On October 28, during the Community of Sant’Egidio’s “Prayer for Peace” meeting in Rome, Pope Leo XIV appeared on stage together with Alessandra Trotta, Moderator of the Waldensian Church. She stood out wearing a rainbow stole. In 2022, Alessandra Trotta said in an interview that her position is “crystal clear” in favor of the blessing, rights, and full inclusion of homosexuals. She added that the Bible should not be treated as a rulebook, but as a living path of faith.
Leo XIV shared the podium on October 28 at the interfaith-prayer for peath with a protestant "minsiter" wearing a rainbow stoles.
The Immortal - @TheCinesthetic Actor Pietro Sarubbi, who played Barabbas in the film... @TheCinesthetic Actor Pietro Sarubbi, who played Barabbas in the film The Passion of the Christ, was an atheist before this scene. …Më shumë
Halloween and the Forces of Darkness Where did it all come from? October 31st is a day of ghosts, witches, goblins, and grotesque creatures. It is also a day of orange and black, of candles and jack-o-lanterns. Costume parties and strange customs occupy the minds of western civilization, and all of this seems to be intensifying every year. Children wearing every kind of costume imaginable, and some unimaginable, have been going for door to door for years at the end of October saying “trick or treat” and collecting bags full of treats. In recent years, many people have been decorating their yards as cemeteries and making their houses look spooky. Even churches have Halloween parties and set up “haunted houses” as fund raising projects. Where did it all come from, and what does it all mean? Most people would say it is all harmless fun. Some would venture to say, “If there is any witchcraft in it, it is white witchcraft.” In order to truly answer both of the questions where did it come …Më shumë
Bishop Hugh Gilbert of Aberdeen, Scotland, has expressed his “deep regret” regarding the tone, direction and key elements of a recent letter by the Transalpine Redemptorists. In a statement posted on his diocese's website on 24 October, he said that the letter “is incompatible with the Catholic sense of the Church’s unity”. The community of the Roman rite is within the Diocese of Aberdeen. On 16 October, it published a letter no longer recognising the 'modern church'. "After years of examination and experience, we have come to the regrettable conclusion that the traditional Catholic faith, the faith of all times and of the saints, is incompatible with the new, modern Church, the fruit of the Second Vatican Council. They simply cannot coexist in one body", the priests wrote. Bishop Gilbert remains "open to conversation with the Congregation". On Facebook.com, he added that he is "canonically obliged to withdraw from the priests of that Congregation their permission to celebrate Mass …Më shumë
Vice President JD Vance calls out Christian skeptics, asserts that Christian values are foundational to the United States. "The fruits of the Christian faith are the most moral, the most just." "I make no apologies for believing that Christianity is the pathway to God. I make no apologies for thinking Christian values are an important foundation of this country."
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A statue of Christ was recently toppled by a vandal in a church in the Archdiocese of Utrecht in the Netherlands. According to Rorate-Caeli.blogspot.com, the parish is conservative. Confessions are heard for almost an hour every evening, alongside Eucharistic Adoration. Liturgical abuse is avoided. Father Elias Leyds - co-founder of EWTN Netherlands, who tragically committed suicide in 2024 - held sermons there condemning homosexual acts and abortion.
A video is going viral of a vandal toppling a statue of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in a church in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Of course the parish is conservative. Progressive liberal "churches" are already vandalized by design! No need to wreck that which is already destroyed!
Rm 8:31b-39 "No creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ." It is up to us to continue to allow ourselves to be Loved by God. God already Loves us. Lk 13:31-35 Jesus says to those who do not welcome Him: "Behold, your house will be abandoned." Let us remain in God. When our relationship with God is deficient, we distance ourselves from Him, we find ourselves alone, and we move towards evil. Let us remain in God. Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.
The Mass in the Roman rite has a new location in Poland, writes Peter Kwasniewski on Facebook.com. Fr Wojciech Pobudkowski IBP is offering a regular Sunday Mass in the church of the Camaldolese Hermits from the 17 century. It is also known as the parish of Blessed Edward Detkens and is located on the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University campus. Noteworthy: The building is a parish church. Last Sunday's opening Mass was well attended, with many young families present.
Peter Kwasniewski on facebook: "In the good news category, a new location for the TLM in Poland. Fr. Wojciech Pobudkowski, IBP, is now offering a Sunday TLM in a lovely 17th-century church. The opening Mass was crowded, full of young families, and accompanied by beautiful choral singing. Interestingly, this new location is a parish church which is located at Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University campus. The good cardinal would have felt right at home"