The new Archbishop of Cape Town, Msgr Sithembele Anton Sipuka, appointed by Leo XIV on 9 January, took part in the SACC National Day of Prayer in June 2025, which included a collective confession of sins. After the confession, Sipuka addressed the assembly with words resembling an absolution, emphasizing God’s forgiveness through the grace of Christ.
During the National Day of Prayer ecumenical service in June 2025, held at Grace Bible Church in Soweto, the South African Council of Churches led a collective confession of sins introduced with the words: “Beloved in Christ, let us confess our sins before the Almighty.” The congregation was then guided through a national confession, naming historical and social sins such as colonialism, apartheid, racism, corruption, violence, and injustice. Immediately following this confession, the Catholic Bishop Sipuka declared forgiveness, stating: “By the grace of God and the love of Christ, you are forgiven.”
“While the liturgy was put aside,” an anonymous cardinal told TheCatholicHerald.com, “we were given a paper at the end written by Cardinal Arthur Roche, which was pretty negative concerning the Tridentine Latin Mass.”
Point taken @Wilma Lopez. Apparently the Roman Rite is not 'liturgy'?! Nothing speaks more to the shoddy state of any organization's leadership as when its leaders (you know, in this instance, the cardinals who wear red as a symbol that they would die for the Faith(!)) feel compelled to remain 'anonymous'.
Hardly surprising. The topic was "too hot to handle" since it was an actual real issue facing the Church. Better to discuss lofty nebulous concepts like "synodality"
Cardinal Müller confirms to Raymond Arroyo that the traditional Latin Mass was not discussed in the consistory this week. The cardinals “preferred to speak about the great (external) challenges of the Church and not so much aspects inside the Church”
Gerhard Müller confirmed to EWTN that the traditional Latin Mass was not discussed in the consistory this week. The cardinals “preferred to speak about the great (external) challenges of the Church and not so much aspects inside the Church”
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Pope Leo XIV in his new year message today to the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See: "It is painful to see how, especially in the West, the space for genuine freedom of expression is rapidly shrinking. At the same time, a new Orwellian-style language is developing which, in an attempt to be increasingly inclusive, ends up excluding those who do not conform to the ideologies that are fueling it."
Pope Leo XIV met today with members of the Diplomatic Corps. Key points of his address largely drawing from St Augustine and Benedict XVI and Francis. Main phrases. - This past year saw […] the return to the Father’s house of my venerable predecessor, Pope Francis. The whole world gathered around his coffin on the day of his funeral, and sensed the loss of a father who had guided the People of God with immense pastoral charity. - The weakness of multilateralism is a particular cause for concern at the international level. A diplomacy that promotes dialogue and seeks consensus among all parties is being replaced by a diplomacy based on force, by either individuals or groups of allies. Peace as Domination - War is back in vogue and a zeal for war is spreading. - The principle established after the Second World War, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been completely undermined. - “Peace” is sought through weapons as a condition for asserting …More
01/09/2026 Entire blog as a free PDF eBook. In her article yesterday, Sascha Latypova described the business model of pediatrics in detail. The article on sashalatypova.substack.com is titled: See Baby, Shoot Baby, Bill! or The Business Model of Pediatrics. This post examines the perverse financial incentives and “pay-to-vax” mechanisms that underlie the greatest human tragedy in known history – mass poisoning of several generations of children with unregulated, liability-free poisons, aka “vaccines”. Payment mechanisms enforcing full CDC vaccination schedule and annual boosters (such as flu shots and covid shots) include federal (Medicaid), state (Medicaid and CHIP), local (Section 317) and private insurers schemes. An average pediatric practice obtains approximately 25% of the total annal revenue from direct vaccine reimbursement or administration fees. However, the impact on the profit from vaccine revenues is much greater than 25%. This is because numerous “incentive” schemes …
Several sources confirmed that the Mass in the Roman rite was not mentioned at the consistory on 7–8 January. South African Cardinal Wilfrid Napier, 84, told Edward Pentin that the Roman Latin Mass was not discussed: "I think the main point was how to get the whole Church to evangelise at the same level." Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, 63, of Algeria, confirmed to Niwa Limbu that they had not discussed any form of liturgy: "We talked about the importance of the Eucharist in the context. of synodality." Only two dozen of the 170 cardinals were able to speak during the 'free interventions'. Speaker of the Vatican press office Matteo Bruni added in the evening that future consistories will be held once a year and last 3–4 days. The next consistory is planned for 27–28 June. #newsZnxlpxmwqb
Today, 170 Cardinals gathered for the first consistory. Pope Leo XIV was flanked in the Synod Hall by his Curia Cardinals, most of whom are pro-homosexual: Tucho (Faith), Mendonça (Education), Grech (Synod), Roche (Liturgy), Baggio (Human Development), and Artime (Religious). After entering the Synod Hall, English pro-homosexual Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, 80, delivered a meditation to the Cardinals. The decision to keep him in the same role he held during the Synod on Synodality carries symbolic weight. His speech today was fairly mild. However, just the day before, Cardinal Radcliffe called for the urgent ordination of women as deacons. The cardinals were divided into two groups. The first group consisted of cardinals under the age of 80. This group was further divided into nine round tables. The second group, consisting of elderly cardinals and the Roman Curia, was divided into eleven round tables. In the groups, the Cardinals discussed Synodality and Evangelisation. One anonymous …More
It was never going to be any different. And those who thought that it would be were deceived, deluded, hoodwinked and bamboozled. This is clearly still Francis' College of Cardinals and Francis' chosen successor......get used to it.
