Editor’s Note: You can read more about the “Norms and History of Fasting” in various articles written by Mr. Matthew Plese. It has been a long-standing requirement to observe Christmas Eve as a day of fasting and abstinence from meat. Christmas Eve remains part of the penitential season of Advent, which does not end until Midnight Mass on December 25th. Christmas Eve as a Day of Fasting and Abstinence Christmas Eve has been a vigil of fasting and abstinence for centuries. In fact, even when various groups or nations were exempted from various fast days, the Vigil of Our Lord’s Nativity virtually always remained. For instance, the papal bull Altitudo Divini Concilii of Pope Paul III in 1537 reduced the days of penance and those of hearing Mass for the Native Americans, out of pastoral concern due to the physically demanding lifestyle that they lived and also largely due to the fact that they fasted so much already. As a result, the only fasting days required under pain of sin for the …
Join RFK Jr., and Read, Share, and Comment on the X post dedicated to this article here. In a decisive and unprecedented move, the United States government has initiated visa restrictions and, if necesary, removal proceedings against Imran Ahmed, the UK-based founder (now living in Washington, DC) and CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), marking a historic escalation in America’s response to foreign-backed censorship targeting U.S. citizens and lawful speech. The action follows today’s formal announcement by Secretary of State Marco Rubio outlining a sweeping effort to confront what the administration has labeled the “global censorship-industrial complex”—a transnational network of foreign activists, NGOs, and regulators accused of coercing American platforms to silence constitutionally protected expression. Secretary Rubio posted the following statement about the decision on X: This decision follows closely on the heels of last month’s announcement in the UK …
[Saint Catherine of Siena /Caterina di Benincasa/; XIV-XV Century AD; Siena, Republic of Siena/Rome, Papal States; aged 33; Spiritual Writer; Mystic; Virgin; Doctor of the Church] “Of the glory of the Blessed " Similarly, the just soul, for whom life finishes in the affection of charity and the bonds of love, cannot increase in virtue, time having come to nought, but she can always love with that affection with which she comes to Me, and that measure that is measured to her. She always desires Me, and loves Me, and her desire is not in vain—being hungry, she is satisfied, and being satisfied, she has hunger, but the tediousness of satiety and the pain of hunger are far from her. In love, the Blessed rejoice in My eternal vision, participating in that good that I have in Myself, every one according to his measure, that is that, with that measure of love, with which they have come to Me, is it measured to them. Because they have lived in love of Me and of the neighbour, united together …More
"And that soul rejoices in Me, and in the souls, and in the blessed spirits, seeing and tasting in them the beauty and the sweetness of My love. And their desires for ever cry out to Me, for the salvation of the whole world. And because their life ended in the love of the neighbour, they have not left it behind, but, with it, they will pass through the Door, My only-begotten Son in the way that I will relate to thee. So thou seest that in those bonds of love in which they finished their life, they go on and remain eternally."
Residents of Domus Paulus VI (formerly Casa del Clero) in Via della Scrofa, Rome, have been instructed to vacate the building due to planned renovation works. The accommodation facility became famous in 2013, the day after the election of Francis, when the new pontiff wanted to go in person to settle the bill. The residence, long used to host cardinals, bishops, and priests, will be leased on a long-term basis to a private operator because the Holy See lacks funds for refurbishment. After renovation, the property is expected to be used as a four-star hotel. Residents sent a letter to Pope Leo XIV expressing concern about the future of the house. Vatican officials confirmed the decision, citing safety issues and financial constraints. The Holy See is expected to receive a stable annual income from the lease.
