Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Marian Eleganti criticizes on his blog Leo XIV’s July 31 audience with Patti Smith, 80 - a pro-abortion and pro-homosexual singer from Chicago: “The harmless encounter - which I imagine consisted mainly of an exchange of pleasantries, with hardly anything of great importance to the Church being discussed - raises questions for me.” His main argument concerning the 'decline of the Petrine office' is that the papal office has been overshadowed by the personalities of individual popes: Too much informality and media exposure. Bishop Eleganti criticizes spontaneous interviews, informal remarks, celebrity meetings, photo opportunities, travel, and highly publicized personal gestures. These can make the pope appear to be an international celebrity or a member of the establishment rather than a teacher of the faith. Private audiences send messages. Meetings and photo opportunities with people who publicly oppose Catholic teaching may be interpreted as approval or …Aktar
The Peruvian naturalization file of Robert Prevost preserves a handwritten letter in which he expressed his desire to remain in Peru “for the rest of my life.” The documentation, held by Peru’s National Superintendency of Migration, records the process through which the American-born Prevost obtained Peruvian citizenship in 2015 after years of pastoral work in the country. According to TVPerú Noticias, Prevost submitted his application in 2015 and addressed a handwritten letter to then-President Ollanta Humala explaining his ties to Peru and formally requesting nationality. As part of the naturalization process, Prevost also underwent an examination on Peruvian history, geography and culture. Héctor Pérez, head of Migraciones’ General Archive, said the future pope achieved an exceptionally high result. The essential details of Prevost’s naturalization are confirmed by official Peruvian records. Supreme Resolution No. 157-2015-IN, dated August 17, 2015, states that Prevost applied for …Aktar
Seminarian, 33, Died in Car Crash A 33-year-old seminarian from India, who was in the final year of his formation for the priesthood, died in a car accident in Linz Diocese, Austria. Mathews Pouthur had recently begun serving as a pastoral worker. His car left the road early on Friday, struck an embankment and overturned several times, with police finding no indication of another party’s involvement.
Verkehrsunfall in Österreich: Malayalischer Priesterseminarist gestorben Linz: Ein aus Kerala stammender Priesterseminarist ist bei einem Verkehrsunfall in Österreich ums Leben gekommen. Bei dem Verstorbenen handelt es sich um Bruder Mathews Pothoor (33), den einzigen Sohn von Shajan Mathew und Reji aus Pothoor, Perumballoor. Er kam bei einem Autounfall ums Leben, der sich in der vergangenen Nacht in Linz ereignete.
Monsignor Stephen Rossetti, removed in June as an exorcist by Washington Cardinal Robert McElroy, is continuing his deliverance ministry. In an August 3 email to subscribers, Monsignor Rossetti said he remains a priest in good standing in his home Diocese of Syracuse, New York, and will continue his work through the St. Michael Center, which operates within the territory of the Washington archdiocese. On June 3, Cardinal McElroy removed Rossetti as an archdiocesan exorcist and ended all affiliation between the Archdiocese of Washington and Rossetti's St. Michael Center. Monsignor Rossetti argues that he retains priestly faculties in several dioceses and exorcist faculties in two others. He also says his own bishop has encouraged him to continue the ministry. The June controversy followed Rossetti's eccentric claim that UFOs "are, in fact, demons." Cardinal McElroy - who had removed him for this claim - later said the decision was not about UFOs but reflected his view that the role of an …Aktar
Read this garbage: Msgr Rossetti says " sexual abuse of minors by mothers could more easily be disguised as ordinary acts of cleaning, grooming or dressing children." If it is true that he said this, such a thought could only come from a rotten, corrupt mind. Our mothers -our blessed, beloved mothers- could never do such a thing! Thank you, Mom, for taking care of me since I was a baby!
Phil Giraldi guest on Judge Napilotano - Judging Freedom. Will trump use nukes. Is that what he meant when he said, levels of "MILITARY TERROR" strength and power never before seen since WWll? First post buried. Shared buried. Tried 4 or 5 more time and still won't take. I hope this is the last time. Phil Giraldi : Are Nuclear Weapons On the Table?
