Acts of the Apostles 16,11-15. We set sail from Troas, making a straight run for Samothrace, and on the next day to Neapolis, and from there to Philippi, a leading city in that district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We spent some time in that city. On the sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river where we thought there would be a place of prayer. We sat and spoke with the women who had gathered there. One of them, a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth, from the city of Thyatira, a worshiper of God, listened, and the Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what Paul was saying. After she and her household had been baptized, she offered us an invitation, "If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my home," and she prevailed on us. shareyourcatholicfaith
Leo Affirms Francis’ Blessing Of Gay Couples Saint Catherine of Siena: In wicked ministers, the sin against nature (homosexuality) reigns. This sin is repulsive even to demons. "(...) those unhappy men do not only check such tendency, but that they do something much worse and they fall in the vice against the nature. They are blind and stupid, whose confused intelligence does not perceive the vileness in which they live. I displease this last sin, because I am the Eternal Purity. It is to Me so abominable that by its cause I made disappear five cities. (cf. Genesis 19, 24). My Justice is not able to support it more. That sin, nevertheless, does not only dislike to Me. It is even unbearable to the demons, who are had by patterns by those unfortunate ministers. The demons do not tolerate that sin. They do not wish the virtue, but by his angelical origin, they challenge to see so stinking vice. They throw the poisoned arrows of lust, but they turn round at the moment at which the sin is …More
"St. Vincent Ferrer taught that the first appearance after the Resurrection was to the Blessed Virgin Mary. St. Ambrose, St. Anselm, St. Albert the Great, and St. Ignatius of Loyola also supported this belief. They explained that Jesus first appeared not to convince doubters, but to comfort the one who suffered most with Him at Calvary."
holyspirit_fresno Blessed is the Mother who lets the Lord be her guiding hand, whose faith brings her family courage. whose wisdom comes from God, and whose children still stand and honor her. Wishing all mothers, grandmothers, godmothers and spiritual mothers a very blessed Mother’s Day!
This isn't something new. The media is still trying to traumatize the people of the world. About 50 years ago there was quite an outbreak of hantavirus in the Southwest US - primarily New Mexico, if I remember correctly. The little white-footed field mice that carry it are so cute, but everyone had to learn to keep mice out of garages, etc. because of the risk of inhaling the dust. That's my view point - obviously not scientific, but also not AI generated either.
A new advertisement for a French perfume brand appeared on the LED screens covering the façade and apse of Rome’s Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. This prompted a group of residents and worshippers from the Monti district to send a protest letter to Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas, criticising what they described as the “commercialisation” of the historic basilica. The screens were installed during restoration works that began in late 2024. Back then, Vatican officials said the advertising revenue helps cover renovation costs ahead of the Jubilee.
La pubblicità di un noto profumo francese sulla facciata della basilica patriarcale di Santa Maria Maggiore è stata la goccia che ha fatto di nuovo traboccare il vaso facendo insorgere un gruppo di fedeli del quartiere Monti che, alquanto sbigotti, hanno inviato una lettera di protesta al cardinale arciprete Rolandas Mackrikas. «In quanto membri del Comitato cittadino del Rione Monti e residenti del Rione, vi scriviamo per esprimervi il nostro profondo sgomento per i due enormi cartelloni pubblicitari luminosi sulla facciata e sull’abside della veneranda Basilica». Il gruppo di fedeli si chiede se sia necessario ricorrere a pubblicità tanto appariscenti che nulla hanno a che fare con l'atmosfera e il luogo sacro. Dal volto di Sinner che fa da testimonial ad una marca di caffè, piuttosto che all'ultimo modello di uno smartphone, fino a un profumo. Il tema che viene sollevato è la evidente “mercificazione” di Santa Maria Maggiore...
