Matthew McCusker Thu May 8, 2025 Both liberals and traditionalists are often under the false impression that the infallible exercise of the Church’s teaching authority is something which occurs only rarely. Painting of the First Vatican Council, 1870 Editor’s note: Despite the recent death of Francis the debate over his claim to the papacy remains of importance if we are to understand recent events, and prepare for what happens next. For this reason, LifeSiteNews will continue to publish the remaining installments of this series. We ask our readers to pray for the repose of Francis’s soul. All those things are to be believed with divine and Catholic faith which are contained in the Word of God, written or handed down, and are proposed by the Church either by a solemn judgment or by her ordinary and universal magisterium to be believed as divinely revealed. First Vatican Council, Dei Filius In this article, the third part of my reply to Matt Gaspers, I will continue the discussion of …More
Acts 15:22-31 “We have heard that some of our number [who went out] without any mandate from us have upset you with their teachings and disturbed your peace of mind.” It is necessary to carefully discern the message we convey to others. Let us evaluate whether what we say comes from God or from evil. John 15:12-17 Jesus said, “I have called you friends.” Let us remain close to God and cherish the childlike joy within ourselves and in others. Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.
The body of the missing monk of the sedevacantist Transalpine Redemptorists appears to have been found. According to Police Scotland, an as yet unidentified body was recovered from the sea near the island of Stronsay on Wednesday morning. The family of the missing monk has been informed. The cause of death has not yet been established. The missing monk was the New Zealander Justin Evans, 24. He took the religious name Brother Ignatius Maria. He disappeared in mid-April from the order’s monastery on Papa Stronsay in Orkney. Police searches involving helicopters and boats had continued for weeks. The Diocese of Aberdeen declined further comment while police investigations remain ongoing. #newsZdqcfjagtk
A man violently entered the historic La Ermita church in Cali, Colombia, on May 6 and destroyed numerous statues of saints and Christ while shouting “I am the devil” and “I am 666.” Videos shared online showed extensive damage inside the church.
"Ja som diabol": Muž 6. mája vošiel do kostola La Ermita v kolumbijskom meste Cali a poškodil množstvo náboženských sôch a posvätných obrazov. Svedkovia uviedli, že pri ničení umeleckých diel v kostole kričal "Som diabol" a "Som 666". Polícia podozrivého zatkla na mieste činu.
"Eu sou o Demónio": Em 6 de maio, um homem entrou na igreja La Ermita em Cali, Colômbia, e vandalizou várias estátuas religiosas e imagens sagradas. Testemunhas disseram que ele gritou "Eu sou o diabo" e "Eu sou 666" enquanto destruía obras de arte dentro da igreja. A polícia prendeu o suspeito no local.
Matthew McCusker May 4, 2026 By endorsing Francis's 2018 Catechism revision on capital punishment, Leo XIV has chosen a competing rule of faith over that proposed by the ordinary and universal Catholic Magisterium. Leo XIV has publicly rejected the teaching of the Catholic Church that capital punishment is legitimate under certain conditions. This teaching, having been proposed for our belief by the universal and ordinary magisterium, must be believed by all Catholics. The denial of this doctrine constitutes heresy. The implications of Leo XIV’s public profession of heresy deserve careful consideration. Leo XIV’s position on capital punishment On April 24, in a video address commemorating the 15th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty in Illinois, Leo XIV said: The Church teaches that “the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person.” The words within speech marks are from the text on capital punishment inserted into the …More
"Therefore, I want to go to the heathens in whose mouths I am now bitter and distasteful, but I will become sweeter than honey in their mouths. Nevertheless, I am still so merciful that I will happily receive each and everyone who begs for my forgiveness and says: ‘Lord, I know that I have sinned severely and I gladly want to better myself through your grace. Have mercy on me for the sake of your bitter suffering.’"
[Saint Bridget of Sweden/ Heliga Birgitta; XIV Century AD: aged 69-70; Uppland, Sweden/Rome, Papal States; Widow, Mystic; Spiritual Writer; Founder; Patroness of Europe] Chapter 57 ~ The words of our Lord to the bride about how he is loathsome and despicable food for the souls of Christians, and how the world, instead, is loved and found to be delightful by them, and about the terrifying judgment that is executed over such people. The Son of God spoke to his bride: “Christians are now acting towards me as the Jews acted towards me. The Jews drove me out of the temple and had a complete will to kill me, but since my hour had not yet come, I escaped from their hands. Christians act towards me in the same way now. They drive me out of their temple (that is, out of their soul, which should be my temple) and they would gladly want to kill me if they could. I am like rotten and stinking flesh in their mouths. I seem, to them, to be like a man who utters lies, and they do not care about me at …More
Remember the good old days when the Jesuits forbade their members from becoming bishops or accepting any other kind of powerful religious or secular office to keep their innate intelligence and talent from devolving into arrogance, and resulting in their judgment about whether they existed to serve God or to improve on Him being clouded? So much of the evil that has seized the church has been initiated by Jesuits who were set free to give their conceit and arrogance free rein.
St. Robert Bellarmine ~~~ Purgatory is an article of faith, so that he who disbelieves its existence, will never have experience of it, but will be tormented in Hell...
This afternoon, 28 new recruits of the Pontifical Swiss Guard swore allegiance to the Roman Pontiff, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV. The ceremony takes place every year on May 6th, the date in 1527, when 147 Swiss Guards died defending Clement VII during the Sack of Rome.
Today a few young mates swore their loyalty to the Pope Always such a moving ceremony… even if sadly this time we couldn’t experience it outdoors May the Lord Jesus guide and protect these young men who came to the Vatican carrying so many hopes, dreams and aspirations from the Facebook page of Silere Non Possum
MAY 5, 2026 - TRUMP STOLE 160 BILLION IN ILLEGAL TARIFFS NOW THE SUPREME COURT IN A 6 TO 3 VOTE ORDERED TRUMP TO RETURN THE MONEY STOLEN WITH INTERESTS, TRUMP DID IT WITH ALL PURPOSE, ILLEGALLY AS IT'S CONGRESS THAT HAS TO DECIDE ALL THE TIME, AND TRUMP KNEW IT WAS WRONG. MAGA TIME TO GET THE CRIMINALS OUT OF THE U.S. STARTING WITH TRUMP AND HIS ADMINISTRATION.
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Let us pass from the general principles set forth in our theological considerations* to a great historical example, the question of separation of Church and State. Prior to the French Revolution, a united regime of Church and State existed in all the Catholic nations of Europe. In the Protestant states, the most powerful sects were united to the Crown. As a result of the secular principles of the Revolution, separation of Church and State was gradually introduced throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Today, the State is secularist in most of the West. Where it is not, the privileges of the official church are virtually meaningless. This immense transformation, the natural and typical fruit of a tendency towards laicization that has made itself progressively felt in the various sectors of Western culture, in society, and in life itself, was inherently prejudicial to the Holy Catholic Church. As faith is the root of all virtues and virtue is the …More
Hopefully, slowly but surely, we American Catholics will realize that separation of church and state is a terrible thing. Unfortunately, at an early age we were taught, in Catholic schools, that it is a blessing. It is actually a curse.