European bishops sidestep ‘Traditionis Custodes’, continuing traditional Latin Masses in parish churches without Vatican cispensations. Last week, the Dicastery for Divine Worship published all its decrees from 2025, including permissions for the 1962 Roman Missal in parish churches. The list shows permissions for 55 parishes in 33 dioceses. 41 of the parish-church locations in the 2025 decrees are in the United States - about 75%. France is conspicuously absent from the 2025 index despite its importance among traditional Catholics. No parish church in Paris appears among the Dicastery’s published dispensations in 2023, 2024 or 2025. Obviously, there are Masses. In the Paris parish of Saint-Eugène–Sainte-Cécile, the old Mass has been celebrated since the 1980s and remains part of the daily and Sunday schedule. Sainte-Odile also lists a Sunday Mass in the 1962 rite. Another example is London, England. No dispensation for a London parish church appears in the Dicastery’s published indexes …sɔgbɔ ɖe edzi
HOLLYWOOD’S STREETS WELCOME A DIFFERENT KIND OF STAR: JESUS IN THE EUCHARIST | SG News Hollywood is famous for celebrities and its iconic Walk of Fame. But on September 9, the streets of Los Angeles witnessed a very different kind of public gathering. Around 1,000 Catholics joined Archbishop José H. Gomez for a Eucharistic Procession through Hollywood, carrying the Blessed Sacrament past some of the entertainment capital’s most recognizable landmarks. Despite temperatures in the low 90s and unusually humid conditions, the faithful gathered at Blessed Sacrament Church for Eucharistic Adoration before taking their faith into the streets. Eighteen seminarians led the procession carrying candles and incense as bells rang, Catholics prayed the Rosary and Archbishop Gomez carried the Eucharistic Lord through Hollywood. The hour-long procession travelled from Sunset Boulevard past Hollywood High School before reaching Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue and continuing along the famous …sɔgbɔ ɖe edzi
HOLLYWOODS STRASSEN EMPFANGEN EINE ANDERE ART VON STERN: JESUS IN DER EUCHARISTIE | SG News Hollywood ist berühmt für seine Stars und den legendären Walk of Fame. Doch am 9. September erlebten die Straßen von Los Angeles eine ganz andere Art von öffentlicher Versammlung. Rund 1.000 Katholiken begleiteten Erzbischof José H. Gomez zu einer eucharistischen Prozession durch Hollywood und trugen das Allerheiligste an einigen der bekanntesten Wahrzeichen der Unterhaltungsmetropole vorbei. Trotz Temperaturen um die 32 Grad Celsius und ungewöhnlich hoher Luftfeuchtigkeit versammelten sich die Gläubigen in der Kirche des Allerheiligsten Sakraments zur eucharistischen Anbetung, bevor sie ihren Glauben auf die Straße trugen. Achtzehn Seminaristen führten die Prozession mit Kerzen und Weihrauch an, während Glocken läuteten, die Katholiken den Rosenkranz beteten und Erzbischof Gomez das Allerheiligste durch Hollywood trug. Die einstündige Prozession führte vom Sunset Boulevard vorbei an der Hollywood …sɔgbɔ ɖe edzi
Peru tributes Leo XIV with the largest statue in the world. Standing 14 meters tall, the monument will rise in a seafront park in Callao overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The statue depicts Leo XIV with his arms open and is being built around a steel structure with a marble-like exterior finish. The privately funded monument is expected to be installed ahead of the pope’s November visit to Peru. #newsMmvrjnktky
Marko Rupnik’s new monumental mosaic façade was inaugurated (!) at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil. Yesterday evening, the shrine unveiled the basilica’s 4,000-square-metre west façade. The project began in 2019 and continued after allegations of sexual and psychological abuse against Rupnik became public. The north façade was inaugurated in 2022, the south in 2024 and the east in 2025. Meanwhile, the sanctuary of Lourdes in France has already covered Rupnik’s mosaics, citing consideration for victims of abuse.
Last night in Aparecida, Brazil, the final monumental mosaic façade created by the Centro Aletti — founded by Marko Rupnik — was officially inaugurated. While Rupnik’s mosaics are being covered in Lourdes, his artistic legacy is being unveiled on a monumental scale in Brazil.
Chiara Corbella war eine der sechzehn italienischen Frauen, die Giorgia Meloni in ihrer Antrittsrede vom 25. Oktober 2022 erwähnte, neben Nilde Iotti, Tina Anselmi, Grazia Deledda, Rita Levi Montalcini oder Oriana Fallaci. Petrillo antwortet, dass er es nicht erwartet habe, dass er sich geehrt fühle, dass er nie mit Meloni gesprochen habe noch sie kenne, und dass man sich daran erinnern solle, dass seine Frau ein ganz normales Mädchen war.
