Carnival Eucharist in Düren, Germany: Last Sunday, Rev Toni Straeten celebrated a carnival Eucharist in the church St Marien in Düren, Aachen Diocese. He delivered his sermon in a clown costume with red nose. The Novus Ordo Eucharist included carnival songs. Aachen Diocese is currently ruined by Bishop Helmut Dieser.
Aachener Zeitung: "Ein Pfarrer mit roter Clownsnase und Kostüm, eine Predigt in Reimform, Karnevalshits statt Orgelmusik und eine Kirche, die so voll ist wie ansonsten vermutlich nur an Weihnachten – der Karnevalsgottesdienst mit Priester Toni Straeten und der Raritäten-Band am Orchideensonntag in der Dürener Marienkirche ist fast schon Kult."
A New Jersey Catholic diocese outside Philadelphia has agreed to pay $180 million in a clergy sexual abuse settlement, the latest in a church scandal set off more than two decades ago. The settlement, which must still be approved by a bankruptcy court, comes after the diocese had fought a state a grand jury investigation for years before relenting last year. The Camden diocese, like others nationwide, filed for bankruptcy amid a torrent of lawsuits after the statute of limitations was relaxed. Here is a list of some of the other large clergy abuse settlements reached by the Catholic Church in the U.S. Los Angeles In 2024, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles agreed to pay $880 million to more than 1,000 victims of clergy sexual abuse dating back decades. The archdiocese, which covers Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties, had previously paid more than $740 million to victims, making the total payout more than $1.5 billion. New Orleans The New Orleans Archdiocese agreed to pay …
Monsignor Rick Stika, former Bishop of Knoxville, died at age 68 on February 17. He struggled with health issues for a long time, including obesity, diabetes, and heart problems. Stika led the diocese for nearly 15 years. In June 2023, he resigned at the request of Pope Francis amid controversy surrounding his leadership. He was born in St. Louis in 1957 and ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of St. Louis in 1985. Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Knoxville in 2009. Bishop Stika’s Strange Travel Partner His tenure became turbulent in 2021 when he admitted to interfering in a diocesan investigation into allegations of homosexual assault involving the Polish seminarian Wojciech Sobczuk. Stika claimed that he believed the accused was innocent. However, fiscal records from the Knoxville diocese indicate that, between 2018 and 2020, Stika allocated $4,000 in diocesan funds in the form of cash gifts to Sobczuk. Stika also directed the diocese to purchase a $2,000 laptop for Sobczuk. …More
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Millions of files related to the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a “global criminal enterprise” that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the United Nations human rights council has said. The experts said crimes outlined in documents released by the US justice department were committed against a backdrop of supremacist beliefs, racism, corruption and extreme misogyny. The crimes, they said, showed a commodification and dehumanisation of women and girls. “So grave is the scale, nature, systematic character, and transnational reach of these atrocities against women and girls, that a number of them may reasonably meet the legal threshold of crimes against humanity,” they said in a statement. The experts said the allegations contained in the files require an independent, thorough and impartial investigation, and said inquiries should also be launched into how it was possible …
Freddie Ponton 21st Century Wire The resignation of Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to Washington in February 2026 revealed more than a scandal—it exposed the architecture of a parallel governance system operating through deniable channels. The Epstein files, the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) censorship apparatus, and the Mandelson intelligence pipeline are not separate stories. They are component parts of a transatlantic mechanism that converts private access into public control, with enforcement mechanisms that now reach across sovereign borders to silence American citizens. Jeffrey Epstein was a convicted sex offender with deep ties to political and financial elites on both sides of the Atlantic. Peter Mandelson is a former UK power‑broker and ambassador to Washington, now under investigation for secretly sharing government information with Epstein. This article shows how their relationship connects to a wider system of online censorship and private global‑health finance. …
Hillary Clinton LAUGHED when asked about creepy photos taken of Bill Clinton in a hot tub with possible Epstein victims, saying he was being “philanthropic and charitable” What a scumbag.
Torn, Dirt-Stained Cloth as Lenten Installation in Cathedral: During Lent 2026, the installation “Trauerfetzen” is displayed in the Cathedral in Innsbruck, Austria. The work consists of 20 burnt, smoke-treated and weathered cotton cloths sewn together into a 140-square-meter structure suspended within the cathedral space. Innsbruck diocese is ruined by Bishop Hermann Glettler.
Das Fastentuch „Trauerfetzen“ des Wiener Künstlers Jakob Kirchmayr ist im Dom St. Jakob in Innsbruck zu sehen. Das 140 Quadratmeter große Werk besteht aus 20 verbrannten, mit Asche, Erde und Kohle bearbeiteten Baumwolltüchern, die zu einem einzigen großen „Trauerfetzen“ zusammengenäht wurden. Es wirkt wie ein verletzter, fragiler Körper und erinnert an Zerstörung, Krieg.
Are female Catholic priests considered a "True" priesthood established by Christ himself? NOPE Therefore, those sacraments, and Church are considered " Not Valid" Lets look at Pope Paul VI and the rulings of Vatican 2 The Catholic Church officially recognizes that Orthodox sacraments are valid because they possess valid apostolic succession, priesthood, and the Eucharist, despite being in schism with Rome. This position, upheld by the Magisterium and affirmed in documents like Unitatis Redintegratio (Vatican II), highlights that the Orthodox maintain true, apostolic-rooted sacramental life Paragraph 1399 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church acknowledges that Eastern churches not in full communion with the Catholic Church possess true sacraments, specifically the priesthood and the Eucharist, through apostolic succession. Validity of Sacraments: Because these churches (such as the Orthodox) have maintained apostolic succession, their Eucharist and priesthood are considered valid. …More