Today, Pope Leo XIV has appointed Monsignor Guy Boulanger as Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Canada. Biographical Outline Born in 1963 in Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton, he studied civil law, philosophy, and theology, and earned a doctorate in canon law in Ottawa. Ordained a priest in 1991 for the Archdiocese of Sherbrooke, he held numerous pastoral and administrative roles, including parish priest, rector of a shrine, and vicar general. Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda in 2020 and also Bishop of Amos in 2023. He governed both dioceses simultaneously. Francis-Aligned Bishop His public profile presents a Francis-aligned, loyla bishop: supportive of synodality, pastorally focused on the poor, and attentive to Indigenous groups. During the diocesan synod, he opened consultation broadly to the population, even beyond Catholics. He framed the Church as a space “where everyone can express themselves and contribute” In 2025, after the election of Leo XIV, Boulanger stated that the new …More
Acts 4:13-21 Peter and John say, “It is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.” The joy, peace, and love of God are proclaimed by Peter and John. Mark 16:9-15 The risen Jesus says to the Apostles, “Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel.” Proclaim that God loves you, that He is with you every day, that the joy within you is God. Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.
Canada's Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, is another veiled attack on Christian belief. It changes the criminal code to include measures to fight hate propaganda and hate-motivated crimes. The law creates new criminal offences for obstructing and intimidating access to places of worship, schools, seniors' residences and the display of hate symbols in public places. Readers may have already realized the problem with such law: who gets to define the meaning of "hate"? To get a better idea of what the law could mean once passed we can look at the recent guilty decision against Finnish MP Paivi Rasanen. She expressed her Christian views in a pamphlet and for that she was convicted of "insulting" speech. When this happens everyone becomes afraid of speaking openly and freely. Rasanen had written a pamphlet back in 2004 expressing Christian teaching on marriage and human sexuality. The court ruled the publication's content “insults homosexuals as a group.” She did not harass anyone. The …
The relief organization 'Catholic Charities of Central New Mexico' publicised information about homosexual events during Holy Week. One activity promoted a "Transgender Day of Visibility". On 7 April, LepantoIn.org reported that another advertisement included a homosexual event called 'Lavender Prom' that was sponsored by the abortion industry Planned Parenthood. These actions are not isolated. This affiliate of Catholic Charities has an ongoing record of engagement with homosexual initiatives, including public messaging, partnerships with local groups such as the 'Transgender Resource Center' of New Mexico, and involvement in Pride March events and transvestite shows. #newsEvcarsaovf
Honestly, I’ve been sitting with my own thoughts on why Mass attendance has been declining in the Philippines for a while now, because on the surface it looks like a contradiction that just doesn’t make sense at first glance. I mean, when you say “Philippines,” what immediately comes to mind is a deeply Catholic country, right? Around 93 percent of the population identifies as Catholic, which is massive by any global standard. So naturally the question becomes, how do you go from a country that is overwhelmingly Catholic on paper to a reality where regular Sunday Mass attendance is slowly but steadily declining? And from my observations, there isn’t just one single cause, but a whole cluster of spiritual, cultural, and even liturgical issues that have slowly built up over time. First and probably most important, especially with younger generations, is that a lot of people simply don’t know the faith anymore. And I don’t say that in a harsh way, I say it in a very straightforward way …More
