European bishops sidestep ‘Traditionis Custodes’, continuing traditional Latin Masses in parish churches without Vatican cispensations. Last week, the Dicastery for Divine Worship published all its decrees from 2025, including permissions for the 1962 Roman Missal in parish churches. The list shows permissions for 55 parishes in 33 dioceses. 41 of the parish-church locations in the 2025 decrees are in the United States - about 75%. France is conspicuously absent from the 2025 index despite its importance among traditional Catholics. No parish church in Paris appears among the Dicastery’s published dispensations in 2023, 2024 or 2025. Obviously, there are Masses. In the Paris parish of Saint-Eugène–Sainte-Cécile, the old Mass has been celebrated since the 1980s and remains part of the daily and Sunday schedule. Sainte-Odile also lists a Sunday Mass in the 1962 rite. Another example is London, England. No dispensation for a London parish church appears in the Dicastery’s published indexes …More
Marko Rupnik’s new monumental mosaic façade was inaugurated (!) at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil. Yesterday evening, the shrine unveiled the basilica’s 4,000-square-metre west façade. The project began in 2019 and continued after allegations of sexual and psychological abuse against Rupnik became public. The north façade was inaugurated in 2022, the south in 2024 and the east in 2025. Meanwhile, the sanctuary of Lourdes in France has already covered Rupnik’s mosaics, citing consideration for victims of abuse.
Last night in Aparecida, Brazil, the final monumental mosaic façade created by the Centro Aletti — founded by Marko Rupnik — was officially inaugurated. While Rupnik’s mosaics are being covered in Lourdes, his artistic legacy is being unveiled on a monumental scale in Brazil.
Cardinal Müller has once again spoken out strongly against bishops taking sides in party politics. He said that taking a clear stance against the AfD constitutes “a clear abuse of office.”
"Clear abuse of office" - Cardinal Müller criticises German bishops for their anti-AfD stance. After the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won 44% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt, Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller accused German bishops of interfering in party politics in an interview with Kontrafunk.radio on 11 September. When asked about the [Berlin Archbishop Heiner Koch's] idea that the Church could do without Catholics who vote the 'wrong' way, Müller responded: "In my view, this is quite simply a clear abuse of office." The Church, he added, is "not a trade union". "When it comes to party-political preferences, bishops have no right to call into question the civil rights of Catholics." Müller also dismissed comparisons between the AfD and National Socialism as "far-fetched". Nazism was an ideology that was incompatible with Christianity. By contrast, the AfD has "a political programme that every individual citizen can judge for themselves". His message to Germany’s bishops: "Bishops …More
Homily Monday, September 14, 2026 Glorious Cross Numbers 21:4b-9 “The person looked at the bronze serpent and recovered!” God commanded that a bronze serpent be made for the healing of those bitten by fiery serpents in the desert. The images that are a praise to God are from God. Philippians 2:6-11 Saint Paul says: “He humbled himself; therefore God exalted him.” God has walked in our history and is with us eternally. John 3:13-17 Jesus says: “God loves the world.” Jesus tenderly leads us to the Heart of God so that we may receive Love, peace, and joy. Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.
Peru tributes Leo XIV with the largest statue in the world. Standing 14 meters tall, the monument will rise in a seafront park in Callao overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The statue depicts Leo XIV with his arms open and is being built around a steel structure with a marble-like exterior finish. The privately funded monument is expected to be installed ahead of the pope’s November visit to Peru. #newsMmvrjnktky
Chiara Corbella war eine der sechzehn italienischen Frauen, die Giorgia Meloni in ihrer Antrittsrede vom 25. Oktober 2022 erwähnte, neben Nilde Iotti, Tina Anselmi, Grazia Deledda, Rita Levi Montalcini oder Oriana Fallaci. Petrillo antwortet, dass er es nicht erwartet habe, dass er sich geehrt fühle, dass er nie mit Meloni gesprochen habe noch sie kenne, und dass man sich daran erinnern solle, dass seine Frau ein ganz normales Mädchen war.
