The German Catholic Congress (Katholikentag), taking place May 13–17 in Würzburg, will include a workshop on May 14 entitled: “Planning Blessing Services with Trans* Individuals.” The Congress is one of Germany’s largest Catholic gatherings and includes more than 900 events. There is a strong presence of politicians, including Protestant President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Markus Söder, Ricarda Lang, Andrea Nahles, and climate activist Luisa Neubauer. On May 16, there will be a homosexual worship service (“Queer-Gottesdienst”) under the title “Life is colorful – diversity in the Church?!” in the Augustinerkirche. Other official program events include: - Bible workshop: “Reading the Bible queerly: Why God is a fan of diversity” - When queer believers encounter the Church - From murder mystery dinners to escape games: discovering queer traces in the Bible through playful methods - Queer in the climate crisis: vulnerability and empowerment — also in Europe …More
And this essay about the attack on the family goes back over 40 years ago with no cell phones, transgenderism and equity and inclusive education in public schools.
Prevost received a tapestry depicting an idol of an African pagan god. You must watch the videos. Prevost maliciously collaborates with—and … However, Michael Hichborn—a good but naive Catholic—calls upon Robert Prevost—a Marxist, apostate, and gay activist—to condemn and dissolve the WMPM group—which supports this radical communist movement—and to repair the damage caused.
The talk of a Catholic revival spurred by a surge in adult conversions is misplaced, writes Matthew Schmitz in FirstThings.com (May 12). Conversions show no signs of offsetting the broader decline of Catholic life in the United States. Schmitz points to statistics. In 2000, 2.6 million American children attended Catholic schools. By 2025, that number had fallen to 1.6 million. In 2001, more than a quarter-million Catholic weddings took place in the United States; by 2024, there were only around 107,000. Infant baptisms have also collapsed: more than one million infants were baptized in the Church in 2001, compared with fewer than half a million in 2024. "Catholicism" in Service of U.S. Political Interests At the same time, Schmitz argues that while the Church is shrinking institutionally, Catholic ideas and language are allegely shaping public debate in America. Discussions about immigration, war, political authority, and moral responsibility are now often conducted using Catholic concepts …More
From a former undocumented immigrant to the nation's youngest prelate, Pope Leo XIV's recent bishop appointments reflect a diverse Catholic Church in his homeland. Since his election on May 8 last year, Pope Leo XIV has named numerous bishops to fill posts around the world, also in the USA. Before becoming pope, Cardinal Robert Prevost was himself in charge of proposing new bishops for established Latin Rite dioceses around the world. So, while such decisions are never taken lightly, Leo XIV is particularly keyed in to the needs and criteria involved. As of May 6, 2026, he has made 26 appointments of bishops for his homeland. This includes raising priests to the bishopric, elevating auxiliary bishops to new dioceses, and transferring ordinary bishops to new sees. Eleven of these bishops — 42% — were born outside the United States. Sixteen of them are under 60 years old, and the youngest is 45. Only three come from religious communities: a Jesuit, a Benedictine, and an Oratorian. They …
Wed May 13, 2026 - 12:48 pm EDTWed May 13, 2026 - 1:15 pm EDT (LifeSiteNews) — A CIA whistleblower testified before the U.S. Senate that despite CIA scientific analysts’ repeated conclusions that a laboratory leak was the most likely origin of COVID-19, those conclusions were buried, softened, or withheld from Congress while the public was told to trust a different story. Speaking to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday morning, current senior CIA operations officer James Erdmann III provided shocking testimony alleging that the nation’s top intelligence agencies collaborated in promoting a false narrative concerning the origins of COVID-19 and that Dr. Anthony Fauci was at the heart of the coverup. “Intentional or not, the Intelligence Community’s actions resulted in coverup, wasted resources, and a failure to properly inform policymakers,” said Erdmann. “Public health policy would have been very different had the American public been made …
