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Tragic Suicide of Italian 🌈-Priest, 75

Italian priest Lino Zatelli, 75, killed himself on August 12. He had been parish priest of San Carlo Borromeo in Trento for a quarter of a century.
He was found dead inside the rectory of his parish after he didn’t show up to celebrate the Eucharist.
Corriere del Trentino reported the death as a voluntary act.
Two months earlier he had learned that he would have to leave San Carlo in November for another pastoral assignment. Zatelli publicly said he had not asked to leave.
Sad detail: During his Easter homily, Don Zatelli preached about Judas's suicide. He discussed Judas as someone overwhelmed by despair who could no longer see beyond the obstacle before him, but emphasized Christ's forgiveness and imagined Jesus ultimately embracing Judas in heaven.
Eucharists Beyond Rubrics
A 2019 interview called him the “eternal bad boy of the Trentino Church.”
A November 2020 profile describes Zatelli as working in a kind of laboratory parish.
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lord have mercy

Malki Tzedek

We are obliged to pray for all of the lost, but the point is clear - current theological aberrations are poisoning the Faith and the Faithful. We are being led by those who "are like whitewashed sepulchers, which outwardly appear brilliant to men, yet truly, inside, they are filled with the bones of the dead and with all filth." Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.

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🇺🇸 The boy who remembered being someone else... from 50 years ago
Ryan Hammond, an American boy, began recounting memories of a life that—according to him—was not his own: that of Marty Martin, a Broadway dancer who had passed away five decades earlier and about whom the boy had never heard or seen anything.
What was extraordinary was not just the story, but the details: names, dates, places, and specific episodes from Marty’s life that Ryan recounted with a level of precision impossible to explain for a child his age.
The case came to the attention of psychiatrist Jim Tucker, renowned for his research on past-life memories at the University of Virginia. After verifying every piece of data, he confirmed that the information matched—even down to the exact years Marty lived, a detail that led researchers to discover an error on his death certificate.
Coincidence, cryptomnesia, or something science cannot yet explain? 🤔

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🇺🇸 El caso de Ryan Hammond: memorias de una vida anterior bajo estudio científico
Ryan Hammond, un niño estadounidense, relató desde temprana edad recuerdos detallados de lo que describió como una vida anterior: la de Marty Martin, un bailarín de Broadway fallecido hace 50 años.
El caso fue investigado por Jim Tucker, psiquiatra de la Universidad de Virginia especializado en el estudio de memorias atribuidas a vidas pasadas en niños. Según su investigación, varios de los datos aportados por Ryan —nombres, lugares y circunstancias vinculadas a Marty Martin— pudieron ser verificados.
Uno de los elementos más llamativos del caso fue la precisión de Ryan respecto a los años de vida de Marty Martin, lo que condujo a los investigadores a identificar una inconsistencia en su certificado de defunción oficial.
El caso se suma a un conjunto de investigaciones documentadas por Tucker y su equipo sobre memorias infantiles de este tipo, un campo que continúa siendo objeto de debate dentro de la …കൂടുതൽ

Elista-ൽ നിന്ന് en.news പങ്കിടുന്നു

Amy-Jill Levine was elected the first Jewish president of the Catholic Biblical Association of America on July 20, 2026. In February 2020, Levine stated: “So I'm not a Christian, I'm not a Messianic Jew, I do not worship Jesus as Lord and Savior, and for me the New Testament is not sacred scripture.” Discussing the Gospels, she continued: “I will argue, that not all the comments the gospel writers attribute to Jesus were spoken by him. I think they added some things.” She added: “My bias or my agenda is in part to help Christians stop making Jewish practice and belief look bad in order to make Jesus look good.”