The sky broke open over the Peruvian Amazon, and a teenage girl in a sleeveless summer dress fell out of it still buckled into her seat. She was seventeen. Her name was Juliane Koepcke, and on December 24, 1971, she was supposed to be spending Christmas with her father at a remote research station in the rainforest. She and her mother, Maria, had stayed behind in Lima for one very ordinary reason: Juliane wanted to attend her high school graduation ceremony. That small teenage decision is what put them on LANSA Flight 508 on Christmas Eve. The hop from Lima to Pucallpa was supposed to take about an hour. Roughly twenty-five minutes in, the Lockheed Electra flew into a wall of black weather. Turbulence emptied the overhead bins. Christmas parcels rolled down the aisle. People began to scream. Then lightning struck the aircraft, the right wing tore away, and the plane came apart in the air. Juliane remembered her mother saying, very quietly, that this was the end of everything. And then …sɔgbɔ ɖe edzi
Leo XIV appoints Archbishop: “The Church is called to disappear so that the Kingdom may grow.” Today, Pope Leo XIV appointed Father Mario León Dorado, 52 — a T-shirt guy and an adherent of the heretical Abu Dhabi program — as Coadjutor Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco. Born in Madrid, Dorado joined the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in 1996 and was ordained a priest in 2001. He has served as Apostolic Prefect of Western Sahara since 2013. “The Church is called to disappear” In September 2022, he wrote a reflection on his almost two decades of missionary work in an extraordinarily small Catholic community. His experience is that authentic love makes it possible to welcome the other without the 'need to change him'. Dorado draws his own conclusion: “The Church is called to disappear so that the Kingdom may grow.” He explained his ecclesiology with the explicit analogy to John the Baptist's words in John 3:30, "He must increase, but I must decrease." "Blessings" for homosexual couples …sɔgbɔ ɖe edzi
Italian bishop has "converted" - but to the . Ten (!) bishops and below 200 participants gathered for a homosexual conference titled “Good Practices in Pastoral Ministry with Homo-Affective and Transgender People” at the General Curia of the Jesuits in Rome on September 4. Among the bishops were: - Archbishop Gherardo Gambelli of Florence; - Archbishop Giuseppe Satriano of Bari-Bitonto; - Bishop Antonio Napolioni of Cremona; - Bishop Giampio Devasini of Chiavari; - Archbishop Giampaolo Dianin of Gorizia; - Bishop Francesco Savino of Cassano all’Jonio. Four dioceses - Florence, Bari-Bitonto, Cremona and Chiavari - presented their existing homosexual programs. These include dedicated diocesan teams, formation for priests and pastoral workers, accompaniment of families, and structures integrating ministry with homosexuals into ordinary diocesan pastoral work. Bishop Dianin conveyed personal greetings from the president of the Italian bishops, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi. Theologian Fr. Luca …sɔgbɔ ɖe edzi
Audiobook on The Life of Gabrielle Lefebvre (Mother of a Family) by Rev. Fr. Le Crom; with thanks to Br. Anthony Neyrot for providing the narration for this video. This is the story of the mother of the Lefebvre Family — the mother of Archbishop Lefebvre — told by her spiritual director. Family tradition records that she would only embrace her new-born children after their baptism, at the same time invoking their destiny. Thus, after the baptism of the future Archbishop, she said: "He will have a great role to play in Holy Church, at Rome, near the Holy Father." " It is by sanctifying myself that I will obtain... the graces to sanctify my children. Education — above all maternal education — is in fact much more of an outpouring of the soul than a syllabus for a teacher." While describing her strong commitment to the ordinary way of salvation, the author also reveals some of what is known about her extraordinary mysticism as a stigmatist in a very active life. Purchase the book here: …sɔgbɔ ɖe edzi
Did the mother of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre have the stigmata? I am only half way through this audiobook and I never thought she was as Holy as she was. I knew she had to be by her children and Archbishop Lefebvre. But this really surprised me.
