World’s Tallest Christmas Tree Dazzles in Dortmund | Shalom World News In the heart of Dortmund, Germany, a dazzling spectacle unfolded as the city lit up what it claims is the world's tallest Christmas tree. Crowds gathered at the annual festive market, their faces aglow with anticipation. Towering at 45 meters, this monumental tree is crafted from about 1,200 Norway spruce trees, together weighing nearly 40 tonnes. A four-meter-tall angel presides at the summit, soaring above the height of most Christmas trees, while 138,000 LED lights shimmer across its branches. Since 1996, this breathtaking tree has stood as the shining centerpiece of Dortmund's beloved Christmas City.
Here’s what Bishop Hicks said to progressive Cardinal Blase Cupich, a close ally of both Pope Francis and Pope Leo, at his 2020 installation: “Thank you for your extraordinary leadership to the Church. Thank you for your trust and confidence in me… I want you to know how much I’ve learned directly from you.”
Pope Leo XIV is expected to appoint the handsome Bishop Ronald Hicks, 58, of Joliet, Illinois, as the 11th Archbishop of New York, replacing Cardinal Timothy Dolan. The rumour was spread by the Spanish-language outlet ReligionDigital.org on December 15 and confirmed by several journalists citing “independent sources.” The appointed is expected for December 18. Liberal journalist Christopher Hale was told: “This is a Chicago priest, advocated by Cardinal Cupich, appointed by a Chicago pope.” Hale describes Bishop Hicks as “more progressive than Cardinal Dolan.” Spiritual hero is Óscar Romero When he began as Bishop of Joliet in 2020, he wore a small photo of Archbishop Óscar Romero of San Salvador on the lapel of his jacket. Romero is a hero of politicized liberation theology. Monsignor Hicks had served as a missionary in El Salvador (2005-2010). Ally of Cardinal Blase Cupich Monsignor Hicks’s relationship with the pro-homosexual Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich is both structural and …More
On the face of it, not encouraging. We must pray, for the Church's sake, New York's sake, and for the same of his own soul that he will be more open to the Holy Spirit than his mentor, the manipulative and conniving Cupich.
The Mediocre and the "Mediocrats" Folha de S. Paulo, June 20th 1981 By Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira It was to France's center and right that I directed the questions, or rather, objurgatory interrogations of my last article. Note that it was written before the first round of elections to the legislature. However, I wasn't thinking indiscriminately of all those who make up these currents. The centrists and rightists who were responsible for the Mitterrand catastrophe constitute a large family of souls made up almost exclusively of mediocrities gathered in a doctrinal context that is vaguely "non communist" but that avoids the adjective "anticommunist." My reproaches were thus specifically directed to the mediocre of the center and the right, including those who, though not voting for Mitterrand, were weak, soft, and careless in the pre-electoral fight. *** Here I distinguish between the mediocre and the average. A person his just as much right to be average as he does to be born with abundant …More
Archbishop-Designate Hicks: “I was really formed by the Latino Church and I have a great heart for the Latino community. This community is a vital part of the Church…I’m proud of the statement the USCCB recently put out about immigration and about the necessity to make sure that we have a country that does protect our borders… and also be a country that upholds human dignity.”
[St. Robert Bellarmine – XVI-XVII Century A.D.; Montepulciano, Grand Duchy of Tuscany/Rome, Papal States; (Aged 78); Cardinal; Rector; Professor; Doctor of the Church; Role in Giordano Bruno & Galileo cases] “But perhaps the lovers of the world may reply, " It is very difficult to die to the world, whilst we are living in it; and to despise those good things which God has created for our enjoyment." To these words I answer, that God does not wish us entirely and absolutely to neglect or despise the riches and honours of this world. Abraham was an especial favourite with God; and yet he possessed great riches. David also, and Ezechias, and Josias, were most powerful kings; and at the same time most pleasing to God: the same may be said of many Christian kings and emperors. The good things of this life, therefore its riches, honours, and pleasures are not entirely forbidden to Christians, but only an immoderate love of them, which is named by St. John, " the concupiscence of the flesh, …More
"Wherefore, he who seriously desireth to learn the Art of dying well, on which his eternal salvation and all true happiness depend, must not defer quitting this world, and entirely dying to it: he cannot possibly live to the world and to God; he cannot enjoy earth and heaven.”
