St. John's University Opens 'Vincent's Table' On-Campus Food Pantry for Students in Need St. John's University has a new on-campus food pantry for students in need. Vincent's Table gives those facing hunger a dignified way to get fresh groceries, no questions asked. With 41% of college students nationwide experiencing food insecurity, St. John's partnered with St. John's Bread & Life to create the campus lifeline. currentsnews
“They are an extraordinary family,” McGurn said in the interview. Lai’s wife, Teresa Lai, “is a rock. If Jimmy didn’t have Teresa to lean on, he knows it, he wouldn’t be strong. I mean, he has his faith, but she strengthens it. That’s what they have in common,” McGurn said.
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 16, 2025 / 07:00 am Catholic human rights and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai was found guilty following his lengthy national security trial. Lai, 78, will be sentenced at a later date but faces up to life in prison. The Dec. 15 verdict “is important, and it’s not important,” Bill McGurn, Wall Street Journal columnist and godfather of Lai, told “EWTN News Nightly.” “It’s important because it’s part of the Hong Kong process, and everyone knew he would always be convicted. So it’s important because we have to get it out of the way,” McGurn said. “Jimmy cannot be released until he was convicted, and that’s why we had to wait all these years for the trial and then his conviction.” “On the other hand, it was always this charade … the world sees it for what it is. And so in Jimmy Lai’s world, it’s not really a big milestone because it’s phony. Everything about it is phony,” McGurn said. ‘The real work begins now’ While the verdict was guilty, it is …
Elon Musk: The amount of indoctrination that's happening in schools and universities is far beyond what parents realize --- “The amount of indoctrination that's happening in schools and universities is, I think, far beyond what parents realize. Let me give you an example that a friend of mine told me. His daughters go to high school in the Bay Area. And he was asking them, like, 'You know, who are the first few presidents of the United States?' They could name Washington. Then he said, 'Well, what do you know about him? Well, 'He was a slave owner.' 'What else?' Like, OK, that's, maybe you should know more than that. Slavery is obviously a horrific institution, but we should still know more about George Washington than that.”
O Antiphons - 17 December:O Sapientia(OWisdom) O Wisdom, coming forth from the mouth of the Most High, reaching from one end to the other, mightily and sweetly ordering all things: Come and teach us the way of prudence.
Die sieben O-Antiphonen O Sapientia (Weisheit) - 17. Dezember O Weisheit, hervorgegangen aus dem Munde des Höchsten – die Welt umspannst du von einem Ende zum andern, in Kraft und Milde ordnest du alles: o komm und offenbare uns den Weg der Weisheit und Einsicht First O antiphon: “O Sapientia”
Pope Leo XIV is expected to appoint the handsome Bishop Ronald Hicks, 58, of Joliet, Illinois, as the 11th Archbishop of New York, replacing Cardinal Timothy Dolan. The rumour was spread by the Spanish-language outlet ReligionDigital.org on December 15 and confirmed by several journalists citing “independent sources.” The appointed is expected for December 18. Liberal journalist Christopher Hale was told: “This is a Chicago priest, advocated by Cardinal Cupich, appointed by a Chicago pope.” Hale describes Bishop Hicks as “more progressive than Cardinal Dolan.” Spiritual hero is Óscar Romero When he began as Bishop of Joliet in 2020, he wore a small photo of Archbishop Óscar Romero of San Salvador on the lapel of his jacket. Romero is a hero of politicized liberation theology. Monsignor Hicks had served as a missionary in El Salvador (2005-2010). Ally of Cardinal Blase Cupich Monsignor Hicks’s relationship with the pro-homosexual Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich is both structural and …More
Jubilee of Prisoners, #PopeLeoXIV: May forms of amnesty or pardon be granted During the Mass presided over in St. Peter's Basilica, Leo XIV reiterated the desire expressed by Francis in "Spes non confundit," the papal bull announcing the Holy Year. He hopes that everyone will be offered real opportunities for social reintegration, while being aware of the critical issues of the prison system: "No human being is the same as what he has done. Justice is always a process of reparation." #VaticanNewsIT
THE TRIBUTE - Web Series Introduction THE TRIBUTE is a powerful new web series giving voice to New Zealand's Covid vaccine-injured. Please watch this moving introductory teaser. Coming Mid-January 2026! In the fight against Covid-19 countless New Zealanders stepped up – some coerced under threat of losing jobs or freedom, others trusting the call to join the "team of five million." But for thousands, that vaccination event was life-altering—they were harmed. Produced by acclaimed filmmaker Gaylene Barnes (River of Freedom 2023) and filmed by award-winning cinematographer Mark Lapwood — THE TRIBUTE is a heartfelt, confessional-style bi-weekly web series that honours the resilience of vaccine-injured Kiwis and the families who lost loved ones. These brave individuals share: -The shock of sudden health loss and the battle for medical acknowledgement -Dismissal and stigma from the system while fighting for care and support -The anger of discovering hidden risks – denied true informed …More
This is probably the most valuable chalice in the Treasury of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. It was commissioned in Rome by Pope Pius IX to be used in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass on the day the dogma of the Immaculate Conception was defined, 8 December 1854. This chalice enchants the eyes of those who see it, with the splendour of almost 700 diamonds adorning it.
Papst Pius IX. (1846–1878) wurde zeitlebens für seine charismatische Persönlichkeit und seine rhetorischen Begabungen geschätzt. Zu seinen markantesten Talenten und Eigenschaften zählten: 1. Rhetorik und Ausstrahlung Beredsamkeit: Er galt als ein äußerst fähiger und eloquenter Prediger. Seine Reden waren oft von Leidenschaft und tiefer Überzeugung geprägt. Charisma: Trotz politischer Kontroversen besaß er eine gewinnende Persönlichkeit und eine natürliche Fröhlichkeit, die ihm auch bei Gegnern Sympathien einbrachte. 2. Pastorales und Soziales Engagement Nähe zum Volk: Er war bekannt für seine tiefe Wohltätigkeit gegenüber Armen und Bedürftigen. Bereits als junger Priester widmete er sich intensiv der Pflege von Waisenkindern und Ausgestoßenen. Seelsorge: Er galt als Mann des inständigen Gebets und zeigte eine große Hingabe an die Sakramente, insbesondere die Beichte und die Eucharistie. 3. Intellektuelle und administrative Fähigkeiten Bildung: Er wurde als intellektuell und …More