Catholic words, anti-Catholic appointments: Catholic Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim has been appointed to preach the Lenten Spiritual Exercises to Pope Leo XIV and the Roman Curia. This annual retreat will be held in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace - instead of the Redemptoris Mater Chapel, which features artwork by Rupnik.
Mons. Erik Varden, OCSO, vescovo e monaco trappista, sarà il predicatore degli Esercizi spirituali di Quaresima di Papa Leone XIV e della Curia romana. La scelta ricade su una voce apprezzata per il rigore teologico, la profondità spirituale e il forte radicamento monastico, nonché per il suo equilibrio e il costante riferimento alla tradizione. Pastore orientato alla comunione più che alla contrapposizione, Varden è vescovo di Trondheim, amministratore apostolico di Tromsø e, dal 2024, presidente della Conferenza episcopale scandinava. Alle meditazioni parteciperanno solo i cardinali, compresi quelli non curiali, e i prefetti dei dicasteri.
The General Chapter of the Legionaries of Christ has elected Carlos Gutiérrez López, LC, as the Congregation’s new Director General for the six-year term 2026–2032. The order counts over 1,000 priests worldwide. Fr. Carlos Gutiérrez López, 51, is a native of Hermosillo, Mexico, and was ordained a priest in 2009. He has served in Chile, Italy, Colombia, Venezuela, and Mexico. The language surrounding his election reflects themes strongly associated with Pope Francis. The General Chapter entrusted him with continuing the Legionaries’ path of renewal, emphasizing transparency, care for persons, communion with the wider Church, and renewed outreach toward the “existential peripheries.” The election marks the conclusion of the service of Fr. John Connor, LC, who has served as Director General since 2020. The General Chapter will now continue with the election of the General Government and further discernment on the congregation’s future. Founded in 1941 by the sexual pervert Marcial …More
The Sacred Heart parish in Herne, in the Diocese of Essen in Germany, has announced an ecumenical “Harry Potter” service to be held inside the Catholic church on 28 February. According to the parish's promotional material, the gathering will use the entrance hall and the nave. The evening will begin with a 'magical prelude', followed by the service itself. The event is explicitly themed around the Harry Potter universe and invites “fans and Hogwarts newcomers” to enjoy references to candles, light and darkness, “hope taking shape”, butterbeer, Hogwarts house colours and the opening of the “Great Hall”. Attendees are encouraged to wear “magical attire”. Essen Diocese is headed by Bishop Josef Overbeck, who is a likely candidate for the position of President of the German Bishops’ Conference. #newsGpjivfspuu
@DrMariaIt appears that it is a matter of economics - Catholic priests and bishops in Germany receive a salary or, more accurately, compensation from the state (individual German states, or Länder), rather than solely from church collections. State Payments: The state directly pays the salaries of many bishops, high-ranking clergy, and some parish priests, often equivalent to the pay of civil servants. Salary Amount: The average salary for a priest in Germany is around €50,144 per year. High-ranking officials like cardinals can have salaries of approximately €16,000 a month (roughly $16,000-$17,000).
A Moldovan man, 35, was arrested on February 3 in Vatican City after attempting to enter St. Peter’s Basilica carrying gas lighters and flammable materials. Authorities believe he was planning an arson attack. He has been linked to recent fires at churches in central Rome and to a previous arson attempt at a hospital in 2024.
Prophecies about the destruction of Rome are unfolding due to the Apostasy happening from the very top of the Church, as Our Lady warned about in the 3rd Secret of Fatima --
Undated images are currently circulating on social media showing Pope Leo XIV giving Holy Communion into the hands of both of his brothers. The context in which the photos were taken remains unclear.
Pictures of Leo XIV (or Cardinal Prevost) giving Communion to his brothers
Communion in the hand is a blasphemy -- thankfully, good Pope Benedict XVI made a clear decision to do this no longer -- and only give Holy Communion on the tongue on the Feast of Corpus Christi, 2008.
The Vatican has released the schedule for Pope Leo XIV’s first Easter celebrations. Holy Week begins on March 29 with Palm Sunday Eucharist at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square. On Holy Thursday, April 2, the Pope will preside over the Chrism Eucharist in St. Peter’s Basilica in the morning, followed at 5:30 p.m. by the Eucharist of the Lord’s Supper at the Lateran Basilica. Good Friday services take place on April 3, with the Passion liturgy at 5:00 p.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica and the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum at 9:15 p.m. The Easter Vigil will be presided over on April 4 at 9:00 p.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica. On Easter Sunday, April 5, the Eucharist will be held at 10:15 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, followed by the Urbi et Orbi blessing at noon.
