Selected quotes from the book A Wider View of the Second Vatican Council by Archimandrite Boniface Luykx. Republished in English by Angelico Press, Brooklyn, NY, 2025. Archimandrite Boniface Luykx (1915–2004) was a Belgian Premonstratensian canon regular, professor, and liturgical scholar. In the 1940s and 1950s he was among the leading figures of the Catholic liturgical movement and taught for many years at the University of Notre Dame’s Summer School of Liturgy. From 1960 to 1971 he served as a missionary in Africa, where he founded the Monastère de l’Assomption and taught at Lovanium University in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Beginning in 1959, he was a member of the Preparatory Commission for the Liturgy and later served as a liturgical consultant and expert (peritus) at the Second Vatican Council, as well as one of the authors of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (Sacrosanctum Concilium). After the Council, he became a member of the Consilium …More
CATECHISM OF PERSEVERANCE : AN HISTORICAL, DOCTRINAL,MORAL, AND LITURGICAL EXPOSITION OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION Translated from the French of Mgr Gaume by REV. F. B. JAMISON - COURSE SECOND - CHAPTER 26 - Of union with our Lord, the new Adam, by charity, First Commandment...Download, print, and above all share !
05/06/2026 Entire blog as a free PDF eBook. The Elite’s technocratic program has been planned for a long time. It has been progressively implemented over many decades under the guise of ongoing technological changes which have been presented as designed to make life easier. But hidden in the rapid technological changes we have learned to accept was a deeper, more insidious and comprehensive program to kill or enslave us all. There is little time left to start defending yourself if you haven’t already. This text is taken from an article published on April 20, 2026, on globalresearch.ca: Resisting the New World Order: Your Technocratic Slave Camp. I am not in favor of labeling people as an “elite” simply because they have amassed a huge fortune through fraud and, having learned from experience, now constantly devise new scams because that is how they achieve the results they want. The article in question addressed many topics. Among other things, the author described the role of wars …
Rev Gerardo Saco resigned from his appointment as Bishop of the Diocese of Tagbilaran in the Philippines. Pope Leo XIV appointed Rev. Saco on 25 March 2026, with the episcopal ordination scheduled for 26 May. On 5 May, Cebu Archbishop Alberto Uy announced that Leo XIV had accepted Rev Saco’s resignation. Rev Saco suddenly discovered a “change of heart” and “human limitations and inadequacies”. However, it is more likely that there is an undisclosed issue behind this decision. Choosing Bishops with Hidden Scandals Declining after papal appointment and before ordination used to be very rare in the Church. It has increased in the past decade as a side effect of deliberately appointing compromised or unsuitable candidates. In Argentina alone, Francis appointed three priests as bishops who then resigned from the episcopal consecration weeks later. Bishop Pascalis Syukur, who was reportedly in a romantic relationship with a woman and had fathered two children, accepted Pope Francis’s …More
Today, Synod.va published the final report from Study Group 9 on theological criteria and synodal methodologies for discerning doctrinal, pastoral, and ethical questions. It is de facto on homosexuality. The report rejects the term “controversial” and says such matters should be treated as “emerging” issues (page 6). Repeatedly, it speaks of an alleged “paradigm shift” in how the Church interprets the teaching: “The commitment to practising the synodal nature of the Church implies the implementation of a ‘paradigm shift.’” (page 8) The final report even analogizes present ecclesial disputes to the Jerusalem Council’s overturning of circumcision requirements. It demands that synodal outcomes should not be predetermined by “pre-established formulas.” And: “The Church’s mission is not a matter of abstractly proclaiming and deductively applying principles...” (page 9) The final report invents “the stability of a healthy affective relationship” in homosexual contexts as a positive …More
Fri May 1, 2026 - 4:59 pm EDTMon May 4, 2026 - 6:12 am EDT ROME (LifeSiteNews) — The Diocese of Rome announced on Thursday that it has organized a Christian-Muslim dialogue event hosted at the Great Mosque of Rome next week. In its April 30 announcement, the diocese announced that next on Thursday, May 7, it will send representatives to speak at the interfaith “Christians and Muslims in Dialogue at the Great Mosque” meeting organized by both the Islamic Cultural Center of Italy and the Diocese of Rome. In its announcement, the diocese stressed that this “interfaith encounter” will follow the examples of Pope Leo – the bishop of Rome – his predecessor Pope Francis, as well as the Second Vatican Council’s Nostra Aetate, the declaration on the relation of the Church to non-Christian religions. The diocesan representatives who will be speaking at the meeting include Monsignor Marco Valenti, auxiliary bishop of the Northern Sector; Monsignor Marco Gnavi, head of the Office for Ecumenism …
05.05.2026 PRESIDENT TRUMP ALLOWS THE US BISHOPS (USCCB) TO INTERPRET VATICAN COUNCIL II IRRAITONALLY, DISHONESTLY AND POLITICALLY An announcement is needed from President Trump’s office, asking that the President of Italy and the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Education interpret Vatican Council II rationally. Pope Leo also must announce that LG 8, 14, 16, UR 3, NA 2, GS 22 etc refer to invisible and hypothetical cases which cannot make the Council a break with Tradition. President Trump could announce that LG 8, 14, 16, UR 3, NA2, and GS 22 refer to invisible cases. This is common sense. Why does President Trump allow the US bishops (USCCB) to interpret Vatican Council II irrationally, dishonestly and politically? The pope is liberal like the Left. But Vatican Council II is really traditional on faith and morals. The USCCB rejects traditional faith and morals in the name of Vatican Council II interpreted dishonestly. When they are irrational and not rational they are aligned with …More
Meanwhile, The Tablet magazine reported May 4 that Pezzi had addressed the circumstances of his resignation at a Mass on the day of the announcement. The archbishop reportedly said that, “to make it clear and not spread any conspiracy theories or incorrect rumors, I want to announce that I have resigned because of my health, which does not allow me to manage this beloved, beautiful diocese as I should.”