Since 2019, the German-speaking 'Conference on the Liturgy' has been working on a new book of blessings Benedictionale. The Vatican signalled its openness to the project in 2023, with completion planned for 2029. In an interview with katholisch.de on 9 April, the project's chairman, Benedictine Father Johannes Feierabend, said that the blessing formulas are "no longer formulated with priests and deacons in mind". Instead, they speak more generally of 'leadership'. It is still unclear whether laypeople would conclude blessings of the congregation with “May the Lord bless you” or “May the Lord bless us”. The new Benedictionale also includes blessings for homosexual and 'loving' couples: “We believe there should be a formula for this as well,” said Fr. Feierabend. This was the “only point that immediately caught the eye” in the Vatican. Bishop Stephan Ackermann of Trier suggested that the Vatican should draft such a formula. However, the German-speaking working group wants to write …More
Thu Apr 9, 2026 - 6:45 pm EDTFri Apr 10, 2026 - 5:53 am EDT (LifeSiteNews) — Exorcist Father Chad Ripperger told Tucker Carlson that communists operate the same way demons do. In a nearly two-hour interview released Friday, Ripperger told Carlson he has observed that the methods of demons and communists closely mirror each other, something he has expounded on in a video series. “When you strip the veneer away of one being political and the other being spiritual, the patterns of thinking are exactly the same,” Ripperger said. “The demons always present temptation as this pie-in-the-sky thing that you’re gonna get, and you’re going to get this pleasure and joy and everything’s going to turn out right,” the exorcist noted. “But then once you give into the temptation, from there they take you down. It’s the exact same thing in communism.” Communism, too, provides a beautiful, idealistic vision about what it will provide. “You’re never gonna have to worry. The government’s gonna provide …
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Oh, the Liturgy is the very banner of the Catholic Faith. As Pius XI says (Divini Cultus, 1928, Denz. 2200): "the liturgy is an undoubtedly sacred thing; for, through it we are brought to God and are joined with Him; we bear witness to our faith, and we are obligated to it by a most serious duty because of the benefits and helps received, of which we are always in need. Hence a kind of intimate relationship between dogma and sacred liturgy, and likewise between Christian worship and the sanctification of the people. Therefore, Celestine I proposed and expressed a canon of faith in the venerated formulas of the Liturgy: "Let the law of supplication establish the law of believing. For when the leaders of holy peoples administer legislation enjoined upon themselves they plead the cause of the human race before divine Clemency, and they beg and pray while the entire Church sighs with them"
The abbot of Fontgombault, Dom Jean Pateau interprets the baptism of desire irrationally. In the 16th century France, they interpreted the baptism of desire rationally. So today the Athanasius Creed has visible exceptions of the baptism of desire for the abbot, but in 16th century France, at the TLM, there were no visible exceptions for the Athanasius Creed. The interpretation of the dogma EENS, has exceptions for the Aboot but this was not the problem at Mass over the centuries. So the Mass offered by the Abbot is not theologically the same as that in the 16th century for example. He can correct the error by simply interpretating Vatican Council II rationally and so traditionally and not like the French Conference of Bishops.
On 8 April, Pope Leo XIV appointed Monsignor Benoît Aubert, 53, as Bishop of Limoges, France. A priest of the Archdiocese of Paris, he has served as pastor of the Dourdan–Bienheureuse-Marie-Poussepin pastoral sector in the Diocese of Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes since 2022, as well as serving as chaplain at Notre-Dame de l’Ouÿe, a retreat centre belonging to the Archdiocese of Paris. He succeeds Bishop Pierre-Antoine Bozo, who was appointed coadjutor bishop of La Rochelle on 19 August 2025. Listening, accompaniment and closeness As episcopal vicar for young adults in Paris, Monsignor Aubert described his role as receiving what young people entrust to him, including "the most intimate, even the most disturbing" experiences, and becoming a kind of "receptacle of hearts". On OeuvreDesVocations.fr, he highlights the "synodal method" of "conversation in the Spirit" in his pastoral approach. Loyal Member of the Apparatus Accordign to Riposte-Catholique.fr, he lost his tenderness when Catholics of …More
"sadly". Monsignor Novak was a staunch liberal with lots of "options for the poor". …and someone was actually expecting him to react differently when confronted with a situation of homosexual priest abusing a young boy????
A “Vatican source close to Pope Leo XIV” tells NBC Chicago that the Pentagon meeting between Trump officials and the Vatican’s top American diplomat “was most unpleasant and confrontational.”