Pope Leo XIV sent a written message to the Italian anti-Church newspaper La Repubblica to mark its 50th anniversary. It was founded by the atheist Eugenio Scalfari (1924–2022) and was Pope Francis’ house paper. Historically La Repubblica was one of Italy’s largest daily newspapers, with peak print circulation in the late 1990s and 2000s, average daily sales of about 500,000 copies. Comparative data show La Repubblica being among the biggest losers in print over a decade. Mid-2025 reporting suggested an average daily sale slipping below 100,000. The message of Leo XIV was addressed to the paper’s editor, Mario Orfeo, and was published by the newspaper. Leo XIV praised what he believes is “independent journalism”. Then, he managed to mix the words “journalism” and “integrity” in one sentence: “Even amid diversity of opinions, points of view, and cultures, the press must always act with transparency and integrity.” At least, Leo XIV doubled down on press freedom, calling it essential …Hafa
1st book of Samuel 8,4-7.10-22a. All the elders of Israel came in a body to Samuel at Ramah and said to him, "Now that you are old, and your sons do not follow your example, appoint a king over us, as other nations have, to judge us." Samuel was displeased when they asked for a king to judge them. He prayed to the LORD, however, who said in answer: "Grant the people's every request. It is not you they reject, they are rejecting me as their king. Samuel delivered the message of the LORD in full to those who were asking him for a king. He told them: "The rights of the king who will rule you will be as follows: He will take your sons and assign them to his chariots and horses, and they will run before his chariot. He will also appoint from among them his commanders of groups of a thousand and of a hundred soldiers. He will set them to do his plowing and his harvesting, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots. He will use your daughters as ointment-makers, as …Hafa
Bishop Earl Fernandes broke out a 200 year-old set of vestments out of the Columbus Museum for Catholic Art and History for the opening mass of SEEK 26.
U.S. behaving like pirates in the Atlantic, try to seize a Russian oil tanker by boarding it with helicopters regardless of the Russian's letting them know they were Russian. To this Russia had to send a nuclear submarine with hypersonic nuclear missiles technology that the U.S. does not have yet, to escort the oil Tanker. TENSIONS ARISE IN THE ATLANTIC BETWEEN THE U.S. AND RUSSIA BUT THIS TIME IS THE U.S. RAISING THOSE TENSIONS AS TRUMP IS PRETTY MUCH CLAIMING ALL THE OCEANS AS HIS, IT IS NOT JUST THE GULF OF AMERICA (GULF OF MEXICO) NOW IS THE PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC OCEANS THAT THE U.S. IS TAKING OVER. THIS IS NOT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IS TRUMP'S DONROE'S DICTATORSHIP IMPERIALISTIC DOCTRINE.
The Archdiocese of Madrid promotes the so-called Convivium process, an official diocesan consultation involving clergy, parishes, religious communities and lay groups in Madrid, Spain. According to InfoVaticana.com, the process was developed through consultation phases in 2024 and 2025, and is comparable with the German Synod. The Archdiocese of Madrid is currently led by the pro-homosexual Cardinal José Cobo. Preparations have begun for the first Convivium-named Presbyteral Assembly, which is scheduled to take place in Madrid on 9–10 February 2026. The archdiocese has recently distributed official working documents synthesising over 800 pages of submissions from parish pastoral councils, clergy, consecrated life and other ecclesial groups. The archdiocesan synthesis includes a subsection labelled 'Peculiar Proposals'. This subsection cites contributions from groups who advocate optional priestly celibacy and propose a non-lifelong or 'temporary' priesthood. They also refer to 'future …Hafa
Ewwww, tell the Pope it's too hard to be faggot and a priest. Priest have to work so many hours each day, without meaningful compensation. Why we're all burnt out. Pleeeeeeeease tell the Pope we regret becoming a priest. Fags and priests don't mix. Fags and priests don't mix. Fags and priests don't mix.
