Leo XIV’s appointments reveal a notably higher concentration of immigrants among bishops. In military and imperial practice, foreign or non-local commanders were sometimes appointed because their lack of local social ties made them stricter enforcers of the rules. Their outsider status could also serve as a deliberate humiliation, signalling local subjugation. Below, there is a list of Leo XIV's appointments in the USA and the bishops' places of birth: 1. Mons. Michael Pham was appointed on May 22, 2025, as Bishop of San Diego, California. He was born in Da Nang, Vietnam. 2. Mons. Pedro Bismarck Chau was appointed on May 30, 2025, as Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey. He was born in Managua, Nicaragua. 3. Mons. Mark A. Eckman was appointed on June 4, 2025, as Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 4. Mons. Simon Peter Engurait was appointed on June 5, 2025, as Bishop of Houma–Thibodaux, Louisiana. He was born in Ngora, Uganda. 5. Mons. …More
The irony of the first "American pope" aiding the forces who are trying to undermine our nation. It's real that the Cardinals [under Francis' directive] selected a man who's mission is to check U.S. sovereignty.
"The new feudalism" "It looks like the Mafia, it smells like the Mafia, it is the Mafia" – Lecture on the book by political scientist and publicist Hermann Ploppa (With video) December 15, 2025 by WS. Reading time: 1 minute. In his book "The New Feudalism," political scientist Hermann Ploppa describes the puppet masters behind the rampant expropriation and disempowerment of the people, and where they intend to lead us. His lecture begins with warnings from the middle class and the question of whether we are sliding into a new form of lawlessness. Ploppa traces the line from historical feudalism to today's power structures and talks about privatization, BlackRock, platform capitalism, corruption and the role of media and think tanks such as the Atlas Network. Further topics of the lecture include party politics as a vehicle for lobbying interests, the pressure on small and medium-sized enterprises, and the question of how citizens can regain more sovereignty and defend themselves against …More
Watch as Cardinal Dolan tells Jewish leaders their rabbis are “with the Lord now”, affirming the rest of them will be “with me in purgatory”. He later states we must not believe all this exclusivity stuff - God dwells in the Jewish temples today!
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT THE PREPARATION OF GOD'S WAYS Fray Justo Pérez de Urbel Again the rigid and impressive figure of the Baptist. We have already seen him at the time of receiving the Sanhedrite embassy, and we have also heard his own embassy. Now the liturgy presents him to us leaving the desert, approaching the Jordan with a firm step, fixing his enlightened eyes on the passengers and repeating to them the words of Isaiah, which many times had made him tremble in his solitary meditations: "Console yourself, comfort yourself, my people, your God tells you. Speak to the heart of Jerusalem and tell him that his evils are over, that his crimes have been forgiven. But behold the voice that cries out in the wilderness: Prepare the ways of the Lord and straighten their paths in solitude. Calm the valleys, pave the mountains and the hills. Make the winding roads straight and the rough paths are flat. For the glory of the Lord is approaching and in all the roundness of the earth the word …More
"This is what the priests are doing to me in this time. They offer me incense, that is, they speak and preach beautiful words in order to win praise for themselves and some temporal benefit, but not out of love of me. Just as the scent of the incense cannot be captured but only felt and seen, so their words do not attain any benefit for souls so that it can take root and be kept in their hearts, but they are only heard and seem to please for a short time. They offer me prayers, but not the kind that are pleasing to me. Like those who shouts praise with their mouths and are silent in their hearts, they stand next to me shouting with their mouths while in their hearts and thoughts they wander around in the world. But if they were speaking with a mighty or powerful man, then their hearts would follow their own speech and words so that no one would be able to remark on them."
[Saint Bridget of Sweden/ Heliga Birgitta; XIV Century AD: aged 69-70; Uppland, Sweden/Rome, Papal States; Widow, Mystic; Spiritual Writer; Founder; Patroness of Europe] Chapter 48 ~ About how, in the presence of the heavenly host and of the bride, the Divinity spoke to the Manhood against the Christians, just as God spoke to Moses against the people of Israel, and about how damned priests love the world and despise Christ, and about their condemnation and damnation. A great host was seen in Heaven and God said to it: “My friends, who know and understand and see all things in me, I am speaking in your presence, for the sake of my bride standing here, like someone who speaks to himself, for in this way does my Divinity converse with my Humanity. Moses was with God on the mountain forty days and nights, and when the people saw that he had been gone so long, they took gold and threw it into the fire and shaped a calf out of it, calling it their god. Then God said to Moses: ‘The people have …More
"Christmas Crackers" - Christmas episode of Only Fools and Horses, the most classic British comedy show when I was growing up in the 1980s.. Enjoy! Only Fools & Horses Series 1 (Uncut) : Delboy …
“I was blessed to work with Cardinal Cupich for six years in the Archdiocese of Chicago before being named in Joliet, where I became the Ordinary for the past five years. During that time, I worked with him and a lot of very talented people. So, I learned some basic skills of governance, of administration, and also how to set priorities and keeping the mission of the Church in the center. I think that's probably one of the greatest things I learned.”
