Around 500 nude volunteers gathered outside the Cathedral of Santa Ana in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, on Sunday for a photographic installation by American artist Spencer Tunick as part of the Culture & Business Pride festival. Participants, painted in the rainbow colors, posed in front of the cathedral on the feast of St. Anne, the city's patron saint. The project was planned in advance as an official festival event, with backing from local tourism and government bodies. Organizers said the artwork celebrated diversity and homosexuality. According to El País, the local bishop, Monsignor José Mazuelos, said he did not object to the nude performance in front of his cathedral: "I have no problem. When we go to the beach, we see naked bodies, don't we?" His complaint was instead about access restrictions that temporarily delayed clergy and parishioners attending the 10 a.m. Eucharist. He also described the event as "marketing for the city," adding he supported it insofar as it promoted …ਹੋਰ
This abomination was well planned, especially on the feast day of Our Lady's Mother 'Saint Anne', the patron Saint of Spain. It would be advisable to stand up and fight back young Catholic men of Spain, with a Rosary in one hand and a Scapular in the other (weapon and Armor) whilst praying the Rosary! ~ God help Catholic Spain!
Patrick Buisson, the former adviser to former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, named the Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrier as the universal beneficiary of his estate in a will drafted in March 2021, reports LeMonde.fr on July 4. The community follows the traditional Dominican rite. Buisson died on December 26, 2023, at age 74. He bequeathed not only his personal assets but also a substantial collection of political archives, including manuscripts, notebooks, correspondence, digital files and recordings from his years at the Élysée Palace. Archives relating to Sarkozy's presidency - including Buisson's secret recordings made between 2007 and 2012 - are at the center of an ongoing dispute. Buisson's son, Georges, has challenged the will and argues the archives are of public interest and should go to the French National Archives. There is an agreement in principle that the presidential archives will go to the National Archives, but the inheritance litigation continues. Founded in 1979 …ਹੋਰ
Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes The National Guard Armory looks like it’s conquered and run by Somalia in Minnesota Americans are shocked to see what looks like the flag of Somali flying out front of our National Guard Armory This is disgusting But it’s actually the new Minnesota state flag that looks nearly identical to the Somali Flag
Pilgrims Celebrate Outdoor Dawn Mass Instead of Basilica Liturgy at Covadonga: At dawn today, pilgrims of the sixth Our Lady of Christendom Pilgrimage in Spain celebrated a traditional outdoor Mass at their campsite in Sevares, Asturias. The Mass was not allowed in the Basilica of Covadonga. After Mass, the pilgrims continued on foot to Covadonga, where they concluded with prayer and the singing of the Te Deum before the Blessed Sacrament. The three-day pilgrimage, held from 25–27 July, covered nearly 100 kilometers from Oviedo to Covadonga and drew more than 1,700 participants.
Misa tradicional de campaña celebrada hoy al amanecer en Sebares (Asturias) al no poder celebrarse en la Basílica de Covadonga
To celebrate the 1,250th anniversary of the Westphalian State in Germany, a performance was staged inside Paderborn Cathedral last year. This is one of the acts that was presented, featuring dead chickens wrapped in diapers. Faced with the outrage of the Catholic faithful, archdiocesan authorities apologized and stated that they were unaware of the nature of the performance that was to take place.