Today, Leo XIV has appointed Father Emilio Biosca Agüero, 61, as the new bishop of Venice, Florida. Biosca's parents are both Cuban. He speaks Spanish and Tok Pisin. The Venice diocese covers most of southwest Florida. Monsignor Biosca is a member of the Pittsburgh-based Capuchin Franciscan Friars. He served for over two decades in Papua New Guinea (1994-2006) and Cuba (2007-2019). His public profile is almost entirely defined by immigration ministry. Since 2019, he has been the pastor at the parish of the Sacred Heart in Washington, D.C., one of the city's historic immigrant parishes located five kilometres from the White House. The congregation is predominantly Latino, particularly Salvadoran, but also includes Haitians, Brazilians and Vietnamese Catholics. Under Fr Biosca, the parish expanded ministries for illegal immigrants well beyond pastoral care, including immigrant accompaniment, attending court hearings, legal support, covering rent and legal fees. Several of his parishioners …More
May 12, 2026Download PDF Story at-a-glance A 2026 scientific review concludes vaping is likely to cause lung and oral cancer, shifting the conversation from uncertainty to clear concern The damage from vaping starts at the cellular level, where DNA injury, oxidative stress and inflammation build long before symptoms appear E-cigarette aerosol contains a mix of cancer-linked chemicals, including nitrosamines, toxic gases and metals released from the device itself Using both cigarettes and vaping products at the same time dramatically increases your lung cancer risk instead of reducing harm Eliminating vaping exposure, improving metabolic health and using exercise to break nicotine dependence directly lowers your risk and helps your body recover For years, vaping was marketed as the cleaner alternative, a way to keep the ritual of smoking without the tar, the smell, or the serious health consequences. That framing is collapsing. A growing body of research now points in the opposite …
Today, Leo XIV has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Michele Autuoro, 59, of Naples as the new Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento, Italy. He was mentored by the pro-homosexual Cardinal Domenico Battaglia of Naples, who is famous for washing the feet of homosexuals and allowing liturgies including transvestites. "Todos, todos, todos" Talking to LaPorzione.it in November 2024, Monsignor Autuoro praised the Francis’ Church. Some quotes from this interview: - “The Church is a great construction site — the construction site of the Synod.” - “The Synod is not a conclusion, it is only a beginning.” - “There is a great desire for change.” - “The Church has only one mission: to reach everyone.” - “The Church is a banquet offered to all peoples, where everyone must sit and no one must be excluded.” Migration / anti-border rhetoric During his time as director of Missio (2013–2018), he campaigned in favour of illegal immigration and criticised "walls and closed borders". During the “Liberi di …More
All who join the rebellion of Bergoglio and Tucho—continued by Prevost—against God are welcome in the synodal sect of Sodom. Sacrament of Confirmation Denied to a Young Man for Opposing Gay Ideology Op bezoek bij een ‘LGTBQ-parochie’
Tucho toys with the dogma of the papacy—not to defend the faith against heresy, but so that others may join Prevost's rebellion against God.and against the Church. Thus, for these apostates—who promote the heresy of religious indifferentism—Christ is not necessary for salvation, but Prevost is. According to this servant of the devil, sodomy no longer constitutes an offense against God, but rather the failure to join the promoter of sodomy: Robert Prevost.
Here, there is no "synodality"—that concept in which the figure of the Pope of the synodal sect is nothing more than an equal among others, even the false religions.
