Judas, an Apostle of Christ, βone of the twelve,β as the Evangelists sadly observes, was led down to the abyss of iniquity precisely through the spirit of greed for earthly things.
- Pope Pius XI Encyclical Ad Catholici Sacredotii, n. 49
βPoor Judas! Above seventeen hundred years have elapsed since he has been in Hell, and his Hell is still only beginning.β
- St. Alphonsus Liguori: Consideration XXVII, The Eternity of Hell
βthe betrayal of Judas was an act of infinite sacrilege, perpetrated directly against the very Person of Christ and God. Wherefore it is exceedingly probable that Judas abides in the deepest pit of Gehenna, near to Luciferβ
Judas, an Apostle of Christ, βone of the twelve,β as the Evangelists sadly observes, was led down to the abyss of iniquity precisely through the spirit of greed for earthly things.
- Pope Pius XI Encyclical Ad Catholici Sacredotii, n. 49
βPoor Judas! Above seventeen hundred years have elapsed since he has been in Hell, and his Hell is still only beginning.β
- St. Alphonsus Liguori: Consideration XXVII, The Eternity of Hell
βthe betrayal of Judas was an act of infinite sacrilege, perpetrated directly against the very Person of Christ and God. Wherefore it is exceedingly probable that Judas abides in the deepest pit of Gehenna, near to Luciferβ
One thing that Telegram now offers to all users is the ability to βdisappearβ messages or set remote deletion deadlines. That enables users to have much more control over how long people can access what youβre sending them. Given that Russian law enforcement officials are reportedly (via Insider) stopping people in the street and demanding to read their text messages, this could be vital to protect individuals from reprisals. Founder Pavel Durov says tech is meant to set you free Andrey, a Russian entrepreneur living in Brazil who, fearing retaliation, asked that NPR not use his last name, said Telegram has become one of the few places Russians can access independent news about the war. As a result, the pandemic saw many newcomers to Telegram, including prominent anti-vaccine activists who used the app's hands-off approach to share false information on shots, a study from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue shows. At the start of 2018, the company attempted to launch an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) which would enable it to enable payments (and earn the cash that comes from doing so). The initial signals were promising, especially given Telegramβs user base is already fairly crypto-savvy. It raised an initial tranche of cash β worth more than a billion dollars β to help develop the coin before opening sales to the public. Unfortunately, third-party sales of coins bought in those initial fundraising rounds raised the ire of the SEC, which brought the hammer down on the whole operation. In 2020, officials ordered Telegram to pay a fine of $18.5 million and hand back much of the cash that it had raised.
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