“But perhaps the lovers of the world may reply, " It is very difficult to die to the world, whilst we are living in it; and to despise those good things which God has created for our enjoyment." To these words I answer, that God does not wish us entirely and absolutely to neglect or despise the riches and honours of this world. Abraham was an especial favourite with God; and yet he possessed great riches. David also, and Ezechias, and Josias, were most powerful kings; and at the same time most pleasing to God: the same may be said of many Christian kings and emperors."
Jimmy Lai risque la prison à perpétuité à Hong Kong Jimmy Lai, fondateur catholique d’Apple Daily à Hong Kong, a été condamné le 15 décembre 2025 pour "collusion avec des forces étrangères" après avoir longtemps défendu la démocratie et soutenu l'Église clandestine en Chine. Son procès, jugé inéquitable, pourrait le mener à la prison à vie, suscitant l’indignation internationale. Plus d'informations sur : aleteia.org
17.12.2025 WHERE IS ST. THOMAS MORE TODAY IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ENGLAND ? When King Henry VIII wanted to marry Anne Boleyn and the pope said no, he threatened to kill all the English cardinals and seize their property. All winked. Except for one. Today not a single cardinal will tell Ofsted and the Islamic groups that Lumen Gentium 16 in Vatican Council II refers only to a hypothetical case. It refers to someone invisible in London in 2025-2026. ‘Not a single cardinal except St. Thomas More’. Sounds familiar? Not a single cardinal in Britain will say that hypothetical cases of being saved ‘in imperfect communion with the Church ‘Unitatis Redigratio 3, are not exceptions for the dogma EENS. The Decree on Ecumenism, in Vatican Council II, is not an exception for Ad Gentes 7, Vatican Council II. Ad Gentes 7 says all need faith and baptism for salvation. Lumen Gentium 16 cannot be an explicit exception for Fr. Leonard Feeney of Boston on extra ecclesiam nulla salus (EENS), but ‘…More
The mounting attack on altar rails…renewing the iconoclasm of the 1970s, is a cause of deep concern... For this reason it behooves us to understand that there is absolutely no basis for a bishop to oppose the use or the construction of altar rails in churches. – Dr. Kwasniewski
There are too many multitudes of bibles that are CORRUPT a.k.a. as man-made concoctions to please the man-made beliefs by subtracting books, adding books, changing words, etc. ; ALL the protestant bibles are corrupt and other bibles also. The Holy Scriptures of ALMIGHTY GOD and the interpretations of them have been entrusted to the ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC, and APOSTOLIC Church which is the only Church that JESUS CHRIST INSTITUTED versus the plethora of churches founded by man in order to be used to seduce people to follow themselves while pretending to be true churches. More info. is available here- The TRUTH about the uncorrupt CATHOLIC BIBLE …
@Agatha James Scary stuff! I got stuck at the demons part. " Resist the devil, and the devil will be your friend!" According to Venerable Mary of Agreda any demon would instantaneously destroy the whole human race if God allowed it to! Oh brother!
Virgen de la Soledad - December 18th, 2025 | No Greater Delight No Greater Delight is a daily Marian podcast meant to start the day with a Marian touch. After examining the Marian feasts celebrated throughout the world on a given day, Fr. Nate offers a brief reflection to help make our love for Our Lady concrete in daily living. The title "No Greater Delight" is inspired by a homily of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, wherein he expresses his joy in preaching about the Virgin Mother, even though he acknowledges the challenge of adequately praising her. Mary's greatness is beyond words. 0:00 Feasts of Mary Today 07:03 True Imitation of Mary WhatsApp Channel: Catholic Voice Links: catholicvoice | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree
Those who call themselves Catholics are definitely blind and immersed in, and part of, the current apostasy. That's why we read in Revelation that everyone worships the Beast, to whom they themselves give power.
Un migrante musulmano si infuria dopo aver fallito nel tentativo di rubare una borsa e finisce per essere colpito con un taser dalla polizia britannica. Quel taser alla fine è impagabile. NOTA: LINGUAGGIO FORTE.