by The Swiss Guardsmen » Sat Dec 28, 2013 11:54 am
✵ Nation Name: The Sanctified Dominion of Veltria
✵ Government: Unitary One-Party Theocratic Republic
✵ Demonym: "Veltrian"✵ Membership: ;_;
Catholic, right-wing integralist with a dash of imperial hubris. Also a Tolkien nut and board game fanatic! :D
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by The Swiss Guardsmen » Sat Dec 28, 2013 11:55 am
·VNN·Domestic News
· April 12, 2014 - P.C.I.D.S. Conference Enters Second Week of Challenging Reflection on Astavian History
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· May 28, 2014 - Presence of Astavian Fighters Confirmed Near Auralian Border
· May 29, 2014 - Apostolic Guard Surrounds Auralian Embassy in Vaticaina
· June 2, 2014 - Astavian Government Announces "Foreign Vehicle Identification Zones"
· June 25, 2014 - Black Thursday: ASTEX Hit With Historic Losses After URC Vote
· September 11, 2014 - Astavian Intervention Task Force Mobilizes As Final Ultimatum Issued
·VNN·International News
· April 9, 2014 - Arms Race Renewed? Regional Tensions Rise After Federation Provocations
· May 31, 2014 - Astavian Military Claims Responsibility for Seizure of Northern Belmia
· July 30, 2014 - OPINION: "Living In The Ardokian Echo Chamber"
· September 5, 2014 - Holy Pontifical Union Condemns United Left's "Act of Aggression"
· September 5, 2014 - Opinion: "Mind Your Table Manners, Then Gut Them With Your Dinner Knife
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·VNN·Politics
· December 28, 2013 - Senate Weighs Options in Sint Franciscus
· December 28, 2013 - Senate Considers Military Action Against the GEIU
· April 15, 2014 - Astavian Imperial Senate Backs Coup in Morgovia
· April 17, 2014 - OPINION: "And the Walls Came Tumbling Down"
· May 24, 2014 - Astavian Government Declares Support for Belmian Protestors
· June 14, 2014 - Catholic Republic of Belmia Enters Holy Pontifical Union
· August 9, 2014 - Astavian - Cuscatlani Summit Held In Avignon
· May 27, 2015 - SSIA Director Verinsky Defends Agency's Administrative Reorganization
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·VNN·Church Affairs
· April 5, 2014 - Pope Urban VIII Elevates New Cardinals
· April 10, 2014 - Prayer Vigil Held for Victims of Kruma Terrorist Attacks
· April 21, 2014 - Pope Urban VIII Passes Away at 96
· April 24, 2014 - Funeral Mass Draws Thousands
· May 19, 2014 - Habemus Papam!
· June 8, 2014 - Funeral Mass and Burial Held for "Slain Six" in Vaticaina
· August 10, 2014 - OPINION: "Our Christian Destiny In A Broken World"
·VNN·The Smoky Thurible
· August 8, 2014 - Latin American Junta Thugs Launch League of E.V.I.L. Bad Guys Alliance
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· May 21, 2014 - TELCOM Conference: Arcylia Wireless Unveils New Flagship Program
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✵ Nation Name: The Sanctified Dominion of Veltria
✵ Government: Unitary One-Party Theocratic Republic
✵ Demonym: "Veltrian"✵ Membership: ;_;
Catholic, right-wing integralist with a dash of imperial hubris. Also a Tolkien nut and board game fanatic! :D
✵ ✵ ✵ | ⚖ | Just Your Friendly Neighborhood Tyrannical Theocracy | ⚖ | ✵ ✵ ✵
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by The Swiss Guardsmen » Sat Dec 28, 2013 3:26 pm
aMiTrex · 30 minutes ago
You mean we haven't kicked in the door to this rebellious cesspool yet? geez...135 up · 192 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
annaBell397 · 1 hour ago
The real story of the evening ---> the Freedom and Justice party is talking with the government coalition again...683 up · 24 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
m00nman91 · 3 hours ago
Another f**king theocrat pushing his agenda in the senate...color me surprised. i wonder if he's going to call the 8th crusade tomorrow?12 up · 462 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
✵ Nation Name: The Sanctified Dominion of Veltria
✵ Government: Unitary One-Party Theocratic Republic
✵ Demonym: "Veltrian"✵ Membership: ;_;
Catholic, right-wing integralist with a dash of imperial hubris. Also a Tolkien nut and board game fanatic! :D
✵ ✵ ✵ | ⚖ | Just Your Friendly Neighborhood Tyrannical Theocracy | ⚖ | ✵ ✵ ✵
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by The Swiss Guardsmen » Sat Dec 28, 2013 6:47 pm
illopub55 · 30 minutes ago
