China has a new bishop. Giuseppe Chang Yanfeng, 42, was appointed by the Chinese authorities in March (!) and approved by Pope Leo XIV alledgely in June under the Vatican-China agreement before being ordained bishop of Chifeng today.
Today, Rev. Joseph Chang Yanfeng was consecrated bishop of the Diocese of Chifeng in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Vatican bulletin announced the consecration today and stated that Pope Leo XIV had approved Chang's candidacy on June 15. The Vatican statement does not mention that Chang had already been elected bishop-designate in China on March 20, 2026, reports AsiaNews.it. The episcopal see of Chifeng had been vacant for twenty years. Career Entirely Within the State-Controlled Church Born on April 4, 1984, in Beizhen, Liaoning Province, Chang Yanfeng belongs entirely to China's state-recognized religious structure. He studied at Shenyang Theological Seminary from 2000 to 2006. He entered the seminary at just sixteen years old. Shenyang is the major seminary of the Chinese state religion in northeast China. From 2007 to 2010, he was permitted to pursue graduate studies at the Catholic University of Daejeon in South Korea. Overseas theological study by mainland Chinese …More
A patriotic bishop unilaterally selected by a communist regime is no problem whatsoever for the Holy See. Traditionalists are. Pope Leo approves without a word. The stones are crying out . It's a strange world. Poor Jesus; one crucifixion obviously isn't enough for some.
'I always liked that Pope Francis would just throw these bombs out there in the media because it would force a conversation. Sometimes, he would say things that I would say, ‘Wait a second, is that actually consistent or is that correct?’ because it would force a conversation' JD Vance speaking to Bishop Robert Barron
U.S. Vice President JD Vance praised Pope Francis in a recent interview with Bishop Robert Barron for being a “kind of genius” at forcing conversation with rhetorical “bombs.”
Cardinal Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, visited the traditional Benedictine monastery of Norcia on the occasion of the feast of Saint Benedict
The monk who disappeared during the night of June 23–24 from Notre-Dame de Bellaigue Abbey in central France was Dom Placide Dumas, prior of the monastery. His absence was discovered at Matins the following morning. More than two days later, he was found injured in the neighboring department of Haute-Vienne. French prosecutors opened an investigation for kidnapping and unlawful confinement. French media report that he was found bearing injuries consistent with an assault, although authorities have not disclosed the nature of his injuries or explained how he came to be in Haute-Vienne. Eleven monks allegedly attempted to take control of the monastery on the same night that Dom Placide disappeared. An email sent from Dom Placide's account announced his resignation as prior. Investigators are trying to determine whether he wrote it voluntarily, under duress, or whether someone else sent it. They also reportedly found his room completely emptied and carefully cleaned, suggesting his departure …More
There is no accountability. There is no change. They are exactly the same.
"Apprendiamo da voci insistenti e molto autorevoli che il processo penale, in corso in Vaticano, a carico di don Marko Ivan Rupnik si sarebbe concluso con un esito a lui favorevole."
Mother Miriam has done a complete 180 on the SSPX: "God has established His Church, his universe, everything on obedience, everything on obedience. Children are to obey their parents, not if their parents are holy and right, in everything but sin. Wives are to submit to their husbands, not because they're holy, not because they're right, but because God has given them that position — again, in everything but sin. Religious are to obey their superiors, whether their superior is right or holier than them, or no matter what it is, they are to obey in everything. And Christ's sheep, which is us, every one of us is to obey the successor of Peter, whether we know for sure he is, whether we agree with him, whether we can point out definite heresy. If he's the Pope, then we obey in everything but sin. We don't come against him. So that's where I left it yesterday, and my heart was completely converted."
Catholic businessman Tim Busch said that around 300 Catholic priests have stayed at hotels across his Pacific Hospitality Group network, where they receive complimentary accommodations and have access to on-site chapels to celebrate Mass for guests.
Soon in the Catholic church: "God of radiant inclusion...we pray for the protection of bodily autonomy and reproductive justice for all... that gender non-conforming people are celebrated as prophets of your expansive love." Read and response prayer at Trinity Lutheran Church Greenville. (ELCA)
“I am filled with hope … that the formal Ministry of Catechist will give many women an opportunity to take a leadership role in parishes, in faith formation and in liturgical celebrations,” the bishop said in his homily on the Synod in 2024.