😈1. Jüdin Präsidentin der Catholic Biblical Association
Amy-Jill Levine, 1. jüdische Präsidentin der Catholic Biblical Association (USA):

👉"I'm not a Christian.
I'm not a Messianic Jew.
I do not worship Jesus as Lord and Savior
and for me the New Testament
is not a Sacred Sripture.
I will argue, I hope convincingly or at least I'm convinced
that not all the comments the gospel writers
attribute to Jesus were spken by him.
I think they added some things."
„Ich bin keine Christin.
Ich bin keine messianische Jüdin.
Ich verehre Jesus nicht als Herrn und Erlöser
und für mich ist das Neue Testament
keine Heilige Schrift.
Ich werde darlegen – hoffentlich überzeugend, oder zumindest bin ich selbst davon überzeugt –,
dass nicht alle Äußerungen, die die Evangelisten
Jesus zuschreiben, tatsächlich von ihm gesprochen wurden.
Ich glaube, sie haben einiges hinzugefügt"

Amy-Jill Levine wurde am 20. Juli 2026 zur 1. jüdische Präsidentin der Catholic Biblical Association der USA gewählt:
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And now those on the enemy side want to help the Christians. What could possibly go wrong?

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Relationship With Female Staffer CALLED OUT By Press and Senators
Trump is lashing out at the press as questions grow over his relationship with longtime aide Natalie Harp and Melania Trump’s absence from major public events. The scrutiny intensified after Sen. Jon Ossoff publicly questioned Harp’s unusually close role in Trump’s inner circle. Trump is now attacking CNN correspondent Kristen Holmes after she questioned him. Popok reports. Subscribe: youtube.com/channel/UCJgZJZZbnLFPr5GJdCuIwpA Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: youtube.com/channel/UCJgZJZZbnLFPr5GJdCuIwpA Become a member of the Legal AF Substack: Subscribe to Legal AF's Substack Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: Legal AF (@legalafmtn.bsky.social) Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: POPOK (@mspopok.bsky.social) Subscribe to the Legal AF podcast feed here: Legal AF by MeidasTouch Subscribe to the Intersection with Michael Popok podcast feed here: The Intersection with Michael Popok Subscribe to Unprecedented with …കൂടുതൽ

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Natalie Harp - Wikipedia
According to the journalist Alex Isenstadt, in one instance, Trump's wife Melania discovered Harp in his private quarters—an area reserved for the Trump family—delivering papers to him at night. Her proximity to Trump concerned other aides, some of whom attributed Trump's relationship with Harp to her decision to remain with him after the January 6 Capitol attack. Aides who spoke to The New York Times called Harp a "conduit" and an "instant enabler of his impulses". Trump purportedly remarked that Harp was the only aide who cared about him after his arraignment in connection with the Georgia election racketeering prosecution, according to the Times. The paper additionally reported on a series of letters Harp sent Trump in 2023 that unnerved people in Trump's inner circle, citing phrases such as "You are all that matters to me" and "I want to bring you joy." Her access to Trump allowed people to send her damaging clips of their rivals and she served as an …കൂടുതൽ

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Italian Diocese Expands Women’s Roles in Church Administration.
Worse than Germany: The Italian Diocese of Trapani, is increasingly appointing laypeople - including women - to formal Curia and diocesan roles as the number of priests declines. The diocese now has fewer than 100 diocesan priests and is bringing in priests from Madagascar, Tanzania, and religious institutes to fill parish vacancies. Among the most significant appointments, lawyer Susanna Catalano has been named the diocese’s second vice-chancellor. Four lay Catholics will receive the instituted ministry of catechist, including two women, Francesca Messina and Caterina Vesco.

Trapani, mancano i preti ma crescono i laici in Curia: Fragnelli cerca sacerdoti all’estero e nomina la seconda vicecancelliera

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Trapani, mancano i preti ma crescono i laici in Curia: Fragnelli cerca sacerdoti all’estero e nomina la seconda vicecancelliera

La diocesi non arriva più a cento presbiteri e deve ricorrere a sacerdoti dal Madagascar, dalla Tanzania e dagli istituti religiosi per coprire le parrocchie. Intanto aumentano ministeri e incarichi affidati ai laici. Sullo sfondo resta una domanda: chi sta investendo davvero nelle vocazioni e nella formazione del clero? Il vescovo di Trapani, Pietro Maria Fragnelli, ha scelto la solennità della patrona diocesana per annunciare una serie di decisioni. Il 20 settembre, durante l'assemblea diocesana di inizio anno, quattro fedeli laici riceveranno il mandato di catechista: Giovanni Quartana, della parrocchia San Paolo di Casa Santa Erice; Francesca Messina, della parrocchia Anime Sante di Alcamo; Roberto Marcantonio, esponente del Rinnovamento nello Spirito; Caterina Vesco, delle parrocchie Sant'Anna e San Francesco di Paola, anch'esse alcamesi. È l'applicazione locale del motu proprio Antiquum Ministerium, con cui Papa Francesco ha collocato nel 2021 il catechista tra i ministeri laicali …

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Anything but tradition.

