During today’s Regina Caeli prayer, Leo XIV paid tribute to his predecessor for his “great witness of faith and love.” Francis died on Easter Monday last year (April 21, 2025) at the age of 88. Leo XIV said, “In the light of the Risen Lord, we remember Pope Francis today with special affection.” Fittingly, he warned that the truth is often obscured by fake news, “that is, by lies, insinuations, and unfounded suspicions.” #newsTqowhltbxb
Ninos Afram, a Syriac Christian man, was shot dead on April 2, 2026, after gunfire targeted his vehicle in the Grusåsen area of Södertälje, Sweden. He was transported to hospital in critical condition and died at 1:00 p.m. Afram was the son of Syriac activist Dr. Abrohom Afram. No suspects have been arrested, and police are reviewing surveillance footage. Current reporting suggests the motive was crime-related rather than religious. Södertälje is one of Sweden’s most troubled cities. One-third of its population is of Syriac descent, and more than half has a foreign background. Swedish police named Södertälje a focus of concern in their 2025 organized crime report, noting that young people from immigrant backgrounds have become part of the gang violence problem. As many people were shot dead in Södertälje in one year as in all of London. Criminal networks have been advancing into local politics there as far back as 2011. Sweden’s vice National Police Commissioner stated that approximately 40 …
Exorcist Explains Spiritual Warfare and Catholic Mental Health | Fr Chad Ripperger How can Catholics discern whether interior suffering is the result of demonic oppression or struggles like anxiety, depression, or emotional trauma? In this episode of A Reason For Hope Podcast, Mario Costabile sits down with Catholic priest, exorcist, and Thomistic philosopher Fr. Chad Ripperger, who explains how the Church approaches spiritual warfare, using the rich intellectual tradition of St. Thomas Aquinas to distinguish between spiritual and psychological afflictions. We explore how demons interact with the intellect, will, and passions, and how Catholics can recognize signs of spiritual attack, while understanding that not all mental or emotional challenges are demonic in origin. Fr. Ripperger shares practical guidance on discernment of spirits, the role of grace, virtue, and the sacraments, and how Catholic mental health perspectives can complement spiritual care. This conversation is essential …More
Hundreds of empty seats during Leo XIV’s Easter Vigil: Matt Butorac, a Catholic pilgrimage guide, reported on X that there were “hundreds of empty seats” during the Easter Vigil at St Peter’s Basilica. The screenshots, taken from a video he shared for "those claiming it was not empty", show the basilica during the baptisms. Butorac attributes this to ticketing issues and disorganised queues. However, shortly before the Eucharist began, entry was permitted without tickets and everyone was able to enter.
EMTY SEATS: Catholic Traveler had a video on X.com from yesterday's Easter Night Eucharist with Leo XIV. Screenshots (fair use)
Israel strikes Iranian Bushehr military base Emerging social media footage shows huge smoke rising from the impact site. The region could see severe escalation if attacks on Iranian infrastructure continue, Ebrahim Zolfaghari, the Khatam al-Anbiya Central HQ spokesperson, said earlier. US-Israel-Iran war | @geopolitics_prime
message. It's especially important this Easter, as the war against Iran and in Ukraine have not ended. ... Brothers and sisters, through his resurrection, the Lord confronts us even more powerfully with the dramatic reality of our freedom. Before the empty tomb, we can be filled with hope and wonder, like the disciples, or with fear like the guards and the Pharisees, forced to resort to lies and subterfuge rather than acknowledge that the one who had been condemned is truly risen!In the light of Easter, let us allow ourselves to be amazed by Christ! Let us allow our hearts to be transformed by his immense love for us! Let those who have weapons lay them down! Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace! Not a peace imposed by force, but through dialogue! Not with the desire to dominate others, but to encounter them!We are growing accustomed to violence, resigning ourselves to it, and becoming indifferent. Indifferent to the deaths of thousands of people. Indifferent to the …
Iran doesn't expect total blackout in case US-Israel attack its power plants "Highly diversified energy production sources, along with the grid’s geographic dispersion and interconnectedness, would allow the country to keep supplying at least partial power" — Iran's official to IRIB (x.com/mylordbebo/status/2041095771030774037) Join us (Lord Bebo Exclusive) | @MyLordBebo
Iran lehnt Öffnung der Straße von Hormus ab. Iranische Offizielle erklärten Reuters gegenüber, dass Teheran die Öffnung der strategischen Meerenge ablehnt. Damit widersprachen sie einer Falschmeldung des Axios-Journalisten Barak Ravid, wonach die USA über eine 45-tägige Waffenruhe verhandelten. Die sogenannten Waffenstillstandsverhandlungen dienten demnach als Taktik der Trump-Administration, Aktienhändler in die Irre zu führen und ein schnelles Kriegsende zu suggerieren, während Insider auf die Fortsetzung der Kampfhandlungen setzten. #Iran#USA Verpasse nichts! Abonniere hier: @MilitaerNews
Chapter IV ~ How We Ought to Return Good for Evil Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. —St. Matt. v. 44. "My friend," said the bishop, "before you go take your candlesticks." He went to the mantlepiece, fetched the two candlesticks, and handed them to Jean Valjean. "Now," said the bishop, "go in peace, Jean Valjean, my brother, you no longer belong to evil, but to good. I have bought your soul of you." —Victor Hugo, Les Miserables. WE can pass quite naturally from the consideration of what the hermits taught about dying to the world to the stories which illustrate the ideal of returning good for evil. Indeed, when we think of death to the world, as evidenced by the patient endurance of wrong, the passing over to the thought of returning good for such evil is so gradual that it is hard sometimes to decide under which heading to place some particular story or exhortation. Yet there seems to be a real …More
"I ~ How an old man blessed one who injured him. A certain brother came to the cell of an elder, one well known among the brethren for his holiness. Entering in, he stole the food which was there. The old man saw him, but did not accuse him. He only laboured more diligently to supply again what he had lost, saying in his heart, "I am sure that my brother must have been in great need, for else he would not have stolen." In spite of his toil, the old man came to endure great suffering for want of food. At last he was brought even to the point of death. The brethren, knowing only that he was dying, came and stood round his bed. Among them he saw the brother who had stolen his food. "Come hither to me," he said to him. Then taking his hands and kissing them, he said to those who stood around, "I pay my thanks to these hands, brethren, for because of them I am going, as I trust, to enter the kingdom of heaven."
