Since 1 September 2025, the Greek Catholic Church in Hungary has omitted the 'Filioque' from the Creed during the Divine Liturgy. This decision to abandon a Catholic tenet in order to appease the schismatic Orthodox was announced on Hd.gorogKatolikus.hu. The article argues that, in recent decades, Pope John Paul II prayed with Orthodox patriarchs, omitting the 'Filioque'. It claims that this change is not an innovation, but a return to a text prayed by ancestors. The current version states that the "Holy Spirit [...] proceeds from the Father". However, this can easily be misunderstood. According to the Western Church, the Holy Spirit proceeds "from the Father and the Son". The Eastern fathers said, what is also legitimately formulated, that he proceeds "from the Father through the Son". However, the Holy Spirit does not proceed from the Father alone. #newsBihsfdbpvh
The original form of the Creed does not have the Filioque. Just a reminder - the Creed that is recited as the Nicaean Creed is actually the Nicaean-Constantinopolitan Creed. It was formulated at the 1st General Council in Nicaea in the year 325 and then updated to the modern usage at the 2nd General Council known as 1st Constantinople in the year 381. Look up both versions - they are very different from each other. The 381 Creed can be read in full here in English translation: CHURCH FATHERS: First Council of Constantinople … You will notice that it is very familiar, but in the original form it does not have the Filioque (proceeds from the Son). Do a double take on that. Common Roman Catholic thought these days is that the Filioque is necessary. But including the Filioque is not what the General Council (which was an authoritative body of the assembled Church in a decision in union with the Pope of Rome) established. Remember from our Church history that the first use of the …More
At today’s presentation of the sexual psychology document Una caro. Elogio della monogamia, Tucho Fernández linked celibacy with abuse, reports German agency KNA. A priest cannot expect to fill his feelings of loneliness with another person, he said, noting that this can give rise to abuse: "I have to resolve my feelings of emptiness, loneliness, and psychological problems in other ways." For decades, many experts have pointed out that there is no evidence that celibate men are more likely to be pedophiles than the general male population. Psychologists and criminologists also emphasize that celibacy itself does not increase the likelihood of pedophilic tendencies [but how about porn?]. Furthermore: Data from Germany indicate that the extent of sexual abuse in Protestant and Catholic institutions is comparable. #newsCsohvpenln
Who would even think that Tucho is a Catholic? Who would even consider his documents seriously? Who would even say that the documents Tucho publishes could in any way be accepted or used within the Catholic Church?
Full quote: “Certainly what is said about non-possession also applies to us. As a priest, I cannot presume to fill my sense of loneliness by using another person. Abuse also comes from there, doesn’t it? From my sense of emptiness, of loneliness. I should look for other ways, not another person who can satisfy these needs. This also applies to the celibate.”
"Father Bernard, I want you to reassure me, and then I will be certain! In a vision two years ago I saw you as a man able to stare at the sun without flinching, a courageous man. And I wept because I blush so much - because I am so timid! Good Father, through your kindness I have found a place in your soul, so that now, if you will, you can reveal to me through your word whether you want me to say these things openly or whether I should keep quiet."
[HILDEGARD OF BINGEN was born into a noble family in Bermersheim in 1098. At the age of eight her family gave her into the care of a religious noblewoman, Jutta of Spanheim, who took Hildegard with her to become a recluse at the Disibodenberg monastery. Some time between 1112 and 1115, when the monastery became a convent, Hildegard took religious vows. After Jutta’s death in 1136, Hildegard was elected abbess at Disibodenberg. At this time she started to write about the visions she had been experiencing. Her first work, Scivias, appeared with Papal approval in 1151, just after she had established her own religious community at Rupertsberg, near Bingen. Her collection of religious songs, the Symphonia, appeared in 1158. She then produced a number of other works, including The Book of Life’s Merits (c. 1163), The Book of Divine Works (c. 113), lives of local saints, and various musical, scientific and medical works. She also invented a private language, which formed the basis of two short …More
On 25 November, InfoVaticana.com released an audio recording related to alleged money laundering involving the Vatican, the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (Sodalicio) and an ongoing FBI investigation. In the recording, Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu — an official of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, as well as the Vatican’s commissioner overseeing the suppression of the Sodalicio — admits that the Holy See was aware of the FBI's investigation into the suspected money laundering. The audio captures a conversation between Msgr. Bertomeu and a Sodalicio representative in which they discuss strategies to 'avoid scandal' and reduce the impact of the case in Peru and the US. According to InfoVaticana, the actions described by Monsignor Bertomeu could constitute obstruction of justice under US federal law. In the recording, he suggests informing the FBI that the Church has already 'cleaned up' the situation by recovering assets and severing ties with the Sodalicio. This an approach should …More
I read an interesting article that explains why praise harms children. She points to one professor whose twenty-five years of experience and over 50,000 hours of conversation has led him to conclude that “praising a child as ‘clever’ may not help her at school. In fact, it might cause her to under-perform.” Yet modern child psychology, educational theories, children’s literature, and the average parent operate on the basic assumption that a child’s self-esteem depends on a great deal of praise. Praise for a picture well-drawn! Praise for kicking the ball at soccer practice! Praise for train town well-built! Praise for eating dinner! But as it turns out, a child praised as “clever” may react by becoming afraid to try. Why? According to Professor Grosz, if that child has already shown herself to be “the best,” then what else is there except the looming possibility of failure, of doing less than the best? The child may, Grosz says, “simply repeat the same work—why draw something …
I think this is nonsense. Yes, it probably can be overdone, but praise can give confidence to a child to expand even further. Continual criticism causes much more harm.