Today, Leo XIV has appointed Monsignor Michael Router, 61, as Bishop of Derry, Ireland. He was ordained a priest in 1989 for the Diocese of Kilmore and has served as Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh since 2019. Francis Was "Commited to Gospel" In April 2025, Bishop Router wrote a warm statement on Francis's death. He described the late pope as a spiritual and inspirational leader who guided the faithful over twelve years with humility, compassion, and commitment to the Gospel. He also said Francis embodied simplicity and service from his earliest days as priest and bishop. Demanding Irish Houses for Immigrants On [Muslim] immigrants, in a January 2020 statement, Bishop Router urged Ireland, as the country of "a thousand welcomes," to consider with compassion its responsibility to welcome the stranger. The Irish should meet the housing needs of immigrants, he demanded. Praise For and From the Wrong Faction In January 2025, the US Episcopal woman bishop Marianne Edgar Budde attacked Donald …More
Cardinal Robert Sarah questioned whether the Church has authority to suppress the Traditional Latin Mass and urged bishops to be more open to the faithful devoted to it.
Talking to Diane Montagna on July 16, Cardinal Robert Sarah argues that Leo XIV wants to allow the Roman rite, but fails because of the bishops and that the pope will be “very prudent” about the dissemination of the pro-homosexual final text of the synod's Study Group Number 9. On Leo XIV's letter to the French bishops "It seems to me that the Holy Father did well to write to the French Bishops, encouraging them to be more open to the traditional Mass, because it is a Mass we have celebrated for centuries." Follow what Leo XIV says "I think that what was written to the French Bishops must apply to all bishops: be more open, so as not to create division for no reason." "We must follow what Pope Leo says - that is, not be so averse toward something holy, something beautiful, something conducive to recollection." Traditionis Custodes should be abrogated "Yes, let's hope so. This depends on the Holy Father's decision, but perhaps the Holy Father could be helped. If, for example, in a Consistory …More
" will incur the wrath of Almighty God and of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul.", I am not a theologian but I don't think the Pope can say this about the Mass for all eternity. I think he went to the point where he went overboard.
Cardinal Sarah, QUO PRIMUM settled this issue. LATIN is the language of the liturgy in perpetuity. That it is not in use is a clear violation of an APOSTOLIC CONSTUTION. But who cares, right? And how many souls are in hell because of its disuse? Quo Primum Promulgating the Tridentine Liturgy Pope Pius V - 1570 APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTION From the very first, upon Our elevation to the chief Apostleship, We gladly turned our mind and energies and directed all our thoughts to those matters which concerned the preservation of a pure liturgy, and We strove with God’s help, by every means in our power, to accomplish this purpose. For, besides other decrees of the sacred Council of Trent, there were stipulations for Us to revise and re-edit the sacred books: the Catechism, the Missal and the Breviary. With the Catechism published for the instruction of the faithful, by God’s help, and the Breviary thoroughly revised for the worthy praise of God, in order that the Missal and Breviary may be in perfect …More
Calling Americans "Yanks" is now against the law after a court ruled the term amounts to 'Racial Harassment' An American has been awarded £5,000 in compensation for what "constituted harassment related to race"
In February 2026, the Korean bishops’ conference’s standing committee reportedly decided to approach the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences again, asking it to inform Catholics across the continent that the shrine operates without Church approval.
MERKWÜRDIG:" Die Erzdiözese Singapur gab 2022 eine ähnliche Mitteilung heraus die sie im Jahr 2025 mit einer Erklärung unterstrich, in der sie die Katholiken warnte, dass diejenigen, die die Website besuchen, "eine automatische (Latae sententiae) Exkommunikation" erleiden." Als denkender nachkonziliarer mündger Christ würde man gerne wissen, was "Maria" da angeblich gesagt hat.
German 'centre right' politician Jens Spahn is facing calls to resign after he and his 'husband' purchased a BABY from a surrogate mother Spahn's party, the Christian Democratic Union, opposes surrogacy Spahn identifies as Catholic
Jens Spahn ist ein falscher Fuffziger Jens Spahn und sein Partner haben sich per Leihmutterschaft in den USA ein Kind gekauft. Das ist ein weiterer Beleg dafür, dass der Unionsfraktionschef kein Vertrauen mehr verdient hat. Leihmutterschaft macht kaputt, was für eine Gesellschaft unerlässlich ist.