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December 13, 2025 Karen Early Catholic News Leave a comment
Bergoglio Victims….
If people really believe in life after death and divine judgment, would they not be worried that the Pope does not seem to have repented of the sexual abuse he is alleged to have committed and covered up in his life? Hence, unlike many others, I am praying that the Pope dies repentant more than he merely lives a little longer.
https://johneighteenthirtyseven.substack.com/p/why-i-am-not-praying-for-the-pope
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Orthocat

Obviously an old post - it's too late to pray that Francis die "repentant." that ship has sailed. While true that ONLY God judges & knows, it doesn't look good from what information we have.

en.news

Role of Italian Intelligence in Vatican Security

On 12 December 2025, Pope Leo XIV welcomed representatives of Italy’s “Information System for the Security of the Republic” (the country’s intelligence services) in the Vatican as part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Italian intelligence network.
In his address, Leo XIV praised the work of Italy’s intelligence agents.
He mentioned that confidential information should never be misused — for example in ways that could intimidate, manipulate, blackmail, or discredit politicians, journalists, or civil society actors: “All this also applies to the ecclesial sphere.”
Leo XIV knows that the Church is in several countries “the victim of intelligence services” that act for nefarious purposes, oppressing its freedom.
Then, without elaborating on it further, Leo XIV expressed “gratitude for the efforts of the Italian intelligence services in ensuring the security of the Holy See and Vatican City State.”
Picture: Fair use © Vatican Media CC BY, #newsZsmxvnooxq

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Three more people say..... It's nothing but piracy!

The US military's seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker is backfiring hard on Trump says Scott Ritter, and Russia's quiet military cooperation with the Maduro government should not be underestimated according to analyst Andrei Martyanov. This video breaks down the catastrophic consequences of Trump's escalations.
Scott Ritter: US Tanker Seizure DESTROYS Trump's Venezuela War, Russia Steps In

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Louis IX

Backfiring hard? No one cares.

Father Karl A Claver

There was an embargo, and it was ignored. Trump walks and not just talks. Naturally those with TDS will say all sorts of evil things about Trump. But what would the USA be like if Kamala were president. It would be a DISASTER.

Orthocat
catholicnewsagency.com

Poll: Most Catholic voters support Trump, deportations despite bishops’ concern

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 11, 2025 / 12:30 pm
A majority of Catholic voters in the United States have a favorable opinion of President Donald Trump and support the broad-scale deportation of immigrants who are in the country illegally, according to a poll published by EWTN News and RealClear Opinion Research on Dec. 11.
The poll surveyed 1,000 self-identified Catholics from Nov. 9 through Nov. 11, nearly 10 months after Trump assumed office. Trump
won the Catholic vote in the 2024 election last year, and one of his campaign promises was mass deportations — a policy strongly opposed by the country’s Catholic bishops.
With Trump administration deportation efforts underway, the poll revealed some tension between the public stance of the country’s Catholic bishops and the views held by the faithful. Among Catholics, support for large-scale deportations is even higher than their overall support for Trump.
About 54% of Catholic voters said they support “the detention and deportation …

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Instaurare Omnia in Christo

Louis IX There are two kinds of Catholics. Those who are modernist and ignorant. And then the Catholics who think they know it all and quote only some parts of the Bible. But never ever mention....
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called children of God.
For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat;
I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink;
I was a stranger, and you took me in:
For I was hungry, and you gave me not to eat:
I was thirsty, and you gave me not to drink.
Then they also shall answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee?
Then he shall answer them, saying: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it "not" to one of these least, neither did you do it to me.

Why does Trump arrest mostly those who work the farms? Work in factories?
DC says, they arrest thousands everyday. But only the workers. They say, they caught a bunch …More

Louis IX

Indeed, anyone who supports lawlessness by Catholics can be considered to be in a deplorable state. The next time I visit Spain I suppose I should refuse to leave, join a gang, get on benefits and complain when I should rightly be thrown out on my keister.

P.Elia

Saint Lucy and the Mystery of Light
Saturday, December 13 - Memorial of Saint Lucy
Since their appearance on earth, dear brothers and sisters, men and women have always been fascinated by light and its sources: the sun, the stars, fire... Light, with its power to dispel and overcome darkness, to warm and make life flourish, has always been a subject of study. And it was precisely the study of the nature of light that led humanity to make the greatest discoveries of the last two hundred years. In ancient times, the Sun, the primary source of light, was considered a god and was worshipped in a way that in some places even included human sacrifices. But humankind has always understood that, while the light of the Sun was able to dispel external darkness, it could do nothing against internal darkness... Dearbbrothers and sisterss, there is not only external darkness, but also internal darkness: the darkness of the heart. That indescribable and unstoppable sadness that so many people, feel …More

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Days After Meeting With Prevost Governor Pritzker Signs Euthanasia Bill Into Law
Let us remember that Catholic columnist Ross Douthat wrote in the New York Times that the "main conspirator against Catholicism" was Bergoglio, and that instead of achieving the repentance of these enemies of the Church, who were led astray by Bergoglio, they were acting with even greater vigor against God's laws.

