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Euthanasia Bill Rapporteur Attends Mass, Takes Offense at Anti-Euthanasia Homily

"One does not care for life by giving death," Father François Yambressinga, parish priest of La Madeleine in Châteaudun, said during his July 5 homily, before the French National Assembly's final vote on legalizing euthanasia tomorrow. He urged the faithful to "pray for life" and to "pray for parliamentarians so that they do not do just anything."
Among the congregation was Philippe Vigier, the bill's general rapporteur. He is also the mayor of Châteaudun and a member of the National Assembly for Les Démocrates.
Vigier attended the Mass because it was part of the town's annual Foire aux Laines medieval festival. Civic officials appear in costume. He sat in the front row dressed as the fifteenth-century military commander Jean de Dunois.
Afterward, Vigier told L'Écho Républicain that he felt personally targeted and "deeply hurt" by the homily. "The priest appealed to the congregation while I had no opportunity to respond. That is unacceptable," he said.
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Even accounting for the town's medieval festival, I wonder if that picture is AI. Are any French churches that full?

Father Karl A Claver

In Catholic grammar and high school, I was taught about the benefits of separation of church and state. Now I realize it was false. It has led to many moral problems throughout the Christian world.

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Archbishop Aguer: Traditionis Custodes Fueled Interest in the Roman Rite

Traditionis Custodes (2021) deepened wounds and, contrary to what Pope Francis intended, contributed to growing interest in the Roman rite, Archbishop Emeritus Héctor Aguer, 83, of La Plata, Argentina, wrote in a July 13 statement.
He notes that the Roman rite is especially popular among the young and contributes to “a good portion of conversions.”
“The transmission of the faith,” he adds, “is no longer passed, to a significant degree, from parents to children but from young people to young people.”
Monsignor Aguer says that “persecution or the extreme measures of progressivism” will not stop this growing movement. It goes “far beyond mere fashion” - whereas the fashion over the past sixty years has been to turn the Novus Ordo into an anything-goes vehicle of liturgical devastation.
He writes that the four Eucharistic Prayers of the Novus Ordo have effectively been displaced by “Eucharistic Prayer Zero” - whatever happens to occur to the celebrant at the moment.
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DrMaria

Correct - because it is "of the Lord!" -- that's why! The TLM has been and still is the primary Means of Grace from Our Lord to this world!

Father Karl A Claver

In the 1960's Catholics were given poisonous Kool Aid concerning the Novus Ordo. We drank it and accepted it. But slowly but surely the truth comes out. The TLM is here to stay no matter what the critics say.

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How Severe Is the Priest Shortage in French Dioceses?

French dioceses face a worsening vocation crisis, despite claims of improvement in seminary recruitment, Laurent Dastros writes on July 9 on Substack.com.
Dastros notes that, as of 2026, three French dioceses - Aire-et-Dax, Le Puy-en-Velay, and Le Havre - have gone between 12 and 14 years without a diocesan priestly ordination.
Carcassonne et Narbonne ended a 19-year gap in 2025 with the ordination of a 51-year-old candidate.
Annecy and Rodez could join this list next year if they continue without new ordinations.
Longer-Term Picture
Dastros calculates that between 2011 and 2026, only three dioceses recorded a single diocesan priestly ordination: Carcassonne et Narbonne, Rodez et Vabres, and Pamiers, Couserans et Mirepoix.
Based on the assumption that priests remain in active ministry for approximately 50 years, he estimates that, if current trends continue, each of these dioceses could eventually have only about three native diocesan priests.
He further identifies seven dioceses that …Aktar

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SonoftheChurch

The Church’s Eldest Daughter is starving. 😭😭😭😭

Father Karl A Claver

Vatican II totally destroyed vocations in every area of the Church.

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FSSPX Files Appeal against the July 2 Decree

The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X is formally challenging the Vatican decree issued on 2 July by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith that excommunicated its six bishops. On 11 July, it filed the required preliminary appeal under canon law. According to the Society, this filing temporarily suspends the enforcement of the decree while the appeal process is underway.
Communiqué of 13 July
The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X announces that, in response to the decree issued on 2 July 2026 by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, it submitted on 11 July a preliminary recourse to the same Dicastery, in accordance with canons 1734 and following of the Code of Canon Law.
This request, which constitutes the mandatory preliminary step before the possible introduction of a hierarchical recourse, has the effect of suspending the execution of the decree, in accordance with canon 1353 of the Code of Canon Law.
By this recourse, the Society intends to exercise the right which …Aktar

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SonoftheChurch

A very good strategic move, regardless of the outcome.