La visita pastorale e le altre celebrazioni del Santo Padre. da pagina facebook di SilereNonPossum
Una Voce International - the largest international association of lay Catholics associated with the Mass of the Roman rite - published a February 3 statement regarding the announced consecrations of bishops for the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X without a papal mandate. The statement was signed by Joseph Shaw (President, England), Monika Rheinschmitt (Vice President, Germany), and Andris Amolins (Secretary, Latvia). They write about the announcement: "Our ardent wish, shared by many Catholics of goodwill, is for the canonical regularisation of the FSSPX, which would enable its many good works to bear the greatest possible fruit. This announcement indicates that this outcome is a more distant prospect than it has seemed for many years." The group shares the FSSPX's goal of making the Church's ancient liturgy available as widely as possible. Their main claim: "We know many Catholics able to attend the Traditional Mass with all the necessary permissions from the Church’s hierarchy,…More
"The group shares the FSSPX's goal of making the Church's ancient liturgy available as wide as possible." WRONG! "The SSPX's main goal is the formation of HOLY PRIESTS. These priests are given to the Church for the sanctification of souls by employing the means that the Church has always used: 1- The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, specifically the 'Mass of all Time'. 2- The preaching of..."
Pope Leo XIV has today named Sister Raffaella Petrini F.S.E., a Member of the Commission for Reserved Matters, the Vatican press office announced. The appointment again signals continuity in leadership between Francis and Leo XIV. Sister Petrini is President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of the Governorate of Vatican City State. The Commission for Reserved Matters is a Vatican body that oversees, monitors, and approves confidential financial transactions and sensitive contracts involving the Holy See and Vatican City State. It determines, on a case-by-case basis, which economic acts require confidentiality and special oversight under the Holy See’s transparency norms. Background on Sister Petrini's Appointment In November 2021, Sister Petrini was appointed Secretary General of the Governorate of Vatican City State, becoming the first woman to hold that position. On 15 February 2025, Pope Francis named her President of the Pontifical Commission for …More
Prevost and Bergoglio: two apostates who have openly disobeyed the laws of the Church and the laws of God. Canon 129 § 1 of the Code of Canon Law says that power in the Church should be exercised by “those who have received Holy Orders.”Leo Legitimizes Francis’ LawlessnessSt. Robert Bellarmine: "A manifest heretic is not a Christian, as is clearly taught by St. Cyprian, St. Athanasius, St. Augustine, St. Jerome, and others."
"Conservative" Bishop Stefan Oster of Passau is preparing his audience for a 'Synodal Conference' which will hold its inaugural meeting in November. On Bistum-Passau.de on 3 February, Monsignor Oster said that the new body still requires approval from the German Bishops’ Conference and the Vatican, but he believes that "this new body at the national level will come into being". He added that with it, "synodality" should be placed on a lasting footing. Bishop Oster described the six-year journey of the German Synod as enriching and meaningful. At the last Synodal Assembly in Stuttgart last weekend, he said, they had tried to "establish a connection with the Roman Synod on Synodality". Following the Roman model, he praised that they had used the method of "conversation in the Holy Spirit". This new permanent national synodal body should regularly monitor the bishops' implementation of the Synodal Way, a move that even Cardinal Marx opposed. "I caution against pursuing this path. It is …More
On 2 February, Pope Leo XIV appointed Monsignor Luis Darío Martín as the new Bishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina. He had served as auxiliary bishop in the same diocese. This appointment continues the disastrous trend of Argentine episcopal appointments of the Francis' era. The Diocese of Santa Rosa covers the province of La Pampa and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca. It comprises around 25 parishes, 180,000 Catholics and 30 priests. Biography and pastoral path Luis Darío Martín was born on 4 March 1961 in General Pico, within the Diocese of Santa Rosa. However, he left this his conservative native diocese to get his priestly formation at the Buenos Aires Seminary. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires on 17 March 1990. Archbishop Bergoglio of Buenos Aires advanced his career. In Santa Rosa, Bishop Reinaldo Fidel Brédice (+2018) preserved the Catholic faith and discipline throughout his episcopate from 1992 to 2008. When he retired, seven seminarians …More
Contacts between the Holy See and the FSSPX continue: Niwa Limbu (TheCatholicHerald.com) wrote on X.com: "Matteo Bruni, the director of the Holy See Press Office, told me that: 'Contacts between the Fraternity of Saint Pius X and the Holy See continue, with the aim of avoiding disagreements or unilateral solutions to the issues that have emerged.'"
