[Roman_War_Criminal]

[DIRTYSECRET]

That and a $2 cup of coffee won’t stop one from getting killed.

[ChessExpert]

Priests in the year 23 AD? What war would that have been?

[blackpacific]

Catholic priests have done this for 2000 years. Saying mass on the hoods of jeeps, hearing confessions and giving out general absolutions prior to the fight.

[ansel12]

“Russian soldiers who die in the line of duty in Ukraine have all of their sins forgiven, the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church proclaimed in a sermon, comparing their sacrificial death to that of Jesus.

The assertion, made on Sunday, ratchets up Moscow Patriarch Kirill’s already staunch support for Russia’s war on Ukraine since its beginning in February.”

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-religion-moscow-0d2382ff296b7e253cd30c6bbadeed1d

[Albion Wilde]

When you take the field against your enemies... Hashem your God who marches with you to do battle for you against your enemy, to bring you victory.” Deuteronomy 1-4

The verse number in red at the end of the above (truncated) paragraph is incomplete -- it should be Deuteronomy 20:1-4

Excellent article; thanks for posting. Amen and amen!

[Paal Gulli]

Another nothing-burger from a Twitwit sooth-sayer? Say it ain't so!