Multiple media reports are now warning that U.S. military action against Iran’s Islamic regime may be imminent, as the death toll from brutal crackdowns on anti-regime protesters continues to climb. According to Reuters, U.S. military action against Iran could begin within the next 24 hours, citing two European officials familiar with the situation. Those officials said U.S. personnel have been advised to leave Al Udeid Air Base by Wednesday night. Al Udeid is the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East, housing approximately 10,000 American troops. Iranian officials have openly threatened to strike U.S. bases across the region if Washington launches an attack. U.S. diplomats were also reportedly instructed to depart the base, underscoring the seriousness of the threat environment. Regime Crackdown Intensifies as Death Toll Mounts The warnings come as Iran’s Islamic regime continues a violent suppression of nationwide protests, with reports indicating that nearly 2,000 anti-…
The Chastisement already began with migration, crimes of our governments. Killing off animals, our crops, abortions and so on. I am not worried about it. I welcome it. It's greatest in Ukraine. The most corrupt country in the world. As every evil person in control said, we will fight till the last Ukrainian. Which is their goal. They use Russia to do their dirty work. Knowing full well they can't win against Russia. Then we have trump saying, now is not the time for that. Now is not the time for that. Meaning the attempted assassination of President Putin. The Illumination of our souls is what I want. I rather see all my sins I didn't confess or remember now. Rather than later when I can't do a thing about them. I am not looking forward though to GOD'S anger, disappointments and sadness. That will break my heart. But it's best we know now so we can confess them than to stand before Our Lord when we die. It's possible it's Kurt. People are still upset and are confused and very sad over …Hafa
Russia is sending military craft to Iran, the UN comes out condemning Iran's actions against its protesters, as Trumps calls them patriots and that he will support them and sending them aid, the hypocrisy of nations condemning Iran's actions but not Trump's actions vs his own protesters in the U.S. the killing of innocent Americans defamed by calling them domestic terrorists and the stealing of Venezuela's oil, and the abduction of president Maduro, the UN never imposed sanctions nor condemn Trump but is conveniently condemning Iran. Trump defends Iran's democracy but tramples over his own and shows how good of a Dictator he is. The irony for power, and the gullible Americans that still believe all is for the good of the world and a country when they are not listening to Trump's own words that he is in for the resources, nothing else. WW 3 is coming.
Padre Guilherme Peixoto performed in a Beirut nightclub: On 10 January, Rev Guilherme Peixoto presided over a Eucharist at the University of the Holy Spirit of Kaslik, Lebanon. Later that night, he performed a DJ set at AHM, a Beirut nightclub. A legal complaint filed on 4 January by a group including clergy sought to cancel the concert, citing moral concerns. The petition was rejected by a judge on 9 January. The event proceeded after the venue announced that no religious symbols would be displayed and that no clerical attire would be worn. The performance lasted about two and a half hours and drew roughly 2,000 attendees. The priest played 1990s techno music with deep bass that was repetitive and boring, interspersed with very brief interludes of bells, hints of Gloria and Alleluia, and fragments of symphonic music. Images flashed across the screens: a large white dove, Pope John Paul II, and - of course - a rainbow.
A recent performance in Beirut of Father Guilherme Peixoto sparked opposition from some Christians in Lebanon. “Not all need to like what I’m doing, but they need to respect. It’s music to bring the church outside of the church,” he said.
Yet they still don't care. It's like they live to see every scandal there is. That it's the first thing they seek out. I don't care to see any of it. I try to scroll from it so I don't get caught up in it. Besides I get extremely upset when I not only see it on gtv but when thousands look at it brhenry
Conventual Friars at the Basilica of St. Francis Singing with the remains of Brs. Bernardo di Quintavalle, Silvester, William of England, Electus and Valentino.
The First Friars & The Singing of the Salve Sancte Pater. by breski1 on Jan 31, 2013
"The abduction of Venezuela’s head of state (which cost eighty Venezuelan lives and was not preceded by a declaration of war) and his arraignment before a New York court epitomises how far secularist Western society has departed from the old Christian West. In more Christian times, regardless of the moral caliber of a society’s leader, he was treated with respect by other states because of his position, no matter the ferocity of their differences." Secularism, the new barbarism?
A report by the Demetree Institute at Students for Life of America found that 114 U.S. Christian colleges — more than one in seven — have ties to abortion or support it, often through referrals or relationships with the anti-life network Planned Parenthood. Examining 725 Christ-centred institutions during the 2024–25 academic year, the study found that support for abortion has risen sharply since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022.
