Is there a definitive cause for the collapse in religious vocations? In this Pints With Aquinas episode, host Matt Fradd asks Sister Miriam Heidland, SOLT, a pressing question: Why are there so few religious sisters today? “I think part of it is the attack on spiritual motherhood and spiritual fatherhood…really, it’s the attack on man and woman, and like, who are we?” she begins. Sister Miriam then shares a personal story and offers her opinion on why there are fewer vocations to the religious life today. “I was talking with the bishop many months ago, and he was saying that in the 1960s…there was a religious community in Wisconsin that was receiving a hundred women a year. 100 women! And they built a brand new novitiate, and then by 1972, they were receiving just four,” she says. At this point in her conversation with the bishop, Sister Miriam says, he posed the question: “Women still have the capacity to say ‘yes’ to this divine invitation. What is preventing them?” Sister Miriam …
The number cause is FEMINISM, in my opinion. Young women have been brainwashed to want to "have it all" = career & 'family" although the latter needs to not be an 'oppressive patriarchal structure' but some self affirming set-up or divorce. Religious life is not even on the radar.
Trump issues message for feast of Immaculate Conception: “Today, we look to Mary once again for inspiration & encouragement as we pray for an end to war & for a new & lasting era of peace, prosperity, & harmony in Europe & throughout the world”
Swiss Auxiliary Bishop Marian Eleganti has criticised the Vatican study commission that has examined the impossibility of a female diaconate. In a post on his personal blog on 8 December, he argued that it was difficult to understand why the commission was unable to reach a definitive conclusion. According to Eleganti, "it is all too obvious that, despite the historical evidence, the goal is to keep the pot simmering — to keep the question open." He notes that church feminists already wear "fantasy stoles". He recalls that previous study commissions have repeatedly re-examined the historical record, only to arrive at the same results that have been known for decades. "Is it tragedy or comedy?" he asks. The bishop adds that the ancient deaconesses "were different from the deacons of their time and were shaped by cultural circumstances". Contradicting Sister Linda Pocher, who is presented publicly as a papal advisor, Eleganti insists that the Church's rejection of a sacramental female …More
Christ said that your yes must mean yes, and your no must mean no. Since V2 we hear doublespeak from the hierarchy. It is mamby pambyand all it does is confuse everyone. From this, sins can be committed because everything is fluid.
Notitiae ac Documenta ultima Rogitum de Electione Romani PontificisNovember 24, 2025 Rogitum de Electione Romani Pontificis* In Nomine Domini Nostri, Dei Uni Veri Aetaerni Vivi, Santissimeae Trinitatis, Patri et Filii et Spiiritus sancti, ex his letteris attestatur quod propter violationem Constitutionis Apostolicae… Nicolaus PP. II — In Nomine Domini: 13 Aprilis 1059November 23, 2025 PP. Nicolaus II In nomine Domini Dei salvatoris nostri Iesu Christi. Ab anno incarnatione eius MLVIII, mense Aprili, indictione XII, propositis sacrosanctis euuangeliis, praesidente quoque reverentissimo ac beatissimo Nicolao apostolico papa, in basilica… Skip back to main navigation
Legati a latere Duties: Ambassador and special representative for the negotiation of individual and/or general affairs. Special Legate a latere for the elected Pontiff: Frà Alexis Bugnolo Representative of the Roman Pontiff in all affairs and regarding all persons in the matter of his consecration. — The special Legate can be contacted through the Secretariate of State. Issues With (Br) Alexis Bugnolo, Ordo Militaris … Alexis Bugnolo Is NOT a Religious Brother The biography of Alexis Flavian Bugnolo claims he’s “a Franciscan hermit who observes the Rule of St Francis by private vows with tacit permission of Pope Benedict XVI and written permission of the Congregation for Religious in 2006.” He repeats this claim elsewhere. Conclusion Alexis Bugnolo is not a “brother” in any even extended meaning of the term, lacks the credentials to run a university-level institute as he is attempting, makes claims that are completely unfounded on his news site, and runs an organization with …More
Archbishop Georg Gänswein, now Nuncio to Lithuania, told K-Tv.org that he has never understood why Pope Francis issued Traditionis custodes. The worldwide survey of bishops indicated that Summorum Pontificum had brought “liturgical peace.” Why Francis nonetheless imposed new restrictions “remains a mystery,” he said, adding that Francis’s accompanying letter offered no clear explanation. Monsignor Gänswein also mentioned that the Archbishop of Vilnius told him there are “no difficulties at all” with Roman-rite Catholics in Lithuania. The group is small but includes many young people and families, and “the bishops have no problem with this cooperation or with this different liturgical form; they approve and are satisfied with it.” Furthermore, Monsignor Gänswein recalled Benedict XVI’s insistence that the Roman rite was never abolished: “It cannot be legitimate and precious one day and no longer so the next.” Benedict wanted that those who had lost their “spiritual and liturgical …More
Erzbischof Georg Gänwein im gestrigen K-TV Interview über die Messe im Alten Ritus: "Traditionis Custodes hat eine Belastung gebracht" Ganzes Interview hier: youtube.com/watch?v=QjgLBQ0ya7g