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The new synodal sect.

Fred Alan Medforth
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After Cambridge Academic Commits Suicide Over Being Exposed as Fraud, Activists Call for ‘Arday’s Law’ to Limit Free Speech and Honest Reporting

Jason Arday Screenshot von Channel 4 News’ Ways to Change the World Podcast, 2023. The passing of Jason Arday is a tragedy, but it is a tragedy of his own making. This is true in both a literal sense, in that his death was apparently a suicide, and figuratively, in that the events that drove the former Cambridge sociology professor to suicide were fabulism and fabrication in the service of a career of academic stardom. He made a Faustian bargain with the truth to achieve academic stardom — one that was so absurd that anyone who bothered to fact-check it would discover it to be a farrago of lies — and could not bring himself to face the consequences of his prevarications when they were brought to light, quite belatedly. Now that he has killed himself because someone finally reported on his misdoings, some in the United Kingdom want to change the law so that you can’t tell the truth about someone who isn’t telling the truth, or who is doing other things they shouldn’t be doing. In other …

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Malki Tzedek

Talk about obfuscation; it might as well be a law stipulating only lies are truth.

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Depressive German 🌈-Bishop Retires at 66

Today, Leo XIV accepted the resignation of Bishop Karl-Heinz Wiesemann, 66, of Speyer, Germany, due to health reasons.
He had led the Diocese of Speyer since March 2008.
Bishop Wiesemann said that "the burden of the extensive responsibility has taken a serious physical and psychological toll on me."
Depression and Health
Bishop Wiesemann had previously suffered from depression. In 2021, he withdrew from his duties for about seven months for health reasons, including inpatient treatment.
He later publicly identified the illness as depression.
In May 2026, he spoke about his experience at the Katholikentag in Würzburg during an event on depression and mental health.
He attributed his depression to prolonged pressures including the demands of episcopal office, financial and structural problems in the diocese and, above all, the Catholic Church's sexual abuse crisis.
Pro-Homosexual Bishop
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Jan Joseph

Foute bisschop.

SonoftheChurch

Good riddance.

ComplicitClergy

Walking Together, But Towards What?

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Walking Together, But Towards What?

The Synod Secretariat says there can be no synodality without ecumenism. There is no doubt that there is something profoundly attractive about the language of ecumenism, it certainly speaks to much of the sentiment of the modern age. Also, Christians ought to desire unity, the spectacle of those who confess Jesus Christ divided from one another is undoubtedly a horrendous wound in the Christian witness to the world. And let’s not forget that Christ Himself prayed that His disciples might be one (John 17) a theme taken up in Pope St. John Paul II’s encyclical letter, Ut Unum Sint (1995), “On Commitment to Ecumenism” which, essentially recognises the presence outside visible Catholic communion of genuine Christian realities, but immediately explains: “All of these, which come from Christ and lead back to him, belong by right to the one Church of Christ.” (§13). Pope St. John Paul II is quite explicit that the destination is full communion, not indefinitely increasing fraternity. His …

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Everyday for Life Canada

Both are a waste of time and money.