Irishpol

The outcome of the purported excommunication of the six bishops today will be far different from the outcome of the 1988 excommunications.
In 1988, there was no visible reason for Catholics to doubt Pope John Paul II’s sincerity as a faithful Catholic. In the minds of most of the laity at the time, he at least appeared to be faithfully following the authentic teachings of the Church, at the same time. The SSPX was completely unknown to the world and was easily labeled as a breakaway religion. Yet, they survived and grew unimaginably.
That is not the case today, as many Novus Ordo Catholics, whether they follow them or not, recognize that the SSPX strictly adheres to the authentic teachings of the Catholic Church, and that it is the leaders in Rome who are following the teachings of Vatican II.
I would be greatly surprised not to learn that Rome is looking (praying?) for a lifeline at this time.

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Leo XIV's New Bishop of Eichstätt Continues Debate on Celibacy

The newly appointed Bishop Christian Würtz of Eichstätt, Germany, expects further debate over priestly celibacy, he told Br.de on July 12.
On Tuesday, Pope Leo XIV appointed him from auxiliary bishop of Freiburg to the diocesan bishop of Eichstätt. During Germany's Synodal Way in 2022, he voted in favour of "blessings" for homosexual concubines and the "ordination" of women-clergy.
When asked about his predecessor, Msgr. Gregor Maria Hanke, who voted against those Synodal Way documents, Bishop Würtz said: "I think it goes too far to conclude from that that there are fundamental differences between him and me."
He described the different beliefs as "factional disputes."
Instead, he said, the focus should be on "what unites us": "That is also an important aspect of synodality - listening to one another, walking together, and learning from one another."
When it came to the topic of priestly celibacy, Bishop Würtz said: "This will certainly be a question that continues to occupy us in the …Aktar

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Why are so many bishops soft and low testosterone looking?

SonoftheChurch

It’s Germany…what do you expect. He’s probably already screwing or being screwed. No celibacy there.

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Bishop Athanasius Schneider on the conflict between Rome and SSPX: "The Pope are not God". For spanish readers here is an unoficial translation:
"No es un acto cismático en modo alguno (se refiere a las consagraciones episcopales), y por eso tenemos que precisar el significado de esa palabra. En los siglos pasados teníamos un punto de vista más estrecho al respecto, muy legalista; y al mismo tiempo veíamos a la obediencia al Papa desde una perspectiva estrecha, como algo casi absoluto; perdiendo de vista que él no es Dios sino una criatura. Debo decir que, de hecho, en la psicología de muchos tradicionalistas y conservadores, aun obispos y cardenales actuales, hay una divinización del Papa, no formal pero sí implícita. Por eso, para esa mentalidad, cualquiera que desobedezca recibe el rótulo de cismático. Esto es ajeno a la antigua tradición de la Iglesia. Es completamente extraño a los Santos Padres; yo soy un especialista en Patrística. …Aktar

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U.S. and Canadian Jesuits Consolidate Novitiates

A decline in religious vocations has prompted the Jesuits in the United States and Canada to restructure the way they train future members of the pro-homosexual order.
The Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States has announced that it will reduce the number of its novitiates from five to two by 2028. This decision was communicated in a letter dated 9 July and signed by the superiors of the conference's five provinces.
Under the new arrangement, one novitiate will be located in Detroit, Michigan, serving the USA Midwest, USA East and Canada provinces, while the second will remain in Culver City, California, serving the USA West and USA Central and Southern provinces. Each facility is expected to accommodate up to 30 novices.
"Running five novitiates takes an awful lot of high-quality Jesuit personnel," Fr. Joseph Daoust, SJ, superior of the Detroit Jesuit community, told DetroitCatholic.com on July 10. "Each novitiate requires three to four experienced Jesuits dedicated to …Aktar

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john333

Worship the creature (Darwin ape to man ) instead of creator (God and Adam Eve). Gymnastic theology trying mingle the two . Thus the perversion of mind

DrMaria

The corruption of the best - is the worst! May the great gifts given to the Church by St. Ignatius of Loyola be planted in Catholic souls once again - and come up and bear much fruit once again! St. Ignatius of Loyola, pray for us!

