23.12.2025 CATHOLICS MUST CHOOSE VATICAN COUNCL II BLUE LIKE THE ST. BENEDICT CENTER IN NH AND NOT VATICAN COUNCIL II RED LIKE THE SSPX. There is a major shift in theology in the Catholic Church. Rahner, Ratzinger and Balthazar are contradicted by Vatican Council II blue. The traditionalist at the St. Benedict Center in New Hampshire are now the mainstream Catholic Church, with Vatican Council II and EENS, only blue. Why should we as Catholics interpret Vatican Council II with the red and not Vatican Council II blue like the St. Benedict Center in New Hampshire? The traditionalists at the St. Benedict Center in the diocese of Manchester now have the mainline theology with the Creeds, Councils and Catechisms, blue. Cardinal Muller, Balthazar, Ratzinger, Bishop Barron and Larry Chapp with Vatican II, red are schismatic and obsolete. There can only be a lex orandi with Vatican Council II blue. We can now interpret Vatican Council II rationally like the SBC or irrationally like …More
Leo XIV's new Archbishop of New York, Monsignor Ronald Hicks, 58, had a homosexual chancellor in his former Diocese of Joliet, reports ComplicitClergy.com. Monsignor Hicks was installed as Bishop of Joliet, Illinois, in September 2020. In late April 2021, Bishop Hicks employed a certain David Salvato as his new Chancellor for the Diocese of Joliet. On December 13, 2025, Salvato “married” his homosexual associate in Naperville, Illinois. Leo XIV appointed Monsignor Hicks as Archbishop of New York on December 18. Church career of the homosexual chancellor Homosexual Salvato had served from 2011 to 2021 as a canon lawyer for the Metropolitan Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. He led teams handling nearly 200 marriage annulment cases annually. Furthermore, he has taught at St. John’s Seminary, worked as an English translator for the Vatican newspaper 'L’Osservatore Romano', and directed marriage and family life programs in Colorado. Salvato holds a doctorate in canon law from …More
Mon Dec 22, 2025 - 12:02 pm EST (Fr. James Altman) — Dear family, the following is 100% true – staggeringly true – every word. So I’m sharing a Christmas story from my church bulletin, a story of unimaginable grace from a few years ago, long before X and Substack, when all I ever posted was in that bulletin: Imagine serving as a minister of God’s grace for a 21 year-old child of God, bringing faith and hope and love into her life for several years, holding her hand, trying to lift her up from a life of hell no one even could imagine – including a mother suffering from debilitating mental illness and an aunt who “pimped” her out as a young teen in order to support her own addiction. Imagine being a human “guardian angel” who brought this broken child from the edge, even allowing her to live for a time in your family home while she turned her life around. Imagine celebrating her baptism, and the baptism of her own little girl. Then imagine serving at that 21-year-old’s funeral, …
Residents of Domus Paulus VI (formerly Casa del Clero) in Via della Scrofa, Rome, have been instructed to vacate the building due to planned renovation works. The accommodation facility became famous in 2013, the day after the election of Francis, when the new pontiff wanted to go in person to settle the bill. The residence, long used to host cardinals, bishops, and priests, will be leased on a long-term basis to a private operator because the Holy See lacks funds for refurbishment. After renovation, the property is expected to be used as a four-star hotel. Residents sent a letter to Pope Leo XIV expressing concern about the future of the house. Vatican officials confirmed the decision, citing safety issues and financial constraints. The Holy See is expected to receive a stable annual income from the lease.
La vicenda dai contorni poco trasparenti è stata sollevata da alcuni cardinali e vescovi residenti che hanno preso carta e penna per informare e chiedere lumi a Papa Leone XIV... ...Situata in una posizione strategica, tra via della Scrofa e piazza Navona, la Domus Internationalis Paulus VI sembra che sia stata proposta al miglior offerente e in procinto di essere affittata per un lungo periodo (si parla di 30 anni) per poi essere trasformata in un hotel di lusso. Causando naturalmente un moto di protesta all'interno, tra anziani sacerdoti e vescovi, scandalizzati per la deriva che sta prendendo la vicenda... ...In questo periodo sono iniziate ad arrivare le lettere di sfratto, chiedendo agli ospiti di liberare le stanze occupate. Il motivo ufficiale è la imminente ristrutturazione della casa sacerdotale come ha anche comunicato il monsignore portoghese Mario Rui Fernandes Leite de Oliveira in una recente riunione a diversi dei cinquanta residenti, sottolineando che vi sarebbero presunti …More
The Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, announced a change to its priestly formation programme in an email sent to priests on 15 December, according to the substack.com-account The Pillar. Beginning in the next academic year, diocesan seminarians will complete a one-year pastoral assignment teaching at a local Catholic secondary school. The teaching year will take place after philosophy studies and before theological studies. Purpose of the Programme Seminarians will receive pay, be assigned a lay mentor, and live in local rectories while paying room and board at diocesan rates. The diocese said the programme is intended to provide sustained pastoral and teaching experience, as well as exposure to the demands of full-time work and daily life. Priests Tired of Bishop Martin The article relies largely on anonymous sources. Some priests have raised concerns about the programme’s impact on priestly formation, the lack of formal classroom training, the additional year added to formation,…More
