Christ was “flirting”: strange language at Leo XIV’s meeting on Amoris laetitia. At the Vatican event marking 10 years of Amoris Laetitia, Sr. Helen Alford, O.P., presented a fellow Dominican’s reading of Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman: “In a somewhat provocative way, but I think it is a useful provocation, he calls the first stage ‘flirt.’” “A conversation between a woman and a man who are both alone.” As Jesus gradually transforms the conversation, Alford says “the ambiguity persists.” Later, after Christ confronts the woman about her five husbands and the man she is currently with, Sr. Alford says she realizes: “This man is not just flirting.”
At the Vatican’s Amoris Laetitia anniversary event, Sr. Helen Alford, O.P., approvingly presented a fellow Dominican’s “provocative” description of Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman as beginning with a “flirt” — adding that “the ambiguity persists” before Christ confronts her with the truth.
Suicide of a priest: Bernard Card, 73, parish priest of Sainte-Chantal Church in Dijon, France, has committed suicide (pictured left). The Diocese of Dijon announced his “tragic death,” which occurred during the night of October 4–5 at the Sainte-Chantal presbytery. Archbishop Antoine Hérouard (pictured right) described the suicide as “completely unexpected and difficult to understand.” According to reports citing his message to diocesan clergy, Rev. Card had recently been tired and had previously been deeply affected by the suicide of his brother. Ordained in 1981, Rev. Card served the Diocese of Dijon for more than four decades and had been parish priest of Sainte-Chantal since 2019. Despite the suicide, he will be buried at Sainte-Chantal on October 13. His death comes less than two years after another priest of the Diocese of Dijon, Rev. Claude-Marie Millet, also committed suicide. #newsAywayqmkjl
Pagan ritual during the Eucharist in the Notre-Dame Cathedral of Ottawa, Canada. Two indigenous people directed smoke toward the clergy, including the bishop present, with a fan; afterward, the Novus Ordo proceeded.
Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica in Ottawa incorporated an Indigenous purification ceremony, a four-directions prayer and other ceremonial practices into a Mass for Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30.
“Recognizing the work of grace in situations of failure.” Pope Leo XIV opened a Vatican meeting on marriage and family in the Paul VI Audience Hall on October 7, marking the 10th anniversary of Amoris Laetitia. Presidents of bishops’ conferences, bishops and experts participate. “In many contexts, a growing distance has emerged between the way sex and intimacy are experienced and the Christian vision of marriage,” Leo XIV admitted. Speaking about "fragility" and "wounded" situations, he asked whether the Church can “recognize the work of grace even in situations marked by limitations, wounds, and apparent failure.”
Leo XIV on Amoris Laetitia: “In many contexts, a growing distance has emerged between the way sex and intimacy are experienced and the Christian vision of marriage.” “And whether we can recognize the work of grace even in situations marked by limitations, wounds, and apparent failure.”
Ap@statePrevost challenges Christ himself. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Are you not aware that wrongdoers will never inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, thieves, extortioners, drunkards, slanderers, swindlers—none of these will inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 1:9 As we said before, so now I say again: If any one preach to you a gospel, besides that which you have received, let him be anathema.
If it is not Charity, it does not belong to Jesus: 1 John 4:8; Whoever does not love has not known God, because God is Love. Ezekiel 18:32; “I take no pleasure in the death of ANYONE, no matter who they are,” declares the Lord God. “Repent and live.” 1) The Gravity of failing to correct. a) Ezekiel 3:18-19; When I say to the wicked, “You will die,” if you do not warn him—if you do not speak up to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked ways so that he may live—he, the wicked one, will die for his own sin, but I will hold you accountable for his blood. If, on the other hand, you warn the wicked person and he does not turn from his wickedness and his evil ways, he will die for his own sin, but you will have saved your own life. b) Hosea 4:6; My people perish for lack of knowledge. 2. The correct attitude is to DENOUNCE the sin of the people, as the Prophets did, and to rebuke them as Saint Michael the Archangel did, without passing slanderous judgment or deciding the final destiny of souls. …More
Jeśli nie jest to miłość bliźniego, nie pochodzi od Jezusa: 1 List św. Jana 4:8; Kto nie miłuje, nie poznał Boga, ponieważ Bóg jest miłością. Ezechiel 18:32; „Nie mam upodobania w śmierci nikogo, bez względu na to, kim jest” – mówi Pan Bóg. „Nawróćcie się i żyjcie”. 1) Powaga zaniedbania napomnienia. a) Ezechiel 3:18-19; Gdy powiem bezbożnemu: „Umrzesz”, a ty go nie ostrzeżesz – jeśli nie zabierzesz głosu, by ostrzec bezbożnego, aby odwrócił się od swoich bezbożnych dróg, aby mógł żyć – on, ten bezbożny, umrze za swój grzech, ale ciebie pociągnę do odpowiedzialności za jego krew. Jeśli natomiast ostrzeżesz bezbożnego, a on nie odwróci się od swojej niegodziwości i złych dróg, umrze za swój grzech, ale ty ocalisz swoje życie. b) Ozeasz 4:6; Mój lud ginie z powodu braku wiedzy. 2. Właściwą postawą jest POTĘPIANIE grzechu ludzi, tak jak czynili to prorocy, oraz upominanie ich, tak jak uczynił to święty Michał Archanioł, bez wydawania oszczerczych wyroków ani rozstrzygania o ostatecznym …More
Azza Abu Mustafa, a nurse at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, was shocked this morning to discover that a man who was killed by an Israeli strike and subsequently transported to the hospital where she works was her father theAxisofTruth
Isra was killed while making a doll from clay. Just 24 hours later, her mother followed her. On September 1, 2026, little Isra Al-Hassi was inside her family’s tent east of Deir al-Balah, sitting beside her mother, Umm Islam, playing with colored clay and shaping her favorite doll. Suddenly, Israeli gunfire tore through the tent, killing Isra instantly and critically wounding her mother. Isra had come after 17 years of waiting. Her mother could not survive losing her. The following day, September 2, Umm Islam died from her injuries. A little girl shaped a doll from clay; a mother shaped 17 years of waiting into a dream named Isra. Then they left together. theAxisofTruth
Bishops: this is the Proven Solution Editor’s note: under the new pontificate of Pope Leo, we will publish this monthly reminder of the proven, time-tested method to end heresy and the responsibility of every bishop for this, the “greatest act of charity.” onepeterfive | Back in 2023, all orthodox Catholics of good will heard the news of His Excellency, Bishop Paprocki’s condemnation of heresy in one of the most prominent American journals, First Things. This was ostensibly a condemnation of Cardinal McElroy’s brazen challenge to Catholic moral theology in two pieces (here and here) at America—a connection underlined by Bishop Paprocki’s quoting verbatim from the cardinal’s first article. Nevertheless, His Excellency did say shortly thereafter (on Raymond Arroyo) that he did not want to name names, but had European cardinals also in mind. Masculine Courage Faithful Catholics compare today’s bishops with the saintly bishops of old and they find the former woefully lacking in manly …More
Prevost challenges Christ himself.