A new report from Students for Life of America’s Demetree Institute for Pro-Life Advancement has found that 114 Christian colleges and universities in the United States — more than one in seven — are supporting abortion in some way. The report found these Christian universities either backing abortion or maintaining some type of relationship with Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion company. The investigation, conducted for the fourth consecutive year during the 2024-2025 academic year, examined 725 institutions affiliated with Christ-centered denominations that publicly claim a historical Christian faith in their founding. Schools from denominations embracing a pro-abortion stance, such as the Disciples of Christ, United Church of Christ, Quaker, and Moravian, were excluded. Students for Life of America (SFLA) President Kristan Hawkins emphasized the incompatibility of such ties with Christian principles. “You can’t be Christian and be pro-abortion,” Hawkins told Fox …
Saint Mathew 22:21 "Give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar-and to God what belongs to God." Saint Mathew 5:37 "But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one."
NYTIMES: We Are the Bystanders This Time Jan. 15, 2026 By Shalom Auslander Mr. Auslander is the author of the newsletter Fetal Position and the book “Feh: a Memoir.” nytimes.com/…inion/ice-shooting-germany- … One summer day, years ago, I chanced upon the diary of a German soldier from the early 1940s in a flea market in New York City. It was buried among a bunch of other random items — hat blocks, Matchbox cars, an Underwood typewriter. There was so much I might have missed it, but I am Jewish; books adorned with eagles perched on swastikas tend to catch my eye. It was a small notebook, filled with German writing. Though I don’t speak German, I was able to make out the months — Februar, März, April — and the year. The black-and-white photographs of the soldier’s life, tucked into the yellowing pages, were what interested me most: a photo of the beaming young diarist in his sharp new uniform, a rifle slung over his shoulder; one with his fellow soldiers in a countryside somewhere on …Hafa
Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś said that the Polish wording of the Good Friday prayer for Jews had been changed 2022 because the previous text was 'so dramatically untrue'. He spoke about the Novus Ordo and not the prayer in the old liturgy. The Cardinal made these remarks during a January press conference held to present the 29th annual Day of Judaism in the Catholic Church in Poland on 15 January. Cardinal Ryś was speaking in his capacity as Chairman of the Committee of the Polish Bishops’ Conference for Dialogue with Judaism. Cardinal Ryś is one of the most liberal bishops in Poland and Leo XIV promoted him to Archbishop of Kraków on 26 November. He added that the version pre-2022 contained teachings that were "if not heretical, then at least scandalous". The change had been introduced despite the fact that the final Polish edition of another new missal had not yet been published. This was possible, Cardinal Ryś said, because the Dicastery for Divine Worship, led by Cardinal Arthur Roche, …Hafa
"the people whom You first acquired as Your own" means that they have been AND CONTINUE TO BE God's people, which is false. But what do these ones today have to do with those of the Old Testament?
Saint Ita | Foster Mother of the Saints of Ireland | Saint Story for Kids In today’s Saint Story for Kids, we meet Saint Ita, a loving Irish nun and abbess known as the “Foster Mother of the Saints of Ireland.” Living in the 6th century, Saint Ita devoted her life to prayer, teaching, and caring for others. Many future Irish saints learned from her wisdom, kindness, and deep love for God. She showed that holiness can grow through gentleness, encouragement, and faithful daily living. In this episode, children will learn: Who Saint Ita was Why she is called the Foster Mother of Irish saints How kindness and teaching help others grow in faith How God uses caring hearts to shape future saints Saint Ita’s story gently teaches kids that helping others grow closer to God — through patience, love, and prayer — is a beautiful way to serve Him. Feast Day: January 15 Liturgical Colour: White Ita of Clúaincredal Ita of Hy-Connall Ita of Ireland Ita of Munster Ita of Waterford Deirdre… Dorothy…Hafa
On 13 January, Bishop Athanasius Schneider spoke with the Confraternity of Our Lady of Fatima about the current state of the Church. Below are ten key takeaways, followed by the full video. - Synodality is becoming a code word to further dilute the clarity of the Catholic faith. - We are turning the Church into a permanent debating club and a kind of parliament, which goes against the divinely established structure of the Church. Synodal meetings are a waste of time and money, and they take bishops and lay people away from the vital work of evangelisation. - The liturgy is the primary duty of the Church: to adore and worship God worthily. - I am not convinced that an ordinariate for the traditional liturgy is a good solution. It would isolate those attached to the traditional liturgy, but the Mass should be for everyone. The traditional Latin Mass must be at the heart of the Church again, and become commonplace. - A bishop should not have the right to impede or limit the traditional …Hafa