"Clear abuse of office" - Cardinal Müller criticises German bishops for their anti-AfD stance. After the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won 44% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt, Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller accused German bishops of interfering in party politics in an interview with Kontrafunk.radio on 11 September. When asked about the [Berlin Archbishop Heiner Koch's] idea that the Church could do without Catholics who vote the 'wrong' way, Müller responded: "In my view, this is quite simply a clear abuse of office." The Church, he added, is "not a trade union". "When it comes to party-political preferences, bishops have no right to call into question the civil rights of Catholics." Müller also dismissed comparisons between the AfD and National Socialism as "far-fetched". Nazism was an ideology that was incompatible with Christianity. By contrast, the AfD has "a political programme that every individual citizen can judge for themselves". His message to Germany’s bishops: "Bishops …sɔgbɔ ɖe edzi
Cardinal Müller has once again spoken out strongly against bishops taking sides in party politics. He said that taking a clear stance against the AfD constitutes “a clear abuse of office.”
How is it that the German Catholic bishops are ready to denounce a political party as “extremist” for promoting restrictions on immigration, while the American bishops are reluctant to denounce Democrats for their extreme stand on abortion?
Modern OCIA & Conversion: Mike Gormley on Ascension’s "Invited" & True Community "Your spouse’s faith might get you to the classroom door, but only your own faith will carry you across the threshold." Evangelist and author Mike "Gomer" Gormley joins CatholicTV to break down the reality of modern Catholic conversions. Why are young men and digital seekers suddenly flooding parish doors asking to become Catholic? Mike Gormley (Every Knee Shall Bow, Catching Foxes) steps onto the set of This Is the Day to unpack the state of adult faith formation (OCIA/RCIA) and introduce Ascension’s new program, Invited. Mike explores how the digital continent—podcasts, YouTube, and self-directed study—is leading people to the steps of the Church, but explains why information alone can never replace authentic relationship. In an age of algorithms and artificial intelligence, the Church’s secret strength remains unchanged: intentional accompaniment, personal discipleship, and lived community. Mike shares …sɔgbɔ ɖe edzi
Trad West - Remember this young French Catholic who carried a 35kg cross for 14 h... Remember this young French Catholic who carried a 35kg cross for 14 hours to replace the vandalized Aneto cross at the top of the Pyrénées? Someone vandalized his cross, so he made an even bigger one and took it again to the peak of the mountain. Christ is King Trad West (@trad_west_) on X
Immaginate di prendere l’autobus per andare al lavoro. Siete lì, tranquilli, per i cazzi vostri, quando all’improvviso un terrorista islamico tira fuori un grosso coltello da cucina e cerca di sgozzarvi. È CIÒ CHE È ACCADUTO A SURREY, NELLA COLUMBIA BRITANNICA, IN CANADA. L’aggressore, identificato come Abdul Aziz Kawam, ha colpito per tre volte al collo il passeggero che vedete nel video, con l’intento di ucciderlo. La vittima, nonostante l’attacco improvviso, è riuscito a reagire, a difendersi e a spingere l’uomo fuori dall’autobus. Fortunatamente è sopravvissuto! CONSENSO DISINFORMATO Official: TikTok, …
US Sisters and the Macarena Retirement Tour: The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) held its 70th anniversary gathering in Orlando, Florida, from 11 to 14 August. They posted a video on Facebook showing elderly women in civilian clothes dancing the Macarena (1995). The fitting headline: "When Catholic sisters get together, watch out for the dance parties! ". Macarena was popular when the sisters were in their 50s. The LCWR represents the leaders of many women's religious congregations in the United States.
Dance party of "nuns": The LCWR 70th Anniversary Gathering was held August 11–14, 2026, in Orlando, Florida. The event brought together Catholic women and men religious from the United States, Canada, Latin America and other parts of the Americas for prayer, worship, talks, discussion and community events.