A newly emerged letter from pro-homosexual Cardinal Tucho Fernández, soft-porn author and Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, has revealed that he warned the German bishops in 2024 against proceeding with their proposed homosexual blessings. Dated 18 November 2024, the letter was addressed to Bishop Stephan Ackermann of Trier, who is responsible for liturgy. It was published today on X.com by Mexican priest Jorge Enrique Mújica, head of Zenit.org. In the letter, Tucho states that the German bishops’ proposed guidelines for blessings “effectively legitimise the status of such couples” and therefore contradict his homosexual pamphlet Fiducia Supplicans. He also criticises the German text for creating what amounts to “a kind of liturgy or para-liturgy” for homosexual blessings. Specifically, Tucho rejected: • the treatment of homosexual unions as a status to be publicly recognised, • the inclusion of ritual elements resembling marriage ceremonies, • prescribed …More
While a statement is circulating that the family was not denied communion because “they weren’t noticed,” an official statement from the pastor appears to indicate that they were deliberately ignored because they weren’t at a “Communion station.” From the pastor, Father Coleman, posted 1 May 2026: “Dear Our Lady of Grace community, I want to address false posts on social media suggesting the denial of Holy Communion to a family kneeling at our altar rail during a Confirmation Mass on Tuesday. The assertion that Bishop Martin refused them Communion is fabricated, as the bishop did not even participate in the distribution of Holy Communion. In fact, Bishop Martin was gracious enough to join us to celebrate and confirm 34 young people in their faith. I (as pastor) and three other priests handled the distribution of Communion to more than 300 people who attended, some of whom knelt at any one of our Communion stations. None were denied. One family walked past our Communion stations and …More
05/04/2026 Entire blog as a free PDF eBook. According to Greek mythology, chaos reigned in the beginning. Looking at the direction in which the European Union is heading, one gets the impression that there has been no chaos yet and that everything is currently heading toward it. Therefore, a more fitting motto for EU mythology would be: In the end, chaos reigned. The lesson of history is clear: empires and artificial constructs cannot survive indefinitely against economic realities. The EU is no longer a natural entity of voluntary cooperation, but a bureaucratic monstrosity that undermines the sovereignty and prosperity of its peoples. It is time to take an honest look. The EU, a hospice patient, does not need further life-prolonging measures. It needs a dignified end – and the chance for European nations to rebuild and improve. Prolonging its agony only lengthens the suffering of its citizens. The conclusion quoted above comes from an article published on Saturday on tkp.at: The EU …
Staff Writer May 4, 2026 News Two years after the Archdiocese of Los Angeles reached an $880 million settlement with men and women who survived childhood sexual abuse at the hands of Roman Catholic priests and clergy in their diocese, the Catholic Archdiocese of New York is following suit, agreeing to pay more than $800 million to its own sexual abuse survivors. So far, the Catholic Church has paid out more than $5 billion in settlements, which has bankrupted at least 19 dioceses. The archdiocese has been planning this for a while. Along with selling off buildings and laying off staff, including the sale of their New York headquarters for $100 million, the Archdiocese is suing its insurance company, Chubb. The archdiocese claims that “even though we have paid them over $2 billion in premiums by today’s standards, [Chubb] is now attempting to evade their legal and moral contractual obligation to settle covered claims which would bring peace and healing to victim-survivors.” Chubb …
Synod.va published on May 5 the final report of Study Group number 7 on the selection of bishops: “In the selection of a bishop, it is necessary to consider, among other qualities, his ‘synodal competencies’.” (page 3) At least, the document also mentions Catholic criteria: “Among the qualities sought in a bishop are moral integrity, doctrinal orthodoxy, pastoral sensitivity, leadership ability, and the capacity to administer the Church’s goods.” (page 3) The main idea of the report is expanding lay influence in bishop selection: “The cathedral chapter… finance council… lay council… youth and the poor should also be convened.” (page 4) The report proposes that, when a diocese is vacant, a committee be established to work with the Apostolic Nuncio, consisting of priests, consecrated religious, and laypersons. (page 5) Informants should include women, youth, academics, ecclesial movement members, the poor, marginalized persons, and representatives of Indigenous or minority communities. …More