The International Theological Commission's new document presents panentheism as an 'interpretive framework' for understanding God as 'intimately present in every aspect of reality'. It explicitly contrasts this with classical theism. @Gaetano Masciullo argues that this positive portrayal of panentheism obscures the Catholic distinction between Creator and creation and risks normalising pantheistic theology.
The Vatican’s International Theological Commission has just given a positive hearing to panentheism (the idea that creation exists “in God” so is also Divine).
The Universal Call to Christian Perfection A Patristic and Scholastic Essay Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience as the Means to Perfect Charity PREFACE: THE FALSE ASSUMPTION There is an error of comfort that has always threatened the Church from within — more dangerous in many respects than the errors that attack her from without, because it does not announce itself as error but settles quietly into the assumptions of ordinary Christian life and makes itself at home there, undisturbed and unexamined, generation after generation. It is the assumption that not every baptized soul is called to Christian Perfection. This error takes many forms. It presents itself as realism — an honest acknowledgment that most people are not monks or nuns and cannot be expected to live as though they were. It presents itself as pastoral charity — a merciful lowering of the bar for souls who are, after all, doing their best in difficult circumstances. It presents itself as theological sophistication — a nuanced …Күберәк
Ezekiel 33:7-9 “If you warn the wicked to turn from their ways.” Let us allow people to discover that they are loved by God. Let us reveal to them the joy within them. Romans 13:8-10 “Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another.” Mutual love grows when we allow ourselves to be loved by God. Let us allow God’s love to flow from heart to heart. Matthew 18:15-20 “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” God is with us, right now. Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.
The history class “The Catholic Intellectual Tradition” has become one of Yale’s most popular courses. Last spring, it attracted 85 students - up from just 13 a decade ago. The course explores two millennia of Catholic thought, from early Christianity and medieval mysticism to debates about war, philosophy and modern life. It has even reportedly attracted more students than long-standing Yale favourites such as “The Birth of Europe” and “The Roman Empire”. This boom comes at a time when universities are debating cuts to the humanities.
Isabel Vaughan-Spruce is being prosecuted again. The 48-year-old Catholic faces a new trial in January 2027 after pleading not guilty to interfering with an abortion clinic. Prosecutors say she stood inside a 150-metre buffer zone outside a Birmingham clinic on five occasions in 2025. Vaughan-Spruce replies she approached no one and simply prayed silently in her head. She was arrested over silent prayer in 2022 and 2023 and received a £13,000 police settlement in 2024. “Wherever we are permitted to be, our thoughts inevitably go with us,” she says. “Those thoughts should not be subject to censorship.” The new case is being brought under England’s national buffer-zone law.
Isabel Vaughan-Spruce will face trial in January 2027 after being charged over silently praying outside an abortion centre in Birmingham
The official page of the SSPX has started a series on bishops appointed by Leo XIV, announced in a previous article, with Bishop Dave Dean Capucao, the first bishop appointed by the reigning pope, if we exclude Bishop Angel Contreras Llajaruna, appointed auxiliary bishop of Callao in Peru. However, this series focuses primarily on titular bishops. Training Born on September 25, 1965 in Naga in the province of Southern Camarines, Bishop Capucao is the first Philippine bishop appointed by Leo XIV, on May 16, 2025. He was consecrated on September 5, 2025. He first joined the missionaries of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM), then entered the seminary of the Prelature of Infanta. Ordained a priest on October 3, 1994, he served for a few years in the Philippines before going to study in Europe. He pursued university studies at Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands, where he was a researcher between 2002 and 2006, earning a doctorate in theology. He also obtained a …Күберәк
Three Detained After Police Raid Masonic Lodge in Madagascar: Madagascar is investigating a possible link between a Masonic lodge and a wave of disappearances and killings that has alarmed the country. Police raided the Étoile Australe lodge in Ivandry and detained three suspects, including an education official. Authorities reportedly found a coffin containing human remains, bladed objects, an altar and documents concerning rituals. A prosecutor said the possibility of a sacrifice was being considered and investigators were examining whether secret-society meetings could be connected to kidnappings. Nearly 200 disappearances had been reported by early August, although most of those missing were later found alive. Six were found dead. The investigation remains ongoing.
Cardinal Domenico Battaglia, 63, of Naples, Italy, wrote the foreword to the book 'Transgender People'. He believes that the Church is called to "renew its gaze upon humanity". The book deals with “complex and sensitive issues,” he writes. His examples are “gender dysphoria, transgender identities, and life experiences that do not conform to traditional models.” This raises “profound questions - including for the Church.” Cardinal Battaglia proposes “a path not of condemnation, but of accompaniment”: “No one is excluded from God’s heart.” And: “No life is foreign to the mystery of salvation.” “Every person, every story - even those that seem distant or difficult to understand - carries within it the possibility of a revelation.” The book “reminds us that behind ideas there are people. People whom we must encounter, listen to, and accompany.” #newsUqdcmgjzfp
[Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort – XVII-XVIII Century AD; born: Montfort-sur-Meu, France/died: Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre, France; aged 43, Total consecration to Jesus through Mary] 5. Exterior practices 60. Besides interior practices, which we have just mentioned, this devotion has certain exterior practices which must not be omitted or neglected. Consecration and its renewal 61. The first is to choose a special feast-day to consecrate ourselves through Mary to Jesus, whose slaves we are making ourselves. This is an occasion for receiving Holy Communion and spending the day in prayer. At least once a year on the same day, we should renew the act of consecration. Offering of a tribute in submission to the Blessed Virgin 62. The second is to give our Lady every year on that same day some little tribute as a token of our servitude and dependence. This has always been the customary homage paid by slaves to their master. This tribute could consist of an act of self-denial or alms, or a …Күберәк
Fr Edmund Waldstein, a monk and priest of Heiligenkreuz Abbey in Austria, will no longer teach moral theology at the abbey’s seminary. Rector Wolfgang Klausnitzer, 75, a diocesan priest, says Waldstein will not return to teaching during his tenure. Waldstein has defended the death penalty for heretics and Catholic integralism. He has now been removed from teaching and sent to Rome to pursue a further doctorate in philosophy. He has occasionally celebrated the Traditional Latin Mass.
Pater Edmund Waldstein darf nicht mehr an der Hochschule Heiligenkreuz unterrichten.
The Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos celebrated the ordination of 20 clergy on September 4 in a ceremony presided over by Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins, Archbishop of Lagos, held at the Church of the Ascension, Ikeja, Nigeria, where six deacons were ordained to the priesthood and 14 seminarians were ordained to the diaconate.
Powerful Message of Venerable Fr. Patrick Peyton that still resonate today: May this inspire each one of us, and persevere in prayer even in the trials of our Holy Roman Apostolic Catholic Church founded by our Lord Jesus Christ. Venerable Fr. Patrick Peyton, Mighty Saint , He Dedicate he's whole life for the Love of Mother Mary and the Holy Family. May the Humanity, Go Back in Prayer and Bring all and each member of the family back to the Love of God in prayer. Amen.
Woman Distributes Communion at Leo XIV’s Eucharist — One Communicant Bare-Chested During the Eucharist celebrated by Leo XIV this evening at the Port of Rimini, a woman was spreading Communion in the hand as if it were cookies. One male attendee even received Communion bare-chested, without a shirt.
The Tentacles of the “Deep State”