The Catholic Church in Germany has opened a formal investigation into alleged Marian apparitions in a village that has attracted pilgrims for more than two decades. The Diocese of Aachen announced that Bishop Helmut Dieser has appointed a four-member commission to examine claims of supernatural phenomena reported in Sievernich, a village in North Rhine-Westphalia
The Diocese of Aachen in western Germany has set up a four-person commission to investigate alleged Marian apparitions in the village of Sievernich in the early 2000s. Pro-homosexual Bishop Helmut Dieser appointed the commission under new Vatican norms issued by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith for evaluating supernatural phenomena. The panel is chaired by canon lawyer Stefan Mückl of Rome. The visionary is a woman called Manuela Strack (pictured) from nearby Düren. She said she began seeing the Virgin Mary in Sievernich’s St. John the Baptist Church in the early 2000s. She described Our Lady as dressed in white with a long veil and said the messages emphasized prayer and support for those suffering. The reported apparitions attracted hundreds of pilgrims, particularly in October 2002, when Strack announced what she described as the final scheduled apparition. She later claimed to have experienced further irregular encounters until 2005. However, a second phase began in …More
Same as Germany: Archbishop John Wester of of Santa Fe, USA, recently attended a meeting in Racine, Wisconsin, organized by the homosexual group New Ways Ministry. He wrote about this on AmericaMagazine.org on June 2. The meeting deepened his “pastoral concern, understanding and right judgment” about homosexuals. “As a Church, I fear we are not drawing near enough to our L.G.B.T.Q. brothers and sisters; we are not moving forward together on the same journey.” Archbishop Wester calls this “especially true when it comes to the experiences of our transgender and nonbinary people, many of whom feel we approach them with suspicion and hostility”. The sins by these people are for Archbishop Wester “deeply complex and personal human journeys”. His time in Racine was “an opportunity to gain a deeper, more empathetic view about transgender people”. The Archbishop started believing that “gender is determined by specialized areas within the brain” and compares sexual distortion to being left …More
Clown Media from EWTN: Is the Church as Troubled as the SSPX Claims? While the Catholic Church faces serious difficulties, the situation is not as dire as the SSPX claims.
Hymns for the Medieval Office of Corpus Christi When Pope Urban IV promulgated the feast of Corpus Christi in 1264, he also offered a complete set of Mass and Office texts composed at his behest by St Thomas Aquinas. These are rightly recognized to be among the finest of the High Middle Ages, and have been treasured by Catholics as the official liturgical expression of Eucharistic devotion for many centuries. However, the feast had already been established almost two decades earlier in the city of Liège; in his bull Transiturus, Pope Urban refers to the visionary St Juliana of Mont-Cornillon, who had composed an office of Corpus Christi before St Thomas. Her assistant in this task and in the promotion of the feast was a canon of the church of St Martin in Liège, John of Lausanne; this church and several others continued to use the older Office or parts thereof well after Pope Urban’s time. In a 15th-century manuscript of St Juliana’s life, a note is added by a later hand that refers …
The Catholic Church in Mozambique and the Consolata Missionaries are mourning the sudden death of Bishop Osório Citora Afonso, IMC, Bishop of the Diocese of Quelimane and Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Beira. The death of the 54-year-old prelate was announced by Archbishop Inácio Saúre, President of the Episcopal Conference of Mozambique, in a message addressed to the Regional Superior of the Consolata Missionaries in Mozambique, Fr. Cassiano Kalima, IMC. According to Archbishop Saúre, Bishop Afonso was found lifeless in a corridor of the episcopal residence in Quelimane, bringing to an abrupt end the life and ministry of one of Mozambique’s most promising Church leaders. Responding to the sad news, Fr. Kalima called on the faithful to pray for the repose of the bishop’s soul, his biological family, the Consolata Missionaries, and the entire Catholic Church in Mozambique. “Let us pray for his eternal rest, for his family, for us as Consolata Missionaries, and for the …More
Montse Alvarado: Francis Beautifully Stuffed Vatican with Laypeople: During an interview for EWTN in January 2024, the next Prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Communication, Montse Alvarado, called it a “beautiful story” that Pope Francis “has really started to bring laypeople in”: “He has appointed laypeople to different dicasteries to really give us a sense of what the Church on the ground feels like.”
It is beautiful that Pope Franics stuffed the Vatican Curia with laypeople - said Montse Alvarado, the new prefect of the Dicastery for Communication, in EWTN News in January 2024.
New Song from the Chaplet of the Tears our Lady -- Oh Jesus, look upon the tears of her who loved You most on earth and loves You most ardently in Heaven. Obtain any Grace -- The tears of Our Lady chaplet - (Rosary) Jesús responded: if you wish to receive this grace, ask me through the tears of my Mother. She asked: And how must I pray? Jesús replied with these invocations: Oh Jesus, look upon the tears of her who loved You most on earth and loves You most ardently in Heave Sister Amalia suffered the stigmata, (the wounds of Christ) Prostrated before the Blessed Sacrament, she asked the Lord: What do you want me to do? -- Jesús responded: if you wish to receive this grace, ask me through the tears of my Mother. The tears of Our Lady chaplet - (Rosary) Tears of Our Lady, chaplet, rosary See History of this devotion as revealed to Sister Amalia Aguirre (1901- 1977) Begin the Chaplet (Pray it as a rosary. Instead of 5 decades say 7 groups of 7 prayers) Crucified Jesus! We fall at …More
In honor of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary and a battle cry against the "Errors of Russia."
