We post the art essay from the Magnificat for the April issue. It's about the work titled, "Blessed the Man." The artist is Anonymous and goes back to the 9th century. It's in Stuttgart, Germany. The reflection is written by Father Gabriel Porretta. He's a scholar of medieval Christianity and theology teacher at Providence College in Rhode Island. How very appropriate is this old religious work of art with another war taking place in the Middle East. Pilate's words, "Behold, the man!" (John 19:5) are cruel mockery as he displays the whipped and bloodied prisoner to the screaming crowd. The words mean: look at what you call a man. Look at how weak he is. How defenceless. How beaten down. And the words have menace: this is who you are in the hands of Roman justice, and any one of you could be next. But the unknown artist of the early-9th-century Stuttgart Psalter noticed that, through the mockery and the menace of Pilate’s words, an echo of another voice can be heard: "Blessed the man"…
"Here were two pastors meeting each other": Mrs Sarah Mullally, who holds the title 'Archbishop of Canterbury', hailed her meeting with Pope Leo XIV as warm. In an interview at the Venerable English College in Rome after the meeting, she said that they had "met as pastors". And: "We both recognise that, regardless of me being a woman, this is a significant moment in that both our churches have been on a journey together to deepen our friendship, to pray together and to seek that unity to which we are called."
"Archbishop" Sarah is encouraged by Leo XIV. She got the impression she was a pastor along with him.
The intentional idea here is to bring this to light, make it common place, and less of a shock to the laity, in hopes that very soon the Catholic Church will embrace female Clergy as a solution to several problems. Who would you rather embrace, your Mother or predatory Rump Ranger? I take the Castration position to solve these issues.
The optics of this really aren't good. Why did this need to happen in a Catholic church in Rome when there's a perfectly decent Anglican one within the walls?
Sacrilegio nella nostra Chiesa cattolica!!! Il cardinale Tagle rimarca che la fede anglicana e quella cattolica sono una "fede comune", cioè una stessa fede, senza differenze. Ecco a cosa ci vogliono portare i pastori-mercenari con il dialogo interreligioso (detto ecumenismo), ad abbracciare le dottrine eretiche. In pratica ci vogliono portare all'inferno, a motivo che i protestanti non possono celebrare sacramenti validi come la S.Messa e la S.Confessione. Ci troveremo presto, visto che per i nostri pastori non occorre guardare alle differenze, a celebrare invalidamente la S.Messa, da parte di sacerdoti protestanti e ad essere noi assolti in Confessionale con sacerdoti o sacerdotesse di altre credenze religiose, rimanendo in peccato mortale oppure ci diranno che non serve confessarsi, come avviene tra i luterani, che si confessano personalmente davanti a Dio.
27. apríla poverila pani Sarah Mullallyová riaditeľa Anglikánskeho centra v Ríme Anthonyho Balla, aby ju zastupoval pri Svätej stolici. Napriek tomu, že anglikáni majú v Ríme vlastný kostol, obrad sa konal v Kostole svätého Ignáca z Loyoly, ktorý patrí jezuitom. Kardinál Luis Antonio Tagle predniesol homíliu o údajnej "spoločnej viere a jednote v Ježišovi Kristovi".
A MIT professor gave a 1-hour lecture in 2019 that has 18 million views. He died 5 months after recording it. It was his final gift to the world. Patrick Winston taught at MIT for 50 years. The smartest engineers on earth sat in his classroom. And he spent his last lecture teaching them the one skill their degrees never covered. How to speak. 15 lessons that will change how you communicate forever: Never open with a joke. Your audience is not ready to laugh yet. Open with a promise of what they will know by the end. Your ideas are like your children. You are too close to them. What is obvious to you is invisible to everyone else. Explain the obvious. The 5-minute rule: the first 5 minutes of any talk determine whether people will listen for the next 55. Spend more time on your opening than anything else. Repeat your most important idea 3 times in 3 different ways. Once is never enough. Build a fence around your idea. Tell people what it is NOT before you tell them what it IS. Verbal …More
'The disorders now blamed on covid (the disease) and on the largely invented and widely exaggerated “long covid” were actually caused by the vaccine, which was never suitable for human use – let alone suitable for giving to billions of people in the largest uncontrolled experiment ever seen.'
Breaking News Vaccine Lies and Vaccine Truths Drug companies tell many lies about vaccines and vaccination. Lies which journalists and politicians then repeat. Vaccines are not safe nor effective, Dr. Vernon Coleman says, citing the example of the covid “vaccine,” which he believes has caused far more harm than good. Vaccines are responsible for a range of health problems, including immune system disorders, allergies and autism. And the benefits of vaccines are often exaggerated or fabricated for commercial reasons. Let’s not lose touch…Your Government and Big Tech are actively trying to censor the information reported by The Exposé to serve their own needs. Subscribe to our emails now to make sure you receive the latest uncensored news in your inbox… By Dr. Vernon Coleman More lies are told about vaccines and vaccination than any other branch of medicine. Indeed, it is difficult to think of any area where more lies are told. The lies are largely created by drug companies which make …
Where did the spike protein come from that was part of the vaccine? Did they pluck them one by one from the "virus" that they can't isolate in vitro or vivo? Plainly not. Obviously, if there is spike protein in the vials that protein must have been manufactured in a lab. The most serious effects occur when blood and internal organs are exposed. The most effective way this exposure is realised is by injection. The respiratory tract is an external organ with its own immune system and thus a strong bulwark against any external assault.