The Vatican has published new guidelines today, "Recollecting: Accompanying the Preparation of the Local Church's Evaluation Assembly," for the next stage of the Synod on Synodality. Every diocese is required to hold evaluation assemblies during the first half of 2027 to assess how the Synod's Final Document has been implemented. Bishops will lead the evaluation, establish or reactivate synodal teams, and approve a six- to eight-page narrative report to be submitted to Rome. They are also instructed to describe "transformations in decision-making processes, and reforms of structures" as part of their narrative report. Interreligious synodality Each diocese will also hold an evaluation assembly using the method of "conversation in the Spirit." The guidelines state that dioceses should consider inviting "representatives of other Christian Churches and communities or other religions as observers." Lay access to "leadership roles" The document repeatedly says synodality is not a temporary …ਹੋਰ
The 'Click to Pray' app, which is connected to the Vatican, exposed user information for months due to a security vulnerability, reports the unknown cybersecurity publication Dark Reading. The app, which is available on iOS and Android, is operated by the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network, a pontifical society entrusted to the Jesuits. Dark Reading reports that the app contained an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability. This occurs when an application allows users to request information using an account or record number, but fails to verify that they are authorised to view it. By altering these identifiers, an attacker can access other users' data because proper security checks are absent. Names and email addresses linked to over 700,000 accounts were accessible through this flaw. The vulnerability was reportedly discovered in January 2026 by an independent security researcher known as 'BobDaHacker'. He claimed that repeated attempts to notify the relevant parties went …ਹੋਰ
Novus Ordo for Family Bonding: Mother and Daughter Together at the Altar: On 19 July, the Blessed Sacrament parish in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, shared photos of a mother and daughter serving together as 'altar boys'. Led by Rev. Robert Tywoniak, the parish is part of the Archdiocese of Miami, which is headed by Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski - a motorcyclist.
Novus Ordo as family bonding entertainment: Mother-daughter duo serving at the Altar
Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Lawyers Hammer Lee for Two Hours at Monday Afternoon Session, The Atlanta Journal Atlanta Journal July 29th, 1913 Negro Nightwatchman Who Found Mary Phagan's Body in National Pencil Factory on Stand—Girl's Mother and Newsboy Examined Newt Lee, the negro nightwatchman who found Mary Phagan's body in the pencil factory basement, was hammered by the defense for over two hours, on the witness stand Monday afternoon. Mrs. J. W. Coleman, mother of the murdered child, and George W. Epps, a playmate who came to town with her on the fatal day, testified in that order. Mrs. Coleman being the first witness called to the stand when the trial started. Newt Lee was the third witness. The testimony of the others had been brief, under direct and cross-examination. Newt Lee's direct testimony was not extensive, but his evidence under cross-examination by Attorney Luther Rosser filled out the rest of the afternoon, and he still was on the stand under cross-examination when court …ਹੋਰ
Today, Pope Leo XIV has appointed Lebanese Archbishop Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis, 58, as the Holy See's new Permanent Observer to the United Nations in New York. A Maronite priest and canon lawyer from Beirut, El-Kassis has served in the Vatican's diplomatic corps since 2000. He had spent eleven years (2007–2018) in the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State. Career in Muslim-Majority Countries Francis appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan in 2018. In 2023, he became the first resident Apostolic Nuncio to the United Arab Emirates. In 2024, Francis expanded his responsibilities by naming him Nuncio to Yemen and Apostolic Delegate for the Arabian Peninsula. At the UN, he now succeeds Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, 68, from Milan. Leo XIV had appointed him as the Nuncio to the USA in March. Ecology as Priority During the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), held in Dubai in 2023, El-Kassis told Vatican News that religions have "a big role to play" in …ਹੋਰ
"57. To sum up, Mary becomes all things for the soul that wishes to serve Jesus Christ. She enlightens his mind with her pure faith. She deepens his heart with her humility. She enlarges and inflames his heart with her charity, makes it pure with her purity, makes it noble and great through her motherly care."
[Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort; XVII-XVIII Century AD; born: Montfort-sur-Meu, France/died: Saint-Laurent-sur-Sevre, France; (aged 43); Founder; Spiritual Writer] 4. The effects that this devotion produces in a faithful soul 53. Experience will teach you much more about this devotion than I can tell you, but, if you remain faithful to the little I have taught you, you will acquire a great richness of grace that will surprise you and fill you with delight. 54. Let us set to work, then, dear soul, through perseverance in the living of this devotion, in order that Mary's soul may glorify the Lord in us and her spirit be within us to rejoice in God her Saviour. Let us not think that there was more glory and happiness in dwelling in Abraham's bosom - which is another name for Paradise - than in dwelling in the bosom of Mary where God has set up his throne. (Abbot Guerric) 55. This devotion faithfully practised produces countless happy effects in the soul. The most important of them …ਹੋਰ
Saint John Vianney, the cure of Ars, had a profound and famous devotion to St. Philomena, attributing all his miraculous healings and the conversion of his parish to her intercession. ~ He famously stated, "I have never asked for anything through the intercession of my Little Saint without having been answered". Note: The Litany of St. Philomena was composed by St. John Vianney. He also built a majestic chapel and erected an altar dedicated to St. Philomena in Ars, France. ~ Pope Pius XI by a brief of April 23rd, 1929, made the cure of Ars "Patron of all parish priests in the world". ~ St. John Vianney, Pray for us!
"My Children, St. Philomena has great power with God. Her virginity and generosity in embracing heroic martyrdom has rendered her so agreeable to God that He will never refuse anything she asks for us." ~ St. Jean-Marie Vianney, Cure of Ars.
Leo XIV Promoted This Hopping, Dancing Bishop in Mexico: In January 2026, Pope Leo XIV appointed Monsignor Trinidad Antonio Márquez Guerrero, 60, as auxiliary bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Mexico. He was consecrated a bishop on May 8. On Sunday, July 19, he celebrated a Eucharist during the diocesan Youth Day in the bullring in Yahualica, attended by some 1,300 young people. Still wearing his mitre and liturgical vestments, he started hopping and dancing around like an overexcited young person.
Y luego nos preguntamos por qué algunos católicos se van con los lefebvristas...
Egypt and Sodom - the spiritual name of the city where the two prophets lay dead in the street. The same city in which their Lord was crucified. St John - Apocalypse Ch11 verse 10. It figures!
On 27 June, Bishop Czesław Kozon of Copenhagen, Denmark, conferred the Sacrament of Confirmation according to the Roman Rite at the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP) apostolate in Recklinghausen, Germany.
Firmung im alten Ritus mit Bischof Czeslaw Kozon, Bischof von Kopenhagen. FSSP Recklinghausen Katholisch am Niederrhein
"FSSPX Confessions Are Valid" - Müller Contradicts Tucho: On July 6, K-TV asked Cardinal Gerhard Müller whether confessions heard by priests of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X are valid or invalid. Contrary to Cardinal Tucho Fernández, he replied: "The confessions are valid, but illicit. The power to forgive or retain sins is conferred through the sacrament of Holy Orders. Its exercise can only be restricted by the bishop or the Pope, as provided by canon law."
Kardinal Gerhard Müller zu Beichten bei den Priestern der Piusbruderschaft (K-TV, 6. Juli): "Die Beichen sind gültig, aber unerlaubt, denn die Vollmacht, Zünden zu vergeben und zu behalten, ist ja durch das Weihesakrament übertragen. Sie kann nur in der Ausübung durch den Bischof oder den Papst eingeschränkt werden, bis nach dem Kirchenrecht vorgegeben ist." (via @Klaus Elmar Müller)
Waking at 3AM? The Sacred Secret the Desert Fathers Left Behind Why do you keep waking up at 3AM? Modern sleep science has one answer. The Desert Fathers of the Orthodox Church had a far older — and far more complete — one. In this video, we explore the ancient Orthodox practice of nighttime vigil, the concept of nepsis (watchfulness), and why the early Christian monks believed 3AM was the most spiritually significant hour of the day. Drawing from the Philokalia, the Sayings of the Desert Fathers, and John Climacus's Ladder of Divine Ascent, we uncover what these ancient holy men knew about the soul in the hours of darkness — and what modern neuroscience is only beginning to confirm. Topics covered: Why circadian science shows 3AM is different from other sleep disruptions What nepsis (Orthodox watchfulness) actually means and how to practice it What the Desert Fathers called logismoi — and why they believed nighttime was when they attacked The Jesus Prayer as a response to nighttime …ਹੋਰ