Imperial Senator: "Where'd I put my war drum set? *looks around* I could swear I put it down around here somewhere..."752 up · 232 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
gleesonREAL12 · 1 hour ago
F**king euroturds meddling in other people's affairs. What, Africa wasn't temperate enough this time of year or something, so now you're pissing in latin america's cornflakes?824 up · 47 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
Heather881 · 3 hours ago
Europe coming to the defense of communist terrorists? Do they not teach history over there?1037 up · 93 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
✵ Nation Name: The Sanctified Dominion of Veltria
✵ Government: Unitary One-Party Theocratic Republic
✵ Demonym: "Veltrian"✵ Membership: ;_;
Catholic, right-wing integralist with a dash of imperial hubris. Also a Tolkien nut and board game fanatic! :D
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by The Swiss Guardsmen » Thu Apr 03, 2014 6:08 pm
Professor Beneventi speaking at the Pontifical
College Conference on International Relations
this Thursday
xenobiteDD · 30 minutes ago
Anyone remember EUROSCUM 2023? Twas a funny moment in internet history...1560 up · 342 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
brochTR33 · 1 hour ago
I had this guy when I was studying at the Pontifical College. The man knows his stuff, but grades like a tyrant...322 up · 267 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
heavenlight91 · 3 hours ago
Meh, the only good communist is a dead communist. I only regret we didn't finish the job sooner...356 up · 462 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
✵ Nation Name: The Sanctified Dominion of Veltria
✵ Government: Unitary One-Party Theocratic Republic
✵ Demonym: "Veltrian"✵ Membership: ;_;
Catholic, right-wing integralist with a dash of imperial hubris. Also a Tolkien nut and board game fanatic! :D
✵ ✵ ✵ | ⚖ | Just Your Friendly Neighborhood Tyrannical Theocracy | ⚖ | ✵ ✵ ✵
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by The Swiss Guardsmen » Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:18 pm
radMan84 · 1 hour ago
Viva papa! Viva ecclesia! Viva Christo!983 up · 33 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
oberlain24 · 2 hours ago
God bless these pastors! May they guide the faithful well!1089 up · 14 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
LinuxXP · 4 hours ago
Greetings from the Latin Empire! Good choice this round guys!749 up · 94 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
✵ Nation Name: The Sanctified Dominion of Veltria
✵ Government: Unitary One-Party Theocratic Republic
✵ Demonym: "Veltrian"✵ Membership: ;_;
Catholic, right-wing integralist with a dash of imperial hubris. Also a Tolkien nut and board game fanatic! :D
✵ ✵ ✵ | ⚖ | Just Your Friendly Neighborhood Tyrannical Theocracy | ⚖ | ✵ ✵ ✵
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by The Swiss Guardsmen » Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:18 pm
General Martinius de Caprio, Dir.-Gen. of ADCOM,
speaks to reporters on the nature of Astavia’s
military response to Federation rocket launch.
ryanRever23 · 1 hour ago
Great, another space race right around the corner. Oh well, at least we’ll get to see some neat sci-fi tech coming out of it…that is, if we don’t all get blown to hell of course…753 up · 46 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
groovell95 · 2 hours ago
An international game of “I’ll whip mine out if you whip out yours...” Fantastic…1034 up · 329 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
morton44 · 4 hours ago
Greetings citizen. Don’t mind these giant missiles sitting in your backyard. They’re there for your protection…yup feelin a whole lot safer…573 up · 201 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
✵ Nation Name: The Sanctified Dominion of Veltria
✵ Government: Unitary One-Party Theocratic Republic
✵ Demonym: "Veltrian"✵ Membership: ;_;
Catholic, right-wing integralist with a dash of imperial hubris. Also a Tolkien nut and board game fanatic! :D
✵ ✵ ✵ | ⚖ | Just Your Friendly Neighborhood Tyrannical Theocracy | ⚖ | ✵ ✵ ✵
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by The Swiss Guardsmen » Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:19 pm
Emperor William Michael Bunter during the
2010 E-4 Economic Summit Talks. Emperor
William is the suspected target of
Wednesday’s terrorist attacks.