Socrates. The man who never lost a single debate. Not because he was always right. But because he never entered a debate to win... Instead, he just asked the right questions (just like Jesus Christ).
At today's press conference, Tucho was asked if his document on monogamy also applies to two homosexuals in a stable relationship. He replied that the Church considers marriage to be an exclusive union between a man and a woman. But: "That does not mean that there are no values in other contexts and that what we say here cannot also apply to other forms of unions. When we talk about patience, respect, etc., that also applies to relationships between friends and other forms of relationship."
“Eminenza, vorrei sapere: questo documento, per persone dello stesso sesso che vivono unioni di monogamia… Sono esclusi da Una carne?” Tucho: “Quello non vuol dire che in altri contesti non ci siano dei valori, no? E che quello che diciamo qua non possa servire anche ad altre forme di unioni. Quando si parla della pazienza, del rispetto, eccetera eccetera, quello vale anche per un rapporto tra amici, vale per altre forme di rapporto.”
Tommy Robinson @TRobinsonNewEra Magdeburg Christmas market has been cancelled this year because of Muslims. The town in town Germany was attacked last year, leaving six killed and more than 300 others wounded. All we hear is "Islamophobia" is the problem. All we see is Muslims raping and killing our people.
(NewsNation) — Ukraine and the United States have agreed to a deal to end the four-year war with Russia, with some details still to be worked out, a U.S. official confirmed to NewsNation early Tuesday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will head to Washington, D.C., to finalize the agreement at the “earliest suitable date” this month, Ukrainian national security adviser Rustem Umerov announced. “Our delegations reached a common understanding on the core terms of the agreement discussed in Geneva,” Umerov said on social media. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said there were “a few delicate, but not insurmountable, details” left to work out — and they will require “further talks between Ukraine, Russia, and the United States.” The news comes as U.S. officials, led by Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, continue to meet with Russian representatives in Abu Dhabi. “The talks are going well, and we remain optimistic. Secretary Driscoll is closely synchronized with the White …
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has demanded that Poland recognize same-sex “marriage.” In a November 25 ruling, the ECtHR announced that Poland must legally acknowledge so-called same-sex “marriages” performed in another European Union country, as part of the latest push to embed the LGBT ideology in Polish culture. “A Member State has the obligation to recognise a marriage between two Union citizens of the same sex that has been lawfully concluded in another Member State where they have exercised their freedom to move and reside,” the ruling reads. The ruling is in response to a 2018 case of two men who were civilly “married” in Berlin, Germany, and wished to return to Poland. Upon their return, Poland refused to recognize the same-sex “marriage,” prompting the men to seek legal action. Poland’s national law prohibits same-sex “marriage,” defining marriage as a union exclusively between a man and a woman. “Marriage, being a union of a man and a woman, as well as the …
Samba-Singing Bishop Accompanies Brazil’s Homosexuals: The Brazilian bishops' conference has appointed Bishop Arnaldo Carvalheiro Neto of Jundiaí, São Paulo, as the prelate responsible for supporting homosexuals. Brazil is thus following countries such as Germany and Belgium. Homosexual groups in Brazil hailed the appointment as a 'historic achievement'. Bishop Carvalheiro is known in Jundiaí for his authoritarian style. He ordered the crosses on the main altars to be moved to the side and permitted weddings to take place outside of church buildings. According to CatolicaConect (September 2024), he frequently visits a local bar to sing samba, once inviting seminarians to join a samba gathering.
A CNBB nomeou Dom Arnaldo Carvalheiro Neto, bispo de Jundiaí, como bispo referencial para o acompanhamento pastoral de grupos católicos LGBT+. A Rede Nacional de Grupos Católicos LGBT+ celebrou a decisão como uma conquista histórica após anos de articulação. A escolha gerou preocupações devido ao histórico de controvérsias do bispo e ao silêncio da CNBB sobre os critérios e objetivos do novo encargo.
Ezekiel 3:18-19 "When I say to the wicked, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him from his wicked ways so that he may live, he will die for his sin, but I will hold you accountable for his blood. But if you warn the wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness and his evil ways, he will die for his sin, but you will have saved your life."