Vicar General Richard Smith of the diocese of Joliet attended the homosexual “wedding” of the diocese’s chancellor, Robert Salvato, on December 13. ComplicitClergy.com stated on January 5 that they have an eyewitness who confirms that the vicar general was definitely in attendance. Additionally, two other sources identified the vicar general featured in photos from the "wedding". Monsignor Ronald Hicks, 58, was installed as Bishop of Joliet in July 2020. On 1 December 2020, he appointed the pro-homosexual priest Richard Smith as vicar general and, in 2021, the homosexual Salvato as his chancellor. On 18 December, Pope Leo XIV appointed Bishop Hicks as Archbishop of New York. He will be installed as the new Archbishop in February. On December 23, Leo XIV declined to comment on his controversial appointment of Archbishop Hicks of New York. #newsBrjjdpyuyv
A painting that visually resembled The Last Supper was displayed in mid-December 2025 at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in Kochi, India. Following protests by Christian groups, the artwork was taken down in recent days. Organisers stated the removal was to prevent escalation and maintain public order. The artwork was created by Kerala-based blasphemer Tom Vattakuzhy. He depicted a female central figure with an exposed upper body placed in the position traditionally associated with Jesus Christ. The surrounding figures appear to resemble Catholic religious. The Syro-Malabar Church criticised the artwork as blasphemous and offensive to Christian faith. Church representatives stated that the painting constituted a distortion of a sacred Christian symbol. Church representatives also pointed out that the same image had drawn objections earlier as it was already published in December 2016 in the Malayalam literary magazine Bhashaposhini. Already back then, the image was withdrawn from circulation …More
On Epiphany, Cardinal Raymond Burke celebrated Mass in the Roman Rite at the Chiesa della Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini in Rome entrusted to the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter. During his homily, he reflected on how, like the Magi, we may sometimes lose sight of our star and experience a sense of uncertainty. He believes that it is God's will for us to turn to the Church and those who represent Him among us. He added that Christ comes to us through his priests, who are sacramentally configured to him as head and shepherd of the flock in every time and place. He continued: "Despite their unworthiness, they receive the grace to exercise His pastoral charity, which is ever at work for our eternal salvation."
FSSP: For Epiphany 2026 in Rome, Cardinal Raymond Burke celebratd the Mass at “St Trinità”, i.e. Chiesa della Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini.
On 6 January, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held discussions with Cardinal Pietro Parolin regarding humanitarian challenges, particularly in Venezuela, as well as global peace and religious freedom. The two parties reaffirmed their commitment to cooperating with each other. The Holy See issued no statement.
Nun Threatened Inside Church in Moissac: A video is circulating online again that originally showed an incident that occurred on 26 October 2025 inside the Abbatiale Saint-Pierre de Moissac in Moissac, southern France. According to reports at the time, a man entered the church and behaved aggressively. He shouted and threatened a Catholic nun, raising his fist as if about to strike her at one point, before leaving. The scene was filmed and later spread widely on social media. The man was said to have psychiatric issues.
Christenverfolgung in Frankreich: Er war kurz davor die Ordensschwester zu schlagen! Ha$$ auf Katholiken.
Good for her. France lost the faith decades ago. A female friend of ours was born in Paris over 80 years ago and was thrown thru a glass picture window by a Muslim as she was leaving the theatre. She was 16 at the time. When I asked her why, she said Muslim men attack French women to arouse the males.
Raclette in Belgian Church: On 13 December 2025, a “giant raclette” dinner was held inside the church of Sainte-Julienne in Verviers, Belgium. The event was organized by the local scout group, with tables and a festive meal set up in the nave. On 17 December, an open letter was published by Yves Willemaers, former president and secretary of the church council of Sainte-Julienne. Addressed to Bishop Jean-Pierre Delville of Liège, the letter denounced the event as a misuse of a consecrated church. The author invoked Catholic doctrine and canon law, arguing that holding a secular meal inside a church constituted a profanation. The open letter circulated online and sparked discussion, yet no public response came from the bishop or anyone else.
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
On 7–8 January, Pope Leo XIV will preside over the first extraordinary consistory of his pontificate. Time is short and the cardinals are many. Day One: Opening and First Session Registration will begin at noon on 7 January in the atrium of the Paul VI Hall. After a welcome coffee, proceedings will not begin until 3:30 p.m. in the New Synod Hall with communal prayer, followed by greetings from the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re. Leo XIV will then deliver an introductory address and outline the work to be undertaken. Three Sessions Over Two Days The consistory is structured in three sessions over two days and will rely on small working groups, which will later present group reports. This method was previously used during the meeting of cardinals on the reform of the Roman Curia in late summer 2022. Traditionally, a consistory was conducted in a plenary, centralized format, quite different from the small-group method now being used. The criteria for forming …More
On 6 January, Pope Leo XIV officially brought the 2025 Jubilee Year to a close by closing the Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica during a solemn Eucharist on the Feast of the Epiphany. This ritual, which involves the Pope kneeling in prayer and manually closing the great bronze doors, marks the traditional end of a Jubilee. This was the last remaining open Holy Door, bringing to a close a Holy Year that, according to Vatican figures, brought 33 million pilgrims to Rome. Following the public liturgy, the door will be sealed in a private ceremony.