P.G.F. General Tarantola (right) in Nova Roma
Thursday During Negotiations with the Bellatorian
Government.
RadeX00 1 · 1 hour ago
They’d better catch the bastards that did this. Justice shall be served…1003 up · 92 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
tythOn11 · 2 hours ago
Rest in Peace William II. You will be greatly missed by all. To all our brothers and sisters in the Latin Empire, you’re in my prayers!1230 up · 55 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
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✵ Nation Name: The Sanctified Dominion of Veltria
✵ Government: Unitary One-Party Theocratic Republic
✵ Demonym: "Veltrian"✵ Membership: ;_;
Catholic, right-wing integralist with a dash of imperial hubris. Also a Tolkien nut and board game fanatic! :D
✵ ✵ ✵ | ⚖ | Just Your Friendly Neighborhood Tyrannical Theocracy | ⚖ | ✵ ✵ ✵
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by The Swiss Guardsmen » Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:19 pm
Right-wing Bellatorians wield banners bearing anti-Catholic slogans.
IKEman90 · 1 hour ago
Fascists…did you say, Fascists? I thought they just liked to waive their flags around and scream loudly. Turns out they’re doing something for once…462 up · 210 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
julianX · 2 hours ago
Current Buntian law enforcement mindset --> arrest all suspected party members, even if they didn’t claim responsibility. Then arrest whoever associated with them, grandma and the guy who catered their doughnut and coffee luncheons included. You can never be too careful in this day and age.192 up · 485 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
mikePT4 · 3 hours ago
I’ve got a bad feeling this Steinhof rebellion is going to get a lot worse before it gets better…33 up · 21 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
✵ Nation Name: The Sanctified Dominion of Veltria
✵ Government: Unitary One-Party Theocratic Republic
✵ Demonym: "Veltrian"✵ Membership: ;_;
Catholic, right-wing integralist with a dash of imperial hubris. Also a Tolkien nut and board game fanatic! :D
✵ ✵ ✵ | ⚖ | Just Your Friendly Neighborhood Tyrannical Theocracy | ⚖ | ✵ ✵ ✵
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by The Swiss Guardsmen » Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:19 pm
Tsarina Elizavieta, the last surviving member of the Lazarevic
family line, is considered by the Astavian government to be the
rightful monarch of Morgovia.
P.A.F. helicopters took off from Prometheus AFB
in Gallia Citerior to transport the Tsarina back to her
native country.
RICKpan31 · 1 hour ago
Well it’s about time those socialist bastards got whats been comin to em…just sorry it didn’t happen sooner!342 up · 212 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
matrEX94 · 2 hours ago
Can’t wait to see where the tsarina takes morgovia. Should be an interesting next couple of months over there…452 up · 98 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
AurApoweR · 3 hours ago
Looks like the Auralians aren’t going to recognize the coup…well, I suppose that’s just one more reason for why Astavia and Auraliae don’t get along.83 up · 49 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
✵ Nation Name: The Sanctified Dominion of Veltria
✵ Government: Unitary One-Party Theocratic Republic
✵ Demonym: "Veltrian"✵ Membership: ;_;
Catholic, right-wing integralist with a dash of imperial hubris. Also a Tolkien nut and board game fanatic! :D
✵ ✵ ✵ | ⚖ | Just Your Friendly Neighborhood Tyrannical Theocracy | ⚖ | ✵ ✵ ✵
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by The Swiss Guardsmen » Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:20 pm
yytick33 · 1 hour ago
Amen! There’s a storm brewing in Astavia unlike anything our enemies have seen before!658 up · 327 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
Carbonite23 · 2 hours ago
What? Dial it down? No, I think you mean, dial it up. Yeah. That’s it. Dial the rhetoric up a notch will ya? Thanks…784 up · 189 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
oRaToRG · 3 hours ago
The Latin Emperor calling Vaticaina out? Unheard of in recent memory! What’s next? Aliens?! It’s gotta be aliens next…761 up · 92 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
✵ Nation Name: The Sanctified Dominion of Veltria
✵ Government: Unitary One-Party Theocratic Republic
✵ Demonym: "Veltrian"✵ Membership: ;_;
Catholic, right-wing integralist with a dash of imperial hubris. Also a Tolkien nut and board game fanatic! :D
✵ ✵ ✵ | ⚖ | Just Your Friendly Neighborhood Tyrannical Theocracy | ⚖ | ✵ ✵ ✵
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by The Swiss Guardsmen » Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:21 pm
SUBJECT: The Death of the Supreme Pontiff
To the Church Universal, and the Nations of the World
“The righteous perish, and no one ponders it in his heart; devout men are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death.”