Leo XIV Met Illinois Governor: Pro-Abortion and Pro-Homosexual Democrat

On 19 November, Pope Leo XIV received the Jewish Democratic Governor of Illinois, J. B. Pritzker, in an audience. Afterwards, Pritzker wrote on X.com that he was honoured to meet "this son of Illinois", adding: "Pope Leo XIV’s message of hope, compassion, unity and peace resonates with Illinoisans of all faiths and traditions."
Pritzker is a pro-abortion politician. He signed the Reproductive Health Act into law in 2019, thereby repealing older restrictions and affirming the "fundamental right to make autonomous decisions about one's own reproductive health".
In October 2023, he launched a national effort through his own non-profit organisation to support "abortion rights" outside Illinois.
Furthermore, Pritzker has long advocated for homosexual privileges. In June 2025, he posted on X.com: "I’ve been marching for LGBTQ+ rights since Pride was considered a protest. And I’ll continue to march..."
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Arise Shine shares from Scapular

Priest's Powerful Message To All Catholics! - This Will Change Your Life!

Priest's Powerful Message To All Catholics! - This Will Change Your Life!

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Love that video, Arise Shine! Thanks & good night. Christine (OLMC parish)

chris griffin

Amazing and inspiring. I feel like I should be the one that is scoured. Thank God the priest even mentioned the end of abortion!

tearlach

For those saying all it's a lie, FBI AND KRISTI NOEM'S LIES EXPOSED BY CONGRESSMEN AND WOMEN, ACTIONS ARE TAKING PLACE, THEY WILL BE LEGALLY PROCESSED IN DUE TIME AS MOTION IS ALREADY TAKING PLACE. TRUMP LOVERS WAKING UP TO CRUDE AND CRUEL REALITY ABOUT THEIR gods FALLING DOWN.
THE DEVIL WILL NOT WIN THIS WAR, EVEN IF IT HAS WON MANY BATTLES. OUR LADY IS OUR ADVOCATE AND OUR LORD JESUS THE JUST JUDGE.

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Novena - Oremus

Do you see all the numbers?

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Jeffrey Ade

How did they know?

Tom Morelli

:-) Morning Minute Retreat (December 12, 2025)

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Irapuato

Cardinal Burke's Homily on Our Lady of Guadalupe In Mexico City
In November Cardinal Burke offered the Holy Mass in Mexico City. The Feast or Solemnity of Our Lady of Guadalupe takes place December 12. The date’s significance comes from the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City and her image miraculously appearing on the Tilma of Juan Diego. The Solemnity of Our Lady of Guadalupe is specially celebrated here at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, WI. Plan your pilgrimage today! Shrine Of Our Lady Of Guadalupe The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin, faithful to the message of the Blessed Virgin Mary through her appearances on the American continent in 1531, serves the spiritual needs of those who suffer poverty in body and soul. It is a place of ceaseless prayer for the corporal and spiritual welfare of God’s children, especially those in most need. F
Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe

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Credo .

Irapuato

Shrine Of Our Lady Of Guadalupe
"The Lady from Heaven"
Did you know?
Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to Saint Juan Diego on December 9, 10 and 12, 1531.
The image left on Saint Juan Diego’s tilma is the only true picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe in existence.
The image has remained intact with all its original vibrancy for 475 years. The natural life span of a cloak made with fiber from the agave or maguey plant is only about 30 years.
The image is a pictograph which could be read and understood by the Aztec Indians.
Our Lady appears as a beautiful young Indian maiden and Queen.
Her eyes are looking down with humility and compassion. She is human, not God.
She is wearing a blue-green mantle (the color worn by royalty) covered with stars.
The stars signify she comes from heaven – the Queen of Heaven. The constellations are in the exact position as appeared before dawn on the morning of December 12, 1531.
Her robe is colored rose or pale red and covered with Aztec flowers, symbolic of an …More

Lea Hofmann shares from en.news

A blasphemous exhibition mocking Christianity has opened at the Kunstlerhaus Museum for Christmas

Bishop and Church Representatives Praise Blasphemous Exhibition in Vienna

The museum Künstlerhaus in Vienna, Austria, is presenting an exhibition titled “You Shall Make Yourself an Image.” It opened in late October 2025 and runs through 8 February 2026.
The exhibition features about 40 provocateurs (“artists”) mocking Christian imagery.
Catholic organizations and online petitions describe the exhibit as “blasphemous,” “insulting,” and as mocking key Christian symbols such as the crucifixion and imagery of the Virgin Mary.
Works criticized include:
- A wolf dressed in liturgical garments
- A crucified frog
- Portrayals of Mary as a trans woman or other provocative reinterpretations
The Austrian right-wing party FPÖ (Austrian Freedom Party) condemned the exhibition as “a scandalous mockery of Christianity” and demanded that it be shut down, especially since it runs during Advent and Christmas and receives public funding.
On Monday, a group of Catholics gathered outside the museum to protest the exhibition, including an act of penance prayer.
However, …More

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mccallansteve

Where are the Christians who should be storming this place ?

la verdad prevalece

They are sodomites, enemies of God and the Church. Their souls already belong to the devil, and they serve him.