Auxiliary Bishop Rob Mutsaerts of ’s-Hertogenbosch says he was silenced on the spot (“gecanceld”) after questioning the ideology of a self-described inclusive parish. Writing on his blog on April 29, Monsignor Mutsaerts recounted celebrating the Sacrament of Confirmation at a parish with a rainbow flag outside the church. Before the entrance procession began, the bishop asked one of the boys preparing for Confirmation what he thought of the flag. The teenager shrugged and replied that he would rather have seen a PSV football flag hanging there. After the Eucharist, parishioners told Mutsaerts that they considered themselves an “LGBTQ church” and a “Rainbow Church.” During conversations afterward at the coffee table, the bishop began questioning what such churches mean when they describe themselves as “inclusive.” Monsignor Mutsaerts argued that every church necessarily has boundaries because every church teaches truths about morality, human nature, and faith. In his view, the …More
Keir Starmer was hit with more resignations today after attempting to brush aside calls to step down at a toe-curling Cabinet meeting. Ministers Jess Phillips and Alex Davies-Jones declared they had lost confidence in the PM as his grip on power loosens further. The intervention came after members of his top team - said to include Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood - privately urged him to make a graceful exit in the wake of disastrous local elections. But Sir Keir effectively dared his rivals to move against him this morning, telling the weekly gathering in No10: 'The Labour Party has a process for challenging a leader and that has not been triggered. 'The country expects us to get on with governing. That is what I am doing and what we must do as a Cabinet.' Health Secretary Wes Streeting, regarded by Sir Keir's dwindling band of allies as being behind the coup, was present to hear the stark message. However, Sir Keir is said to have immediately moved on to the Iran war. According to …
Starmer musste weitere Rücktritte hinnehmen, nachdem er das Kabinett in Bedrängnis gebracht hatte, wo er den Zusammenbruch der Führung beiseite schob – und sich weigerte, Streeting zu sehen Lassen Sie sich Ihre Nachrichten bis 7 Uhr morgens direkt zustellen - Melden Sie sich KOSTENLOS für unseren neuen Morning Mail-Newsletter an Weitere Daily Mail auf Google anzeigen – Speichern Sie uns als bevorzugte Quelle Von JAMES TAPSFIELD, POLITISCHER REDAKTEUR FÜR GROSSBRITANNIEN Veröffentlicht: 07:46 BST, 12. Mai 2026 | Aktualisiert: 14:19 BST, 12. Mai 2026 E-Mail 233Aktien 7k Ansicht Kommentare Keir Starmer Heute kam es zu weiteren Rücktritten, nachdem man bei einer spannenden Kabinettssitzung versucht hatte, Rücktrittsforderungen beiseite zu schieben. Die Minister Jess Phillips und Alex Davies-Jones erklärten, sie hätten das Vertrauen in den Premierminister verloren, da sich sein Einfluss auf die Macht weiter lockere. Die Intervention erfolgte, nachdem Mitglieder seines Spitzenteams -…More
A BLESSED FEAST OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA TO YOU! On this 109th anniversary of Her first apparition, May 13, 1917, The Fatima Center staff wishes you, dear devotee of Our Lady of Fatima, a blessed feast day! Appearing “more brilliant than the sun,” Our Lady announced to Lucia dos Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto, God’s Will to save the world in these times through devotion to Her Immaculate Heart. “To whomever embraces this devotion,” She added, “I promise salvation. These souls will be dear to God, as flowers placed by Me to adorn His Throne.” God’s timing is always perfect. Thus, we do well to reflect upon why Our Lady appeared when She did, and not at some other time in world history. God’s ways are inscrutable, deep, and far beyond man’s understanding. While faith and meditation may give us insights into His solicitous wisdom, we men can never presume to exhaust the ways of Divine Providence. Nevertheless, in honor of Her feast day, we offer the following …
Of the first 26 bishops appointed in the USA, 11 (42%) were born outside the United States. Hailing from South America, Asia and Africa, they include a former undocumented immigrant from El Salvador and two former refugees from Vietnam.
As of May 6, 2026, he has made 26 appointments of bishops for his homeland. Eleven of these bishops — 42% — were born outside the United States.
