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Cake day: June 9th, 2023

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  • Most of the items in the Vatican collection were sent to Rome by Catholic missionaries for a 1925 exhibition in the Vatican gardens. The Vatican insists the items were “gifts” to Pope Pius XI, who wanted to celebrate the church’s global reach, its missionaries and the lives of the Indigenous peoples they evangelized.

    But historians, Indigenous groups and experts have long questioned whether the items could really have been offered freely, given the power imbalances at play in Catholic missions at the time.

    The rest of the article is an interesting read.








  • He instructed him to withdraw money from his accounts, telling him a courier would then pick up the money from his apartment and it would be kept safe until the investigation wrapped up.

    The scammer also said it was imperative Ray not tell anyone, as it could jeopardize the investigation.

    “They said, ‘We want to make sure that you don’t lose your life savings,’” said Ray. “So I went along with it.”

    FFS if you get this call you immediately take names and employee numbers and call the bank back yourself.