In modern Britain, even the mildest statement of reality can be enough to trigger a punitive pile-on. The Telegraph reported yesterday that a teacher was sacked, and very nearly banned from working with children, because he told his primary-school pupils that the UK was a Christian country. The anonymous teacher found himself being referred to his local child-protection board and even at the centre of a police investigation after he told Muslim children off for washing their feet in the sinks of school bathrooms. According to one child who made a complaint against the teacher, he reminded the children that this was not a religious school, and that they were free to attend an Islamic school a mile away if they wanted to. He apparently also told them that Britain is still a Christian state and pointed out that the King was head of the Church of England. This was followed up in the classroom by a lesson about the importance of British values and tolerance. In response, the teacher was …
Trad West - Young French Catholics are restoring damaged crosses & crucifixes... Young French Catholics are restoring damaged crosses & crucifixes throughout all of France! Young French Catholic volunteers, gathered in the SOS Calvaires association, are restoring damaged crosses and crucifixes throughout France. The movement has recently gained momentum …
Today, as Catholics around the world celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, a global “filial appeal” initiative is being launched, respectfully urging Pope Leo XIV to re-examine Mater Populi Fidelis. Titled, A Filial Appeal to Pope Leo XIV, the initiative comes amid persistent and intensifying concerns over last month’s doctrinal Note on the Marian titles “Co-redemptrix” and “Mediatrix of All Graces,” issued by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. “With filial devotion we address this appeal to Your Holiness, giving humble voice to the dismay and consternation felt by a significant portion of the holy People of God after the publication, on 4 November 2025, of the mariological Note Mater Populi Fidelis by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith,” the letter begins. The one-page appeal continues: “As children of the Church, our consciences are profoundly troubled as we read the statements contained in this Note regarding certain Marian titles that refer …
Laila Cunningham/Image: @policylaila/X President Donald Trump has warned about the reality of unfettered migration into Europe. In September, during remarks at the United Nations, Trump warned, “Illegal aliens are pouring into Europe, and nobody is doing anything to change it, to get them out. It’s not sustainable, and because they choose to be politically correct, they’re doing just absolutely nothing about it.” He further called out the “terrible” Mayor of London for ushering in the mass invasion of Islamists and the potential for Sharia Law. He declared, “It’s time to end the failed experiment of open borders.” Laila Cunningham, a councillor for the Lancaster Gate ward on Westminster City Council, ripped the government for failing to protect women and girls from sexual predators being imported into the country. “We’ve let in thousands of men that we have no idea of their history,” she said in an interview with LBC. “They could be serial rapists in Ethiopia. We don’t know, and …
Robert Prevost has "de facto" nullified the requirement for salvation that all human beings receive the sacrament of Baptism and believe in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
This evening, Pope Leo XIV participated in a niche interreligious gathering organised by the Sant’Egido Community at the Colosseum. At the beginning, Andrea Riccardi emphasised that “the Spirit of Assisi still blows”. Representatives of various religions were present, including Christian sects, as well as representatives of Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and other faiths. Together, they lit small candles. Leo XIV held a speech praising the false religions and spiritualties. His key points were: - We have prayed for peace according to our diverse religious traditions. - This is our witness: offering the immense treasures of ancient spiritualities to contemporary humanity. - On 27 October 1986, Saint John Paul IIinvited religious leaders from around the world to Assisi to pray for peace. This historic event marked a turning point in interfaith relations. - We embrace the challenge of Assisi and the awareness of our shared task and responsibility for peace. - For the Catholic Church …More
teresa smith - This is worthy of Stalin. Almost comic. Who is screaming orders at t... This is worthy of Stalin. Almost comic. Who is screaming orders at the vision mixer to “cut the feed”? x.com/treesey/status/1994812911924170944/video/1
Well, one cannot resign from a position one does not hold. The Church has decreed that the appointments of heretics are invalid and void. Before God, this apostate, a cover-up for pedophile priests, a pro-gay Marxist, and promoter of Masonic ideals, is usurping the office with the purpose of waging war against God and the Church, so he will not leave voluntarily.
Victor, Orthocat was probably remembering the practice of his family. I remember shopping with my Mom and I'm older than anyone here......... (bet 'cha)
75 year old pious Catholic here. We never waited to do shopping on Christmas Eve. It is (was) no sin to shop during Advent. I think what you are remembering is a Movie fiction.
Pope Leo at Angelus: “Dear friends, how great is the gift of the Immaculate Conception, but so also is the gift of Baptism that we have received! The ‘yes’ of the Mother of the Lord is wonderful, but so also can ours be, renewed faithfully each day, with gratitude, humility and perseverance, in prayer and in concrete acts of love, from the most extraordinary gestures to the most mundane and ordinary efforts and acts of service.”
This scoundrel dares to speak of Baptism when he publicly denies it in front of Muslims, pagans, and Jews who reject Christ and do not want to convert and receive baptism. Meanwhile, he deceives them with a false Masonic universal brotherhood.