More than 30 priests from the Diocese of Charlotte have formally appealed to the Vatican with a series of questions concerning recent liturgical directives issued by their bishop, including the prohibition of altar rails and kneelers during Communion. The questions, known as dubia, were submitted in a letter to the Dicastery for Legislative Texts on Jan. 5.
31 priests of the Diocese of Charlotte have formally challenged recent liturgical directives issued by Bishop Michael Martin, submitting Dubia to of all places the Vatican. The Substack.com account The Pillar reports that the priests’ letter to the Dicastery for Legislative Texts was sent on January 5. It questions whether the bishop has the authority to mandate the removal and prohibition of kneelers for Communion. This a policy was announced in a “pastoral” letter by Bishop Martin on December 17. Temporary kneeling fixtures are required to be removed by Jan. 16. Thirty-one priests are about a quarter of the diocesan presbyterate. They argue that kneeling for Communion is explicitly permitted by the General Instruction of the Roman Missal and part of the traditional liturgical practice of the Church. Furthermore, the Dubia question Bishop Martin’s authority to prohibit certain vestments, liturgical prayers, gestures, and elements associated with the Mass of the Roman rite but …More
Monsignor Robert Reed, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, celebrated a Solemn Pontifical Mass in the Roman rite during SEEK 2026 at St. Patrick Church (Dominican) in Columbus, with liturgical assistance from the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP). Nearly 400 students attended. SEEK 2026, a neoconservative Catholic conference, drew more than 26,000 participants.
Pictures by Matthew Keeny: On January 2, Auxiliary Bishop Robert Reed of Boston offered a Solemn Pontifical Mass in the Roman Rite assisted by the priests and seminarians of the North American Province of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter. Nearly 400 college students attended. The Mass was part of the SEEK conference in the St Patrick’s Dominican Church in downtown Columbus.
The Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of Leo XIV has dismissed Monsignor Marco Agostini, reports SilereNonPossum.com. The priest from Verona also celebrates Mass in the Roman Rite and has taken part in traditional pilgrimages. The decision was taken following the publication of a video in which Monsignor Agostini, referring to the Roman Curia and the College of Cardinals, used the term “culattoni” (a derogatory slur meaning “faggots”).
L’Ufficio delle Celebrazioni Liturgiche del Sommo Pontefice ha congedato Monsignor Marco Agostini. Il sacerdote veronese non sarà più a fianco del Santo Padre durante le Celebrazioni da lui presiedute. da pagina facebook di SilereNonPossum
The Diocese of Clifton in England has informed TheCatholicHerald.com that, starting from 2027, it will no longer include the Clifton Children’s Society (CCS), an adoption agency, in its official diocesan collections. This decision was made only following a backlash from Catholics. Online reports spread that the agency CCS was still being promoted in diocesan materials despite its support for homosex adoption. CCS is the former Catholic adoption agency of the diocese. It ceased to be Catholic after new state regulations came into force requiring adoption agencies to place children with same-sex couples. Bishop Bosco MacDonald of Clifton described the inclusion of CCS in the 2026 diocesan diary as an "oversight". He promised that it would not be repeated. He also claimed that CCS no longer has any formal relationship with the diocese beyond historical links. The bishop reaffirmed that diocesan trustees would ensure the agency's removal from future collections. #newsZejkbhvbvw
Exposed Naked Christ in Austrian Church: Rev. Hans-Peter Premur, parish priest of Krumpendorf in the Diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt, Austria, has installed a large baby figure inside his church. The installation is titled “One Child, One Planet, One Chance.” The figure measures approximately 2.5 meters in length, with a head diameter of about 1 meter. It is unclothed and displays visible genitalia. Outside the church entrance, a sign describes the parish as “accepting and open,” accompanied by a rainbow symbol. Some local Catholics have criticized the installation, calling the figure a “monster” and describing the project as an example of “megalomania.” The Bishop of the Diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt is Monsignor Josef Marketz.
