The nativity scene unveiled in the Vatican on 9 December is surprisingly beautiful.
It pays tribute to the first nativity scene installed by St Francis of Assisi in Greccio in 1223.
However, it contains a historical blunder. In the background, a Franciscan celebrates Holy Mass with the back to God. Removing God from the centre of the liturgy by introducing a people's altar was a novelty introduced only in the late sixties.
Previous Vatican nativity scenes have featured controversial figures, including half-naked men.
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Bishop Joseph Strickland has not been banned from celebrating Eucharists in his former Diocese of Tyler, Texas. Strickland wrote to CatholicVote.org (9 December): "Tell them I received no such directive."
The original news story was published by LifeSiteNews.com (December 7) under the headline: "Bishop Strickland banned from celebrating Mass in Tyler."
Strickland is on retreat at a Benedictine abbey in Oklahoma until December 16. There are only two such abbeys in this US state. It is likely that he is not at St. Gregory's Abbey in Shawnee, but at Clear Creek Abbey where the Roman Rite is celebrated.
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Archbishop Viganò, 82, announced plans for a new seminary called Collegium Traditionis under his supervision in Torrita di Siena, Italy.
Originally, Viganò purchased the building for the Benedictine nuns of Pienza who were expelled from their monastery. But they later decided not to go ahead with Viganò.
The house will now be adapted as a seminary and retreat center.
Viganò comes from a wealthy family. There are persistent rumours that he will consecrate or has already consecrated one or more bishops, and that he is in contact with groups willing to jump on his boat.
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In view of the next conclave, French priest Claude Barthe published a profile of Cardinal Pietro Parolin, 69, who wants to succeed Francis (ResNovae.fr, December 2023).
• Parolin is a disciple of the anti-Catholic Cardinal Silvestrini (+2019) and an admirer of the disastrous Ostpolitik of Cardinal Casaroli (+1998).
• Benedict XVI's secretary of state Bertone removed Parolin as undersecretary in 2009 and exiled him to Venezuela.
• Parolin's work in Venezuela was appreciated by Cardinal Bergoglio.
• Bergoglio called Parolin to Rome in 2013 to replace Cardinal Bertone.
• Among Parolin's mistakes is the 2018 China deal which gives Beijing the right to appoint bishops, including two married men.
• Despite the concessions, the massive persecution of Chinese Christians continues.
• In 2018, Parolin spoke at the globalist Bilderberg conference in Turin. • In April 2019, he received for over an hour high-profile homosex propagandists. • Parolin was directly involved in the Vatican's €200M property …Zêde

On the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Bishop Schneider announced a worldwide crusade to pray for a divine intervention in this enormous crisis of the Church.
The crusade begins on 6th January and ends on 7th December 2024. It consists of the daily recitation of the Holy Rosary and the custom of the Five First Saturdays (confession and communion on the first Saturdays of five consecutive months).
All information in 36 languages is available on LiveFatima.io.
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“Why is there no Traditional Latin Mass at the Catholic University of America?”, a student asked Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory at a December 7 conversation entitled "Celebrating Diversity".
Cardinal Gregory replied that Paul VI "allowed" the celebration of Mass only for older priests and wanted everyone after that generation in the Novus Ordo, "Tradition dies a slow death, sometimes a bloody death".
Gregory agreed with Francis that the Roman Mass should only be celebrated in a limited number of places, admitting that in his archdioceses there are only three Mass sites left.
17 hours after the event, the video livestream posted on the internet had 55 views. This number will increase as Catholics find out about it.
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A Pope [= Francis] as a private person also has rough edges, limits and obsessions, Cardinal Müller told Kath.net (5 December).
He criticised the fact that Francis' private opinions on issues such as Covid and climate hysteria are given the status of a "new revealed truth."
For Cardinal Müller, "blessing" practiced homosexuality is impossible because acts that constitute grave sins cannot be blessed. He adds that the weakness of human nature is particularly evident when it comes to sexuality.
Pastoral care that seeks salvation and not the applause of an un-Catholic public opinion, cannot ignore the truth that divorcees living in adulterous unions cannot receive Communion.
Suggestions [as expressed by Francis] that adulterers should pick up Communion in another parish, are, for Müller “tricks” that may deceive people but not God.
Picture: Gerhard Ludwig Müller © Mazur CC BY-NC-ND, #newsXlaxbsczzn

To date, some 151 Nicaraguan priests and 76 nuns have been banished, forced into exile, or prevented from entering the country (Confidencial.digital, 6 December). The government is also taking control of religious activities by replacing the Church in organising Catholic processions and celebrations.
President Daniel Ortega has branded priests, bishops, cardinals, and Francis a "mafia". Matagalpa Bishop Rolando Álvarez has been in prison since August 2022. He was sentenced (below) to 26 years in prison in February 2023 after refusing to be deported to the United States.
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At a recent staff meeting, employees of Tyler Diocese, Texas, were informed that Bishop Strickland is prohibited from celebrating Eucharists in his former diocese, LifeSiteNews.com (December 7) reported.
Strickland is currently on retreat at an undisclosed location.
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𝐀𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟐, 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐗𝐕𝐈 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐈. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲?
Indeed, on the subject of Vatican Council II, we will never be able to thank Pope Benedict XVI enough for his hermeneutical work and his authentic interpretation of the will of the Council Fathers. The fact that I refer to his analysis goes to show that the intention of the Council has not been understood fully.
Joseph Ratzinger grasped quite accurately the fact that John XXIII wanted first of all to respond to a major challenge for the modern world: receiving God as he manifested himself in Jesus Christ. Here are the words of Pope John at the opening of Vatican Council II: “The serious problems confronting the world after almost two
thousand years remain unchanged. Jesus Christ is ever resplendent as the center of history and of life. Men are either with Him and His Church, and then they …Zêde

“My enemy has three devils in himself. The first sits in his sexual organ, the second in his heart, the third in his mouth. The first is like a skipper who lets water in through the keel; the water, rises by increasing gradually, and then fills up all of the ship. Then the water floods over and the ship sinks down. This ship is his body that is harassed by the temptations of devils and by his own lusts as though by tempestuous waves.
First, the evil lust entered into his body through the keel, that is, through the evil desire with which he took delight in bad thoughts. And since he did not resist through repentance and penance and did not repair his body’s ship with the nails of abstinence, the water of lust increased daily while he gave his consent to evil. Then the belly of the ship filled with evil desires, and the water flooded over and drowned the ship with lust so that it was unable to reach the haven of salvation.
The second devil sits in his heart and is like a worm lying inside …Zêde