Catholics plan new pilgrimage route to honor Japan's ‘hidden Christians’ Due to ban on Christianity and pesecution, many Christians went into hiding in the 17th century, practiced faith secretly Catholics plan new pilgrimage route to honor …
Japón proyecta un itinerario de peregrinación para recordar a los cristianos ocultos Los obispos japoneses desarrollan una ruta inspirada en el Camino de Santiago que conectará lugares históricos del cristianismo nipón y honrará la memoria de los Kakure Kirishitan, los cristianos que permanecieron ocultos durante siglos de persecución. hmtv
The Catholic Church in Japan, in collaboration with European religious groups, is set to establish a new pilgrimage route in southern Japan to honor the first Christian missionaries and the “hidden Christians” who preserved their faith despite centuries of persecution. The planned route, called “The Way of the Gospel,” will serve as a spiritual journey similar to Spain’s famed Camino de Santiago, Vatican news agency Fides reported on Nov. 8. The Camino de Santiago (Way of St. James) is a 311-kilometer pilgrimage leading to the shrine of the apostle James in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The idea emerged after a Spanish Catholic delegation from the Archdiocese of Lucca visited Japan in September. The project is being developed with the Perugian Confraternity of Santiago de Compostela, together with the Japanese prefectures of Kagoshima, Kumamoto, and Nagasaki, their municipalities, and the dioceses of Kagoshima, Nagasaki, and Fukuoka. The confraternity promotes the pilgrimages to …More
On December 14, a solemn Mass according to the ancient Ambrosian Rite was celebrated in the historic Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio in Milan. This extraordinary liturgy followed the 1954 Ambrosian Missal. The Mass was celebrated by Monsignor Francesco Braschi, a long-time celebrant of the Ambrosian Rite, with the approval of the Archdiocese of Milan and the abbot of the basilica.
S. Messa Giubilare in Rito Ambrosiano Antico celebrata nella Perinsigne Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio a Milano partecipata da più di 1500 fedeli. ( 14 dicembre 2025, Quinta Domenica di Avvento)
Rick Rubin: Vibe Coding is the Punk Rock of Software -a16z On this episode of "The Ben & Marc Show", a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz sit down with legendary music producer and bestselling author Rick Rubin to explore the origin of his unexpected new creation: "The Way of Code"* Blending ancient philosophy and modern AI, The Way of Code reimagines the 3,000-year-old Tao Te Ching for the age of artificial intelligence, software, and “vibe coding.” What began as a viral tweet quickly evolved into a creative manifesto—part book, part tool, part spiritual operating system for the future. Joined by a16z General Partners Anjney Midha and Erik Torenberg, the group dives deep into: How Rick became a meme for Vibe Coding —and then quickly wrote "The Way of Code" Why AI is just another artistic tool Remix culture, creativity, and collective consciousness Why great founders and artists need to stay true to themselves With shout outs to punk rock, the collective unconscious, and …More
Chile Has Elected a Catholic President: José Antonio Kast Rist won Chile’s presidential runoff on 14 December, defeating Communist candidate Jeannette Jara. A lawyer and leader of the Republican Party, Kast campaigned on security and economic issues while strongly defending pro-life, pro-family, and religious values. Born in Santiago in 1966 to a deeply Catholic family of German descent, Kast is married with nine children and is a member of the Schönstatt Movement. He will take office as president on 11 March 2026. During the presidential campaign, Kast publicly reaffirmed his convictions: “We are going to talk about God again, about our country, and about family. These are the values that have sustained our country's strength, and we must not be afraid of what others may say”, he said.
Nowadays with the term 'Catholic' apparently being made out of spandex, it is a reasonable question (particularly of politicians with a penchant for wearing their faith-creds on their sleeves!)
