Un miracolo della beata Beatrice de Ornacieux In concomitanza con il giorno dedicato alla celebrazione della beata certosina, voglio narrarvi la storia di un miracolo compiuto da Beatrice de Ornacieux. Ad essa infatti viene attribuito il seguente evento prodigioso che vado a spiegarvi. A causa delle sue continue e prolungate penitenze, caratterizzate da lunghi digiuni che minavano profondamente la sua integrità fisica, spesso Beatrice era stremata. Una volta accadde che in concomitanza con il periodo della Quaresima, la Priora vedendo lo stato di estrema prostrazione di Beatrice, decise di assegnarle una compagna di cella. La consorella avrebbe dovuto assisterla ed evitare questi eccessi di penitenza a cui la beata si sottoponeva. Ben presto la Divina Provvidenza volle però mostrare quanto fossero gradite tali compunzioni. Un Venerdi Santo, all’ora del Mattutino la inusuale compagna di cella di Beatrice accortasi che quest’ultima era particolarmente debilitata, la scorse finalmente …
Papst Leo XIV. spricht den Einwohnern von Lettland in „turbulenten Zeiten“ Mut zu. Trotz aller „Unsicherheit der Umstände und der Herausforderungen“ gelte für Christen: „Hoffnung enttäuscht nicht" . Das sagte der Papst zu den Teilnehmenden einer lettischen National-Wallfahrt zum Heiligen Jahr im Vatikan.
Pope Leo XIV has issued a new Apostolic Letter titled In unitate fidei (“In the Unity of Faith”), calling Christians to renewed "dialogue" and "unity". Released on Sunday to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, the document contains the usual word salad about "shared foundations" of the Christian faith. Next Friday, Leo XIV and the controversial Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew will visit Nicaea, near today’s Iznik in Turkey. Credo in pluralitatem Ecclesiarum In the new letter, Leo XIV writes that Christian unity is not about “returning” to the past, but about “an ecumenism that looks to the future, that seeks reconciliation through dialogue.” He even speaks - contrary to the Faith in the ONE Church founded by Christ - of a “current status quo of the diversity of Churches and ecclesial communities.” Leo XIV continues: “We must therefore leave behind theological controversies that have lost their raison d’être in order to develop a common understanding and, even …More
One stands fast to the Credo of the Catholic Faith not out of obstinancy but out of the love of Truth. Jesus showed no predisposition to 'wheel and deal' with the young rich man despite the goodness He found in him.
Today, Pope Leo XIV has appointed Rev Yohanes Hans Monteiro, 54, as Bishop of Larantuka, Indonesia. He was ordained a priest on July 14, 1999. The article's picture shows him in 2024 celebrating 25 years as priest. Rev Monteiro completed a doctorate in 2018 in liturgy at the anti-Catholic University of Vienna, Austria. "No Harm If Women Are Ordained" In 2024, Monsignor Monteiro wrote together with a certain Fransiska Widyawati a 16 page study entitled “Paus Fransiskus dan Kepemimpinan Perempuan dalam Gereja Katolik” (Pope Francis and women’s leadership in the Catholic Church). He acknowledges that "current" teaching "definitively" reserves priestly ordination to baptized males. But then he argues in favour of female ordination. His main quotes: - "The Catholic Church is often considered far behind, especially when compared to other Christian churches." - "When the neighboring churches have ordained women as priests, are their worship and ecclesial life not accepted by Jesus Christ?" …More
Ahmed R. Dener: „Im Iran passiert etwas, das das Regime nicht mehr kontrollieren kann – und das hat nichts mit Politik, sondern mit einer tiefen inneren Abkehr zu tun. Berichte aus dem Land sprechen davon, dass zehntausende Moscheen leer stehen oder geschlossen wurden. Von einst rund 75.000 sollen etwa 50.000 dicht sein. Nicht weil der Staat es angeordnet hätte, sondern weil immer weniger Menschen hingehen. Die jungen Iraner haben genug – von Zwang, von Kontrolle, von einer Religion, die ihnen seit Jahrzehnten aufgezwungen wird. Gleichzeitig wächst etwas anderes, und zwar dort, wo man es am wenigsten erwartet: Untergrundgemeinden, Hauskirchen, kleine Gruppen, die in Wohnzimmern und Kellern zusammenkommen. Trotz Überwachung, trotz Repression, trotz Verfolgung. Für das Regime ist das ein Albtraum. Für viele Iraner ein letzter Rest Hoffnung. Ob die Zahlen über eine Million Konvertierte übertrieben sind oder nicht – irrelevant. Entscheidend ist, dass sich eine echte, dokumentierte …More
Ist ja ein Hoffnungsschimmer. Früher gab es eine erhebliche Anzahl an Christen im Iran. Und der alte Schah war durchaus tolerant. Den hat der US-dominierte Wertewesten beseitigt - genauso wie den liberalen Präsidenten Assad von Syrien. Dümmer gehts nimmer.