Matteo Bruni, The Director of the Holy See Press Office, has told me that: "Contacts between the Society of Saint Pius X and the Holy See continue, with the aim of avoiding disagreements or unilateral solutions to the issues that have emerged."
The recent release of emails and documents linked to Jeffrey Epstein by the U.S. Department of Justice includes speculation about the Vatican Bank IOR and Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation. In a February 21, 2013 email to economist Larry Summers, Epstein suggested in his distorted view that the most significant change in the Vatican was not Benedict XVI’s resignation, but a leadership shift at the IOR. He claimed the Vatican’s sovereign status exempted the bank from Italian and European Union transparency rules. The email referred to the removal of IOR president Ettore Gotti Tedeschi in May 2012 amid Italian investigations into alleged financial misconduct. Epstein wrote that 47 dossiers were found at Tedeschi’s home and that intercepted calls showed he feared for his safety due to his knowledge of Vatican financial matters. Epstein wrote that by late 2012, Tedeschi was cooperating with Italian authorities. Epstein also noted that German lawyer Ernst von Freyberg was appointed president …More
From memory- --- 1. Podesta emails revealed by wiki leaks discussed the "Catholic spring" which was basically that the neutering of the Catholic Church had already been accomplished? --- 2. Cardinal Pell was placed in charge of investigating the Vatican bank, and was falsely accused, he had to stand trial and found not guilty, and then his death was surrounded by unsolved anomalies? --- 3. Pope Benedict appointed a small group to investigate the "lavender lobby" in the Catholic Church who handed him a completed 300 page report which has gone missing as soon as Bergoglio entered the picture with his stage name Pope Francis ?
Fr Davide Pagliarani, the Superior General of the Priestly Fraternity of St Pius X (FSSPX), wants to meet Pope Leo XIV before the bishops’ consecration on July 1, he said in his homily today at the seminary of Flavigny-sur-Ozerain, France. Relevant quotes. - We wrote to the Holy Father to explain the particular situation in which the Fraternity finds itself, and to let him take the means to continue this work. - This work has only the purpose of preserving tradition for the good of souls. - These reasons have not found yet an open door at the Holy See. We regret this very much. - We think that July 1 could be a good date, an ideal date for episcopal consecrations. - In the coming days, we plan to provide further clarification. - I would like one day to be able to meet the Pope before July 1st. - I would like to explain our intentions and our attachment to the Church to him. #newsPbmordfmjs
Pope Leo XIV has appointed today Monsignor Stanislav Přibyl, 54, as Archbishop of Prague, Czech Republic. Born in Prague in 1971, he was ordained as a Redemptorist priest in 1996. Monsignor Přibyl has served as Secretary General of the Czech Bishops' Conference from 2016 to 2023, and has been the Bishop of Litoměřice since 2023. In April 2025, he became Vice President of the Czech Bishops’ Conference. There are no public scandals or heresies surrounding Monsignor Přibyl. In January 2026, he was one of the co-consecrators of the anti-Catholic Archbishop Grünwidl of Vienna. Institutionally Loyal Man of the Apparatus As Secretary-General, he organised strict measures during the Covid hysteria. He readily complied with the state's restrictions on public worship, emphasising alternative online access, and avoided confrontation with the authorities. In January 2021, anti-restriction protesters in Prague wore yellow stars marked 'unvaccinated', sparking outrage. Monsignor Přibyl signed a …More
The Priestly Fraternity of St Pius X (FSSPX) has announced that on 1 July 2026, they will consecrate new bishops without the Vatican's approval. This follows their request to Pope Leo XIV in August, to which they did not receive a satisfactory response. Full Statement On 2 February 2026, the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin, the Reverend Father Davide Pagliarani, Superior General of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X, during the ceremony of the taking of the cassock which he presided over at the International Seminary of Saint-Curé-d’Ars in Flavigny-sur-Ozerain, France, publicly announced his decision to entrust the bishops of the Fraternity with the task of proceeding with new episcopal consecrations, on 1 July next. Last August, he sought the favour of an audience with the Holy Father, making known his desire to present to the Holy Father, in a filial manner, the current situation of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X. In a second letter, he explicitly expressed …More
03.01.2025 WITH THE RATIONAL PREMISE POPE LEO, CARD. CUPICH, MASSIMO FAGGIOLI AND MICHAEL SEAN WINTERS ARE FEENEYITE ON VATICAN COUNCIL II AND EXTRA ECCLESIAM NULLA SALUS. WITH THE RATIONAL PREMISE POPE LEO, CARD. … 21.01.2026 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger did not disclose the Rahner LG 16 – error. The Council would have been traditional and the liberals in schism. Instead he excommunicated Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre for not accepting Vatican Council II interpreted with the false premise of Karl Rahner. VATICAN COUNCIL II WAS TRADITIONAL WITHOUT THE …
The Archdiocese of Milan has confirmed that Alberto Ravagnani, aged 32, has left active priestly ministry, reports IlMessaggero.it on February 1. His social media profile portrays him as a self-centred individual that is more reminiscent of nightclub culture than the life of a priest. In a note signed by the vicar general, Franco Agnesi, the archdiocese states that Ravagnani — who should never have been ordained — is no longer serving as parish vicar or as a collaborator in diocesan youth ministry. With more than half a million followers on Instagram and YouTube, Ravagnani developed a pastoral approach centred on reels, narrative hooks and an informal, direct tone. The timing is noteworthy. Ravagnani announced his decision to abandon the priesthood while promoting his new book, La Scelta (The Choice). In it, he recounts his journey from seminary life towards a 'non-conventional' idea of priesthood. This includes abandoning clerical dress and using digital media for self-portraiture. …More
Men's liberation and women's liberation are both falling farther and farther away and choosing lifestyles against ALMIGHTY GOD and His WAY, TRUTH, and LIFE.
