Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś said that the Polish wording of the Good Friday prayer for Jews had been changed 2022 because the previous text was 'so dramatically untrue'. He spoke about the Novus Ordo and not the prayer in the old liturgy. The Cardinal made these remarks during a January press conference held to present the 29th annual Day of Judaism in the Catholic Church in Poland on 15 January. Cardinal Ryś was speaking in his capacity as Chairman of the Committee of the Polish Bishops’ Conference for Dialogue with Judaism. Cardinal Ryś is one of the most liberal bishops in Poland and Leo XIV promoted him to Archbishop of Kraków on 26 November. He added that the version pre-2022 contained teachings that were "if not heretical, then at least scandalous". The change had been introduced despite the fact that the final Polish edition of another new missal had not yet been published. This was possible, Cardinal Ryś said, because the Dicastery for Divine Worship, led by Cardinal Arthur Roche, …More
On 13 January, Bishop Athanasius Schneider spoke with the Confraternity of Our Lady of Fatima about the current state of the Church. Below are ten key takeaways, followed by the full video. - Synodality is becoming a code word to further dilute the clarity of the Catholic faith. - We are turning the Church into a permanent debating club and a kind of parliament, which goes against the divinely established structure of the Church. Synodal meetings are a waste of time and money, and they take bishops and lay people away from the vital work of evangelisation. - The liturgy is the primary duty of the Church: to adore and worship God worthily. - I am not convinced that an ordinariate for the traditional liturgy is a good solution. It would isolate those attached to the traditional liturgy, but the Mass should be for everyone. The traditional Latin Mass must be at the heart of the Church again, and become commonplace. - A bishop should not have the right to impede or limit the traditional …More
Bishop Schneider comments on his audience with Pope Leo XIV.: Bishop Athanasius Schneider told the Confraternity of Our Lady of Fatima on January 13 that he used his audience with Pope Leo XIV to present a concrete proposal aimed at restoring peace and justice regarding the Mass in the Roman Rite. He suggested publishing a more solemn document rather than issuing another motu proprio: “It would not be appropriate to issue another anti-motu proprio against the existing one, Traditionis Custodes. Instead, a more solemn document should be issued, providing a new regulation of the entire issue of the traditional Latin Mass, independent of the motu proprios already in force. This new solemn regularisation would give complete freedom to both forms, allowing them to coexist peacefully without limitations or impediments.”
Padre Guilherme Peixoto performed in a Beirut nightclub: On 10 January, Rev Guilherme Peixoto presided over a Eucharist at the University of the Holy Spirit of Kaslik, Lebanon. Later that night, he performed a DJ set at AHM, a Beirut nightclub. A legal complaint filed on 4 January by a group including clergy sought to cancel the concert, citing moral concerns. The petition was rejected by a judge on 9 January. The event proceeded after the venue announced that no religious symbols would be displayed and that no clerical attire would be worn. The performance lasted about two and a half hours and drew roughly 2,000 attendees. The priest played 1990s techno music with deep bass that was repetitive and boring, interspersed with very brief interludes of bells, hints of Gloria and Alleluia, and fragments of symphonic music. Images flashed across the screens: a large white dove, Pope John Paul II, and - of course - a rainbow.
A recent performance in Beirut of Father Guilherme Peixoto sparked opposition from some Christians in Lebanon. “Not all need to like what I’m doing, but they need to respect. It’s music to bring the church outside of the church,” he said.
Yet they still don't care. It's like they live to see every scandal there is. That it's the first thing they seek out. I don't care to see any of it. I try to scroll from it so I don't get caught up in it. Besides I get extremely upset when I not only see it on gtv but when thousands look at it brhenry
New Archbishop of Cape Town supports the “rights of LGBTQ+ persons”: Pope Leo XIV appointed Monsignor Sithembele Sipuka to the notable Archdiocese of Cape Town on Friday. In October 2024, the prelate was elected president of the ecumenical body South African Council of Churches (SACC) that was already before him a homosexual ideological group. During the 'National Day of Prayer' in June 2025, the SACC's general secretary read a programme declaration. Monsignor Sipuka stood next to him and bears, as SACC president, institutional responsibility for this declaration. The SACC is committed to “defending the rights and dignity of marginalised communities, including refugees and LGBTQI+ persons”.
