A Detroit parish that had previously been revitalised by the Mass in the Roman rite has now closed, reports CatholicCulture.org on April 21. St Josaphat in Detroit, Michigan, began offering the Roman Rite in 2004 when the parish was in full decline. This liturgy led to a rapid increase in attendance, particularly among younger Catholics. However, in 2012, tensions developed within the parish of St. Josaphat between Novus Ordo and Roman Rite parishioners. This followed the appointment of a new parish priest. Some older members expressed concerns about the level of involvement and financial contribution of the younger group. However, according to accounts from those involved, the Latin Mass community contributed approximately two-thirds of parish revenue. The dispute continued for several years. Finally, the parish was merged. Today, it is effectively closed, with no regular Eucharists. This is the story of a group of Catholics in a dying parish who, when presented with an unexpected …ད་རུང་།
Catholic Bishop Co-Consecrates Anglican Lay-"Bishop": Bishop Joseph Brennan, 72, of Fresno, California, attended the invalid episcopal “consecration” of Anglican layman Greg Kimura on April 18 at St. James Episcopal temple in Fresno. During the consecration, Monsignor Brennan said the consecration prayer and lifted his hands. He just didn't lay his hands on Kimura. Monsignor Brennan is the cleric to the left.
Bishop Brennan of Fresno co-consecrates Anglican Bishop (Gregory Kimura) on April 18
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Leaving the video and a new video from Iran. New security footage released by the Iranian Red Crescent on Sunday provides a harrowing account of an airstrike hitting a civilian hospital in Tehran amid the ongoing 2026 conflict. The precision blast, which Tehran officials attribute to joint U.S. and Israeli forces, sent shockwaves through a neonatal unit and intensive care wards, forcing medical staff to evacuate newborn infants from incubators manually as power systems failed. The Iranian Red Crescent has labeled the incident a "catastrophic blow" to civilian infrastructure and a violation of medical neutrality. While military sources maintain that strikes have targeted adjacent IRGC naval assets, the footage documents systemic damage to the Valiasr Hospital and the Shahid Rajaei medical complex, leaving thousands without immediate access to critical care. SHOCKING FOOTAGE: Nurses Rescue Newborns From Burning IRAN Hospital, Airstrikes Hit Medical Facility A new Iranian video. They seem …ད་རུང་།
Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a report on April 15 stating that the 2018 agreement between China and the Vatican has helped the Chinese government to increase pressure on underground Catholics. It has called on Pope Leo XIV to review or repeal the agreement and to press China to end the persecution. One priest cited by HRW was denied access to banking, phone services, and passports. Furthermore, there is a de facto ban on religious practice for persons under 18.
(PerMariam) — The watchdog agency Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned that the controversial 2018 deal between China and the Vatican has “helped the Chinese government to pressure underground Catholic communities to join the official church.” According to a detailed new report issued by HRW, the Chinese state is only increasing its persecution of underground Catholics, and is doing so aided by the framework of the 2018 deal between Beijing and the Holy See regarding the appointment of bishops. “The 2018 Holy See-China agreement on bishops has helped the Chinese government to pressure underground Catholic communities to join the official church,” HRW wrote on April 15. Image produced via AI. Having been signed in 2018 on a provisional basis, the secretive Sino-Vatican deal’s specific details remain undisclosed: a peculiar air of mystery surrounds them. It has since been renewed a number of times, most recently in 2024 for a period of four years. The agreement is believed to recognize …
The First Lady of Equatorial Guinea, Constancia Mangue, appeared in outfits featuring images of Pope Leo XIV during his visit. At the airport reception, she wore a light blue suit adorned with multiple portraits of the Pope. At a later official event, she wore a green dress with large portraits of Leo XIV on the front.
Protokoll: Wenn man den Papst trifft, zieht man sich schwarz an. Afrika: Ja, vergiss es. Wir machen Papstmode. Die First Lady von Äquatorialguinea trug heute ein grünes Papstkleid.
Pope Leo was captivated by this new statue of St. Augustine at the Catholic University of Central Africa, where St. Augustine stands in the shape of Africa, holding a book with the words in Latin written “Tolle lege,” the words he heard in the midst of his conversion.