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Vatican Appoints General Council for Conservative Community IVE

Bishop José Antonio Satué - the Vatican-appointed pontifical delegate governing the conservative Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE) - has appointed a new general council for the community, reports the Substack.com-Account The Pillar.
Furthermore, Bishop Satué introduced a new website of the institute.
Founded in Argentina in 1984, the IVE operates internationally. The institute had lost close to 40% of its members since its foundation.
The New General Council
Bishop Satué of Málaga, Spain, appointed five members to the council in a decree dated July 25. He communicated it to the IVE members on August 18.
The Vatican’s Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life approved the appointments.
The new council includes:
- Fr. Ervens Mengelle, IVE, as vicar general;
- Br. Giampiero Pettenon, SDB, as treasurer general;
- Fr. Diógenes Urquiza, IVE, with responsibility for contemplative monasteries;
- Fr. Giampiero Gambaro, OFM Cap., with responsibilities as …കൂടുതൽ

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Catholics Walk With the Blessed Sacrament in Dublin - ShalomWorldNews
Around 1,500 Catholics gathered in Dublin on August 16 for the third annual Eucharistic and Marian Procession, marking the Feast of the Assumption. The faithful prayed the Rosary and accompanied the Blessed Sacrament through the city streets, stopping at significant locations, including the GPO and Leinster House, for prayer. The Children’s Rosary of the UK also joined the faithful, leading prayers along the route. The day concluded with Holy Mass at St. Andrew’s Church.

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Credo .

May the Heart of Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament be praised, adored and loved with grateful affection at every every moment in all the tabernacles of the world even unto the end of time. ~ Amen.

Frodo Baggins-ൽ നിന്ന് en.news പങ്കിടുന്നു

On August 15 in Göttingen, Germany, about 20 Catholics held a registered “Public Rosary Against Abortion.” Left-wing counter-protesters disrupted the gathering with heckling and loud music as police formed a barrier between the groups. After the gathering ended, some counter-protesters attempted to break through police lines, exerting “pressure and violence” against officers.Twelve police officers suffered minor injuries from pepper spray deployed by fellow officers while pushing back counter-protesters.

Friedliche Gebetsaktion für das Leben wird von Gegendemonstranten attackiert

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Friedliche Gebetsaktion für das Leben wird von Gegendemonstranten attackiert

In Göttingen hatten sich am vergangenen Samstag etwa 20 Beter zum „Öffentlichen Rosenkranz gegen Abtreibung“ versammelt, wie die Frankfurter Allgemeine berichtet. Eine friedliche Kundgebung, bei der das gemeinsame Gebet im Vordergrund stand. Doch als die Veranstaltung dabei war, sich aufzulösen, drohte die Situation zu eskalieren. Teilnehmer der nach Einschätzung der Polizei spontan entstandenen Gegendemonstration wollten auf die Beter losgehen. Dank des Einschreitens der Polizei, die mit einer größeren Anzahl von Einsatzkräften eine Schutzkette bildete und sich sogar gezwungen sah, Pfefferspray einzusetzen, wurden die Ausschreitungen eingedämmt. Insgesamt erlitten zwölf Polizisten Verletzungen. Ob auch Gegendemonstranten verletzt wurden, ist unklar. Nun ermittelt die Polizei und prüft mögliche Straftaten.

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Why the Church stopped teaching wives must obey: Tim Gordon’s nuclear take
Catholic author and podcaster Timothy Gordon joins John-Henry Westen for a wide-ranging conversation on feminism, traditional Catholic marriage, and the crisis of authority in the Church. Gordon draws from the Roman Catechism to argue that modern Catholics have become uncomfortable with traditional teachings on male headship and wifely obedience. He discusses his documentary What a Woman Is, the “Diaper Gate” controversy, and the backlash his positions have received, including from women who support his arguments.
They then turn to the death penalty, where Gordon challenges recent Catholic teaching restricting capital punishment. He traces the decisive break to changes under Pope John Paul II, arguing that the traditional justification rests on retributive justice, not merely preventing future crimes.
They also talk about Pope Leo XIV, the “seamless garment” approach to pro-life issues, Amoris Laetitia, and the …കൂടുതൽ

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Leo XIV’s Newest Appointments: WEF, Agenda 2030 and Women-Must-Become-Priests

On 18 August 2026, Pope Leo XIV appointed twelve new consultors to the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. Leo XIV fills the Vatican's social-policy apparatus with mostly anti-Catholic figures.
1. Peter G. Kirchschläger, 49, Social ethicist, University of Lucerne, Switzerland
In December 2018, he said that the Catholic Church has an unresolved human-rights problem regarding the impossibility of women's ordination to the priesthood. He even claimed that the state "may not look away" but has an obligation to press the Church on it. When presented with the argument that women dissatisfied with Catholic teaching can leave, he answered: “That would be protecting the perpetrator.”
2. Kathryn A. Koch, 45, Wall Street Finance
Kathryn Koch spent 20 years at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, became a Goldman partner and ran its approximately $300 billion public-equity business.
In 2015, Koch was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.
Since 2024, Koch has …കൂടുതൽ