New Cape Town Archbishop Sithembele Anton Sipuka is president of the SACC in South Africa. At the National Day of Prayer, the SACC gave a programmatic statement – presented by the General Secretary Mzwandile Molo: “…defending the rights and dignity of marginalized communities, including refugees, LGBTQI+ persons…”
Avvolti.org is a new digital project created by the Archdiocese of Turin. It enables users to explore the Shroud of Turin in high resolution via an interactive online platform. Pope Leo XIV viewed the website during its official presentation at the Vatican on 9 January. Avvolti lets users zoom in on details of the Shroud, such as the face and wounds, while providing scientific explanations and references to the Gospels.
Interaktive Webseite zum Grabtuch von Turin ( @Copertino)
The Mosaic of Pope Leo XIV at St Paul: Today, Pope Leo XIV received the completed mosaic that will be displayed in the Basilica St Paul outside the walls. He met with the artists and gave his blessing. The basilica’s famed series of papal portraits spans more than two thousand years, presenting a unique visual history.
The Mosaic of Pope Leo XIV at St. Paul Outside the Walls The Pope received the mosaic that will be displayed in the papal basilica, meeting the artists and blessing those present The basilica’s remarkable portrait series spans over two thousand years, offering visitors a unique visual history of the popes
At the Eucharist of Epiphany in St Peter’s Basilica, Pope Leo XIV introduced a new Ferula pontificalis for the first time, VaticanNews.va reports on January 13. Unlike a bishop’s crozier, which ends in a curved hook, the papal pastoral staff is straight at the top. The new ferula resembles the famous pastoral staff used by John Paul II, with its prominent cruciform design. However, it omits the crucifixion imagery. "Christ is no longer depicted with the nails of the Passion," noted the Liturgical Office, "but with his glorified body, ascending to the Father." It continued: "As in his appearances after Easter, the risen Lord shows his wounds as luminous signs of victory - a victory that does not erase human suffering, but surpasses it in the dawn of divine life." The Ferula pontificalis has been in use since the late Middle Ages and was traditionally presented to a newly elected pope when he took possession of his cathedra at the Basilica of St John Lateran. Paul VI was the first pope …More
The Catholic Faith teaches the TRUTH which is opposed to the lies and deceptions which this staff of ANTIPOPE prevost represents. The TRUTH is that JESUS CHRIST was CRUCIFIED, DIED on the Cross, and was buried; the third day He rose from the dead. JESUS CHRIST DID NOT RISE FROM THE DEAD upon the CROSS of His Crucifixion.