THE SERPENT'S UNFINISHED SENTENCE Emancipation as the Fulfillment of the Original Temptation “You will be like gods.” — Genesis 3:5 “Everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.” — John 8:34 I. THE ANATOMY OF THE FIRST LIE The serpent did not begin with a command. He began with a question. “Did God say you shall not eat of any tree in the garden?” (Gen. 3:1). This is the inaugural gesture of all diabolical rhetoric: the implantation of doubt about the legitimacy of a limit. Before Eve could be seduced into transgression, she had first to be seduced into suspicion — suspicion that the boundary set by God was arbitrary, self-serving, and above all, an obstacle to her flourishing. The serpent’s lie had a structure. It was not a simple falsehood but a complex inversion. It took a truth — that eating the fruit would open their eyes — and dressed it in the grammar of liberation. The prohibition was recast as suppression. The divine law was reframed as divine jealousy. God, the serpent …ད་རུང་།
Pro-homosexual author ChrisDamian.Substack.com (April 14) accuses the “conservative” Bishop Robert Barron of having followed provocative male accounts on his private Facebook account. In December 2025, Chris Damian published that Bishop Barron’s personal account was following several such pages, including one for 'Brazilian male feet'. This prompted a response from Bishop Barron's organisation, Word on Fire. They claimed that the account had recently been hacked and was being used for 'digital fraud'. However, despite Facebook providing a history of account logins, including suspicious access, Word on Fire did not provide any evidence to support this claim. Yesterday, shortly after Bishop Barron demanded an apology from Donald Trump for attacking Pope Leo XIV, Damian published more information. He posted screenshots showing that Bishop Barron had followed similar provocative accounts as far back as January 2024, casting doubt on the claims of Word on Fire. These accounts included '…ད་རུང་།
Seminary faculties were full of closet atheists ready to pounce after Vatican II, weeding out righteous men and ordaining silly effeminate perverts with the objective of destroying the Church. They almost succeeded.
Ken Harbaugh examines how Pete Hegseth, JD Vance, and Donald Trump have each, in their own way, weaponized and debased religious faith — from Hegseth's Pulp Fiction prayer at the Pentagon to Trump's “Jesus, MD" post. He's joined by Reverend Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, President of Interfaith Alliance, to discuss what it means for American democracy when the people in power treat faith as a political prop. Find Meidas Defense on the Meidas+ Substack here: MeidasTouch Network | Substack Subscribe to Ken’s Substack here: The Ken Harbaugh Show | Substack Visit Meidas+ | MeidasTouch Network | Substack for more!
SEAN HANNITY DEAD WRONG ON CLERGY ABUSE - … SEAN HANNITY DEAD WRONG ON CLERGY ABUSE Bill Donohue I have known Sean Hannity for years, and he is a good guy. But I cannot allow our friendship to get in the way of my job. He made comments on his April 16 Fox News show about the clergy sexual abuse scandal that are dead wrong. Apparently, he also offended Catholics on his radio show this week. Sean started out by saying he was raised Catholic, went to Catholic schools and attended a seminary high school. He said he broke away from the Catholic Church because of the clergy sexual abuse scandal. That is his business. But it is my business to correct the record when misstatements of fact abound about this subject. Sean said, “I left the Catholic Church in large part because of institutionalized corruption. And it was at the parish level to the bishop level, cardinals, all the way to Rome. And you know, the very top scandals, terrible behavior, frankly, went not only unchecked, but they never …ད་རུང་།
The Feast of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, formerly known as Feast of Our Lady of Victory and Feast of the Holy Rosary is celebrated on 7 October in the General Roman Calendar. 7 October is the anniversary of the decisive victory of the combined fleet of the Holy League of 1571 over the Ottoman navy at the Battle of Lepanto. Yes, today is the anniversary of the victory of the Battle of Lepanto against Suleiman the Magnificent. It is also the Feast of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary instituted to celebrate the thousands of sailors of the Papal Navy and the Catholic League praying the rosary together to obtain a miracle before the battle and the resulting decisive Catholic victory. We owe our existence today to the Papal Navy and their miraculous victory at the Battle of Lepanto obtained through the intercession of Our Lady of the Rosary. Why Did the Pope Need A Navy? The Papal Navy was founded by Pope Leo IV to defend the Papal States citizens against coastal Islamic piracy, raids …ད་རུང་།
On 17 March (St Patrick’s Day), a liturgical dance was performed during the Eucharist at Clonard Monastery in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Girls from a local dance school processed the offertory gifts to the altar and sprang around it.
