Cardinal Joseph Zen, 93, of Hong Kong, responded publicly to an article by Fr. Han Qingping concerning the “retirement” of Bishop Zhang Weizhu of the Diocese of Xinxiang and the consecration of Bishop Li Jianlin. Fr. Han’s article described the replacement of the persecuted underground bishop with the state-recognized bishop as a positive sign of improving Sino-Vatican relations. He claimed that critics of the situation - implicitly referring to Cardinal Zen - were motivated by “stupidity,” “malice,” or a “distorted personality.” “This struck a nerve with me,” Cardinal Zen replied via his personal blog on December 11: “I don’t admit to being a ‘bad person’ or having a ‘personality disorder,’ but I am indeed ‘stupid’ enough to ‘take it personally.’” Zen also responded to Fr. Han’s reference to his criticism of the Synod on Synodality. He clarified that his description of “Church suicide behavior” does not refer to the synod as a whole or to synodality in general, but …More
The "Mother of the true God" destroys the heresy of the religious indifferentism promoted by Prevost. Just ten years after the conquest of Mexico, the Blessed Virgin appeared in Tepeyac, Mexico. She used an Indian recently converted to the Catholic faith called Juan Diego on Tuesday, December 12, 1531 to bring out the idolatry of the Native Indians. She was presented as "the perfect ever Virgin Saint Mary, Mother of the true God" to make known the Gospel of her son Jesus Christ to the native Indians of the New Continent. ´Know thou, O my beloved child, that I am the Ever Virgin Mary, Mother of the true God, the Author of Life, Creator of all, the Lord of Heaven and Earth, Who is present everywhere´ Nine million inhabitants converted to Christianity. That for centuries they had professed a polytheistic religion and practiced the most cruel human sacrifices. One of the first Franciscan Fathers, Toribio de Benavente, affirmed in 1537, just six years after after the appearance of Our Lady …More
Leo XIV received George Weigel in audience, today.
Questa mattina Papa Leone XIV ha ricevuto in udienza il professor George Weigel. George Weigel è uno scrittore neoconservatore cattolico americano. Il 27 gennaio 2017, in risposta alle voci secondo cui Weigel sarebbe stato nominato ambasciatore presso la Santa Sede, l'allora cardinale Theodore Edgar McCarrick scrisse a papa Francesco affermando che Weigel era "un vero leader dell'ala ultraconservatrice della Chiesa cattolica negli Stati Uniti e in passato è stato pubblicamente critico nei confronti di Sua Santità". Aggiunse: "Molti di noi vescovi americani sarebbero molto preoccupati che venisse nominato in una posizione del genere, in cui avrebbe una voce ufficiale, in opposizione al vostro insegnamento". McCarrick indicò che sarebbe stato felice di discutere ulteriormente l'argomento con il papa... ...Weigel ha criticato il Sinodo sull'Amazzonia del 2019 e la struttura dei sinodi ecclesiastici in generale, affermando che non rappresentano mai pienamente ciò in cui credono i laici …More
Cardinal Cobo Did Not Attend Homosexual Event because of "Ultra" Catholics: Sister María Luisa Berzosa, a religious sister in civilian clothes from the Daughters of Jesus, explained in a talk on November 26 for the Diocese of Teruel why Cardinal José Cobo didn’t attend a homosexual propaganda meeting in Madrid at the end of August. “Some ultras are going to come and disrupt the event, and the message will not get across,” Cardinal Cobo reportedly said. The cardinal, she said, met with the organisers ahead of the event and made clear that his absence was “not because of you”,
María Luisa Berzosa: “Entonces el grupo de Crismón, con el anfitrión, fueron a hablar con el cardenal Cobo, para invitarle, para informarle y tal.” “Y entonces Cobo dijo, no voy a ir a la asamblea.” “pero no por vosotros, sino porque van a venir algunos ultras y van a reventar el acto y el mensaje no va a llegar.” “Entonces, ¿qué hizo?” “Escribió una carta, no sé si la habéis visto porque ha circulado, una carta preciosa de acogida desde el Evangelio, no una carta de compromiso, de saludito, no, no, no, una carta de definición de Evangelio.” “Entonces, yo la mandé inmediatamente a los grupos de Italia, traducidos, me ha corrido la carta y ha llegado a todo el mundo.” “Y no se ha reventado el acto, como decía él, porque entonces pierdes el mensaje.” “Y a veces en los tonos que utilizamos también, tengamos cuidado, no nos pongamos agresivos ni enfadados porque luego el mensaje no llega.” “[…] que no se pierda el mensaje, como decía Cobo.”