Joseph Shaw, President of Una Voce, has written a reply to Cardinal Arthur Roche’s two-pagedocument against the Mass in the Roman rite, which was distributed at Leo XIV’s consistory last week in Italian and English. Faulty Translation Shaw notes that the English version of Cardinal Roche's document is a poor translation of the Italian: “The Italian word sintonia, which means ‘harmony’, was rendered ‘syntony’ (para. 4). It is surprising that an English Cardinal should have missed this howler, and it suggests that he didn’t write the document personally.” Cardinal Roche’s Threefold Argument Shaw then summarizes Cardinal Roche’s threefold argument: - that the Catholic liturgy has always changed through an ongoing process of organic reform; - that Vatican II mandated liturgical reform; - and that liturgical unity is essential to the unity of the Church. The final claim is illustrated with quotations drawn from several popes. Legitimate Diversity of Rites Shaw observes that the appeal …More
Lionel: We can interpret Vatican Council II with the Rational Premise and the conclusion is traditional and orthodox. Pope Francis wrongly interpreted Vatican Council II with the Irrational Premise to produce a liberal conclusion and the result was Traditionis Custode etc. Catholics are obliged to interpret Vatican Council II only rationally. Similarly on Faith, Synod and Human Development Vatican Council II has to be interpreted with only the Rational Premise. We are not obligated to interpret Vatican Council II irrationally as did Pope Paul VI, Rahner, Ratzinger and Balthazar. We have a rational and honest choice and it supports the exclusivist ecclesiology of the Roman Missal at the Latin Mass. With the Rational Premise, used in the interpretation, Vatican Council II is ecclesiocentric at every liturgy and rite. There cannot be reforms with the use of the Irrational Premise and Inference to interpret Vatican Council II. This is deception. Pope Paul VI interpreted Vatican Council II …More
14.01.2026 VATICAN COUNCIL II HAS A REALITY OF ITS OWN ON ECUMENISM, DIALOGUE, COLLEGIALITY, CHRIST THE KING, ECCLESIOCENTRIC MISSION ETC : POPE LEO, FISCHELLA AND SPADARO MUST CHOOSE THE RATIONAL PREMISE VATICAN COUNCIL II HAS A REALITY OF ITS OWN ON …
Cardinal Arthur Roche distributed at Leo XIV’s consistory last week a text on liturgy. Journalist Nico Spuntoni published the two-page report (facsimile below). It is a strong defence of Traditionis Custodes. The report was one of four texts distributed to the cardinals. The others were written by Cardinals Tucho (Faith), Grech (Synod) and Baggio (Human development). The strongest ideological rejection of the Mass in the Roman rite is in four quotations taken from Francis in the report's points 9, 10 and 11: - “For this reason we cannot go back to that ritual form which the Council Fathers, cum Petro et sub Petro, felt the need to reform.” - “The use of liturgical books that the Council sought to reform was… a concession that in no way envisaged their promotion.” - “The liturgical books promulgated by the holy Popes Paul VI and John Paul II… are the sole expression of the lex orandi of the Roman Rite.” - “I do not see how it is possible to say that one recognizes the validity of …More
Please leave the Liturgy alone. There is NOTHING you prelates can add, modify, or change that will make it more salutary. It should not have been "reformed." during VII in the first place. We are not Protestants.
The diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany, allegedly regrets its televised Christmas Eve Eucharist, which featured an adult woman covered in sticky rice paper who resembled a slimy alien in a manger. The Eucharist was broadcast Germanwide from the parish of St Mary’s in Stuttgart. The officiating priest, Thomas Steiger, said during the service: "The nativity scene shows a real human being, lying there miserable, naked and exposed." Next to him, the female actor breathed heavily and slowly writhed in the paper, which was apparently meant to represent the vernix covering a newborn child. "This is how radically God becomes human: close, touchable, without distance, real," said Rev Steiger. It was only on 12 January, after nearly three weeks of mounting criticism and online mockery, that Bishop Klaus Krämer of Rottenburg-Stuttgart published a statement on the diocesan website. It claims that the bishop has taken note of the feedback and carefully reviewed it over the past few days. "The …More
"Religious sentiments were hurt": After almost 3 weeks, the diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart acknowledges, in typical Novus Ordo speak, the disaster that was the nationally televised 'Christmas Mass' featuring a living slime-alien as the Christ Child
People in Iran have been suffering for a long time, but hopefully the situation “will not conclude in more violence and bloodshed”, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa of Jerusalem told VaticanNews.va on 13 January. No one, he added, can deny the desire for life, dignity, and justice that is part of the identity of every person. Israeli Attacks Sow Death despite "Ceasefire" in Gaza His Patriarchate covers different countries with different dynamics, Cardinal Pizzaballa explained: “Our diocese is complicated.” The situation in Gaza remains one of “total devastation”. Despite the declaration of a ceasefire in October and the consequent halt to blanket bombing of the Strip, targeted Israeli attacks continue to sow death and destruction: “People keep dying, not only because of the cold, but also because of a lack of medicines, including antibiotics.” In the West Bank, permits are denied, movement is severely restricted, and settler attacks affect “the most basic aspects of community life”. …More
Except that it's not a Catholic country being a papal state. It is a state enshrined under a vicious false religion that enslaves and degrades its people. Another version of secularism combined with a bawl of allah akbar.