St. Catherine of Sweden ~~~ If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world on fire. Let the Truth be your delight...proclaim it...but with a certain congeniality
[Saint Catharine of Genoa – XV-XVI Century AD; Genoa, Republic of Genoa/ Genoa, Republic of Genoa; Aged 62-63; mystic, known for her work among the sick and the poor] Verses from Imitation ~ Thomas A Kempis Trust not in thy friends and neighbors, and put not oft thy soul's welfare till the future ; for men will forget thee sooner than thou thinkest. It is better to provide now in time and send some good before thee than to trust to the assistance of others after death. If thou art not solicitous for thyself now, who will be solicitous for thee hereafter. Did'st thou also well ponder in thy heart the future pains of hell or Purgatory, methinks thou would'st bear willingly labor and sorrow and fear no kind of austerity. Who will remember thee when thou art dead ? and who will pray for thee ? Now thy labor is profitable, thy tears are acceptable, thy groans are heard, thy sorrow is satisfying and purifieth the soul. The patient man hath a great and wholesome purgatory. Better is it to …More
"Trust not in thy friends and neighbors, and put not oft thy soul's welfare till the future ; for men will forget thee sooner than thou thinkest. It is better to provide now in time and send some good before thee than to trust to the assistance of others after death. If thou art not solicitous for thyself now, who will be solicitous for thee hereafter."
Military planes and copters destroyed in black, severely damaged. in orange with conflicting claims as usual, damaged but sure of the degree of damage. Also include a little bird. Which is another copter that is not listed on the chart. So much for Iran can't do us damage and we rule the skies. Just more deceptions and lies exposed. Don't be taken in by deceptions and lies which this administration. It's what they do best. We don't rule anything as trump brags. Now the whole world is watching those lies be destroyed along with our Military. Pray that he is not stupid enough and send our men into Iran on the ground. It will be a massacre! This is trump bragging again. But Iran is sickened by his filthy mouth and called it vile. But what's with praise to allah? I thought he was a Christian. Sick angry old man needs a nice long nap. "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!" Trump wrote . "Open the F***in' Strait, …More
"Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus by St. Gertrude the Great O Sacred Heart of Jesus, fountain of eternal life, Your Heart is a glowing furnace of Love. You are my refuge and my sanctuary. O my adorable and loving Savior, consume my heart with the burning fire with which Yours is aflamed. Pour down on my soul those graces which flow from Your love. Let my heart be united with Yours. Let my will be conformed to Yours in all things. May Your Will be the rule of all my desires and actions."
“Prayer to St. Raphael ~ Sancte Raphael ~ (God has healed) Vouchsafe, O Lord God, to send unto our assistance Saint Raphael the Archangel: and may he, who, we believe, evermore standeth before the throne of Thy majesty, offer unto Thee our humble petitions to be blessed by Thee. Through Christ our Lord. Dirigere dignare, Domine Deus, in adiutorium nostrum, sanctum Raphaelem Archangelum; et quem tuae maiestati semper assistere credimus, tibi nostras exiguas preces benedicendas assignet. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Prayer to St. Raphael, Archangel Glorious archangel, St. Raphael, great prince of the heavenly court, illustrious by thy gifts of wisdom and grace, guide of travelers by land and sea, consoler of the unfortunate and refuge of sinners, I entreat thee to help me in all my needs and in all the trials of this life, as you did once assist the young Tobias in his journeying. And since you art the "physician of God," I humbly pray thee to heal my soul of its many infirmities and my …More
Yes, you will continue to bomb schools, universities, hospitals, science centers, libraries, and truck drivers, shopping centers and towns and villages. Poisoning their water. Killing many innocent children and people. We know. Just like you and Israel did to Gaza! What goes around comes around. This man given to America as punishment for our sins. He is a disaster to the world. And he is going to bring all of us all down with him. But, it is GOD'S Will that he does this. So be it.