La vicenda dai contorni poco trasparenti è stata sollevata da alcuni cardinali e vescovi residenti che hanno preso carta e penna per informare e chiedere lumi a Papa Leone XIV... ...Situata in una posizione strategica, tra via della Scrofa e piazza Navona, la Domus Internationalis Paulus VI sembra che sia stata proposta al miglior offerente e in procinto di essere affittata per un lungo periodo (si parla di 30 anni) per poi essere trasformata in un hotel di lusso. Causando naturalmente un moto di protesta all'interno, tra anziani sacerdoti e vescovi, scandalizzati per la deriva che sta prendendo la vicenda... ...In questo periodo sono iniziate ad arrivare le lettere di sfratto, chiedendo agli ospiti di liberare le stanze occupate. Il motivo ufficiale è la imminente ristrutturazione della casa sacerdotale come ha anche comunicato il monsignore portoghese Mario Rui Fernandes Leite de Oliveira in una recente riunione a diversi dei cinquanta residenti, sottolineando che vi sarebbero presunti …More
A summary of Articles by Br. Alexis Bugnolo Over the years the Freemason, John Salza, (source here) who claims to have converted to the Catholic Faith, has published numerous articles full of lies about the Catholic Faith and the Apostolic See. Recently he has gathered his articles on one page, which is being shared with FSSP priets in North American to defend the Bergoglian revolution and keep the Faithful bound to that psyop. So in reply I will list here on this one page, the articles full of lies, and my refutations, since Salza and Siscoe pretend that I have not refuted their slop propaganda, long ago. Please share this page with all priests of the FSSP: As always, since I am truly a transparent and independent Catholic journalist, I will follow my example of first posting a link to the article I rebut, a courtesy rarely returned: First, I will mention that the term, “Bennevacantism”, which Steve Skojec popularized, but denies coining, is used extensively by Steve O’Reilley, the …
23.12.2025 CARDINAL FERNANDEZ, BISHOP PETER LIBASI AND FR. GEORGES LAIRE, TRY TO FORCE VATICAN COUNCIL II RED UPON A RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY WHICH CHOOSES VATICAN COUNCIL II, BLUE Sister Marie Philomena micm, Directoress of the St. Augustine Institute of Wisdom in New Hampshire is a Feeneyite on Vatican Council II.For her it is Vatican Council II, blue. The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in NH accept all Magisterial Documents interpreted rationally unlike Pope Leo and the local bishop. A Decree of Prohibitions has been issued against the religious community at the St. Benedict Center NH by the Vatican. Fr.Georges de Laire, Judicial Vicar in the diocese of Manchester in New Hampshire, USA, must clarify for the people in NH if he interprets Vatican Council II with Cushingism or Feeneyism, red or blue, irrational or rational, and is this honest, Catholic and legal. He presently forces the St. Augustine Institute of Wisdom, St. Benedict Center, New Hampshire, to also interpret …More
Bishop Marcus Stock of Leeds - new Apostolic Administrator of Middlesbrough, England - has announced in February 2023 that the Old Mass can no longer be celebrated in any parish churches in his diocese.
There is a vast difference between the meaning of shepherd and wolf. A pope is a guardian and custodian of the faith, not a destroyer. Can a traitor and murderer of souls be called a bishop? The Magisterium of the Church has decreed in perpetuity that heretics and apostates are automatically excommunicated, as are their collaborators and accomplices.
25 Italian Doctors Face Trial Over Covid Dissent: In a first for Italy’s republican history, 25 doctors are appearing before the Central Commission for Health Professions at the Ministry of Health. They are not being tried for clinical malpractice, but for publicly criticising the government's policies on the pandemic. The charges focus on the tone and manner of their statements. The appeal hearing in Rome, which follows suspensions imposed by local medical boards and was initiated by the FNOMCEO, could result in their permanent removal from the medical register. According to the defence, the federation’s president, Filippo Anelli, pushed for definitive expulsion following earlier disciplinary measures.
Molto, molto, molto significativo. "... Filippo Anelli (presidente FNOMCEO) e il ministro della Salute Orazio Schillaci. Hanno costituito in tutta fretta una commissione di II grado che non era attiva da anni e hanno fissato l’udienza a Roma il 19 dicembre, cioè oggi (ieri ndr.)." Si convoca un Tribunale Speciale apposta per mandare in Siberia i Non-Conformi. Tesi accusatoria e sentenza già scritta: "Fra NOI -persone illuminate, colte, mature- ci si confronta in termini felpati e pacati". Anche quando il 90% di NOI agisce dicendo bugie sesquipedali e causando la MORTE degli assistiti. Siamo uomini d'onore
Summa Theologica: First Section...Thomas Aquinas -TREATISE ON THE WORK OF THE SIX DAYS - ON THE THINGS THAT BELONG TO THE SEVENTH DAY...to download, to print !
Quaestio Whether sedevacantism is a heresy. --- Objectiones Objection 1. It seems that sedevacantism is not heresy. For heresy consists in the denial of a revealed dogma, whereas sedevacantists profess all dogmas of the Catholic faith and claim only that certain men were not true popes. Therefore, sedevacantism is not heresy. Objection 2. Further, the Church teaches that a heretic cannot be a member of the Church, much less its head. But sedevacantists hold that the claimants to the papacy were heretics. Therefore, they conclude logically that the Roman See is vacant, which does not appear heretical. Objection 3. Further, St. Robert Bellarmine teaches that a manifest heretic is ipso facto deposed from ecclesiastical office. Therefore, to assert a vacancy due to heresy seems to follow Catholic doctrine rather than contradict it. Objection 4. Further, extraordinary evils may occur in the Church, as during the Arian crisis, when many bishops fell into error. Therefore, it seems possible …More