By and RACHEL BOWMAN, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER and KATELYN CARALLE, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER and WILL POTTER, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER and NICK ALLEN, US NEWS EDITOR (POLITICS) Updated: 05:16 GMT, 20 December 2025 Donald Trump’s Department of Justice on Friday released more than 300,000 pages of photos and evidence connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The vast trove includes images showing the disgraced financier and his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell socializing with high-profile figures, including former president Bill Clinton and Michael Jackson. One photograph appears to show Clinton in a swimming pool alongside Maxwell and several unidentified, partially clothed women. Clinton broke his silence on Friday to turn the tables on Trump, releasing a statement that declared: 'The White House hasn’t been hiding these files for months only to dump them late on a Friday to protect Bill Clinton. This is about shielding themselves from what comes next, or …
Writing on IlGiornale.it, Nico Spuntoni confirmed that Pope Leo XIV has sent his Christmas letter to the cardinals. He thanks them for their support and describes the January 7–8 extraordinary consistory as a moment of communion and shared responsibility. The letter identifies four topics for discussion at the consistory: - Renewed evangelisation in light of 'Evangelii Gaudium'. - The relationship between the universal Church and dioceses, as addressed in 'Praedicate Evangelium'. - The Synod and synodality as instruments of collaboration with the Roman Pontiff. - The liturgy: through in-depth theological, historical, and pastoral reflection "in order to retain sound tradition and yet remain open to legitimate progress.” This quotation comes from Sacrosanctum Concilium 23, which sets out general norms for the reform of the Mass. Spuntoni hopes: 'This passage appears to leave open the possibility of discussion among the cardinals regarding how to address the steadily growing communities …More
"Hence, studying more closely the ideas of the Modernists, evolution is described as resulting from the conflict of two forces, one of them tending towards progress, the other towards conservation. The conserving force in the Church is tradition, and tradition is represented by religious authority, and this both by right and in fact; for by right it is in the very nature of authority to protect tradition, and, in fact, for authority, raised as it is above the contingencies of life, feels hardly, or not at all, the spurs of progress. The progressive force, on the contrary, which responds to the inner needs lies in the individual consciences and ferments there - especially in such of them as are in most intimate contact with life. Note here, Venerable Brethren, the appearance already of that most pernicious doctrine which would make of the laity a factor of progress in the Church. Now it is by a species of compromise between the forces of conservation and of progress, that is to say between …More
Bishop Athanasius Schneider thanked Pope Leo XIV for a private audience, praising the pope’s attentiveness and understanding while keeping the meeting’s details confidential. Schneider said he shared proposals for the spiritual good of the Church and urged prayers for the pope to strengthen faith and promote justice and peace in the Church’s liturgical life. In earlier comments, Schneider said he would advise the pope to clarify key doctrinal issues, restore full freedom for the traditional Mass, and carefully appoint faithful bishops. The two share an Augustinian background and experience serving the poor, despite coming from very different parts of the world.
Saturday of the third week of Advent. Of the Person of Christ, and of his prerogatives and virtues. DAILY MEDITATIONS OF THE MYSTERIES OF OUR HOLY FAITH, By the P. Alonso de Andrade FROM THE COMPANY OF JESUS. PRAYER TO BEGIN By the sign of the Holy Cross, from our enemies delier us, Lord, our God. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. My Lord and my God: I firmly believe that you are here, that you see me, that you hear me. I adore you with deep reverence. I ask you for forgiveness of my sins and grace to make this time of prayer fruit. My Mother Immaculate, Saint Joseph, my father and lord, my guardian Angel: intercede for me. Meditation Saturday of the third week of Advent. Of the Person of Christ, and of his prerogatives and virtues. POINT ONE. This consideration of bearing on the words that the archangel St. Gabriel spoke to the Blessed Virgin, when she was offered by God by a Son without risk of her purity, who predicted that she would have the following …More
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