The Instituto Teológico a Distancia (ITD) has a new director following José ("Josete") Castro Cea's departure. On 30 January, ElConfidencialDigital.com reported that Cardinal José Cobo, the pro-homosexual Archbishop of Madrid, had appointed José Ángel Agejas Esteban, a layman, to the post. Josete was removed as director of the Institute and dismissed as parish priest of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in Madrid. Infovaticana.com had published in September 2025 a video of him performing in a comedy show bragging about his homosex concubine. The new director is not a theologian, but a professor of ethics and deontology at the Faculty of Communication of the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria. The Archdiocese of Madrid has neither confirmed nor denied whether a canonical investigation against Josete is underway. Considered a close friend of Cardinal Cobo, Josete currently has no pastoral assignment. In December, he completed a course in artificial intelligence for business at the …More
Pilipino Cardinal Accepts Communion for Unrepentant Sinners: On 20 July, Cardinal Pablo David, 66, of Kalookan in the Philippines, spoke in Mandaluyong City about his frustrations with the Catholic understanding of sin. He said: "We often think of sin as something purely personal. One of my frustrations with our Catholic tradition is that we tend to over-sexualise sin." He recalled that, before becoming a bishop, someone had whispered to him not to give Communion to someone living in sin. Cardinal David refers to this as Phariseeism and an attitude of self-righteousness: "What do you expect me to do? To say, 'The Body of Christ… oh, wait, you’re not married in the Church, get out of here, you’re living in sin'?" Cardinal David believes, "We over-sexualise sin." And: "We often think that sin is only personal. But I tell you, many of our sins are collective sins — societal sins, structural sins." He mentioned drug lords and added that many of our wounds are collective, such as wars, …More
Hey, let's each of us just make up our own individual religion, like this arrogant guy does! Great fun, and since it's what I want and like, it's surely God's will to boot.
At the close of its sixth assembly in Stuttgart on Saturday, the German Synodal Assembly narrowly approved, by the required two-thirds majority, a resolution authorizing the creation of a national Synodal Conference planned for the autumn. The central dispute concerned whether the new body should "monitor" the implementation of synodal resolutions in the dioceses. Even Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich warned against creating a superior authority that would supervise bishops or interfere in diocesan governance. “I do not want that,” Marx said. Similarly, Bishop Peter Kohlgraf of Mainz said that a control body overseeing bishops would contradict Catholic principles. Bishop Josef Overbeck of Essen expressed confidence. The Vatican has been informed about the planned body and he expects approval in the coming weeks. Asked about a possible rejection from Rome, Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg said he had no indication that approval was in doubt and ruled out proceeding without Vatican consent …More
The sixth plenary assembly of Germany’s synodal way ended with a contentious vote on whether a new national synodal conference should regularly monitor how synodal reforms are implemented in dioceses. The proposal passed narrowly, despite strong objections from several bishops who warned that such monitoring could undermine episcopal authority and provoke Vatican concern. The debate exposed ongoing tensions within the synodal process, especially over accountability, autonomy of bishops, and the future role of the planned synodal conference, whose statutes still require approval by both the German bishops and the Vatican.
Bishop Georg Bätzing, outgoing President of the German Bishops’ Conference, says that the German Synodal Assembly will not proceed without the green light from the Pope; “it would be a provocation to be avoided. However, I have no reason to doubt that timely approval will be forthcoming.”