Sex abuse is selectively and ideologically treated in public debate, writes Archbishop Jesús Sanz Montes of Oviedo, Spain, on Abc.es on January 11. While condemning homosexual abuse cases within the Catholic Church, he argues that focusing almost exclusively on ecclesial cases risks obscuring the true scope of a crime that affects society as a whole. Referring to official reports, Archbishop Sanz Montes emphasizes that the majority of abuse cases occur in non-religious contexts: within families, schools, sports organizations, residential care facilities, and other civil institutions. According to Archbishop Sanz Montes, if the true goal is justice for all victims, then governments and public institutions should assume responsibility for abuses that occurred under their oversight or within their spheres of competence. Furthermore, the Archbishop argues that a society that trivializes sexuality, weakens moral reference points, and allows unrestricted access to harmful material - such as …More
Former Irish president Mary McAleese has claimed that the baptism of children is a human rights violation that should be outlawed. Since leaving office, she has campaigned for radical changes within Catholicism, supported by academic posts and Jesuit accolades. These include a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University (2018). However, her views have been deemed too heterodox for a Vatican conference under the Holy See (2018). She openly disagrees with Church teachings on marriage, homosexuality and abortion, and has particular criticism for the male-only priesthood, dismissing Catholic doctrine as "unscientific sexist nonsense".
Mon Jan 12, 2026 - 12:18 pm ESTMon Jan 12, 2026 - 12:30 pm EST (LifeSiteNews) — The former president of Ireland claimed that infant baptism violates children’s human rights. The Irish Times published an excerpt from a recent talk by Mary McAleese at University College Cork (UCC), in which the heterodox Catholic made her case against infant baptism. “Throughout the world, there continues a long-standing, systemic and overlooked severe restriction on children’s rights with regard to religion,” the former president of Ireland wrote. “It restricts children’s rights as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948 and United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in 1989, to which both Ireland and the Holy See – which governs the Catholic Church and is effectively the author of canon law – are State Parties.” McAleese, who was president of Ireland from 1997 to 2011, argued that children are restricted in their religious freedom by infant baptism, to …
Our Lady warned us that the final battle will be against the family. These globalists use "children's rights" as an excuse to assert that children are the property of the State, not the offspring of parents. That's why there is so much human trafficking and Sexual abuse sanctioned by government!
Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service issued a rare public attack on Greek Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople. He has been accused of undermining Orthodox unity and cooperating with Western intelligence services. The statement was published on the official website of the Sluschba Wneschnei Raswedki (SVR), a successor of the KGB. It marks a sharp escalation in the long-running conflict between Moscow and Constantinople. In theological language without modern precedent for a state intelligence body, the SVR referred to Bartholomew as the “Antichrist in a cassock”,” accusing him of deliberately fostering schism within global Orthodoxy. The agency alleged that the Patriarch seeks to weaken the Russian Orthodox Church by dismantling jurisdictions historically linked to Moscow and replacing them with structures dependent on the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople. Behind the accusation lies Bartholomew’s 2019 decision to grant autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. That …More
What Putin is saying is, we have a free will. And it's up to man to choose either good or bad. That's what he is saying. Any Russians can correct me if I am wrong. I welcome your correction. But I think I am sure that is what he was saying. I heard this man and how he thinks and talks for 2 decades now. It took me awhile to learn. After awhile I started to understand him more and more. I hope everyone is praying for his conversion.