-Isaiah 57:1-2Brothers and sisters in Christ, it is with a heart weighed with immense grief that I take up the pen tonight to inform you of the death of our Holy Father, Pope Urban VIII. At around 11:54 this evening, he passed away into God’s loving and tender care while sleeping peacefully in the Papal Residence.
All Catholic men and women mourn today at the loss of our humble Sheppard. In this time of grief, it is altogether fitting that we come together as a family of the faithful, as the children of the Almighty.
Born September 3rd 1918, into a middle-class family living in the small Italorian town of Carentius, Cappodoci Orsini was truly a man touched by divine grace. The son of Isabel Rutulia, a nurse at Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, and Marcus Orsini, a steel mill worker in the town factory, the young Cappodoci learned early on of the gifts given to him by God. Demonstrating a natural talent for systematic theology during the early years of his schooling, Orsini was eventually selected to enter into Italoria’s most prestigious seminary, Our St. Mary of Angels Theological Seminary, where he would eventually come to meet his lifelong mentor and friend, Fr. Gordon Leers. Serving as a diocesan priest for St. Michael the Archangel Church in Rimini for 8 years, Cappodoci Orsini demonstrated an unparalleled skill of administration and pastoral care – once described by Rev. Leers as “a man filled totally with the spirit of Christ. So filled with divine grace was he, and so dedicated to his mission to the people of God, that he inspired every man, woman, and child who ever came near him to pursue the blessed teachings and love of Christ with vigor and passion.”
Father Orsini, eventually becoming an auxiliary Archbishop to Italoria Province at the age of 28, ascended to the seat of the Archbishop himself after five years of service. Sixteen years later, in 1967, the 49-year-old Archbishop was elevated to the College of Cardinals under Pope Leo XV, and eventually served as the Cardinal-Secretary of State at the Astavian Foreign Ministry. Serving with distinction, he earned the commendation of Emperor Michael II of the Latin Empire for his handling of the 1978 Anthrax Scare, which brought tensions between Astavia and Terra Bellatorum to their highest point during the 20th Century.
After the death of Pope Boniface XII in 1991, Cardinal Orsini was rumored by interntional media outlets to have been the clear choice of the College of Cardinals, and was elected in one of the swiftest Conclaves in recent history. Ascending to the See of Vaticaina that year, Pope Urban VIII would begin his twenty-three year reign over the Pontifical Theocracy of Astavia, and the Roman Catholic Church.
A champion of religious tolerance, Pope Urban oversaw considerable reforms in Astavian domestic policies towards Protestant sects, and preached a message of benevolence towards all men and women of faith. One of the most memorable moments of Pope Urban’s reign occurred in his 1998 Urbis et Orbis speech on tolerance for other Christian faiths. Speaking to a crowd of over 380,000 people in St. Gregory’s Square, the Pontiff addressed the mission of Catholics in Undria: “Though we may find ourselves at odds with our brothers on certain points of dogma, are we to let such disagreements define our brotherhood? Who among us can say that our fellow Christians outside the tender care of the Church are not also our brothers and sisters in Christ? God loves them with a passion as eternal and as mighty as he loves us, my dear friends. What charge, I ask you, are we given by God with regard to our brothers? Should we not be, as Christ intended, the elder sibling to our brothers in faith? Steeped with the wisdom of age is our humble Church – steeped in the immense knowledge revealed to us by God’s divine beneficence! We rejoice in the truth God has annunciated to us - as well we should. To us, God has revealed his awesome power, and it is for us not to belittle our brothers in faith, but rather to guide them – to share with them the flame of God’s light, so that it too may light their way! To belittle or deride another person only serves to tear that child of Christ down – this is not our Christian duty. We are called to be teachers, educators, guides, and councilors! We are called by the Almighty not to tear our bothers down, but to build them up, to lift them upon the foundation of our faith - to bring them to the light of wisdom”.