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Swiss Pop Singer Films Lesbian Video in Historic Church: A 22-year-old Swiss pop singer filmed a music video with her girlfriend inside St. Emmeram Church in Regensburg, Germany. The video was intended to promote her song 'You Believe in Jesus, I Believe in Pussy', which celebrates her lesbian relationship. According to the parish, no filming permit had been granted. The matter has been referred to lawyers, and the video has since been removed from the internet.

„Ich bin aus allen Wolken gefallen, als ich das Video am Freitag gesehen habe“, sagte Roman Gerl, Pfarrer von Sankt Emmeram in Regensburg, am Montag. Es habe keine Dreherlaubnis gegeben, und für ein solches Projekt hätte er auch nie eine erteilt."

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D: Popsängerin dreht unerlaubt in bayerischer Kirche

Eine junge Schweizer Popsängerin hat mit ihrer Freundin für ein anzügliches Video in einer bayerischen Kirche gedreht, um damit ihre neue Single zu vermarkten. „Ich bin aus allen Wolken gefallen, als ich das Video am Freitag gesehen habe“, sagte Roman Gerl, Pfarrer von Sankt Emmeram in Regensburg, am Montag. Es habe keine Dreherlaubnis gegeben, und für ein solches Projekt hätte er auch nie eine erteilt. In dem Clip zu ihrem Lied „You believe in Jesus, I believe in Pussy“ feiert die 22-jährige Sängerin Milune ihre lesbische Liebesbeziehung. Der katholische Pfarrer bezeichnete das Video als „frivol“ und sprach von einem „absoluten No-Go“. Er sei schockiert, wie damit religiöse Gefühle massiv verletzt worden seien. Anwälte sollen Verbreitung stoppen Die Angelegenheit sei in Absprache mit der Bistumsverwaltung an eine Anwaltskanzlei übergeben worden, um eine weitere Verbreitung des Videos zu unterbinden, so Gerl. Am Montag war es bereits im Internet nicht mehr abrufbar. Der Pfarrer sagte, …

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SonoftheChurch

Press charges to the maximum against both filthy marauders for trespassing.

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Doctors Call for Patients to Be Killed for Their Organs - Slay News

A group of leading medical professionals has provoked widespread concerns after proposing that doctors should be allowed to kill their patients in order to harvest their body parts through a process they call “death by organ donation.” The bone-chilling call was made in a new article published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The article, titled “Contextualizing the Dead Donor Rule in an Era of Voluntary Euthanasia,” was written by Harvard University’s Dr. Robert Truog and colleagues. The authors argue that the medical system has already redefined death to support modern organ harvesting practices. They now say “death by organ donation” should be viewed as the next step. At the center of the debate is the Dead Donor Rule. The rule is supposed to be one of the basic ethical limits protecting patients. It says patients must be dead before their organs are removed and that doctors must not cause death by procuring organs. That rule is meant to preserve public trust in the transplant …

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"We" didn't abort anyone. Just like "we" didn't kill Jesus.

john333

Germany and eugenics movement started out with handicap . We aborted down syndrome now this. Any body remember tv show logans run?

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French Bishop: Pro-Euthanasia Lawmakers Cannot Receive Communion

“When a member of parliament identifies as Catholic while supporting legislation that authorizes the taking of life, he objectively places himself in opposition not only to the Church's constant teaching but also to a fundamental principle of human reason,” Bishop Marc Aillet of Bayonne told France-Catholique.fr on July 7.
Members of the French National Assembly are expected to vote on the euthanasia bill on July 15.
Bishop Aillet said euthanasia is “an intrinsically evil act, regardless of the circumstances” and that Catholics engaged in public life cannot ignore this teaching, “If they are aware of this inconsistency, they will no longer be able to receive Holy Communion.”
Responding to the presentation of euthanasia as an “act of humanity,” Bishop Aillet said that a truly fraternal society does not respond to suffering by eliminating the person who suffers.
He added that this message must be proclaimed despite “the dominant discourse, which seriously clouds consciences,” and “the …Aktar

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JANET ZIMMER

Anybody know why Canada's Prime Minister, Mark Carney. is still allowed to turn up at Mass and be given Communion even though he is a long, continuing, unrepentant advocate of both the country's rapidly expanding murder regimes (aka assisted suicide and abortion)? Do the bishops and archbishops and Vatican ambassador up there not follow the news?

