The Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem has become a spitting center for Jewish extremists. Every day there is a hateful incident, and every day there is impunity. "Why did you spit?" "I spat on purpose!" "Why?" "I spat on your stinking monastery!"
Rev. Edgard Rimaycuna, 36, Leo XIV’s personal secretary, was a disciple of Father Eleuterio Vásquez, called “Lute”. This former priest from Chiclayo is accused of sexually abusing girls aged 9 and 11. The information is revealed in the book The Shepherd and the Wolves, as reported by InfoVaticana. The book was written by Peruvian author Santiago Roncagliolo and is sympathetic toward Leo XIV. Lute was investigated so poorly under Bishop Robert Prevost of Chiclayo that the case remained unresolved. After becoming Pope, Leo XIV granted Lute’s request for laicization in September 2025. This brought the canonical proceedings to an end, thus avoiding a guilty verdict. Close Collaboration Between Prevost and Lute In recounting the relationship between Bishop Prevost and Father Lute - at the time the diocese’s most popular priest and promoter of devotion to the Child of the Miracle of Eten - Roncagliolo writes: “Fighting together brought the bishop and the priest very close. Father Lute informed …More
Le Pape invite les fidèles à redécouvrir la figure de saint Grégoire le Grand, fêté le 3 septembre À l’approche de la fête de saint Grégoire le Grand, le 3 septembre, LéonXIV invite à redécouvrir la figure de ce pape du VIe siècle et prie que son exemple « suscite une confiance renouvelée en Dieu ». En intégralité sur KTO et • Audience générale du 2 septembre 2026 - L'...
"May your Spirit make us pilgrims of the essential" - Leo XIV's Prayer for the Month of September
The Pope’s Prayer intention for the month of September is to pray for care of water: “Lord of Life, you have given us the gift of water, source of fruitfulness, freshness, and hope. It quenches thirst, nourishes the earth, and heals wounds. We thank you because it is also a symbol of your grace and love that renews us through baptism. Today, we ask you to teach us to safeguard it with gratitude, justice, and responsibility. Forgive us for turning it into a commodity, forgetting that it is a universal gift, a right without borders, meant for all your children. We see with pain, so many brothers and sisters, who lack clean water, who walk for miles to find it, who become ill due to its scarcity. May your Spirit make us pilgrims of the essential, able to live with simplicity, denouncing waste and pollution, defending the right of every brother and sister to drink without fear and without inequality. May our care for water, be a sign of love for the Creator, and a commitment to the lives of …More
"The Coalition of Catholics Against Antisemitism has been tapped by the Government of Israel as part of its latest outreach to American Catholics"
EWTN is reporting the so-called “Coalition of Catholics Against Antisemitism” (CCAA) has been “tapped by the Government of Israel as part of its latest outreach to American Catholics.” A high-ranking Israeli official, Tammy Ben-Haim, met in May with the head of the CCAA Simone Rizkallah in Washington, DC. Rizkallah previously received funding from billionaire, Jewish activist Paul Singer and is currently affiliated with the “Tikvah Fund.” Rizkallah said in the article Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs wanted to “design a trip specifically for Catholic leaders, [so] it made sense that they would reach out to us.”
Latin Mass Draws Young Catholics in Hanoi: In August, a traditional Latin Mass was celebrated in a private home in Hanoi, temporarily converted into a chapel. A visiting priest celebrated for a congregation largely made up of people in their 20s and 30s. There are no dedicated Mass parishes in Vietnam, so celebrations remain occasional and sometimes depend on visiting foreign priests.
A Traditional Latin Mass actually took place in a private home in Hanoi in early August 2026, celebrated by a visiting priest. Young Vietnamese Catholics attended using bilingual missals.There are small organized communities of young Catholics interested in the old Mass, including one led by Joseph Christopher Nguyen Thien Tuan Hoang. Participants are mainly in their 20s and 30s.
CARDINAL OUELLET WINS QUEBEC ABUSE CASE | SG News Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect emeritus of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Bishops, has won a civil defamation lawsuit in Quebec after a Superior Court judge ruled that sexual misconduct accusations made against him were unfounded. The decision was issued on August 31, 2026, by Justice Martin Castonguay, who ordered former lay pastoral assistant Paméla Groleau to pay Cardinal Ouellet C$100,000 in damages for the harm caused to his reputation. The dispute arose after Cardinal Ouellet was named in a 2022 class action against the Archdiocese of Quebec involving allegations of sexual abuse spanning several decades. Groleau accused the cardinal of non-consensual physical contact on several occasions between 2008 and 2010. Cardinal Ouellet consistently denied the allegations and later launched a defamation action seeking to restore his reputation. In its ruling, the Quebec Superior Court identified inconsistencies in Groleau’s account and …More
KARDINAL OUELLET GEWINNT MISSBRAUCHSPROZESS IN QUEBEC | SG News Der kanadische Kardinal Marc Ouellet, emeritierter Präfekt des Dikasteriums für Bischöfe im Vatikan, hat in Québec einen Zivilprozess wegen Verleumdung gewonnen. Ein Richter des Obersten Gerichtshofs urteilte, die gegen ihn erhobenen Vorwürfe sexuellen Fehlverhaltens seien unbegründet. Das Urteil wurde am 31. August 2026 von Richter Martin Castonguay verkündet. Er verurteilte die ehemalige Laien-Pastoralassistentin Paméla Groleau zur Zahlung von 100.000 kanadischen Dollar Schadensersatz an Kardinal Ouellet für die Rufschädigung. Der Streit entbrannte, nachdem Kardinal Ouellet 2022 in einer Sammelklage gegen das Erzbistum Québec genannt wurde. Die Klage bezog sich auf Vorwürfe des sexuellen Missbrauchs über mehrere Jahrzehnte. Groleau beschuldigte den Kardinal, sie zwischen 2008 und 2010 mehrfach gegen ihren Willen berührt zu haben. Kardinal Ouellet wies die Vorwürfe stets zurück und reichte später eine Verleumdungsklage ein …More
Continuing his catechetical series on Vatican II, reflecting now on the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, Gaudium et spes, Pope Leo XIV says: “This Document focuses on the Church’s pastoral responsibility to engage with the contemporary world, sharing in its joys and sorrows, and calls for a commitment to conversion, bearing witness to Christ’s work, and advocating for the poor and marginalized. The Church is also to be attentive to the signs of the times, interpreting them in the light of the Gospel, thereby addressing pressing issues such as the technological progress that benefits only some and the persistence of widespread poverty. In our own day, marked by profound change and much injustice, each of us, then, is called to play our part in welcoming and listening to the deepest questions and longings of the human heart, making present to all the merciful love of Christ our Savior.”