His Holiness was also committed to protection Catholics outside Undria, and championed numerous efforts to safeguard the rights of men and women of faith throughout the world. Indeed, the whole earth mourns this day for the loss of this incredible and blessed soul. But in this time of sorrow may we also take comfort, and celebrate in prayerful solemnity our hope that God the generous and loving Father takes mercy on the soul of his servant Pope Urban, who has left this temporal world behind in the hopes of resting in the warm embrace of our Lord in the eternal Kingdom of Heaven.
Respectfully Signed,
Abrasione Tertuli
Cardinal-Camerlango of the Roman Catholic Church
lobtUP22 · 1 hour ago
God remember your humble servants on earth, and may their sacrifice for your glory be pleasing to you always!1008 up · 97 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
88thompson · 2 hours ago
The world’s lost one heck of a pastor. The man was a product of his age – a testament to the Church’s resolve in times of crisis.452 up · 98 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
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✵ Nation Name: The Sanctified Dominion of Veltria
✵ Government: Unitary One-Party Theocratic Republic
✵ Demonym: "Veltrian"✵ Membership: ;_;
Catholic, right-wing integralist with a dash of imperial hubris. Also a Tolkien nut and board game fanatic! :D
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by The Swiss Guardsmen » Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:22 pm
Emperors Michael Bunter (left) and
Maximus III (right) during the funeral service.
Auralian President Katherine Watson, seated
with other Presidents and foreign Heads of State.
22thriller · 1 hour ago
markyB · 2 hours ago
So good to see the royals putting differenes aside to recognize what’s truly important in life! Keep praying for peace on Earth!729 up · 103 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
martha11 · 4 hours ago
What a beautiful homily! We need more leaders like Cardinal Tertuli in the world!521 up · 88 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
✵ Nation Name: The Sanctified Dominion of Veltria
✵ Government: Unitary One-Party Theocratic Republic
✵ Demonym: "Veltrian"✵ Membership: ;_;
Catholic, right-wing integralist with a dash of imperial hubris. Also a Tolkien nut and board game fanatic! :D
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by The Swiss Guardsmen » Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:22 pm
Pope Julius IV on the Basilica
balcony after his short address.
“Brothers and sisters in Christ, my warmest greetings to you all on this spring day! Truly, God is with us on this beautiful afternoon! I am both deeply humbled and filled with unspeakable joy by the decision of my brother Cardinals, who apparently decided it was best for this young man, well, as young as a man of sixty can be considered, to preside over our beautiful community of faith. I am also filled with profound sense of gratitude for your presence here, a presence that bears witness to the love of Christ and the mission of his Holy Church in our modern era.
We come together from across the world – Astavians, Buntians, Bellatorians, here…to this place. We come as shopkeepers, laborers, clerics, teachers, and soldiers, but here, we are all one people, one Church, one family of faith. We do not discriminate, we do not despise, or detest, or distain a fellow son or daughter of God who comes here to stand with us and raise his or her voice along with ours to the heavens! We cherish our fellow brothers and sisters, no matter what land or background they may come from – for they have chosen here, of all places, to stand at this hour, and they have chosen us, of all people, to stand with and sing the praises of the Lord! To each and every one of you gathered here in prayer, I say, welcome…for you are welcome here.
We are united in love for one another, and for the Father to whom we all turn in our time of need – He who gave us life, purpose, and spirit. We must not forget that spirit of unity, my brothers and sister…we simply must not - for it is all that stands between us and the horrid suffering and chaos of division. There are many forces that threaten to divide and cause strife within our Holy Church. Our persecuted brothers and sisters around the world cry out in anguish as they suffer and toil beneath the totalitarian jackboots of despicable tyrannical oppression. Honest and respectable men and women of faith, who want nothing more than to live out their days as honest and faithful Catholics continue even now to face mounting threats to their liberty and way of life. To these men and women of our Catholic community, I say this – You are not forgotten. You are not alone. We stand with you. We hear your cries. I hear you. So long as I am your Pontiff, your cries for aid shall never be silenced, your pleas for protection shall never be turned away, and your thirst for justice shall not go unquenched! Let this call resound across the world today, that by the grace and will of God our Church shall smite any foe, bear any cross, and sacrifice all we must to defend our oppressed brothers and sisters of faith!