Three individuals shared portions of their consecrated Hosts with their dogs during a Eucharist on October 4, 2025, at Good Shepherd Parish in Zürich, Switzerland. The sacrilege occurred during an animal blessing that had been combined with a Eucharist. The Diocese of Chur investigated the incided and concluded on April 17 that the individuals did not act with sacrilegious intent. Despite imposing no canonical penalties, the diocese described the incident as “highly regrettable.” #newsXhlejkrule
I knew a protestant woman who went to Mass, took a host, and after eating part of it, gave the rest to her grandchild. It grieves me to know to what extent the Holy Catholic Church is being betrayed by her priests and prelates.
I have witnessed people taking the HOST and breaking IT into smaller pieces. What happened after that I do not know. Several times I had to interrupt distributing Holy Communion, and tell the person to consume the Host immediately, and not parade around the Church with IT. Yes, things are becoming worse each day.
04/27/2026 Entire blog as a free PDF eBook. The rules are simple: they lie to us, we know they’re lying, they know we know they’re lying, but they keep lying to us, and we keep pretending to believe them. Elena Gorochowa, The Mountain of Crumbs Some attribute this sentence to Alexander Solzhenitsyn. It is difficult to arrive at the truth through it, especially when one wants to describe that truth. We know they’re lying. They know they’re lying. We know that they know we know they’re lying. And yet they keep on lying. Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Who is moved by the “truth” that the President of the United States proclaims on TruthSocial or during exchanges with journalists? The Donald Trump Bridge, which the U.S. president just unveiled on truthsocial.com. The disconnect between reality and narrative clearly made an impression on Orwell, who worried that “the very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world.” The theme of falsified history and the destruction of truth would …
**The Aleteia article is spot-on and a helpful guide.** Your quoted text about the **green cover** accurately describes it: it's the 1997 Latin *editio typica* (typical edition), which became the official reference text with the definitive English translation and minor refinements from the earlier 1992/1994 French-based version (often tan cover). ### Key Context on Editions by Cover Color - **Tan**: Early 1990s provisional English translation (French original). Good historically, but superseded. - **Green**: 1997 official Latin-based Second Edition. This was long considered *the* standard authoritative version. Many people (including traditional-leaning Catholics) still prefer it for its "classic" status and pre-2018 wording on certain topics. - **Blue** (and some newer hardcovers/white editions): Incorporates the 2018 change to paragraph 2267 on the death penalty (now called "inadmissible" rather than allowing for rare cases). This is the most current official text. ### Thoughts on Your …More
Assisted suicide bill falls in Great Britain By SPUC—the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children On April 24, the last day of Committee Stage in the Lords of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill concluded. With the Parliamentary session ending that week, the Bill will make no further progress, and will fall.
Grupos provida celebran el fracaso del proyecto de ley de suicidio asistido Los defensores de la vida en el Reino Unido celebraron el viernes 24 de abril una «gran victoria»: el fracaso del proyecto de ley que pretendía legalizar el suicidio asistido en Inglaterra y Gales, poniendo fin —al menos por ahora— a uno de los debates morales más intensamente seguidos en el Parlamento británico en décadas. hmtv
The Vatican’s Dicastery for Divine Worship has acknowledged receipt of a “hierarchical recourse” filed against the apparent refusal of Bishop Michael Martin of Charlotte, North Carolina, to respond to requests concerning liturgical matters. The Vatican letter, dated February 16 and signed by Fr. Pierre Paul, confirms that the case has been assigned protocol number 369/25 and will be examined according to the applicable procedures. However, in the Vatican, such procedural formalities often lead nowhere; even the acceptance of an appeal does not guarantee any intervention or substantive action. Bishop Martin has aggressively curtailed Catholic liturgical practices in the Diocese of Charlotte. #newsAhximseszf
CATECHISM OF PERSEVERANCE : AN HISTORICAL, DOCTRINAL,MORAL, AND LITURGICAL EXPOSITION OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION Translated from the French of Mgr Gaume by REV. F. B. JAMISON - COURSE SECOND - CHAPTER 18 - Union of our intellect with our Lord, the new Adam, by faith-First and second articles of the Symbol...Download, print, and above all share !
On April 27, Bishop Emeritus Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, commented on PillarsOfFaith.net regarding the scandalous reception of Mrs. Sarah Mullally at the Vatican. The woman bears the title and attire of the Anglican “Archbishop” of Canterbury. Monsignor Strickland managed not to mention Pope Leo XIV, even though he had received the lady as an equal “bishop.” Rather, Bishop Strickland merely reaffirmed the Catholic teaching that the priesthood is divinely instituted and that the Church has no authority to ordain women. He argued that public gestures that give the appearance of honoring someone without valid ordination in an office could confuse the faithful about the nature of the Catholic priesthood and ordination. In conclusion, he called on Catholics to respond with prayer, Eucharistic adoration, penance, and reparation for the Church. #newsTwjnhxknic