Today, Pope Leo XIV received Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk, 73, of Utrecht, in audience. AdVaticanum.com reported that the audience comes amid renewed attention to the cardinal’s health. Cardinal Eijk was absent from both extraordinary consistories convened by Pope Leo XIV this year, in January and June, with his absence from the June gathering reported as health-related. His health problems stretch back more than two decades. In 2001, while serving as Bishop of Groningen, he suffered a brainstem infarction. One of its lasting consequences was severe facial pain. On March 2, 2020, the Archdiocese of Utrecht published excerpts from a letter Cardinal Eijk had sent that day to members of pastoral teams. The letter concerned treatment he had undergone abroad for the facial pain caused by his 2001 brainstem infarction. Cardinal Eijk wrote: “I never made public statements about this facial pain, because I wanted to prevent people from sparing me because of it and from being reluctant to call …Aktar
Bishop Fredrik Hansen of Oslo plans the first diocesan synod in Oslo before the 2030 jubilee of St. Olaf. “A diocesan synod is not a democratic assembly,” Bishop Hansen wrote on August 6 on Katolsk.no, the website of the Catholic Church in Norway. “As bishop, I am also obliged to exclude from the synod anything that contradicts or calls into question the doctrine of the Church,” he added. “It is not for us to decide on matters of faith and morals.” The synod will arrive at plans and documents that are “presented to me as bishop and brought to a decision by me.” Bishop Hansen indicated that participation in the assemblies would probably resemble “a considerably expanded pastoral council.” He compared his diocesan synod with the synods held by St Archbishop Charles Borromeo of Milan “in accordance with the provisions of the Council of Trent.” However, his working method “will resemble that of the Second Vatican Council,” he threatened. Bishop Hansen recently extended permission for the …Aktar
Tajbeh, the last fully Christian town in Palestine, has been subjected to attacks and intimidation by Israeli settlers for months. Residents fear that the pressure will force more families to leave their homes and land. The village, located east of Ramallah in the West Bank, is identified with the biblical Ephraim. According to tradition, Jesus and his disciples found refuge there. Recently, there have been repeated incursions onto private properties and farmland. On August 5, settlers entered the property of a family belonging to the parish, destroyed the fence, and brought a flock of sheep onto the land. Such actions are systematic in nature and are intended to instill fear and force Palestinians to leave their land. There have also been instances of arson, destruction of fields, roadblocks, and restrictions on freedom of movement. “We feel forgotten; we feel alone,” he emphasizes, appealing to the international community for concrete protection of the civilian population and political …Aktar
Cisgiordania, i cristiani di Taybeh: abbandonati davanti alla violenza dei coloni Gli attacchi israeliani sono ricorrenti a Taybeh, l'ultimo villaggio cristiano in Palestina, indicato come Efraim nella Bibbia. Il timore è che le famiglie saranno costrette ad abbandonare la propria terra. Padre Bashar Fawadleh, parroco di Cristo Redentore: "Vogliamo vivere in pace, giustizia e dignità"
West Bank Christians feel ‘forgotten’ over settler violence West Bank Christians feel ‘forgotten’ over … Settler attacks have become a recurring reality in Taybeh, Palestine’s last remaining all-Christian village. Father Bashar Fawadleh, who has served as the Latin parish priest of Christ the Redeemer for the past five years, fears that local families will be forced to abandon their land. "Do not forget Taybeh! Taybeh must not vanish into silence." That's the urgent plea issued by Father Bashar Fawadleh, describing the harsh reality in Palestine's last entirely Christian village. In Taybeh—mentioned in the Bible under the name Ephraim, where Jesus and his disciples are said to have sought refuge—the local community is now facing systematic intimidation, property seizures, and encroaching settlements. This Sunday, the Israeli military declared Taybeh closed to non-residents, effectively blocking Israelis from entering the Palestinian town. According to a military spokesperson, the …Aktar