Please, pray for me, my fellow Christians. Pray that I may execute the duties of my office faithfully, and that I may be an upstanding shepherd to all those charged to my care. There are many long days ahead for us all, but if there is one thing I am sure of, it is that with the help of our Lord there is no storm we cannot endure together! For we are one Church, one family, united in Christ. Go now with the infinite blessings of God, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.”Isabel Carlotta is VNN’s chief Ecclesiastical Relations correspondent.More From VNN
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mikex72 · 1 hour ago
HABEMUS PAPAM! I love saying that! I’ll be saying it all day now! It just rolls off the tounge!1590 up · 109 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTEpeteSPEx · 2 hours ago
Deus vult! God bless Cardinal O’Hare! Feeling so blessed to be in Vaticaina right now!743 up · 80 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE-ACCOUNT TERMINATED- · 3 hours ago
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✵ Nation Name: The Sanctified Dominion of Veltria
✵ Government: Unitary One-Party Theocratic Republic
✵ Demonym: "Veltrian"✵ Membership: ;_;
Catholic, right-wing integralist with a dash of imperial hubris. Also a Tolkien nut and board game fanatic! :D
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by The Swiss Guardsmen » Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:22 pm
The harsh winters of Astavia's northern
provinces have deterred investment by
other cell and internet networks.
An early OGS-4P cell site prototype at Arcylia’s
R&D facility on the outskirts of Messina.
00toby00 · 1 hour ago
rene219 · 2 hours ago
I've got family living way up in San Basilia in Gallia Ulterior, and boy let me tell ya, I'm going to love being able to talk to them more often! Can't wait for OmniDOME to get up and running!442 up · 73 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
MARKuuP11 · 3 hours ago
Coorporate fat cats trying to make more money. Not surprised at all. I hope Bellitucci falls off one of those towers one day...if he could even climb up to the top of it.16 up · 822 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
✵ Nation Name: The Sanctified Dominion of Veltria
✵ Government: Unitary One-Party Theocratic Republic
✵ Demonym: "Veltrian"✵ Membership: ;_;
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by The Swiss Guardsmen » Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:23 pm
HIPman64 · 1 hour ago
77opDUB · 2 hours ago
Such BS! Why aren’t we in Belmia already! Force a referendum!194 up · 93 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
Becca17 · 3 hours ago
Way to keep your head cool Pope Julius! PAX!178 up · 15 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
✵ Nation Name: The Sanctified Dominion of Veltria
✵ Government: Unitary One-Party Theocratic Republic
✵ Demonym: "Veltrian"✵ Membership: ;_;
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by The Swiss Guardsmen » Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:23 pm
BusyBee77 · 1 hour ago
julianREX · 2 hours ago
The day something like this is actually a “routine patrol” is the day I sprout fins and live out my days as a mermaid under the sea…317 up · 48 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
regalRyan17 · 3 hours ago
Love the new aircraft! Our tax dollars hard at work!382 up · 34 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
✵ Nation Name: The Sanctified Dominion of Veltria
✵ Government: Unitary One-Party Theocratic Republic
✵ Demonym: "Veltrian"✵ Membership: ;_;
Catholic, right-wing integralist with a dash of imperial hubris. Also a Tolkien nut and board game fanatic! :D
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by The Swiss Guardsmen » Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:24 pm
State Minister Velāsio Viacēnza formally
announces Astavia’s severing all ties with
the Federal Republic of Auraliae.
71prontO · 1 hour ago
yodel10 · 2 hours ago
The day of reckoning is dawning for President Watson! Niether her, nor all those who consider her their ally are safe any longer! SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS!472 up · 103 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
FrankLY00 · 3 hours ago
Down with the bloody red queen! Down with the Moltrovis regime! Avanti Astavia!382 up · 15 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
✵ Nation Name: The Sanctified Dominion of Veltria
✵ Government: Unitary One-Party Theocratic Republic
✵ Demonym: "Veltrian"✵ Membership: ;_;
Catholic, right-wing integralist with a dash of imperial hubris. Also a Tolkien nut and board game fanatic! :D
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by The Swiss Guardsmen » Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:24 pm
P.G.F. soldiers stand guard in the northern Belmian
town of Sommersville during Operation Ascalon.
Astavian forces outside the Northshire Port
Authority Office on Saturday.