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at least there is on excorcist
he could do excorcise prayers over all this people

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Leo XIV appointed this guy: Peter G. Kirchschläger, 49, a social ethicist at the University of Lucerne, has called the Church’s ban on women’s ordination an unresolved human-rights problem and argued that the state should pressure the Church over it. Rejecting the argument that dissatisfied women can simply leave the Church, he responded: “That would be protecting the perpetrator.”

Mi FE está frustrada-ൽ നിന്ന് KATARINA kovacova പങ്കിടുന്നു

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Novena - Oremus-ൽ നിന്ന് en.news പങ്കിടുന്നു

At least 24 Christians were killed in an overnight attack on Bin Mper village in Plateau State, Nigeria, on August 18. The attackers reportedly entered the community around midnight and attacked people in their homes. Several others were injured and taken to hospital.

Mindestens 24 Tote bei neuem Angriff im christlich geprägten Plateau State. Die jüngste Gewalttat reiht sich in die anhaltenden terroristischen Angriffe ein. Seit Jahren erleben dort Christen Angriffe und die Zerstörung ihres Eigentums.

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Mindestens 24 Tote bei neuem Angriff im christlich geprägten Plateau State - Christenverfolgung heute

Nigeria - 19. August 2026 Mindestens 24 Christen wurden bei einem nächtlichen Angriff auf die Ortschaft Bin Mper im Bezirk Kombun im Verwaltungsgebiet Mangu im nigerianischen Bundesstaat Plateau getötet. Das Gebiet gehört zum Heimatbezirk von Gouverneur Caleb Mutfwang. Nach Angaben lokaler Gemeindeverantwortlicher kamen Familien am Dienstag zusammen, um die Opfer des Angriffs zu beerdigen. Der Angriff ereignete sich in den frühen Morgenstunden des Dienstags, 18. August. Die Regierung des Bundesstaates Plateau verurteilte die Tat, bestätigte den Gewaltausbruch in der Ortschaft und rief die Bevölkerung zur Ruhe auf, während die Sicherheitsbehörden Ermittlungen aufgenommen haben. In einer am Dienstag veröffentlichten Erklärung verurteilte die Informations- und Kommunikationsbeauftragte des Bundesstaates Plateau, Rt. Hon. Joyce Lohya Ramnap, den Angriff und sprach den betroffenen Bewohnern und Familien ihr Mitgefühl aus. „Die Regierung des Bundesstaates Plateau verurteilt den gemeldeten …

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Record rapes in Ceuta

Ceuta: "Perché devo lasciare la mia città?".
Forse perché l'Islam non ammette che esistano città cristiane. In NESSUN luogo

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Spain: Women flee Ceuta after 15 rapes recorded since end of July, 10-year-old sexually assaulted by 3 Moroccans

The Spanish Civil Guard has now confirmed there have been 15 rapes in Ceuta since the mass migrant invasion at the end of July, which has continued to shake Europe. In response, women are now reportedly fleeing the city in greater numbers as sexual violence spreads and scenes from the city portray a government unable to contain the growing chaos on the beaches and streets. The latest rape reportedly occurred on Friday night on Lisboa Street, where three migrant brothers reportedly sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl. An investigation is ongoing regarding the incident. Remix News reported last week that five underage Moroccan girls had reportedly been raped in Ceuta since July 30, along with one underage boy. Since then, the number has risen to 15, according to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo. Women in Ceuta are now reportedly looking for an exit. Two sisters, Yoli and María José, say they have left the city until the crisis ends due to fear for themselves and their daughters. “What …

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Papa?

Jan Joseph

Waar blijft de veroordeling hierover van paus Leo XIV?