To commemorate St. Patrick's Day, the Church of Clonard Monastery in Belfast invited eight dancers to prepare the altar for Mass (March 2026)
From Pope Francis, the idea of synodality remains - that is, the notion that the Church is a process of listening, consultation and struggle, Austrian Jesuit Andreas Batlogg told Kirche-und-Leben.de on 17 April. He has written several books about Francis, including an early biography. Regarding the 2019 Amazon Synod, Father Batlogg said that Francis had come close to abolishing celibacy: "Then there was massive backlash. And he slowed down." Something similar happened with the Synod on Synodality, which concluded without a final document. The internal division within the Church under Francis has become "very deep": "There was open resistance, not just behind the scenes." With Leo XIV, however, there has been "more of a shift in tone than a break in substance", according to Fr Batlogg. Leo XIV presents himself as calmer and more controlled, with a greater focus on clarity and a more traditional demeanour: "However, these are initially matters of style." Und: "In terms of content, I see …ད་རུང་།
18.04.2026 The SSPX maintains the separation of Church and State, a leftist concept. Since they use the New Theology created with the False Premise they have collegiality, with the liberals. With the New Theology they are liberals on Ecumenism and Inter-Religious Dialogue, like the pope and the cardinals and bishops. Cushingism is liberalism and schism. They cite Tradition but in Tradition there were no separation between state and Church. Presently Pope Leo is aligned with the leftist state. They interpret Vatican Council II as does Pope Francis in Evangelii Gaudium. EG mentions hypothetical cases as if they are visible and personally known people, in the present times saved outside the Catholic Church. Ad Gentes 7 is not mentioned and it is assumed that Vatican Council II has explicit exceptions for AG 7 and the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus. This is the common irrational interpretation of Vatican Council II. APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION EVANGELII GAUDIUM OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS …ད་རུང་།
Leo’s run‑in with a rogue fly during his trip to Equatorial Guinea was an unexpected comedy break — a light reminder that the man who leads the Catholic Church is still just human and wonderfully, hilariously relatable.
On Holy Thursday, Leo XIV washed and kissed the feet of 12 priests in the Lateran Basilica. In his homily, he remembered his predecessor: "As Pope Francis once remarked: 'This is a duty that comes from the heart. I love it. I love it and I love doing it, because that is what the Lord has taught me to do.' He was not speaking of an abstract imperative or a formal, empty command, but rather expressing his heartfelt obedience to the charity of Christ, the source and model of our own charity."
Il Giovedì Santo, Papa Leone XIV lava i piedi a 12 sacerdoti.
I am glad Pope Leo XIV has carried out the washing of the feet in a traditional, more dignified and proper way. But, I just don't get this "kissing the feet" thing. The Gospel of St. John tells us Jesus washed the feet of His Apostles, it says nothing about kissing them. I have seen this kissing before and I find it cringey! It comes across - to me - as one-upping Our Lord Jesus, a kind of false humility (like the Francis) or virtue-signaling! Personally, I have never kissed feet during the washing of the feet. In the past it was done (or had the possibility of been done) at a separate ceremony. Now days in many places the whole thing is abused and a bit of a circus. The only feet I'd kiss are the crucified feet of our Lord Jesus Christ. Laudetur Iesus Christus!
Objection Syllogism: @chrisgriffin The objection argues that Christ is the Sole Mediator in a way that excludes secondary or cooperative roles, rendering the titles "Co-Redemptrix" and "Mediatrix" false. Major Premise (Universal Principle of Mediation): The saving office of Redemption and the ultimate Mediation between God and humanity must be held by one, unique, and infinite Source of grace. (This premise asserts the exclusivity and uniqueness of the principal saving office). Minor Premise (Application to Mary's Titles): The titles Co-Redemptrix and Mediatrix of All Graces attribute to Mary roles that appear to share or divide this singular saving office of Redemption and Mediation. (This premise assumes that "Co-" and "Mediatrix" imply an equality or a conflict with the unique Source). Conclusion (The Objection): Therefore, the titles Co-Redemptrix and Mediatrix of All Graces are not only unacceptable, but false, as they compromise the dogma of Christ's unique Redemption …ད་རུང་།
KR, your argument was meant to be referenced: it can however only have 3 terms (Major, Minor, and Middle Terms). The predicate of your Minor premise introduced a fourth term…