71prontO · 1 hour ago
AdamBeck17 · 2 hours ago
Well…NOBODY saw this coming. I mean really, who’d a guessed?405 up · 129 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
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✵ Nation Name: The Sanctified Dominion of Veltria
✵ Government: Unitary One-Party Theocratic Republic
✵ Demonym: "Veltrian"✵ Membership: ;_;
Catholic, right-wing integralist with a dash of imperial hubris. Also a Tolkien nut and board game fanatic! :D
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by The Swiss Guardsmen » Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:24 pm
FVIZ map for Eastern Astavia.
FVIZ map for Northern Belmia.
Rear Admiral Antōnin Castērio announcing
the formation of FVIZs in Belmia and eastern
Astavia on Tuesday.
jakelOl · 1 hour ago
20fullMAX · 2 hours ago
USI dogs had best tread carefully! Lest they want to get blown out of the air or sea!582 up · 120 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
FrankLY00 · 3 hours ago
Astavians in Belmia to the Auralian government: ”This, yes this…this is now ours. No no, you don’t get govern here anymore. You lost your governing privileges.”489 up · 23 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
✵ Nation Name: The Sanctified Dominion of Veltria
✵ Government: Unitary One-Party Theocratic Republic
✵ Demonym: "Veltrian"✵ Membership: ;_;
Catholic, right-wing integralist with a dash of imperial hubris. Also a Tolkien nut and board game fanatic! :D
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by The Swiss Guardsmen » Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:25 pm
Members of the Pontifical Swiss Guard served
as Honor Guards during the funeral procession.
Pope Julius IV seated in the processional balcony as the
coffins of the soldiers passed on their way to the Grotto.
timLing01 · 1 hour ago
72maximuS · 2 hours ago
They fired the first shot, now it's time to steamroll every last Pro-Watson oppressor in Belmia - Sic simper tyrannis!552 up · 49 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
juliaPAX · 3 hours ago
God grant the slain six eternal peace...and us too if you can...729 up · 26 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
✵ Nation Name: The Sanctified Dominion of Veltria
✵ Government: Unitary One-Party Theocratic Republic
✵ Demonym: "Veltrian"✵ Membership: ;_;
Catholic, right-wing integralist with a dash of imperial hubris. Also a Tolkien nut and board game fanatic! :D
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by The Swiss Guardsmen » Thu Jul 31, 2014 12:56 am
Diana Gierra is the Editor-In-Chief
of World Right's Watch, Astavia's largest
human rights watchdog group.
peter4life · 1 hour ago
Amy55linx · 2 hours ago
Meh, they're not so bad. It's kind of entertaining to watch their news anchors get all riled up for no reason actually #guiltypleasures628 up · 109 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
gavin001 · 3 hours ago
*sigh* 3/10 on originality. Looks like just about every other anti-theist cesspool of a country Astavia has stomped into submission over the last two decades. Not impressed.382 up · 138 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
✵ Nation Name: The Sanctified Dominion of Veltria
✵ Government: Unitary One-Party Theocratic Republic
✵ Demonym: "Veltrian"✵ Membership: ;_;
Catholic, right-wing integralist with a dash of imperial hubris. Also a Tolkien nut and board game fanatic! :D
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by The Swiss Guardsmen » Sat Aug 09, 2014 5:13 pm
Gran Cuscatlan's Vice President, Carlos Silva
speaking to reporters Saturday afternoon.
The “Palace of the Pontiffs” in the Papal City of Avignon,
where the meeting between the delegations took place Saturday.
8/9/2014CONCORDAT OF FRIENDSHIPIn the name of God Almighty and his son Jesus Christ, we, Raul Martinez de Santa Anna, President of the Cuscatlani Senate, Captain-General of the Cuscatlani Armed Forces, Caudillo of Latin America by the grace and will of God Almighty, and Lord Franciscus Murray, Primus Dominus of the Imperial Senate of the Holy Pontifical Union, signing this concordat with the full and unreserved blessings of His Holiness, Pope Julius IV, observing that both our nations have a foundation of Christian teaching, built upon God’s law, eternal values, and morals He has set down, knowing each nation’s love for flourishing and healthy freedom across all of God’s creation, as well as their desire to protect and defend the order and beauty of God’s creation, hereby bind ourselves to this concordat in an effort to promote unity between believers and champion the cause of the Christian faith:
We affirm the following principles --
- Both Nations are Christian nations, blessed by God himself to be founded upon his values and morals stemming from Holy Scripture – God’s inviolable and most sacred Word. Upon this holy foundation, both nations both nations have built their common faith.