From a former undocumented immigrant to the nation's youngest prelate, Pope Leo XIV's recent bishop appointments reflect a diverse Catholic Church in his homeland. Since his election on May 8 last year, Pope Leo XIV has named numerous bishops to fill posts around the world, also in the USA. Before becoming pope, Cardinal Robert Prevost was himself in charge of proposing new bishops for established Latin Rite dioceses around the world. So, while such decisions are never taken lightly, Leo XIV is particularly keyed in to the needs and criteria involved. As of May 6, 2026, he has made 26 appointments of bishops for his homeland. This includes raising priests to the bishopric, elevating auxiliary bishops to new dioceses, and transferring ordinary bishops to new sees. Eleven of these bishops — 42% — were born outside the United States. Sixteen of them are under 60 years old, and the youngest is 45. Only three come from religious communities: a Jesuit, a Benedictine, and an Oratorian. They …
Q: Why do you think Catholics such as these wish to oppose what Courage does when the apostolate follows the Church’s teaching? Father Gannon: That question merits a very in-depth answer, but in short: In the last 60 years, we have seen a global attack on the Church’s moral teaching like never before in history. The revisionist moral theologies that emerged from the 1960s sought to revolutionize Church teaching to accommodate the secular culture of the so-called sexual revolution. St. John Paul II wrote clearly and decisively in Veritatis Splendor and the Catechism about the immutable nature of the moral law as directly tied to the anthropology of man and woman as the images of God. The personal struggles of man and woman in living the Gospel indicate the subjective experiences that must be pastorally treated with charity and forbearance, but also, as with a medical doctor, the truth of the remedy must be made clear. The call of all people to chastity and reverence for marriage as only …More
Father Brian Gannon argues how ‘intellectually dishonest’ document departs from Scripture and 2,000 years of Church teaching on human sexuality. The final report of the Synod on Synodality’s Study Group 9 has drawn widespread criticism since its publication last week — not least for what its authors wrote about Courage International. A respected and canonically approved Catholic apostolate, since 1980 Courage International has been providing spiritual support to men and women experiencing same-sex attractions who wish to live chastely according to Church teaching. In its critique of Courage, the report failed to include perspectives from anyone involved with the apostolate and erroneously claimed that its work involved so-called “reparative therapy.” “Since no Courage representative was involved in the process, the study group became problematic and seems to contradict what synodality intends: the greater engagement of all relevant voices,” said Father Brian Gannon, Courage …
Tsunami of filth has intoxicated the youth for decades while church sat back let it happen .1960 ended any Church opposition to Hollywood . Then trad Catholics wanted Bishops, Ratzinger shot it down through Machiavellian practices
[Saint Bonaventure – XIII Century AD; born: Civita di Bagnoregio, Papal States/died: Lyon, Kingdom of Burgundy-Arles; (Aged 52-53); Cardinal; Teacher of the Faith; Seraphic Doctor; Doctor of the Church; Scholastic Theologian, Philosopher] PSALM 32 Rejoice, ye just, in the Virgin Mary: and in uprightness of heart praise ye her together. Draw near unto her with reverence and devotion: and let your heart be delighted in her salutation. Give unto her the sacrifice of praise: and be ye inebriated from the breasts of her sweetness. For she sheds upon you the rays of her loving kindness: and she will enlighten you with the splendors of her mercy. Her fruit is most sweet: it grows ever sweeter in the mouth and the heart of the wise. Glory be to the Father, etc. PSALM 33 I will bless Our Lady at all times: and her praise shall never fail in my mouth. Magnify her with me: all ye who are nourished with the milk and honey of her refreshment. In dangers and doubts invoke her: and in necessities you …More
"PSALM 36 Be not angry with the wicked, O Lady: sweeten their fury by thy grace. O ye religious and cloistered souls, hope in her: confide in her, ye priests and seculars. Take delight in her praises: and she will grant the petitions of your heart. Better is a little with her grace: than treasures of silver and precious stones. Glory be to thee forever, O Queen of Heaven: and never forget us at any time. Glory be to the Father, etc."
"PSALM 33 I will bless Our Lady at all times: and her praise shall never fail in my mouth. Magnify her with me: all ye who are nourished with the milk and honey of her refreshment. In dangers and doubts invoke her: and in necessities you will find sweet help and refreshment. Take example from her conversation: and be zealous to imitate her charity and humility. Because thou wast most humble, O Lady: thou hast induced the Uncreated Word to take flesh from thee. Glory be to the Father, etc."