Questa mattina, Papa Leone XIV ha chiuso la Porta Santa della Basilica di San Pietro. Si trattava dell'ultima Porta Santa rimasta aperta. Questo segna la fine dell'Anno Giubilare 2025 che, secondo le statistiche del Vaticano, ha attirato a Roma 33 milioni di persone.
Ahead of the January 7–8 consistory, a group of cardinals received a new proposal aimed at resolving long-standing tensions surrounding the Mass in the Roman rite, reports Diane Montagna of Substack (January 5). Dated December 24, the proposal was made by Father Louis-Marie de Blignières, founder of the French Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrer. The letter (below) was sent in hard copy to 15 cardinals known for their interest in liturgical matters and by email to approximately 100 other cardinals. Rather than calling for a reversal of existing restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass, the letter proposes a structural solution: the creation of a personal ecclesiastical jurisdiction dedicated to the ancient Roman rite. Modeled in part on military ordinariates and Anglican ordinariates, such a structure would not be defined by territory but by the faithful who choose to belong to it. The proposed jurisdiction would be headed by its own bishop or ordinary and possess the authority to …More
The deep state, controlling the Vatican within, will not allow the occupant of the Chair of Peter to act independently. They will not admit that the VaticanII Church is a fraud. What price for one's salvation? Tragic.
Only the Church has moral principles ‘for their own sake,’ free from power interests, Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller told Welt.de on January 5. Cardinal Müller warned that the decline of religion is giving rise to a new form of state omnipotence. He notices an increasing state interference in ethical and religious matters. However, he said, a state that understands itself as ideologically neutral has neither the right nor the competence to impose moral standards. In his view, politics is increasingly overstepping this boundary. Müller spoke explicitly about state marriage legislation: “A democratic constitutional state that wants to be ideologically neutral should also not interfere when, for example, two men want to live together as if they were man and woman,” the Cardinal said. “But it must also not impose on others the obligation to submit to a definition of marriage that comes from the state.” Furthermore, Cardinal Müller criticized a debt policy at the expense of future …More
The video presents the Vatican Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life. In its commentary on the video, SilereNonPossum.com recalls that, in recent years, the Dicastery has become widely known for commissariaments and disciplinary interventions, rather than with visible forms of pastoral accompaniment. The blog notes that several such acts have been issued under the current leadership, headed by Sr. Simona Brambilla as Prefect, with Sr. Carmen Ros Nortes serving as Under-Secretary. Although intended as a positive message, the video gives the impression of "entering a bocce players’ club in the final stage of their lives".
Questo, sulla carta, dovrebbe essere il Dicastero che si occupa della vita consacrata: quello chiamato a sostenere religiosi e religiose nella vita comunitaria, ad accompagnarli nelle fatiche e nelle scelte, a custodire la comunione. Il Dicastero da cui, invece, negli ultimi anni sono arrivati solo commissariamenti, reprimende e invettive, sottoscritte da due suore. In primo luogo bisogna domandarsi se questi video sono fatti per rendere più social una realtà istituzionale. L’immagine è la medesima che molti giovani hanno quando aprono le porte delle nostre chiese: sembra di entrare in un circolo di giocatori di bocce nell’ultimo stadio della loro vita. In secondo luogo non si può non notare come si parli ben poco di Gesù Cristo. da pagina facebook di SilereNonPossum
Political Referendum Meetings in Churches: A series of public meetings was organized in parish churches in the Italian dioceses of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie, Andria, and Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi. These meetings had scheduled dates and invited speakers, including magistrates and jurists, and were intended to discuss a referendum on judicial reform. The events were presented as opportunities to engage citizens on a politically contested issue. SilereNonPossum.com maintains that using churches for such meetings constitutes serious ecclesial, legal, and pastoral abuse. According to Canon law (Canon 1210), sacred places may only be used for worship and religious purposes, not for political debate or activities that aim to influence public opinion.