Italian bishop has "converted" - but to the . Ten (!) bishops and below 200 participants gathered for a homosexual conference titled “Good Practices in Pastoral Ministry with Homo-Affective and Transgender People” at the General Curia of the Jesuits in Rome on September 4. Among the bishops were: - Archbishop Gherardo Gambelli of Florence; - Archbishop Giuseppe Satriano of Bari-Bitonto; - Bishop Antonio Napolioni of Cremona; - Bishop Giampio Devasini of Chiavari; - Archbishop Giampaolo Dianin of Gorizia; - Bishop Francesco Savino of Cassano all’Jonio. Four dioceses - Florence, Bari-Bitonto, Cremona and Chiavari - presented their existing homosexual programs. These include dedicated diocesan teams, formation for priests and pastoral workers, accompaniment of families, and structures integrating ministry with homosexuals into ordinary diocesan pastoral work. Bishop Dianin conveyed personal greetings from the president of the Italian bishops, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi. Theologian Fr. Luca …More
Leo XIV appoints Archbishop: “The Church is called to disappear so that the Kingdom may grow.” Today, Pope Leo XIV appointed Father Mario León Dorado, 52 — a T-shirt guy and an adherent of the heretical Abu Dhabi program — as Coadjutor Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco. Born in Madrid, Dorado joined the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in 1996 and was ordained a priest in 2001. He has served as Apostolic Prefect of Western Sahara since 2013. “The Church is called to disappear” In September 2022, he wrote a reflection on his almost two decades of missionary work in an extraordinarily small Catholic community. His experience is that authentic love makes it possible to welcome the other without the 'need to change him'. Dorado draws his own conclusion: “The Church is called to disappear so that the Kingdom may grow.” He explained his ecclesiology with the explicit analogy to John the Baptist's words in John 3:30, "He must increase, but I must decrease." "Blessings" for homosexual couples …More
HOLLYWOOD’S STREETS WELCOME A DIFFERENT KIND OF STAR: JESUS IN THE EUCHARIST | SG News Hollywood is famous for celebrities and its iconic Walk of Fame. But on September 9, the streets of Los Angeles witnessed a very different kind of public gathering. Around 1,000 Catholics joined Archbishop José H. Gomez for a Eucharistic Procession through Hollywood, carrying the Blessed Sacrament past some of the entertainment capital’s most recognizable landmarks. Despite temperatures in the low 90s and unusually humid conditions, the faithful gathered at Blessed Sacrament Church for Eucharistic Adoration before taking their faith into the streets. Eighteen seminarians led the procession carrying candles and incense as bells rang, Catholics prayed the Rosary and Archbishop Gomez carried the Eucharistic Lord through Hollywood. The hour-long procession travelled from Sunset Boulevard past Hollywood High School before reaching Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue and continuing along the famous …More
HOLLYWOODS STRASSEN EMPFANGEN EINE ANDERE ART VON STERN: JESUS IN DER EUCHARISTIE | SG News Hollywood ist berühmt für seine Stars und den legendären Walk of Fame. Doch am 9. September erlebten die Straßen von Los Angeles eine ganz andere Art von öffentlicher Versammlung. Rund 1.000 Katholiken begleiteten Erzbischof José H. Gomez zu einer eucharistischen Prozession durch Hollywood und trugen das Allerheiligste an einigen der bekanntesten Wahrzeichen der Unterhaltungsmetropole vorbei. Trotz Temperaturen um die 32 Grad Celsius und ungewöhnlich hoher Luftfeuchtigkeit versammelten sich die Gläubigen in der Kirche des Allerheiligsten Sakraments zur eucharistischen Anbetung, bevor sie ihren Glauben auf die Straße trugen. Achtzehn Seminaristen führten die Prozession mit Kerzen und Weihrauch an, während Glocken läuteten, die Katholiken den Rosenkranz beteten und Erzbischof Gomez das Allerheiligste durch Hollywood trug. Die einstündige Prozession führte vom Sunset Boulevard vorbei an der Hollywood …More
Marko Rupnik’s new monumental mosaic façade was inaugurated (!) at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil. Yesterday evening, the shrine unveiled the basilica’s 4,000-square-metre west façade. The project began in 2019 and continued after allegations of sexual and psychological abuse against Rupnik became public. The north façade was inaugurated in 2022, the south in 2024 and the east in 2025. Meanwhile, the sanctuary of Lourdes in France has already covered Rupnik’s mosaics, citing consideration for victims of abuse.
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. Ten (!) bishops and below 200 participants gathered for a homosexual conference titled “Good Practices in Pastoral Ministry with Homo-Affective and Transgender People” at the General Curia of the Jesuits in Rome on September 4.