Skip to content AI generator In a statement published on social media on Tuesday, Jacek Dobrzyński, spokesman for the minister coordinating Poland’s intelligence services, said officers of the Internal Security Agency (ABW) had detained a student of the Catholic University of Lublin identified as Mateusz W. He said the suspect was believed to have been preparing a terrorist attack intended to intimidate large numbers of people and to support the so-called Islamic State. According to Dobrzyński, investigators believe the suspect had been gathering information on how to manufacture explosive materials independently and had considered joining a terrorist organisation in order to obtain operational support. Digital storage devices and items linked to Islam were seized during the operation, he added, and a court ordered the man to be held in pre-trial detention for three months. In a separate and more detailed statement, the Internal Security Agency said the arrest followed urgent searches …
Thursday of the III week of Advent. From the Annunciation of Mary Our Blessed Lady. 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 Thursday of the III week of Advent. From the Annunciation of Mary Our Blessed Lady. POINT ONE. Consider who, and to whom, and to what this embassy comes to: who sends it is God omnipotent, to whom he sends it is to a most pure and Holy Virgin and withdrawn and hidden in the small city of Nazareth: what it comes to, is to ask for your consent …More
The blood of St. Januarius liquefied yesterday, marking the fourth time this miracle has occurred in 2025. While the liquefaction usually happens three times a year on set dates, this year also saw a rare and unexpected occurrence in August—the first since 1389—which many in Naples viewed as a special blessing.
Das Wunder des heiligen Januarius Neapel, das Wunder des heiligen Januarius wiederholt sich. Heute, Dienstag, 16. Dezember - wie es Tradition ist - um 9.13 Uhr hat sich das Blut des Schutzpatrons der Stadt verflüssigt. Wie gewohnt sind viele Gläubige in den Dom gekommen, um der Verflüssigung des Blutes des heiligen Januarius beizuwohnen. Es handelt sich um den dritten Termin des Jahres nach dem 19. September und dem Samstag vor dem ersten Sonntag im Mai. Vor der Verflüssigung haben sich die Verwandten des heiligen Januarius gemeinsam mit allen anderen Gläubigen in der Kirche zum Gebet versammelt. Die Messe wurde von Abt Prälat Monsignor Vincenzo De Gregorio geleitet, der den Gläubigen die Reliquie zeigte. Das Programm sieht die Wiederpräsentation der Reliquie um 16 Uhr vor, dann um 18.30 Uhr die Feier der Messe, gefolgt von der Rückführung der Reliquie in den Tresor. Der 16. Dezember ist die dritte jährliche Feier zu Ehren des heiligen Märtyrers, die an einem besonderen Datum für …More
Tue Dec 16, 2025 - 6:47 pm EST (LifeSiteNews) — Auxiliary Bishop Kevin Kenney of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis suggested to an anti-deportation crowd of Catholics on Friday that blessed salt may be helpful in banishing immigration enforcement. “What’s the best way to get rid of ice on your sidewalks?” Kenney told a crowd on December 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, at a prayer gathering a block away from the Whipple Federal Building. The bishop used the image of ice to represent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as ICE. “In the Old Testament, you sprinkle that salt, you rid the area of evil and bad happenings,” Kenney said. “I would recommend you bring salt to church with you and have it blessed and share it with your neighbors to sprinkle around homes, parishes, cars. It does offer protection. … Maybe if we put salt on the sidewalk, the ice will disappear.” The bishop, along with Father Christopher Collins, led a group of about 40 people in …
When we started Gloria.tv, our core mission was to create a social network that connects Christians around the world, enabling users to share and (dis)like news, entertainment, information, contacts, and more. The plain truth is that Gloria.tv depends entirely on the generosity of its supporters, most of whom donate small amounts with big hearts. There are no big sponsors or institutions behind it. As the secular year comes to an end, we are asking for donations as part of our Advent's campaign. Thanks to your gracious help we have made it well through 2025, but need a bit of financial footing at the start of 2026. We are deeply grateful for every donation, whether small or large, and for all recurring contributions. You can donate with credit card or PayPal via: Kindful Gloria.tv is free to use. It is completely independent, with no affiliation to any tribe, party or political agenda. The best: Gloria.tv runs on a very low budget. Just over €100,000 per year covers the entire platform …More