Real-life good Samaritans and the story of Artemis Ghasemzadeh If the U.S. is a “Christian nation,” then why are we deporting Christian converts who try to flee here so they can freely practice their faith? The story of Artemis Ghasemzadeh and the good Samaritans in Canada who found a home for her. Religiverse
Christian Convert Who Fled Iran and Was Ousted From U.S. Finds a New Home nytimes.com/…adeh-iran-christian-us-deported-cana… Artemis Ghasemzadeh, who had escaped religious persecution, was deported to Panama under Trump’s immigration crackdown. Now, Canada has given her asylum. By Farnaz Fassihi Farnaz Fassihi has followed and written about the Iranian Christian converts deported from the United States to Panama in 2025 and remained in regular contact with Artemis Ghasemzadeh. Published Aug. 25, 2026Updated Aug. 27, 2026 The young woman became the face of migrants deported by the United States to Panama. She was locked up in a hotel, detained in a camp in the Darién jungle and stranded in a country where she knew neither the language nor anyone else. Later, she lent her name to a bill in Congress aimed at providing more protection to some migrants seeking asylum in the United States. The woman, Artemis Ghasemzadeh, a 28-year-old Iranian Christian convert, has now found a home — in Canada …More
1 Corinthians 3:18-23 "You belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God." Let us remain in the joy of God's heart. Luke 5:1-11 "They left everything and followed Jesus." Letting go of what is unnecessary is already being with Jesus. Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.
catholicculture.org/news/index.cfm The Vatican has not approved the German bishops' planned synodal meeting to make policies, where most of the voting participants would not be bishops. Therefore, it has been cancelled, at least for the moment. I explain in German synodality stalled. Hot air cooling? Phil Lawler reflects on an odd historical situation, which also involves one of his commentaries from five years ago: Revisiting: Why early Church debates were more exciting. Fr. Jerry Pokorsky offers a beautiful commentary on Outwitting Human Suffering. Thomas Mirus coninues his series on Pope Leo XIII: St. Leo the Great’s Teaching on Petrine Primacy— available as a written commentary and in podcast form. IN PODCASTING: Note that we are now adding transcripts to our podcast pages, for those who would rather read than listen, or who simply want to be able to refer back to the text. The transcripts appear at the bottom of the show notes. The first example of this is the latest …More
FromPost tam diuturnastoDignitatis humanae Pius VII —Post tam diuturnas, April 29, 1814 “By the very fact that freedom of all forms of worship without distinction is established, truth is confused with error, and the Church, the holy and immaculate Bride of Christ, outside of which there is no salvation, is placed on the same level as heretical sects and even the perfidy of the Jews. Moreover, by promising favor and support to the sects of heretics and to their ministers, one tolerates and favors not only their persons, but also their errors. This is implicitly the disastrous and ever deplorable heresy which St. Augustine mentions in these words: “It maintains that all heretics are on the right path and speak the truth,” an absurdity so monstrous that I cannot believe that any sect actually professes it.” De Post tam diuturnas à Dignitatis humanae
Bishop Ángel Javier Pérez Pueyo of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain, has said he would offer his resignation rather than sign a settlement under which the statue of Our Lady of the Angels of Torreciudad remains permanently at the Opus Dei sanctuary. The bishop drew his red line in a public letter on 31 August, ahead of the image’s return to its ancient hermitage on 5 September for the 47th Pilgrimage of the Virgins of Ribagorza and Sobrarbe. That return is temporary. It has been authorized by Archbishop Alejandro Arellano Cedillo, the pontifical commissioner for Torreciudad. After the pilgrimage, the image is due to return to the sanctuary. Bishop Pérez Pueyo’s threat concerns the final settlement: he refuses to accept an arrangement under which the statue remains there permanently and returns to the hermitage only on special occasions. He would "never sign such an unlikely act of plundering your dignity," he wrote, adding he would instead offer his resignation. The dispute has effectively been …More
A Bishop is willing to resign over the location of a sacred image, but not over ongoing sacrilegious practices that continue in so many churches in one's diocese, abuses of the Blessed Sacrament, LGBTQ processions and Masses, etc.. Where is the like zeal of any Bishop for the such causes?
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The “chain of evidence”
Plan A didn't work obviously.