Archbishop Emeritus of the Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has declared that the Federal Government is fully aware of those responsible for the ongoing killings across Nigeria, insisting there is no longer any justification for inaction as insecurity worsens nationwide.
The Cardinal urged the government to “name, shame and deal with” all those supporting or financing terrorism in the country, saying impunity has emboldened attackers who “are killing and getting away with it.”
Die Visionen der seligen Anna Katharina Emmerick schildern das Leben der heiligen Cäcilia, besonders ihre Reinheit, ihre Beziehung zu ihrem Schutzengel und zu ihrem späteren Gatten Valerian. Cäcilia erscheint Emmerick oft in einem schlichten Raum, musizierend auf Saiteninstrumenten, während helle, engelartige Gestalten über ihr schweben. Schon als Kind wird sie von einem Engel in Gestalt eines schönen Jungen begleitet, der für andere unsichtbar ist und ihr das Musizieren beibringt. Cäcilia wächst in einem wohlhabenden römischen Haus auf. In ihrer Kindheit spielt sie häufig mit Valerian und dessen Bruder, die wie in ihrer Obhut erzogen erscheinen. Heimlich bringt sie mit ihren Spielkameraden Lebensmittel und Früchte zu Armen sowie zu verborgenen Christen, die in Gemäuern und unterirdischen Räumen leben. Dort begegnet sie auch Papst Urban, der sie unterrichtet und vermutlich tauft. Valerian versucht Cäcilia in jungen Jahren zu umarmen, doch sie weist ihn ab. Der Engel schützt sie …More
Saint Cecilia: From the Revelations of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich. cybrotius Cecilia’s Saintly Marriage Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich was blessed with countless visions of the lives of Jesus, Mary, and the saints. Here, she recounts her visions of St. Cecilia, following her virtue, chastity, and relationships with her guardian angel and her betrothed. I saw the Saint sitting in a very plain four-cornered room, on her knees a flat triangular box, about an inch high, over which were stretched strings which she touched with both hands. Her face was upturned and over her hovered bright, shining spirits like angels or blessed children. Cecilia seemed conscious of their presence. I often beheld her in this posture. There was also a youth standing by her, of singularly pure and delicate appearance; he was taller than she, and full of deference for her. He seemed to obey her orders. I think it was Valerian, for I afterward saw him bound with another to a stake, struck with rods, and then …More
This statue of Our Lady at Saint Mary's School was set on fire by the terrorists after they kidnapped nearly 227 Catholic schoolchildren and staff in Kontagora Diocese
...a mother and her little daughter, both stricken by the plague, [were] trapped in a house whose door had been sealed. Without hesitation, the scion of the illustrious Borromeo family used a ladder to climb through an upstairs window into the room where the two lay. The mother was dead. After praying for her soul, the Cardinal descended the ladder holding the child tightly in his arms. The child survived. Deeply moved by this incredible act, Manning rightly exclaimed: “A deed worthy of a picture.”
"Diese Periode einer schnellen rückgängigen Bewegung begann in Europa mit der Wiederherstellung des Heidentums in Philosophie, Religion und Politik. Heute steht die Welt am Vorabend ihrer letzten Restauration, – der Restauration des sozialistischen Heidentums."
"Es gibt keine Rettung für die Gesellschaft, weil der katholische Geist, der einzige Lebensgeist nicht das Ganze durchdringt; er durchdringt nicht die Erziehung, die Regierung, die Gesetze und die Moral."
A new wave of anti-Catholic violence struck Nigeria on November 17, when armed men attacked St. Stephen’s Parish in Kaduna State. They kidnapped parish priest Father Bobbo Paschal along with an unspecified number of parishioners. During the assault, the attackers also killed Gideon Markus, brother of Father Anthony Yero, according to the Archdiocese of Kaduna.
This brings to mind the murder of Bishop David O’Connell in 2023. Have they found his murderer? Or what about the murdered Father Kuntz in Madison, WI. Please pray for our priests. They are up against the powers from Hell.
"Our Lady, all the graces that God has determined to bestow upon mankind, He has determined to bestow through your hands, and therefore He has entrusted all the treasures of grace to you." (St. Ildephonsus)