Today, Leo XIV appointed Monsignor Piotr Pytłowany, 57, as the new Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan. He is a fidei donum missionary priest of the Polish Archdiocese of Przemyśl. Kazakh Catholicism is small and deeply marked by Soviet persecution, particularly in Karaganda with a strong consciousness of the martyrs. Liturgical practice is pious and Communion in the hand forbidden. Monsignor Pytłowany has worked for decades within the tiny and very Catholic Kazakh hierarchy. Unlike Bishop Schneider, Pytłowany publicly embraced the 2022 Astana interreligious Congress with Francis and spoke - in language reminiscent of the Abu Dhabi fraternity approach - of Kazakhstan’s “beautiful diversity of religious confessions.” Background on Karaganda Karaganda is famous for its Catholicism, connected with Bishop Jan Paweł Lenga, 76. From 1991–1999, Bishop Lenga was Apostolic Administrator of the entire Kazakhstan. After Catholic structures were reorganized in 1999, he became Bishop of Karaganda until …Aktar
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1) Isaiah 49:3; Yhaewh have said: “You are my servant Israel, through you i will be glorified.” 2) Luke 9:52-54; He sent messengers ahead of him, and they went and entered a Samaritan village to make preparations for Him; but they did not welcome Him because He was on His way to Jerusalem. When His disciples James and John (Boanerges: sons of thunder, Mark 3:17) saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?” 3) Deuteronomy 33:8-10; “Give to Levi Your Urim and Your Thummim, to the man after Your own heart, whom You tested at Massah, with whom You contended at the waters of Meribah, who said of his father and mother, ‘I have not seen them.’ He who does not recognize his brothers and does not acknowledge his children. For they keep Your Word and observe Your Covenant. They teach Your Decrees to Jacob and Your Law to Israel; they offer incense before Your Face and a perfect Sacrifice on Your altar. 4) Psalm 137:5-6; “O Jerusalem, if I forget you,…Aktar
W dzisiejszych czasach APOSTAZJI i LETNOŚCI w Kościele: to, co dobre, nazywa się złem, a to, co złe, nazywa się dobrem (Izajasz 5:20-21). Jak wierni mogą stać się „siekierą bojową, bronią wojenną dla Pana” (Jeremiasz 51, 20), „ostrą strzałą w kołczanie Pana” (Izajasz 49, 2) oraz „murem z brązu” (Jeremiasz 15, 20)? 1) Izajasz 49, 3; Jahwe rzekł: „Ty jesteś moim sługą, Izraelu, przez ciebie będę uwielbiony”. 2) Łukasz 9:52-54; Wysłał przed sobą posłańców, a oni udali się do pewnej wioski samarytańskiej, aby przygotować dla Niego wszystko; nie przyjęli Go jednak, ponieważ zmierzał do Jerozolimy. Gdy Jego uczniowie Jakub i Jan (Boanerges: synowie gromu, Marek 3:17) to zobaczyli, rzekli: „Panie, czy chcesz, abyśmy sprowadzili ogień z nieba, by ich strawił?” 3) Księga Powtórzonego Prawa 33:8-10; „Daj Lewiemu swoje Urim i Tummim, człowiekowi według Twojego serca, którego wypróbowałeś w Massah, z którym spierałeś się nad wodami Meriba, który o swoim ojcu i matce powiedział: «Nie widziałem ich»…Aktar
A handyman was once hired to paint a boat. He grabbed his brushes and gear and got to work, giving it a fresh coat of bright cherry red, exactly as the owner had asked. While he was painting, he noticed a tiny hole in the hull. Without making a fuss about it, he just patched it up. When he finished the job, he collected his pay and headed home. The next day, the boat's owner showed up at the painter's doorstep and handed him a check for a seriously hefty sum—way more than the going rate for a simple paint job. The painter was taken aback. "Sir, you already paid me for the painting yesterday," he said. "This isn't for the paint job," the owner replied. "It's for fixing the hole in the boat." "Oh, come on, that was just a quick patch," the painter said. "You don't need to pay me this kind of money for something so minor." "My friend, you don't understand," the owner said. "Let me tell you what happened. When I hired you to paint the boat, I completely forgot to mention the leak. After the …Aktar
Poor Jesus. Just as there is nothing sacred in dancing on Calvary, there is nothing sacred in jumping in the presence of Jesus in the holy sacrament. One more hireling leading the flock astray.