AD DIEM ILLUM LAETISSIMUM ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS X ON THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION TO THE PATRIARCHS, PRIMATES, ARCHBISHOPS, BISHOPS, AND OTHER ORDINARIES IN PEACE AND COMMUNION WITH THE APOSTOLIC SEE
María Montserrat Alvarado's appointment to lead the Vatican's Dicastery for Communication raises questions about the relationship between ecclesiastical governance and Holy Orders. Writing on X.com on June 2, Spanish diocesan priest and theology professor Jaime Mercant Simó argued that, at a theological level, it is not appropriate for even a theologically less importat dicastery, such as the Dicastery for Communication, to be headed by a layperson. Rev. Mercant noted that the Roman Curia is not merely an administrative structure. Every prefect of a dicastery acts with “vicarious power” in the name of the pope. “Mrs. Alvarado will exercise effective administrative jurisdiction and will have, albeit in an internal manner, real power over the bishops, priests, and religious who work in that dicastery,” he wrote. He argued that the appointment represents a separation between the power of governance and Holy Orders, from which the Church's munus regendi (“office of governance”), …More
@ Jeffrey Ade, frawley, petrus100452...As I clearly showed you the example of Rachel in the Bible who has a mothers heart for murdered babies whereas Fatima has no regard for murdered babies and reveals her cruel heart. Abortion is the attempted murder of Jesus Christ in the womb.... Matthew 25:40-45, where Jesus says, “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me." Also abortion is the same sin as Satan, Cain and Judas all at the same time...I feel sorry for your 3 souls at judgement.
"If You Don't Forgive, You Will Be Damned": St. Claude La Colombière's Radical Warning "Forgiving your enemies isn't supposed to be easy, but it is necessary for your salvation." Translator Brandon Otto joins us to break down the fierce, uncompromised wisdom of St. Claude La Colombière. What did the early defenders of the Sacred Heart of Jesus actually teach? Long before the devotion became widespread, a brilliant Jesuit priest named Saint Claude La Colombière served as the confessor and spiritual director to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque—becoming the very first person to hear her mystical revelations. Now, translator Brandon Otto joins the show from Missouri to give us an exclusive look into his new book collection of St. Claude's essays, Not of the World: 20 Lessons on Following Christ Without Compromise. In this gripping interview, Brandon reveals why St. Claude pulls no punches when it comes to modern attachments. We explore the saint's terrifyingly strict warnings on the spiritual …More
Bill C-9 has passed Canada's Senate and could soon become law. This legislation would remove key protections for religious speech and could criminalize Bible-based teachings such as the evilness of homosexuality. However, a separate amendment that would have criminalised the denial of propaganda concerning residential schools was ultimately rejected by the Senate.
There was an amendment before Canada's Senate to make residential school denialism a crime. The legislation is Bill C-9, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime and access to religious or cultural places). One of our readers said the change is "childish. This is his message to Canada's senators: Bill C-9 reminds me of the mean games and petulant accusations that children in school yard playgrounds use to manipulate each other: "I'm changing the rules!" "You can't say that! You hate me!" Bill C-9 seems to want to regulate people's thoughts, their speech, and their emotions, not their physical actions. But who will determine what constitutes "detestation" or "vilification"? A person who doesn't like what you or I believe or say? Who will determine how to interpret words that are subjective and sometimes self-serving? With this in mind, I urge you to defeat Bill C-9 when voting time comes in the Senate. God bless. The senators must have listened. The good news is …
The news is not good; they are passing that law, and also another, which puts one in mind of the Zionists: it will become law that anyone who dares deny that the residential schools caused great harm; abused and murdered children will be liable to arrest and may be sentenced to two years in prison!!!
I feel very sorry for you. Did you know the first State to pass laws curtailing freedom of speech, specifically antisemitism, was the Soviet? We have a long history in the States of having laws framed by the ADL, a communist organization, that aim to practically make every perversion legal. And then they pass a law saying it is antisemitic! Honestly it is just the continuation of the "Errors of Russia."
St. Peter of Verona's Final Witness | A Word of Hope for Thursday, June 4 Join Brother Joe Trout for today's powerful reflection on the first Dominican martyr, St. Peter of Verona (Peter Martyr), and the profound question: If you knew your next words and actions would be your last, what would they be? St. Peter of Verona's final moments reveal the depth of a life lived in faith. Struck down in the 13th century, his last words echoed Christ's own: "Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit." Then, with his own blood, he wrote "Credo" - the Creed - on the ground, testifying not to himself but to the God who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Brother Joe explores how Peter's spontaneous final act wasn't planned but flowed naturally from who he had become through his entire life of faith. Like St. Paul in his second letter to Timothy, Peter pointed not to his own goodness but to God's saving work. This reflection challenges us to consider: How does our daily life prepare us for our final …More
Cardinal Robert Sarah spoke with LaNef.net (May 5) about Pope Francis, the return of paganism within the Church, Vatican II, and the decline of the West. Main points. On Francis' Pontificate - "Loving the pope does not mean suspending all critical intelligence." - "It would be unjust to attribute to one man alone a crisis that largely preceded him." - "We must recognize that an era can leave wounds of confusion." Paganism within the Church - "Paganism is not merely the worship of visible idols; it is also the loss of the spirit of adoration." - "When God is no longer first—even within the Church—everything else is distorted." - "When faith is reduced to sociological language, liturgy to entertainment, morality to endless negotiation, and the Church to an institution that must adapt itself to the desires of the age, then something of paganism returns." - "The world does not expect the Church to repeat its own words; it expects the Church to open heaven to it." - "Susceptibility to the …More