La pubblicità di un noto profumo francese sulla facciata della basilica patriarcale di Santa Maria Maggiore è stata la goccia che ha fatto di nuovo traboccare il vaso facendo insorgere un gruppo di fedeli del quartiere Monti che, alquanto sbigotti, hanno inviato una lettera di protesta al cardinale arciprete Rolandas Mackrikas. «In quanto membri del Comitato cittadino del Rione Monti e residenti del Rione, vi scriviamo per esprimervi il nostro profondo sgomento per i due enormi cartelloni pubblicitari luminosi sulla facciata e sull’abside della veneranda Basilica». Il gruppo di fedeli si chiede se sia necessario ricorrere a pubblicità tanto appariscenti che nulla hanno a che fare con l'atmosfera e il luogo sacro. Dal volto di Sinner che fa da testimonial ad una marca di caffè, piuttosto che all'ultimo modello di uno smartphone, fino a un profumo. Il tema che viene sollevato è la evidente “mercificazione” di Santa Maria Maggiore che il Vaticano aveva motivato con la necessità di …
This Is What Happened When Trump Abandoned the World’s Poorest Children May 9, 2026 By Nicholas Kristof Opinion Columnist nytimes.com/2026/05/09/opinion/foreign-aid-cuts.h… A year after some of the world’s richest men cut aid for the world’s poorest children, they’re trying to roll out a new public relations narrative: Aid continues! We’re saving lives from AIDS! Anyway, aid never really worked, so we’re focused on trade! Building opportunities for American companies while saving babies! As Jeremy Lewin, the acting under secretary of state for foreign assistance, put it: “Contrary to false media narratives, the data shows that President Trump’s foreign assistance review maintained and improved frontline lifesaving programs, while reducing NGO bloat and costs.” “False media narratives” may refer to my reporting from a series of African countries on children dying as a result of the Trump cuts. Let’s first concede a few points. American humanitarian aid was never great at …More
Skip to content René Stadtkewitz. Screengrabyoutube René Stadtkewitz (AfD) is to become the new mayor of Zehdenick (Oberhavel). In Sunday’s election, he secured 58.4 per cent of the vote, beating his rivals Stephan von Hundelshausen (FDP, 28.6 per cent), Wolf-Gernot Richardt (independent, 7.8 per cent) and Dennis Latzke (Party of Progress, 5.2 per cent). Voter turnout stood at 52.8 per cent. The quorum was met. René Stadtkewitz is thus the first directly elected full-time AfD mayor in Brandenburg. Although the state had previously had a full-time mayor with an AfD membership card – Arne Raue in Jüterbog – he was an independent candidate when he was elected in 2011 and re-elected in 2019, and only joined the AfD in 2024. In 2025, he moved to the Bundestag. As early as 2025, Stadtkewitz had stood against the police officer Alexander Kretzschmar (independent) for the office of mayor of Zehdenick, but was defeated at the time. Stadtkewitz, a native of Berlin, has been a member of …
DW News @dwnews President Donald Trump's plan to withdraw at least 5,000 US troops from Germany has raised concerns among residents living near Ramstein Air Base.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 15,26-27.16,1-4a. Jesus said to his disciples: "When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me. And you also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning. I have told you this so that you may not fall away. They will expel you from the synagogues; in fact, the hour is coming when everyone who kills you will think he is offering worship to God. They will do this because they have not known either the Father or me. I have told you this so that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you."
Aus dem Heiligen Evangelium nach Johannes - Joh 15,26-27.16,1-4a. In jener Zeit sprach Jesus zu seinen Jüngern: Wenn der Beistand kommt, den ich euch vom Vater aus senden werde, der Geist der Wahrheit, der vom Vater ausgeht, dann wird er Zeugnis für mich ablegen. Und auch ihr legt Zeugnis ab, weil ihr von Anfang an bei mir seid. Das habe ich euch gesagt, damit ihr keinen Anstoß nehmt. Sie werden euch aus der Synagoge ausstoßen, ja es kommt die Stunde, in der jeder, der euch tötet, meint, Gott einen heiligen Dienst zu leisten. Das werden sie tun, weil sie weder den Vater noch mich erkannt haben. Ich habe es euch aber gesagt, damit ihr euch, wenn die Stunde kommt, daran erinnert, dass ich es euch gesagt habe. angelyelina
[Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort; XVII-XVIII Century AD; born: Montfort-sur-Meu, France/died: Saint-Laurent-sur-Sevre, France; (aged 43); Founder; Spiritual Writer] 3. The interior constituents of this consecration and its spirit To Jesus through Mary 43. I have already said that this devotion consists in performing all our actions with Mary, in Mary, through Mary, and for Mary. 44. It is not enough to give ourselves just once as a slave to Jesus through Mary; nor is it enough to renew that consecration once a month or once a week. That alone would make it just a passing devotion and would not raise the soul to the level of holiness which it is capable of reaching. It is easy to enrol in a confraternity; easy to undertake this devotion, and say every day the few vocal prayers prescribed. The chief difficulty is to enter into its spirit, which requires an interior dependence on Mary, and effectively becoming her slave and the slave of Jesus through her. I have met many people who …More
MARIO CALIGIURI: THE VATICAN AND INTELLIGENCE (2026) “AN AMERICAN IN ROME”: MORLION Prologue The last episode on the “Morlion Case” concluded with the “First Section” of the “Second Chapter”. In it I based myself on the essay by Giacomo Pacini, contained in the book edited by Mario Caligiuri, The Vatican and Intelligence, Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino, 2026 (pp. 59-79). Since the material covered in detail by Giacomo Pacini is very vast, I stopped at page 66 of his interesting and well-documented essay. In this “Third Chapter” I continue (in a “Second Section”) to delve deeper into what Pacini explained to us starting from page 66 and arrive at the last page of his essay (p. 79). Finally, I allow myself to add an "Appendix" to this "Third Chapter", based on a conference on Father Morlion held at the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome, on January 18, 2020, by Dominican Father Riccardo Lufrani (a fellow friar of Father Morlion, who in Rome – from 1944 to 1987 – resided –…More
Nigeria: The Catholic Diocese of Wukari reports that since September, 98,000 people have been displaced, including 16 priests, while 217 churches have been completely destroyed Residences of eight priests have been destroyed and more than 100 people killed
Jordan Peterson (?) ~~ I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is end up with people who make you feel alone...
Allow me to clarify: in nearly twenty years of working for the Church—at the parish and diocesan levels and in an apostolate that has international reach—I have never seen a parish (or diocesan) pastoral plan produce the wide-spread transformative fruit its authors hoped for.