In 2021, Bishop Hicks announced David Salvato as his new Chancellor for the Diocese of Joliet: In late April 2021, Bishop Ronald A. Hicks announced the appointment of David Salvato as chancellor for the Diocese of Joliet. As chancellor, Salvato will advise Bishop Hicks and diocesan officials on issues related to canon law. He will also record the ecclesiastical acts, decrees and dispensations issued by Bishop Hicks, as well as oversee the diocesan archives. Salvato has worked since 2011 as a canon lawyer for the Metropolitan Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. In that role, he led two teams that oversaw the investigation of nearly 200 marriage annulment cases each year. He also has taught at St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo, California, as an adjunct professor; worked as an English translator for L’Osservatore Romano, the daily newspaper of the Vatican City State; and served as the director of the marriage and family life program at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Centennial …
Why Patristic Catholic Tradition Believed Marriage Needed Hierarchy—and Chastity Modern Christianity is deeply uncomfortable with hierarchy. That discomfort explains why modern Christian teaching on marriage feels so thin, sentimental, and unstable. The early Church had no such discomfort. From Scripture through the Fathers and into the scholastics, marriage was understood as ordered, hierarchical, and disciplined—not egalitarian, expressive, or therapeutic. And that order was not a post-Christian add-on. It was there from the beginning. Before the Fall, Adam and Eve were married. They were united. They loved one another. But they were not equals in role, and they were not driven by desire. Scripture is explicit: “The head of the woman is the man.” That order existed before sin—without domination, without shame, and without lust. Carnal desire entered history only after that order was broken. Saint Augustine explains what modern theology avoids: carnal desire is not a neutral instinct …More
Today, Pope Leo XIV has appointed Monsignor James Misko as the new Bishop of Tucson, USA. Until now, he served as vicar general of the Diocese of Austin. Born on June 18, 1970, Misko was ordained a priest in 2007 for the Diocese of Austin. Sinister Memorandum On November 12, 2025, Vicar General Misko wrote to the clergy of Austin that the practice of setting out kneelers for the reception of Holy Communion should be discontinued (email below). He noted that the use of kneelers had become more common in recent years and stated that the bishop requested the practice be ended. He added that the normative posture for receiving Holy Communion in the United States is standing. Monsignor Misko argued that placing a kneeler for Communion risks confusing the faithful about what the Church considers the norm. It may implicitly communicate that kneeling is more appropriate or more reverent than standing. Although he acknowledged that receiving Communion on one's knees is not prohibited, he insisted …More
When you cheer for National Guard troops to patrol Democratic cities or for ICE to conduct warrantless biometric scans, you are validating thefederalization of local police. You are giving the state the moral authority to put soldiers on American streets. Today, those soldiers are looking for “illegal aliens.” Tomorrow, under a different administration—or simply a redefined “emergency”—they will be looking for “domestic extremists,” “disinformation agents,” or anyone who refuses to surrender their digital privacy.
@Jeffrey Ade strong support to your great opinion!! my great friend Jeffrey!!! yes!!! In particular, I find former Trump, JD Vance, and the current Republican Party of the United States much more repulsive than the current Democrats of the United States. The latter are easy to confront head-on, as they clearly understand what's wrong and what's bad... But the former are far worse, as they pretend to be good, to advocate for good, while secretly pursuing another form of evil... And recently, with the Christmas season approaching, people like Trump, Vance, Rubio, etc. are talking about how the Christian faith is the most important thing and protecting the Christian community, and that's just so disgusting.... If they really value the Christian faith and protect the Christian community, why, why don't they say a word about the miserable situation of the Christian communities in Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and Armenia who are being oppressed by the false Zionists??? If they are wary …More
In his Christmas address to the Roman Curia today, Pope Leo XIV praised his "beloved predecessor, Pope Francis": "His prophetic voice, his pastoral style and his rich magisterium have marked the Church's journey in recent years." Francis encouraged "us" [pluralis majestatis] "to place God’s mercy at the centre, give renewed emphasis to evangelisation and be a joyful church that welcomes all and is attentive to the poorest". Furthermore, Leo XIV warned that in the Church there are "forces of division may be at play": "We can fall into the temptation of swinging between two opposite extremes: uniformity that fails to value differences or, on the other hand, the exacerbation of different viewpoints instead of seeking communion." Leo XIV wants to "build the communion of Christ in a synodal Church". And: “When dealing with faith, liturgy, morality, or other matters, one risks falling victim to rigidity or ideology.” He does not see his role as a gardener "who tends to his own plot", but as …More
Well, at least he's finally clearly extinguished all remaining hope that he could possibly be anything but Francis's compliant ghost. Their South American "ProtestoCatholicism" really is extradinarily arrogant in thinking itself so uniquely able to discern God's heart and will that any other culture's way of embracing Catholicism--past or present--was all a big mistake offensive to God that must be beaten and burned to extinction, and the ashes buried in case so much as a single ember remains to reignite any memory of it. How narrow minded, short-sighted, brutish, bigoted and cruel, and also how profoundly stupid to think that such narrownes will result in anything but the near destruction of God's lovingly two-thousand-year curation of His Church.