In their latest message, Real Women of Canada offer a sober analysis about abortion in Canada. It's titled, "Changes in the Pro-Life Landscape." We post it here with permission. Those who are strongly opposed to abortion on moral grounds in Canada may not be aware that the ground is slowly shifting on this issue. It is easy to miss these subtle changes taking place since we are barraged daily by the mainstream media which presents abortion as an absolute entitlement and permits no debate on the issue. According to the woke left-wing aristocracy of the Liberal government, and feminists, there is only one position recognized in Canada – that abortion be readily available for any reason. The following is a clear-eyed analysis of the current pro-life landscape. The Media Cone of Silence on Abortion is Broken Due to the enormous funding given only to feminist groups by the federal and provincial governments over the past fifty years, feminism has prospered with the result that its perspective …
I am not being allowed to post this directly. So copy + paste job.. A Cantata for Darya Dugina (off Alexander Dugin's X page):- Rainaldo Graziani, Angelo Inglese A Cantata for Darya Dugina Excerpts from the dialogue between Angelo Inglese and Rainaldo Graziani on the genesis of the musical work. RG: Angelo, how did you decide to structure your new musical creation? Al: It is a scenic cantata in nine stations. I wanted to use the term “station” to give the cantata a sacred character, as if it were a liturgical journey. Each station represents an icon, where music is a vehicle for the liberation of the soul from passions, for detachment from the material world, and leads the listener to the crossroads of Dasha's thoughts. The cantata is divided into nine tracks: Prologue (Дого); II. Там, где нет иллюзий (Where there are no illusions); III. Взлетая выше (Living on the edge); IV. Призрак в неизвестность (Leap into the unknown); V. Быть светом (Being light…More
With myself, and those I have/ and still teach, the concept of friendship is more mysterious and needed than that of love. This book, along with TA Summa is one I lean into. Aelred of Rievaulx: Spiritual Friendship (Not sure why the font so large. )
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
The conviction of Hong Kong Catholic publisher Jimmy Lai has once again exposed the cost of the China–Vatican agreement. While governments and human rights organisations have denounced the trial as political and unjust, all Vatican media and the Holy See have remained completely silent. Riccardo Cascioli comments: "This is yet another perverse consequence of the secret China-Vatican agreement: in the name of political expediency, Catholics are being left at the mercy of their persecutors."
The latest appointment of a Chinese bishop, made public on December 5, represents a big affront to Pope Leo XIV. This episode originated during the interregnum between the death of Pope Francis and the election of Pope Leo. During that period, Chinese authorities orchestrated assemblies to “elect” two bishops for important positions. According to the agreement, the approval or rejection of these appointments belonged to the new pope. On October 15, the Holy See announced that Pope Leo had accepted the first of the two appointments. The appointment concerned an auxiliary bishop of Shanghai in a diocese that already had two auxiliaries disfavored by the regime. One of those bishops was forced into retirement, while the other has been under uninterrupted arrest for thirteen years. Silence surrounding the second appointment was broken on December 5. The Vatican clarified that Pope Leo had approved the second appointment on August 11. The official Chinese Church agency issued its own statement …More
Jubilee of Prisoners, #PopeLeoXIV: May forms of amnesty or pardon be granted During the Mass presided over in St. Peter's Basilica, Leo XIV reiterated the desire expressed by Francis in "Spes non confundit," the papal bull announcing the Holy Year. He hopes that everyone will be offered real opportunities for social reintegration, while being aware of the critical issues of the prison system: "No human being is the same as what he has done. Justice is always a process of reparation." #VaticanNewsIT