Ausstellung von Riesenbaby als "Christus" - ohne Windel - in der Kirche Krumpendorf, westlich von Klagenfurt.
UPDATE: Thank you to an intrepid follower who was able to provide us with photos from the Salvato/Aguilar “wedding.” 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 …
Fr. Sylvester Berry also explained: “There will be a complete organization ─ a church of Satan set up in opposition to the Church of Christ. Satan will assume the part of God the Father; Antichrist will be honoured as saviour, and his prophet will usurp the role of pope.” (Rev E Sylvester Berry ‘The Apocalypse of St John’, 1921, p 138). ANTIPOPE bergoglio himself has boasted: “It is not to be excluded that I will enter history as the one who split the Catholic Church.” (Jorge Bergoglio, Der Spiegel, Walter Mayr, 23 December 2016). In addition, ANTIPOPES bergoglio and prevost are enemies of JESUS CHRIST, servants of satan, and those who have been seduced are legion. ANTIPOPES bergoglio and prevost and their wolves in shepherd's clothing have been attempting to seduce Catholics to defect from the ONE and ONLY TRUE CATHOLIC CHURCH which JESUS CHRIST instituted by apostasy, heresy, to remain in mortal sin which leads their soul to eternal demnation, and to follow lies and deceptions …More
Who you hire and who you fire are the most important questions in running a business or a diocese. If a bishop has guys who do not buy in to the standard of excellence [holiness] he only has himself to blame for the mediocracy of his diocese. It would seem the Hicks hired someone who does not know what a Christian marriage is to be a judge in the marriage tribunal. That is worse than mediocre. Does Leo want bishops who adhere to the standard of excellence? Or does he want mediocre men adept at managing public image?
Breathing Alien as Christ Child at Midnight Eucharist: At St. Mary’s Church in Stuttgart, Germany, the Christmas Eve Eucharist broadcast on German public television (ARD) turned into a grotesque spectacle. Instead of the Christ Child, viewers were presented with a “real human,” displayed like a breathing alien creature in a performative manger. The service, titled So Much Human as Never Before, was carefully staged, including the audience arranged in rainbow colors. The event took place under the responsibility of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, whose bishop is Monsignor Klaus Krämer.
Die ARD liefert bei der Christmette 2025 eine groteske Freakshow. Ein "echter Mensch" wird im Stil eines atmenden Alien als "Krippe" präsentiert.
John Ford, 73, a retired Anglican bishop, was received into the Church on 30 November 2025, the First Sunday of Advent. The news was made public by Gavin Ashenden, a former Anglican priest and former chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II, who has himself been received into the Catholic Church. Ford is married to Bridget. They have three children. He previously served as Bishop of Plymouth in the Church of England from 2005 to 2013 and later as Bishop of The Murray in the Anglican Church of Australia. He retired from episcopal ministry in 2019. At the time of his reception into the Catholic Church, he held no active ecclesiastical office #newsOucqhqsiks
Just in the first 18 months since his installation as the fifth Bishop of Charlotte, Martin has repeatedly been in the news for his leadership style, haste in implementing changes, and overall incompatibility with the culture of the diocese. What is most shocking and unsettling to many is Bishop Martin’s hyper-focus on what has been perceived (both inside and outside of the diocese) as Charlotte’s most noted achievements: reverent parish liturgies and booming vocations. Earlier this year Martin made headlines for his decision to expel all remaining diocesan Latin Masses from their parishes, segregating all the TLM faithful to a single chapel hours away from their parish homes.
Has The Time Finally Come For An Apostolic Visitation To Charlotte?