And you wonder why vocations to the nunnery have collapsed. People who have a religious vocation take their lives seriously and look for serious opportunities
2. Historical Context and "Dance Manias" Catholic history records instances where mass dancing was interpreted through the lens of spiritual affliction or divine punishment. [1, 2] St. Vitus’ Dance (Chorea): In the Middle Ages, outbreaks of compulsive, uncontrollable dancing (now understood as a neurological or psychological phenomenon) swept through Europe. [1, 2, 3, 4] Spiritual Intercession: Victims were sent to shrines of St. Vitus, a Christian martyr, to pray for deliverance and healing from what many at the time feared was a demonic curse or affliction. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 3. Ritual Dancing and Entry Points Catholic moral theology warns against practices that willingly open a person up to the influence of evil spirits. Trance Induction: Repetitive, frenzied, or rhythmic dancing used in occult or neo-pagan rituals is designed to lower conscious defenses and alter the state of mind. [1, 2, 3] The Danger of Invitation: Exorcists warn that participating in dances meant to invoke …sɔgbɔ ɖe edzi
Leo XIV Approves Maronite Archbishop of Damascus Today, Pope Leo XIV has approved the election of Sharbel Ghattas Maroun as the new Maronite Catholic archbishop of Damascus. A Lebanese-born priest, he has spent much of his ministry in the United States. Archbishop Maroun, 64, was elected by the Synod of Bishops of the Maronite Church. He succeeds Archbishop Samir Nassar, 76, whose resignation was accepted by the synod. Since 2020, Maroun has served as protosyncellus, a senior position comparable to vicar general, of the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles. Born January 6, 1962, in Kfarselwan, Lebanon, Maroun briefly worked for Crédit Libanais bank. Older Brother, a Lebanese Forces Fighter, Helped Maroun During Civil War In 1975, Lebnen, the father, and the eldest brother Nassif joined the Kataeb (Phalange) party and took up arms to defend their home. The family's house was confiscated and not recovered for 40 years. In 1981 Lebnen's local group formally joined the …sɔgbɔ ɖe edzi
Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse nytimes.com/…/12/opinion/ai-tech-apocalypse-silic… Sept. 12, 2026 By Michelle Goldberg Opinion Columnist In a series of private speeches last year, Peter Thiel, the billionaire tech investor and Silicon Valley thought leader, said that the young activist Greta Thunberg represented the spirit of the Antichrist. It was more than just a hyperbolic slur. Thiel was expressing a Promethean theology, one that sanctifies technology and expansion. In Thiel’s worldview, the forces of dynamism must struggle against the evils of stagnation, represented by Thunberg’s leftist environmentalism. “In the 21st century, the Antichrist is a Luddite who wants to stop all science,” said Thiel. Thiel’s philosophical assumptions might sound bizarre to outsiders, but they appear to be widely shared among the tech elite. “A.I. and its capabilities represent something analogous to the Second Coming,” Jeremy Nixon, a founder of an A.I. hub called A.G.I. House, …sɔgbɔ ɖe edzi
Top A.I. Leaders Call for Slowing Down A.I. Development nytimes.com/…technology/anthropic-dario-amodei-ai… In an essay, the head of Anthropic laid out the rapidly advancing capabilities of artificial intelligence and said there needed to be greater safety controls across the industry. By Mike Isaac Mike Isaac covers Silicon Valley and artificial intelligence companies from San Francisco. Sept. 12, 2026 Dario Amodei, the chief executive of Anthropic, called for a global slowdown of artificial intelligence development in a 3,800-word essay on Saturday, just days after one of the company’s employees quit over concerns about the safety of the technology. Top executives of other major A.I. companies quickly signed on to the effort. Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI; Elon Musk, whose SpaceX rocket company has been ramping up spending on A.I.; and Demis Hassabis, the chair of Google DeepMind, wrote in social media posts that they agreed on the need for a slower pace. Mr. Amodei, who …sɔgbɔ ɖe edzi
Marko Rupnik’s new monumental mosaic façade was inaugurated (!) at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil. Yesterday evening, the shrine unveiled the basilica’s 4,000-square-metre west façade. The project began in 2019 and continued after allegations of sexual and psychological abuse against Rupnik became public. The north façade was inaugurated in 2022, the south in 2024 and the east in 2025. Meanwhile, the sanctuary of Lourdes in France has already covered Rupnik’s mosaics, citing consideration for victims of abuse.
T-shirt guy and an adherent of the heretical Abu Dhabi program — as Coadjutor Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco. Born in Madrid, Dorado joined the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in 1996 and was ordained a priest in 2001.
Trad West (@trad_west_) on X
Immaginate di prendere l’autobus per andare al lavoro. Siete lì, tranquilli, per i cazzi vostri, quando all’improvviso un terrorista islamico tira fuori un grosso coltello da cucina e cerca di sgozzarvi.
È CIÒ CHE È ACCADUTO A SURREY, NELLA COLUMBIA BRITANNICA, IN CANADA.
L’aggressore, identificato come Abdul Aziz Kawam, ha colpito per tre volte al collo il passeggero che vedete nel video, con l’intento di ucciderlo. La vittima, nonostante l’attacco improvviso, è riuscito a reagire, a difendersi e a spingere l’uomo fuori dall’autobus.
CONSENSO DISINFORMATO Official: TikTok, …
". Macarena was popular when the sisters were in their 50s. The LCWR represents the leaders of many women's religious congregations in the United States.
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