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Hinzu kommt Advent. Ein Finanzinvestor beteiligt sich nicht aus Interesse an einer guten öffentlichen Zahlungsinfrastruktur. Die milliardenschwere Übernahme müsste Rendite bringen. Das erhöht den Druck auf Gebühren, Beschäftigte, Service, Datenschutz und die wirtschaftliche Verwertung der vorhandenen Daten. Zahlungsverkehr ist gesellschaftliche Infrastruktur. Er entscheidet darüber, ob Menschen am wirtschaftlichen Leben teilnehmen können. Eine solche Infrastruktur darf nicht immer weiter in den Händen weniger US-Konzerne konzentriert werden. Wir brauchen offene Standards, echte Wahlmöglichkeiten, starke europäische und gemeinwohlorientierte Alternativen sowie weiterhin die Möglichkeit, ohne Konto bei einem Digitalkonzern spurenlos bezahlen zu können. https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/paypal-stripe-advent-uebernahme-100.html #PayPal #Stripe #Advent #Marktmacht #Monopol #Bezahldienste #Datenschutz #Digitalzwang (4/4)

Belonging and Advent: A Season of Waiting, A Season of Displacement The Fourth Quarter edition of Convergent Streams is now accepting submissions, and the theme carries forward the conversation we began this quarter on immigration and belonging. Theme: Belonging and Advent Advent has always been a season of waiting. But it is worth remembering that the Holy Family themselves knew displacement intimately. Mary and Joseph traveled while pregnant under census decree with nowhere to lay their heads. And soon after, the newborn Christ became a refugee, carried into Egypt to escape violence at home. This Advent, we want to sit with that truth. What does it mean to wait in hope while displaced? What does it mean to find belonging in a manger, in exile, on the road? We are looking for reflections, essays, sermons, and pastoral stories that hold Advent and immigration together, not as separate themes, but as one continuous witness. We welcome submissions from clergy, lay ministers, activists, and anyone moved to write on this theme. Submission Deadline: September 11, 2026 Submit to: godseygreg@gmail.com Edition goes to print: October 1, 2026 More info: https://convergentstreams.org Pax et Bonum #ConvergentStreams #OCCI #OldCatholic #Advent #Belonging #ImmigrationJustice #CallForSubmissions #HolyFamily #FaithAndJustice

Pope Leo, the Joshua Tree, and the Paschal Mystery I recently returned from delivering a lecture at the annual Los Angeles religious education congress and, as is my custom when possible, turned it into a “bring-a-kid-to-work” adventure. This time, my middle-school daughter and I [...] 🔗 https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2026/02/28/pope-leo-the-joshua-tree-and-the-paschal-mystery/ #Catholic #CWR #PopeLeo #Advent

Edwardian Christmas card #advent calendar day 5… sorry about the late start, life and health has got in the way. This delightful donkey one folds out.. I bought a job lot of Edwardian Christmas cards earlier in the year and wanted to share them #Edwardian