A Spanish court has ordered the eviction of the Poor Clares in the Monastery of Santa Clara in Belorado. February 10 is the date for a forced removal if the nuns do not leave voluntarily. The ruling was issued by the Court of First Instance in Briviesca, which approved the provisional enforcement of an earlier judgment. The court's decision cannot be appealed. Any appeal would not suspend the enforcement of the order. The property is currently under the legal administration of Archbishop Mario Iceta of Burgos. In recent years, the Clarisse nuns of Belorado had joined different sedevacantist sects and more and more sisters left. #newsOepqnnneej
The governance of Bishop Fernando Arêas Rifan, 75, of the Old Rite Apostolic Administration in Campos, Brazil, has been extended until spring 2027. He announced the extension in a pastoral letter published on January 11 on AdApostolica.org. Monsignor Rifan recalled his meetings with Leo XIV in the autumn. On 15 November 2025, he was received in private audience by Leo XIV, to whom he presented his resignation and the situation of the Apostolic Administration. Leo XIV asked whether Bishop Rifan also celebrates the Novus Ordo. “I told him that in our churches we celebrate the ancient rite, but that when invited I concelebrate with our diocesan bishop, Bishop Roberto Paz, using the current rite, and likewise when I or our priests, when invited, celebrate Mass in the churches of the dioceses, we celebrate the Mass in the current form.” Bishop Rifan on Leo XIV’s reaction: “He showed himself satisfied.” On 17 November, Monsignor Rifan was received at the Dicastery for Bishops. There, he …More
Personal Apostolic Administration of St. John Mary Vianney of Campos, Brazil: "According to official documents that have now been published, Pope Leo XIV accepted Bishop Fernando Arêas Rifan's resignation for reasons of age, but at the same time asked him to continue in office for a further 18 months."
New Archbishop of Cape Town Gave “Collective Absolution” at Ecumenical Gathering: Leo XIV appointed Monsignor Sithembele Anton Sipuka, 65, as Archbishop of Cape Town on January 9. In October 2024, Sipuka had been elected President of the ecumenical body 'South African Council of Churches' (SACC). At the SACC’s National Day of Prayer in June 2025, the program included a “collective confession of sins.” A woman introducing the segment in the recorded video declared: “Beloved in Christ, let us confess our sins before the Almighty.” The congregation was then led through a national confession, explicitly naming colonialism, apartheid, racism, corruption, violence, and injustice. Participants were instructed to repeat the text aloud together. Following this confession, Monsignor Sipuka addressed the largely Protestant assembly with words resembling absolution: “And so let us accept the gracious forgiveness of God. Christ died for us while we were yet sinners. That proves God’s love towards us. …More
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.”
Pope Leo XIV has received Venezuelan political activist María Corina Machado in a private audience today at the Vatican. The meeting was later confirmed in the Holy See’s daily bulletin but no information about the discussion has been released by the Vatican. Machado, who got the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, is a former member of Venezuela’s National Assembly and one of the most prominent figures of the country’s opposition.
Questa mattina Leone XIV ha ricevuto in udienza Maria Corina Machado, ex deputata dell’Assemblea nazionale del Venezuela insignita, nell’ottobre 2025, del Premio Nobel per la Pace. da pagina facebook di SilereNonPossum
What a beautiful and kind smile! Prevost is so photogenic, darling of the camera and stage. We should call him "a smiling Pope", just like his predecessor and master was "a breath of fresh air" and "sooo humble".
Reports from the extraordinary consistory on January 7-8 in Rome point to significant internal disagreements. TheCatholicHerald.com cites several cardinals, most speaking anonymously. Main quotes. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Jerusalem: “Reform is not a Church language. In the Church there are no reforms. We must reflect on our mission and vocation according to the times, but faithful to the roots and to the mission of the Church.” Cardinal Frank Leo, Toronto: “I don’t think the College of Cardinals is divided at all.” Anders Arborelius, Stockholm, on liturgy: “I hope we can find a compromise.” Another Cardinal: “Some of Pope Francis’ friends spoke about a new Church and absolute change.” Conservative cardinal, anonymous: “This whole synodal style doesn’t make sense to me. I don’t understand the intelligent men who write on and on about it.” Progressive cardinal, anonymous: “Sitting around tables rather than facing leaders at the front is a brilliant sign of collegiality.” …More