The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has consistently demonstrated a reductive and simplistic approach to geopolitics that betrays a serious lack of strategic depth and historical knowledge for such a critical role. Her failure is symptomatic of a broader decline of European statecraft. Reacting to the recent summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the military parade in Beijing dedicated to the victory over fascism in World War II, attended by dozens of leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kallas expressed that it was "news" to her that Chinaand Russiawere among the victors who defeated Nazism and fascism This is not a minor gaffe; it is a shocking lack of historical literacy. The Soviet Union (whose primary successor state is Russia) suffered over 20 million casualties in the Great Patriotic War, a sacrifice that, in alliance with the United States and Britain, fundamentally broke the back of the Nazi war machine. China, for its part, endured …
The Cloward-Piven Strategy The Cloward–Piven strategy is a political strategy outlined in 1966 by American sociologists and political activists Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven that called for overloading the U.S. public welfare system in order to precipitate a crisis that would lead to a replacement of the welfare system with "a guaranteed annual income and thus an end to poverty". youtube.com/watch?v=ifMvdflBnTc
Has the field of sociology ever contributed one positive thing to our society? Modern academia has turned sociology, psychology, and theology into into fields where sociopaths craft strategies to manipulate people to do what they envision is 'best for them'.
Pope Leo XIV is facing a lawsuit at the European Court of Human Rights concerning the Vatican's decision to suspend pension payments to two former IOR managers, Paolo Cipriani and Massimo Tulli. Although both were convicted by Vatican courts for mismanagement, earlier Vatican rulings had ordered that their pensions be reinstated at a reduced rate. However, in April 2025, the Vatican Court of Cassation overturned these decisions, ruling that pensions are not an acquired right. Cipriani and Tulli are now appealing to the ECHR, claiming that this violates Vatican pension regulations and the European Convention on Human Rights.
Among the various legal troubles inherited with the previous pontificate, Pope Leo XIV now faces a lawsuit at the European Court of Human Rights because the Vatican allegedly did not respect a fundamental right of a retiree: the inalienability of the pension accrued by the worker. The lawsuit was filed by two former managers of the IOR, Paolo Cipriani and Massimo Tulli, both convicted by the Vatican court for mismanagement. The Vatican bank, which should have paid them the pension allowance, albeit reduced by a third due to the conviction, as happens in all national systems, for example, even in Italy, stopped doing so overnight. Naturally, Cipriani and Tulli initially appealed to the Vatican courts, which have often not shone for transparency, suing the Pope's bank and winning both in the first and second instances with two favorable rulings that sided with the two former employees. In those favorable rulings, it was highlighted that a key principle from the Italian system was being …More
Valerie Anne Smith @ValerieAnne1970 "The 'vaccines' were owned & made by NIH & the military...Pfizer & Moderna were paid for their approval to make it appear they came from the pharmaceutical industry." -RFK Jr
VACCINE INC. by every standard have been exposed through multitudes of evidence to be of the most egregious and reprehensible deceptions which ensnare the multitudes of populations world-wide thoroughly seducing people by means of psychological mind manipulations which are dangerous because vaccines harm and hurt the health of so many people and are known to cause deaths even though the evidence is denied by VACCINE INC. . . The truth about the VACCINE Industry amounts to what should be assessed as VACCCINE crimes against humanity.
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."
Once in Royal David's City Once in Royal David's City is a Christmas carol originally written as a poem by Cecil Frances Alexander. The carol was first published in 1848 in her hymnbookHymns for Little Children. A year later, the English organist Henry Gauntlett discovered the poem and set it to music.
Once in Royal David's City. edders05 on Nov 19, 2007 Taken from 'Carols from King's' 2004. the BBC's shortened version of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols which they record early in December and air on Christmas Day.
A sneak peek at some of the supporting cast members of the Nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square. Revealed at 5:00 PM (Rome time), this year’s Nativity comes from the Diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno.
Un'anteprima di alcuni dei membri del cast di supporto del presepe in Piazza San Pietro. Il tutto sarà svelato stasera.
As seen in recent months, Leo's Vatican at least "tries" to appear somewhat Catholic - although they also are continuing Francis' program of undermining the Faith apace. But hey, at least we got a nice creche scene this year and not some modernist monstrosity. Small blessings.
