by one. There were other moments where Thompson was vocal about the intensity of the spotlight and times where she took leave from social media. Even Sunday wasn’t a fairytale farewell as she finished on the ninth hole, because of a split-tee start, and had a quadruple bogey, two bogeys and four birdies. Thompson, now 29, will be remembered for all of the ups and downs, but if one thing stands out above all else, it’s how beloved she was by fans, and how it was reciprocated. “It means more to me than anything. Of course, the wins, you know, got me to what I am, the accomplishments and everything, but I wanted to leave a bigger impact as a role model, somebody who gave back to the game, somebody who made an impact on little girls and boys out here getting started in the game at a young age,” she said. Thompson wasn’t alone in her goodbye at the CME as veterans Marina Alex and Ally Ewing decided they, too, are ready for the next phase of life. As for what’s next for Thompson, she hasn’t been specific. But she’s not done playing competitively. In fact, she’ll be back at Tiburon in a few weeks to compete alongside partner Rickie Fowler at the mixed-gender Grant Thornton Invitational. “I will take a few days off because of Thanksgiving and just to shut it down a little bit and give my mind a reset,” she said. “I’m sure I’ll be right back into it at the end of this week and going into next week just trying to get ready for Grant Thornton.”

As fans await the anticipated crossover between Philadelphia-bred series Abbott Elementary and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia , Quinta Brunson and Rob McElhenney tided viewers over by joining forces to pull for their hometown Eagles in a promo for Sunday Night Football . “Being an Eagles fan in Los Angeles, I mean, of course you feel like an outsider sometimes,” McElhenny, who hails from Philadelphia, began in the ad. Brunson, who is from West Philly and born to a schoolteacher, agreed: “Being born and raised in Philly, living in LA, you know, you never really forget you’re not from here.” The two-time Emmy winning actress and writer was clad in a tracksuit boasting Eagles’ signature green. “Anyone else notice it’s, like, always freaking sunny here?” McElhenney joked in an obvious reference to his show’s namesake and the perpetual sunshine in California. “I guess you could say with the holidays around the corner, it’s nice to have some family in town,” the Welcome to Wrexham executive producer began, with Brunson chiming in “especially when your family is playing like this: The two football fans singled out quarterback Jalen Hurts, who made a cameo in a February 2024 Abbott episode alongside his teammates, and running back Saquon Barkley in highlight reels, including the latter’s iconic “spin hurdle” that was recently added to video game Madden NFL. But the Los Angeles Rams are formidable opponents, the two stars said: “The Rams did the same thing last year, started slow like they were playing possum,” Brunson noted, with McElhenny adding, “next thing you know, they’re in the playoffs.” (Last year, the Rams lost to the Detroit Lions in the wild card round, with the latter team clinching its first playoff win in 32 years.) “I love the contrast though. And at the end of the day,” Brunson began, with McElhenney finishing her sentence: “There is still no place like home.” The two NFL powerhouses will face off in week 12 of SNF at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. tonight. The game kicks off at 5:20 p.m. PT on NBC and Peacock . Heading into the game, the Eagles are 8-2 with the Rams at 5-5. “All right, thanks guys, you can turn off the lights, I actually sleep here, so,” McElhenney said in closing out the video, set to an instrumental of Saint Motel’s “My Type,” filmed on-location at Paddy’s Bar. Last month, the casts of both Abbott and It’s Always Sunny united in a photo to tease the upcoming Disney crossover event of the year. Plot details of the crossover, which will be told in two parts corresponding to each show’s tonally wide-ranging interpretations, are being kept close to the vest. Abbott Elementary will return in the midseason to finish out Season 4 beginning Jan. 8, with It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia premiering Season 17 sometime in 2025. View the SNF promo below:

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Gus Malzahn is leaving his post as UCF's head coach to reunite with Florida State coach Mike Norvell as the Seminoles' offensive coordinator, ESPN reported on Saturday. Norvell, who served as a graduate assistant under Malzahn at Tulsa in 2007-08, relinquished his role as FSU's primary playcaller amid a staff shakeup this season. Florida State, 1-7 in the Athletic Coast Conference this season, entered Saturday's season finale against Florida at 2-9 and ranked No. 131 in the nation in total offense. UCF also endured a tough 2024 season, going 4-8 after losing eight of its last nine games. During Malzahn's four-year tenure, the Knights went 28-24, including 5-13 in the Big 12 Conference the last two seasons. Malzahn, 59, is 105-62 in 13 seasons as a college head coach, highlighted by a 68-35 mark in eight seasons at Auburn -- which included a BCS title game appearance in 2013. He served as offensive coordinator and playcaller when the Tigers won the national title in 2010. Malzahn will be tasked with revitalizing a Florida State offense that helped produce a 13-1 campaign in 2023, when the Seminoles were denied a spot in the College Football Playoff. Over the last three seasons at UCF, his rushing attack has been in the Top 10 in the nation. In his 19 seasons as a college head coach or offensive coordinator, Malzahn's teams have averaged 447.7 yards per game, and three of his teams eclipsed 7,000 yards in a season. --Field Level MediaWhy Cadillac is joining F1, and how its road cars could benefitMLB shifts six 2025 Rays games to avoid weather issuesThe panel in your next monitor, and TV could be made by an inkjet printer. It’s a technology that has been talking about for more than a decade, but the Chinese panel-maker has finally made its screen-printing ambitions a production reality. TCL has officially begun mass-production of inkjet-printed OLED panels. Their first application isn’t something you’re likely to see in your living room, mind: a 21.6-inch OLED display that’s intended for professional medical use. TCL also unveiled a prototype 27-inch inkjet-printed OLED panel for monitors. It joins the catalog of prototypes we’ve already seen from the manufacturer, including the folding 65-inch OLED TV . What makes the production news exciting is that it indicates TCL has finally made the leap to real-world implementation of the prototype technology. It’s the first concrete evidence that the OLED panels of the future could be produced by inkjet printers. TCL has long touted . The new production method has lower costs and produces OLEDs that last longer and require less power. The question has always been whether the technique is viable for mass production, and whether it’s capable of producing the larger panel sizes that feature in our list of the . What's new? Traditionally, OLED panels are made by depositing organic materials on a glass layer through a stencil. This is achieved by a process of evaporation inside a vacuum chamber. In contrast, inkjet-printed (IJP) OLEDs use large printers to precisely deposit the material. This significantly reduces the amount of production waste, which in turn means that IJP panels can be made for less money. TCL reckons that its IJP panels are 20% cheaper overall and can be made 30% faster than traditional OLED displays, and also that the materials used have a longer lifespan. It also claims that its printed RGB OLED loses 50% less light due to internal reflection, resulting in “higher light output efficiency compared to traditional OLED displays”. According to TCL, this means it can display brighter images using the same amount of power. That improvement in efficiency doesn’t mean IJP panels are brighter, though. With a maximum brightness of 350 nits, the 21.6-inch display that TCL has put into production is significantly dimmer than rival OLED panels from and , which peak north of 1,000 nits. The consumer benefits are instead a potential reduction in the cost of OLED displays. IJP panels should be cheaper to run and last longer. And assuming that the lower cost of production is reflected in retail prices, TVs with IJP screens could significantly reduce the cost of owning an OLED display. Question marks remain over whether the technology can be effectively applied to produce larger panels. While TCL has demonstrated larger prototypes, there’s a long way to go from its 21.6-inch production panel to the and panel sizes required by the best OLED TVs. Still, with a 204PPI density and 99% coverage of the DCI-P3 color space, TCL’s IJP panel is otherwise competitive.

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