Both nations agree that growing wave of radical secularism is a threat to Christians in many counties, who are persecuted on account of their faith, and denied fundamental rights to worship and convert freely. Both nations recognize “Radical Secularism” as an “obsession on the part of a secular government to pursue policy initiatives that ebb away at or strip entirely the fundamental right of religious followers to worship in their country”.
Both nations agree that radical secularism and state atheism attempt to cut a country’s population from core religious values. Both nations agree that this leads to the degeneration of societal values, and even their eventual destruction.
Both Nations agree to actively counter the moves of radical secularists diplomatically, and when aware of an effort on the part of a foreign government to violently target Christians, to take up the cause of defending those Christians from the clutches of their oppressors – even by force of arms (so long as such an action does not violate the principle of “Jus ad Bellum”).
Both nations agree to promote Christian values using reasonable means (i.e. support for peaceful missionary activity ). Both nations agree to support Christian culture and worship inside nations signing this treaty, and will actively limit – without using unneeded violence – the influence of Radical Homosexual and Anti-Theist lobbies.
Both nations reject violence as means of converting people to Christianity, and observe that all men and women should be free to choose for themselves what faith they wish to adhere to.
Both nations reject terrorism as mean to resolve political disputes.
SIGNED:
- RAUL MARTINEZ DE SANTA ANNA, CAUDILLO OF GRAN CUSCATLAN
- FRANCISCUS MURRAY, PRIMUS DOMINUS OF THE ASTAVIAN IMPERIAL SENATE
tim94 · 1 hour ago
Kate00 · 2 hours ago
Alliances these days...Avignon Pact = "Hi! I'm Christian. You're Christian. Lets be friends, ok?"159 up · 24 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
Becca17 · 3 hours ago
Pope Julius actually signed off on this? I guess the military really has more influence in the Apostolic Palace than people care to admit...kind of a scary thought actually...124 up · 139 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
✵ Nation Name: The Sanctified Dominion of Veltria
✵ Government: Unitary One-Party Theocratic Republic
✵ Demonym: "Veltrian"✵ Membership: ;_;
Catholic, right-wing integralist with a dash of imperial hubris. Also a Tolkien nut and board game fanatic! :D
✵ ✵ ✵ | ⚖ | Just Your Friendly Neighborhood Tyrannical Theocracy | ⚖ | ✵ ✵ ✵
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by The Swiss Guardsmen » Sat Aug 16, 2014 12:12 pm
ascot44 · 1 hour ago
rango12 · 2 hours ago
"The liberals are coming, the liberals are coming! We're saved, we're saved!" *Gag*42 up · 18 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
MadMark7 · 3 hours ago
I really shouldn't drink anything while I'm reading stuff on this site.18 up · 4 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
✵ Nation Name: The Sanctified Dominion of Veltria
✵ Government: Unitary One-Party Theocratic Republic
✵ Demonym: "Veltrian"✵ Membership: ;_;
Catholic, right-wing integralist with a dash of imperial hubris. Also a Tolkien nut and board game fanatic! :D
✵ ✵ ✵ | ⚖ | Just Your Friendly Neighborhood Tyrannical Theocracy | ⚖ | ✵ ✵ ✵
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by The Swiss Guardsmen » Sat Aug 16, 2014 12:13 pm
Cardinal Thomas Beraglio currently
serves as the Pontifical Union's
Lord of the Holy Office
Christos88 · 1 hour ago
Emily72 · 2 hours ago
Honestly, what did people think was going to happen? Of course radical secular states aren't going to like a pro-Christian defense alliance. Quite frankly, in the academic vernacular, "duh". #captainobvious #promotedtomajor729 up · 103 downREPLY · UPVOTE · DOWNVOTE
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✵ Nation Name: The Sanctified Dominion of Veltria
✵ Government: Unitary One-Party Theocratic Republic
✵ Demonym: "Veltrian"✵ Membership: ;_;
Catholic, right-wing integralist with a dash of imperial hubris. Also a Tolkien nut and board game fanatic! :D
✵ ✵ ✵ | ⚖ | Just Your Friendly Neighborhood Tyrannical Theocracy | ⚖ | ✵ ✵ ✵
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