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.
Wed Dec 17, 2025 - 2:18 pm EST ANN ARBOR, Michigan (LifeSiteNews) – The University of Michigan (UMich) has sparked controversy by “celebrating” the infamous “Doctor Death” Jack Kevorkian as one of 175 notable alumni to come out of its Medical School. Kevorkian was a Michigan physician and “right to die” advocate who illegally facilitated the assisted suicides of 130 patients. In 1999 he was sentenced to 10-25 years for his role in the nationally televised death of a man with Lou Gehrig’s disease, but served only eight before being released on parole. He was barred from resuming his most infamous practice, but continued to advocate for euthanasia until his death in 2012 at age 83. The fall issue of UMich’s “Medicine at Michigan” features is dedicated to “Celebrating 175 years of the Medical School with stories of the ‘leaders and best.’” Entry #141 on the list is Kevorkian, who is credited with having “changed the national conversation on physician-assisted suicide.” Author …
With Vatican Council II ( rational ) the SSPX is in the mainline Catholic Church which can no more be liberal. The Council has changed. This is known here at the Vatican and Pope Leo and the Holy See Press Office are not responding. Neither are the traditionalists and the sedevacantists. The mainline Catholic Church is liberal today because Vatican Council II is liberal. The SSPX and the MHT sedevacantists interpret ‘the red passages as exceptions for the blue orthodox ones ‘ in Vatican Council II. This is irrational. It has to change When the SSPX and the sedevacantists interpret ‘the redas not being an exception for the blue’, the Council is no more liberal. This is a sea change in the Catholic Church. We return automatically to the ecclesiology of St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine. We side step the irrational theology of the popes from Paul VI to Leo XIV. 09.12.2025 POPE LEO’S INTERPRETATION OF VATICAN COUNCIL II PRODUCES POLARIZATION : GERMAN MEDIA NOT CORRECTED POPE …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.”
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
Monsignor Ronald Hicks - Bishop of Joliet and soon to become the new Archbishop of New York - first met Pope Francis on 29 June 2015. After Francis’s death, he wrote about that meeting on Diocoliet.org on 5 May. Back then, he was standing in Saint Peter’s Basilica with Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich. Cupich had been installed as Archbishop of Chicago in November 2014. In January 2015, he appointed Rev. Hicks as his Vicar General and in 2018 his auxiliary bishop. “Now Is Your Chance” In June 2015, Archbishop Cupich asked his Vicar General in the Basilica, “Have you ever met the Pope?” When Hicks replied, “No,” Cupich grasped his arm and said with a smile, “Well, now is your chance.” He led Hicks briskly toward Pope Francis and introduced him in Italian, saying, “Holy Father, this is Ron Hicks, my Vicar General, and he speaks Spanish.” Francis turned to Hicks and began speaking in Spanish. Hicks recalls: “From that moment forward, whenever we encountered one another, we spoke …More
Bishop Hicks is not a sychophantic type of personality, he is his own man. You will find that out. Here in Joliet we've seen a reasonable man. When some bishops were quick to eliminate the Latin Mass such was not the case with Bishop Hicks. Things have not changed on that front. He supports parishes and priests instead of undermining them as in other places. He is a man of prudence and caution who loves his Catholic faith. New York will thrive under his guidance.
St Henry Morse (film) Priest of the Plague, English Martyr, (30 minutes) marysdowry -youtube.com/watch?v=sa6RU4ANp1U Saint Henry Morse, Catholic priest who was executed in England, best known as ‘The Priest of the Plague’, a creative biographical film presentation useful for classrooms and parishes, includes information about the plague and historical facts. The historical journey of Catholic missionary priest St. Henry Morse takes us back into England during the reigns of King James I and King Charles I for a fascinating look at his daring determination to administer the outlawed Sacraments to the Catholic faithful despite numerous arrests and banishments. An original combination of historical and relevant artwork, imagery, footage of nature and costumed visuals brings this account alive with facts and details that present a useful and insightful look at one of our great English Martyrs. Saint Henry Morse worked with Westminster’s priest Saint John Southworth especially to the plague …More
Is music written into our DNA? This video explores the surprising scientific and ancestral connection between the melodies that move us and our genetic code. Discover how rhythm and harmony resonate far beyond our ears.
¿La música está escrita en nuestro ADN? Este vídeo explora la sorprendente conexión científica y ancestral entre las melodías que nos conmueven y nuestro código genético. Descubre cómo el ritmo y la armonía resuenan mucho más allá de nuestros oídos.
Happy Birthday Jane Austen: French fans share 'Pride and Prejudice' fantasy for 250th anniversary Fans of English novelist Jane Austen are celebrating her birth 250 years ago, on 16 December 1775. Nowadays, she's a pop culture phenomenon and, with 'Austenmania' spreading, French "Janeites" have been gathering for a Regency-themed ball to re-enact dancing scenes from her beloved books. READ MORE : euronews.com/…hare-pride-and-prejudice-fantasy- …
LeoXIV poses for a photo with the children of the Pontifical Paul VI School in Castel Gandolfo after thanking them for their Christmas concert in the school gym.
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