Instaurare Omnia in Christo

Muslim kingdom prepares to celebrate baptism of Jesus

Jordan wants to attract more Christian pilgrims for the 2,000-year anniversary in 2030
Jordan is preparing to mark the 2,000-year anniversary of Jesus Christ’s baptism in the Jordan River, with the Muslim nation investing more than $100 million to draw Christian pilgrims to one of the world’s holiest sites.
Jordanian Prime Minister Jafar Hassan met with Christian leaders this month and signed agreements to develop the baptism site by building a village for Christian pilgrims and visitors, a museum dedicated to the baptism, a green corridor, and infrastructure upgrades leading to the site. The project is expected to cost $120 million, Vatican media reported.
The year 2030 is widely accepted as the two millennium anniversary of Christ’s baptism by John the Baptist, a moment that marked the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry. The ceremony took place at Bethany Beyond the Jordan on the east bank of the Jordan River, which today separates Jordan from the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
At the …കൂടുതൽ

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"The reason the Church’s leaders persecute the most faithful Catholics is that, broadly speaking, the leadership of the Catholic Church on earth at this time is dominated by a network of active homosexuals and theological modernists."
"Homosexuals reject the first principles of natural law. Modernists reject the first principles of divine revelation. Together, they reject the foundations not only of Christianity but of religion as such, and therefore of morality."

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Why They Are Taking Away Your Traditional Latin Mass

The past week has been buzzing with rumors to the effect that Leo XIV has instructed the Dicastery for Divine Worship to issue “extensions” on the TLM whenever bishops ask for them. In this way, as Kevin Tierney explains, he has begun the practical repeal of Traditionis Custodes, however long its actual replacement with a better policy will take. And yet… even if the rumor is true (the nuncio to Great Britain has affirmed it with a classic non-denial), it still means that the fate of the TLM is left entirely to the local bishop; legally the situation remains worse than it did under John Paul II’s 1988 indult. Nothing prevents anti-TLM bishops from continuing to shut it down, as we have seen most recently in Detroit, Charlotte, and Knoxville (to name only the most notorious). Worst of all, the vicious lies and theological errors underlying Traditionis Custodes—a document whose claims entail what a French author refers to as “latent schism”—remain official and operative. Which brings …

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The cannot take away my traditional mass because I will do whatever needs doing to attend it. It will always be offered somewhere by faithful priests who reject this false church that lives in the Vatican.

Some Good News

False movements in religion, science, politics move through phases. First the revolution phase where they blame bad fruit on the status quo, then the aftermath phase where they blame the bad fruit on the transition, then the cleansing phase where they blame the bad fruit on the infidels, then the bankruptcy phase where they blame the bad fruit on the lack of funding. Why did God let the Israelites wonder in the desert for 40 years? The answer may surprise you.

Pablo Apostol DE Los Ultimos Tiempos-ൽ നിന്ന് perceo3 പങ്കിടുന്നു

This is one of the dangerous speeches that has turned Charlie Kirk into a target of certain media outlets that, arrogating to themselves the role of guardians of the truth, democracy, and freedom, dictate who deserves a voice and who should be demonized - - - Este es uno de los peligrosos discursos que ha convertido a Charlie Kirk en objetivo de unos medios que, arrogándose el papel de guardianes de la verdad, la democracia y la libertad, dictan quién merece voz y quién debe ser demonizado.

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Saint Bernard Teaches: Do Not Take Your Eyes Off Our Lady

by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira
We do well to read some advice from Saint Bernard about devotion to Our Lady. The advice is as follows:
“Oh, whosoever thou art that perceiveth thyself during this mortal existence to be rather drifting in treacherous waters, at the mercy of the winds and the waves, than walking on firm ground, turn not away thine eyes from the splendor of this guiding star, unless thou wish to be submerged by the storm!”
Passages like this are often found referring to Our Lady. Such texts represent what we might call a profoundly anti-Hollywoodian vision of life.
This modern, optimistic and wrong view creates the illusion that this life can be a phase of our existence in which we can find true happiness. Earthly life is presented to us as a rose garden, in which misfortune only happens to people by chance or bad luck.
Some people might also make a few unfortunate missteps, thus falling, hurting themselves, or collapsing definitively. However, if we manage to work around …കൂടുതൽ

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