Stanley Meador, the FBI boss who greenlit the 2023 probe into "radical traditionalist" Catholics—spying on priests & parishioners—nominated by VA Gov-elect Spanberger for public safety secretary. Religious liberty under siege? This is advancement for overreach.

catholicnewsagency.com

FBI leader who oversaw Catholic investigation tapped to lead Virginia public safety department

CNA Staff, Dec 9, 2025 / 11:45 am
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent who oversaw the Virginia office responsible for a highly controversial investigation into local Catholics will lead the state’s safety office under its new Democratic governor.
Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger nominated Stanley Meador as the next Virginia secretary for public safety and homeland security, according to
a December announcement.
Meador has served in several roles in the FBI, including in field offices in Seattle and Las Vegas, as well as at the bureau headquarters in Washington.
In 2021 he became special agent in charge at the bureau’s Richmond, Virginia field office, where he served until June 2025. In 2023 that office issued a memo to agents launching an investigation into “radical traditionalist” Catholics and their possible ties to “the far-right white nationalist movement.”
That memo touched off a years-long controversy over the FBI’s investigation into Catholics, including …

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The Mysterious Cross That Wouldn't Disappear!

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tearlach

Kristi Noem is exposed in her lies about not deporting American citizens, even those affected were present when she was exposed. Truth is coming out for those Trump lovers and racist people who call themselves christians and are anti - christs, wolves in sheep clothing. Justice will be done by asking God through prayer. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. GOD WILL DEFEAT THOSE DEMONS.

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dailymail.co.uk/…Britain-war-footing-Nato- …

dailymail.co.uk

'Europe must prepare': Minister warns Britain is on a war footing as Nato chief says conflict with Russia 'at our door'

'Europe must prepare': Minister warns Britain is on a war footing as Nato chief says conflict with Russia 'at our door'
Britain was told to prepare for armed conflict with
Russia last night.
Armed Forces minister Al Carns said the country was on a 'war footing' and warned that the 'shadow of war was at Europe's door'.
His chilling message came as Mark Rutte, secretary general of the Nato alliance, said its members, including Britain, must prepare 'for the scale of conflict our grandparents and great grandparents endured'.
But, amid the terrifying warnings, there were questions for the Government over defence spending.
In Berlin, Mr Rutte predicted that Europe is Vladimir Putin's 'next target', adding: 'We are already in harm's way'.
His frightening reference to the two world wars experienced by previous generations came as Mr Carns, a former Royal Marines officer, said the UK had experienced a 50 per cent increase in Russian threats and attacks in the last year.
While the total number …

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Instaurare Omnia in Christo

If they would only stop provoking Russia. Putin has said over and over again. We do not want war with anyone. He has said this repeatedly.
UK admits sending paratroopers to Ukraine
If he did, there already would have been a war. And not just liberating a few sections in Ukraine who voted to become part of Russia.
UK by now would be pretty much destroyed by now. Along with Brussels and a few other places. They have what it will take already. But they just keep dealing with the psycho's in Europe and the US instead.
Anyone remember all the times Russia destroyed Officers and officials of nato while they were plotting and planning how to destroy Russia? When they were hiding in Ukraine! I guess they don't know what they are doing. But Russia is getting a lot of experience from learning from their mistakes. While everyone who is attacking Russia one way or another and they have no idea what they are doing. Losing everything in the process.

Fred Alan Medforth
medforth.biz

UK Minister Says Country Is Preparing for War – Allah's Willing Executioners

The UK government is intensifying its preparations for the possibility of a major conflict, with Armed Forces Minister Al Carns warning that the “shadow of war” is now “knocking on Europe’s door once more.” His remarks come amid a sharp rise in hostile intelligence activity targeting the country and renewed calls from NATO leadership for Europe to brace for large-scale confrontation.
According to Carns, the UK is “rapidly developing” plans to ready not only its military but the entire country for potential war. Emphasizing that civilians would hold a decisive role in such a scenario, he
noted, “Armies, navies and air forces respond to crises, but societies, industries and economies win wars.”
The minister said the government is now working on a detailed plan to make sure everybody plays a part if war comes. “Collectively, everybody—what is their role if we get caught in an existential crisis, and what do they need to be aware they need to do and what they can’t do, and how do we …

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The video of Putin maybe a few years ago. Not sure exactly when. Maybe in his late 60's early 70's. Don't know how old the video of Stammer is either. But I don't think it matters.
Just for laughs.
I have several of Putin and Trump when Trump kept trying to pull the old power grip. Mind you Putin is 5:8. Some say 5"7. Some are so ridiculous they say he is only 5"2. That only makes Putin look more powerful. People can be so hateful.
Putin vs Starmer: pick your winner. #putin #russia #starmer #uk #boxing

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Normand Thomas

Homily Sunday, December 14 2025

Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10
"They will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God."
At this moment: We see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God.
James 5:7-10
"Be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord."
Let us be attentive to the presence of God in our hearts. Let us gather the joy and peace of God.
Matthew 11:2-11
"The poor have the good news."
Everyone can receive the joy of God.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
Normand Thomas.

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