Who will save Generation Z? Dear brothers and sisters, which voice should we listen to, which leader should we follow, which path should we take, which door should we pass through to enjoy this wonderful gift of God that is life? These are the questions that every person who has come, is coming, and will come in this world has had, must, and will have to face. Questions that resonate desperately urgently for Generation Z (those born between 1997 and 2012), for whom, according to a recent survey conducted in the United States, the world is frightening. (Gen Z Views World as "Scary Place" with Growing … The Church's invitation to everyone, but especially to this generation, is not to be afraid! Indeed, for us Christians, there is no doubt: Jesus of Nazareth is the way that leads to the whole truth; He is the door that gives access to eternal life; he is the light that ignites the heart; he is the Love that ignites unending joy; he is the Son of God who leads His people to the definitive …More
“ Meaningful change” is an example of neo- marxist terminology. They should be thinking in terms of Salvation History, the ultimate destination of their souls and building God’s Kingdom.
Summa Theologica: First Section...Thomas Aquinas -TREATISE ON THE WORK OF THE SIX DAYS - ON THE WORK OF DISTINCTION IN ITSELF...to download, to print !
Hail Mary, beloved Daughter of the Eternal Father! Hail Mary, admirable Mother of the Son! Hail Mary, faithful spouse of the Holy Ghost! Hail Mary, my dear Mother, my loving Mistress, my powerful sovereign! Hail my joy, my glory, my heart and my soul! Thou art all mine by mercy, and I am all thine by justice.
St. Louis De Montfort's Prayer to Mary -- Hail Mary, beloved Daughter of the Eternal Father! Hail Mary, admirable Mother of the Son! Hail Mary, faithful spouse of the Holy Ghost! Hail Mary, my dear Mother, my loving Mistress, my powerful sovereign! Hail my joy, my glory, my heart and my soul! Thou art all mine by mercy, and I am all thine by justice. But I am not yet sufficiently thine. I now give myself wholly to thee without keeping anything back for myself or others. If thou still seest in me anything which does not belong to thee, I beseech thee to take it and to make thyself the absolute Mistress of all that is mine. Destroy in me all that may be displeasing to God, root it up and bring it to nought; place and cultivate in me everything that is pleasing to thee. May the light of thy faith dispel the darkness of my mind; may thy profound humility take the place of my pride; may thy sublime contemplation check the distractions of my wandering imagination; may thy continuous sight of …More
Three Protestant scholars have praised a document by Cardinal Víctor “Tucho” Fernández opposing the Marian titles Co-Redemptrix and Mediatrix of All Graces, speaking to CatholicNewsAgency.com on December 15. David Luy, a theology professor at the North American Lutheran Seminary, said the document was written “with an attentiveness” to concerns often raised by Protestants. Protestant objections “sprout from a desire to uphold the distinctiveness of Christ as the one mediator.” According to Luy, the document demonstrates “a sensibility to that central Protestant concern”. “Does it relieve potential strain between Protestants and Catholics? The short answer would be yes,” Luy said. However, he added that the concept of mediation in general “is probably where there’d be a need for ongoing conversation.” Cynthia Rigby, a theology professor at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, said the document could mark “a watershed moment” in Catholic–Protestant relations. Rigby emphasized …More
The concept of “Holy Russia,” as noted, is still alive, though it is often conflated with Rússkiy mir (“Russian World”), a pernicious political doctrine that promotes Russia’s influence and control over all peoples and lands it believes—rightly or wrongly—belong to Russia’s historic patrimony.
There appears to be a giant rift in today's Orthodox World. Those who support the Gay agenda, and those who see it as Sin. The Greek Orthodox are firmly allied with Rome in the acceptance and promotion of this unholy agenda. The Moscow, Romanian, Jerusalem Orthodoxies see this Homosexual agenda as Flat out Sin. Yes, the Russians are Communist, and that is a major stumbling block. However, they along with others will not capitulate to the promotion of heresy.
Russia has one of the highest rates of abortion in the world Correction to article: List of countries by abortion rate - Wikipedia # 111 I TRULY FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THE SSPX SCHISMATICS are slug talking Orthodox Schismatics.
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