Father Karl A Claver

Thank you, your Excellency, but it is almost too little too late. Most of the clergy were silent on so many issues like abortion, birth control, euthanasia and sodomy so now it will only be an intervention from God to stop this immoral filth.

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Jesus Mosaic from Plastic Bottle Caps: Students from Instituto Nuestra Señora de Lourdes in Buenos Aires, Argentina, have created a mosaic of the face of Jesus using thousands of plastic bottle caps. The face is inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper. The project was shared by their art teacher, Sebastián Ramírez. He included the phrase "Soli Deo Gloria" ("Glory to God alone") in the post. The students have previously created mosaics honoring Pope Francis, Salvador Dalí, and Lionel Messi.

A group of young people in Argentina is inspiring thousands online with a stunning mosaic of Jesus—made entirely from plastic bottle caps. The massive artwork recreates the iconic face of Christ inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper

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A Story of Two Cathedrals – Catholic Worker Movement

This spring I travelled from my home in Iowa to join Catholic Workers and friends from around the country in New York to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of our movement there on May 1, 1933. An added incentive for this journey was to join with activists from around the globe in witnesses for nuclear abolition on the occasion of the United Nations’ Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference that began on Monday, May 3. It was at the May Day festivities that the word was passed that the archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan, who was in town to address the U.N. conference, would be celebrating the 10:15 Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral the next day and several of us decided we would attend. As Martha Hennessy, visiting from Vermont, and I came out of the subway to walk the final few blocks to the cathedral, we were struck by the number of Japanese pilgrims of all ages on the streets of Midtown, greeting New Yorkers and tourists with gifts of origami cranes, gathering petition signatures,…

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Please read "Atomic Bomb Secrets" by David J. Dionysius.

Everyday for Life Canada

Today once again, sadly, there is talk of nuclear war. We must heed the terrible lesson of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Mary of Hibuska, pray for us!

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Catholic Confronts Argentine Priest - Receiving Communion while Kneeling: A man identifying himself as Mariano de Jesús recently confronted Rev. Andrés P. Rousseu-Salet of the parish Nuestra Señora del Carmen in Villa Allende, Córdoba, Argentina, over reports that he prohibits the faithful from receiving Holy Communion while kneeling. Rev. Rousseu-Salet objects to being filmed and blocks the camera with his hand, saying, "You're being disrespectful by filming without authorization." Mariano replies, "We have the right to kneel. The Church instructs us to do so. We are not doing anything wrong."

Según denuncian, el padre Andrés Russeu-Salet estaría negando la comunión a los que se arrodillan para recibirla. Es en Córdoba, República Argentina.

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Pope Leo is aligned with the SSPX Declaration of Catholic Faith since Vatican Council II is dogmatic and ecclesiocentric when he interprets it rationally

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Pope Leo is aligned with the SSPX Declaration of Catholic Faith since Vatican Council II is dogmatic and ecclesiocentric when he interprets it rationally
Cardinal Fernandez is aligned with the SSPX , the Archdiocese of Washington, the Diocese of Manchester in New Hampshire and the Franciscans and Dominicans on Vatican Council II, interpreted rationally. We have coherence in doctrine and theology in the Church. The division has ended.
Pope Leo is in harmony with the SSPX Profession of Faith, when he interprets Vatican Council II rationally and so traditionally.
We now have coherence in doctrine .The SSPX is aligned with the new bishops of Washington.
LG 8, 14, 16, UR 3, NA 2, GS 22 etc are always hypothetical. This is common sense. All agree here.
The Missionaries of Charity Contemplative Brothers of Mother Teresa, when they interpret Vatican Council II and the Catechism of the Catholic Church rationally, they would agree doctrinally with Pope Leo, the SSPX and the Archdiocese …Aktar

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