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News Financial Services Frozen out and cold-shouldered: The reality facing Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever if he torpedoes the EU’s plan. Copy Link Copied Share via email Share on X Share on WhatsApp Share on LinkedIn Bart De Wever is holding out over fears Belgium will be on the hook should the money need to be paid back, and has now asked for more safety nets. | Dirik Mag/Getty Images December 10, 2025 10:38 pm CET BRUSSELS ― Europe’s strategy for convincing the Belgians to support its plan to fund Ukraine? Warn them they could be treated like Hungary. At their summit on Dec. 18, EU leaders’ key task will be to win over Bart De Wever, the bloc's latest bête noire. Belgium's prime minister is vetoing their efforts to pull together a €210 billion loan to Ukraine as it faces a huge financial black hole and as the war with Russian grinds on. De Wever has dug his heels in for so long over the plan to fund the loan using frozen Russian assets ― which just happen to be mostly housed …
Psalm 21.10-11 For thou art he that hast drawn me out of the womb: my hope from the breasts of my mother. I was cast upon thee from the womb. From my mother's womb thou art my God. Supports: Messianic prophecy; highlights divine protection from the womb, prefiguring Mary's graced motherhood.
DECEMBER 13 2025 THE GOSPEL breski1 Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 17,10-13. As they were coming down from the mountain, the disciples asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” He said in reply, "Elijah will indeed come and restore all things; but I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him but did to him whatever they pleased. So also will the Son of Man suffer at their hands." Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist.
December 12 - Our Lady of Guadalupe The Blessed Virgin appeared on Saturday 9 December1531 to a 55 year old neophyte named Juan Diego, who was hurrying down Tepeyac hill to hear Mass in Mexico City. She sent him to Bishop Zumárraga to have a temple built where she stood. She was at the same place that evening and Sunday evening to get the bishop‘s answer. The bishop did not immediately believed the messenger, had him cross-examined and watched, and he finally told him to ask the lady who said she was the mother of the true God for a sign. The neophyte agreed readily to ask for sign desired, and the bishop released him. Juan was occupied all Monday with Bernardino, an uncle, who was dying of fever. Indian medicine had failed, and Bernardino seemed at death‘s door. At daybreak on Tuesday 12 December1531, Juan ran to nearby the Saint James convent for a priest. To avoid the apparition and the untimely message to the bishop, he slipped round where the well chapel now …More
December 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe. uploaded by irapuato on December 12, 2014. (1531) One of the most beautiful series of apparitions of the Queen of Heaven occurred on the American continent on a December day of 1531, only ten years after the Spanish conquest. A fervent Christian Indian in his fifties, Juan Diego, a widower, was on his way to Mass in Mexico City from his home eight miles distant, a practice he and his wife had followed since their conversion, in honor of Our Lady on Her day, Saturday. He had to pass near the hill of Tepeyac, and was struck there by the joyous song of birds, rising up in the most melodious of concerts; he stopped to listen. Looking up to the hilltop, he perceived a brilliant cloud, surrounded by a light brighter than a fiery sun, and a gentle voice called him by name, saying, Juan, come. His first fear was transformed into a sweet happiness by this voice, and he mounted the slope. There he beheld the One he had intended to honor by hearing Her Mass. …More
12/12/2025 Entire blog as a free PDF eBook. Many of us ask ourselves: How can it be that our world is heading straight for disaster? The concepts of the “deep state,” globalists, technocrats, or simply the “swamp” don’t explain why so many people on our planet are completely indifferent to the direction it’s hurtling in. They are merely the architects and executors of a plan to seize global domination during the inevitable financial crisis fueled by mounting debt. We are still in the dark when it comes to understanding this meticulously crafted plan to destroy human civilization as we know it—a plan that is unfolding before our very eyes. Muhammad is the most popular name given to newborns in England. Of course, they exploit the fear, complacency, and selfishness of most of us. Psychological phenomena play a major role in this. An article by Simone Hörrlein, a German living in Canada, published on manova.news on Wednesday, sheds some light on the mechanisms used to change the world …