On January 2, during the neoconservative conference SEEK 2026 in Columbus, Ohio, students packed a talk by Jesuit Robert Spitzer about three Eucharistic miracles. Buenos Aires, Argentina (1996) Fr. Spitzer described how a discarded consecrated host, placed in water to dissolve according to Church protocol, failed to decompose and instead developed tissue with characteristics of human cardiac muscle. Scientific analysis approved by then-Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio identified the tissue as heart muscle from the left ventricle containing living white blood cells. Subsequent blind testing by forensic pathologist Dr. Frederick Zugibe confirmed the findings, which Spitzer said were scientifically inexplicable. Tixtla, Mexico (2006) In Tixtla, a consecrated host was reported to bleed during Mass. Investigations found living human cardiac tissue embedded in the host, producing fresh blood and displaying active immune responses. Fr. Spitzer noted that follow-up examinations years later …More
The Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops condemned the money laundering investigation of Archbishop Alick Banda of Lusaka, describing it as politically motivated. Archbishop Banda was summoned by Zambia’s Drug Enforcement Commission's Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit over allegations that he received a vehicle from the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA). The vehicle is reportedly among assets that the ZRA auctioned without following legal procedures. This has raised concerns about the unlawful disposal of state property and possible links to money laundering. The bishops rejected the accusations and expressed full solidarity with Archbishop Banda. They said the probe is intended to intimidate the Church for criticizing governance. As Zambia approaches its 2026 elections, they urged prayer and unity.
The Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops has condemned a money-laundering investigation targeting Archbishop Alick Banda, calling it political intimidation against the Catholic Church. Archbishop Banda was summoned by Zambia’s Drug Enforcement Commission. The accusation is that Archbishop Alick Banda allegedly received a vehicle from the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) that was improperly auctioned. The bishops say the probe is an abuse of state power meant to silence the Church’s criticism of government governance. They expressed full solidarity with the Archbishop, rejected what they describe as state-sponsored persecution, and urged prayer, peace, and unity ahead of Zambia’s 2026 elections.
Lusaka, 05 January, 2026 / 2:58 pm (ACI Africa). Members of the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) have condemned what they describe as an attack against their colleague, Archbishop Alick Banda, and the entire Church in the southern African country, following a “money-laundering” probe initiated against the Bishop. Archbishop Banda was reportedly summoned to appear before the Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit of Zambia’s Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) on Monday, January 5. The Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lusaka is linked with investigations into allegations that he received a vehicle from the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA), which allegedly auctioned several vehicles without following the law. In a statement that was circulated on Sunday, January 4, the Bishops say that Archbishop Banda received the summons on 31 December 2025. In the statement, the Bishops affirmed their solidarity with the Archbishop of Lusaka and all Catholics in Zambia amid …
Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Zelenskiy has appointed former Canadian deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland as his adviser on economic development. He cited her experience in attracting investment to help strengthen Ukraine’s resilience, recovery, and defence amid the war with Russia. @Everyday for Life Canada adds: "This appointment is to thank the Liberal Party of Canada that under Trudeau and Carney have stolen 22 billion from the tax payer and give it to the corrupt Zelenskyy regime."
Raucous Rock Concert by a Priest: The priest David Michael Moses of the Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston concluded his talk at the neoconservative conference SEEK 2026 on January 1 by performing his rock song “Plot Twist.” The performance drew on pop-rock conventions. During the theatrics, Fr Moses invited attendees to rush the stage and took a selfie with the cheering crowd. He ended by performing “the worm,” a breakdancing move rooted in secular entertainment culture. SEEK 2026 drew more than 26,000 participants.
At the end of his talk at SEEK 2026, Father David Michael Moses encouraged attendees to run up to and gather in front of the stage as he belted out a rock song about living a Christian life. He took a selfie from the stage with the young people cheering behind him and ended his performance by doing “the worm” dance on the stage as the crowd went wild.
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.
Fresh tragedy has struck Niger State as terrorists attacked communities in Agwara Local Government Area, killing at least 40 people and abducting several villagers, including students of St Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools, Papiri. PremiumTimesNg.com reported on January 4 that the affected schoolchildren were reabducted just days after regaining freedom from an earlier captivity following negotiations with the government. Residents say the attackers operated from the Kainji National Park, leaving communities devastated and families displaced. Reacting to the incident, President Bola Tinubu condemned the attack and directed security agencies to rescue the captives and bring the perpetrators to justice. The Church confirmed the attack. Stephen Kabirat, director of communications for the Diocese of Kontagora, told BusinessDay.ng on January 5 that a parish priest narrowly escaped abduction days earlier. “They vandalised religious items, took two motorcycles and more …More
“As I speak to you, some villages where the abducted schoolchildren come from have been sleeping in the bushes since their return because of the activities of the terrorists,” the villager said. Imagine doing that?
Cardinal Robert Sarah delivered a series of talks and homilies on liturgy and sacred music in the U.S. from November 21 to 23, as reported by NCRegister.com on January 3. His main points: - For decades, the Church’s liturgy has "too often been instrumentalized" and has become increasingly politicized. - Church hierarchy has "persecuted and excluded" those who have rightly called attention to liturgical abuses. - "The liturgy is not something that you or I can make up or change, even if we think we are experts—or even if we are bishops. We must be humble before the sacred liturgy, as it has been handed down to us through the Church’s tradition." - It is "even scandalous at times" to sing or play music in churches that is neither liturgical nor sacred. - Quoting Benedict XVI: "As far as the liturgy is concerned, we cannot say that one song is as good as another." - Different kinds of music belong in different places. Liturgical music is set apart exclusively for the worship of God. - …More