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
The Termini railway station in Rome seen in 2022 By Thomas Dahlstrøm Nielsen – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roma_Termini_railway_station,_2022.jpg Two brutal attacks occurred within the space of an hour near the Termini station in central Rome on Saturday night, December 10th. The violence left two people severely injured and prompted an immediate strengthening of the security presence at the central train station, with additional soldiers and police deployed, authorities said on Sunday. The first attack came around 10:00 p.m., just a few meters from the entrance to Termini station. A 57-year-old Italian man was reportedly surrounded and beaten by a group of attackers. Surveillance cameras captured the brutal aggression, showing seven or eight people encircling the victim and repeatedly striking him, mainly in the face, before dispersing. The violence was so severe that the man was left lying in the street, bleeding and apparently lifeless. Emergency …
Leo XIV’s setting of the consistory is “not normative”, Cardinal Gerhard Müller told TheCatholicHerald.com (January 11): “This is a method of the synods, and I think it’s helping the Pope not as Bishop of Rome but as a diocesan bishop.” Cardinal Müller sought to dispel what he described as a false dichotomy in the Church’s internal debates. “The Church of Benedict XVI doesn’t exist anymore.” Picture: vatican media, #newsXaqahjlxet
"When one of you says, I am for Paul, and another, I am for Apollo, are not these human thoughts? Why, what is Apollo, what is Paul?"1st Corinthians 3:4. Jesus Christ is the head of His Church. The pope should be his "vicar" - a servant of the servants of God who protests the Deposit of Faith. If a man fails in that, woe to him. It would have been better if he hadn't been born!
That's a lie on many levels: firstly, there's no "Church of pope Benedict", there's only Catholic Church, secondly Catholic Church is alive and well just not in Vatican, and thirdly Bergoglio/Prevost religion is not the Church!
Most jaw-dropping: Cardinal Joseph Zen’s explosive critique of the Synod was entirely omitted from the Vatican’s official recap. At the consistory, the 93-year-old cardinal called the Synod on Synodality an “ironclad manipulation,” mocked appeals to the Holy Spirit as “almost blasphemous,” warned of Anglican-style division, and accused the process of enabling region-by-region doctrine while sidelining the Synod of Bishops—remarks the Vatican did not mention. Gefällt dir diese Persönlichkeit?
The Synod on Synodality was an “ironclad manipulation,” Cardinal Joseph Zen, 93, said in his three-minute intervention at the consistory held January 7–8. The text of his speech was published on the Substack account of Edward Pentin CardinalNews.Substack.com. Prior to the consistory, Cardinal Zen was received in private audience by Pope Leo XIV. Synod’s Invocation of the Holy Spirit Verges on Blasphemy In his intervention, Cardinal Zen criticized the late Pope Francis and the synodal process he initiated: “The ironclad manipulation of the process is an insult to the dignity of the Bishops, and the continual reference to the Holy Spirit is ridiculous and almost blasphemous.” Francis, he said, expected “surprises” from the Holy Spirit. Cardinal Zen responded: “What surprises? That He should repudiate what He inspired in the Church’s two-thousand-year Tradition?” Cardinal Zen noted that Francis bypassed the Episcopal College, listened directly to selected members of the laity, and …More
"To live by the very Holiness of Christ, to participate in the very Science of the Father, to work for Creation with the help of Saint Joseph, under the breath of the Holy Spirit and in the Love of the Blessed Virgin Mary—this is what all humanity is invited to do. Our threefold earthly vocation is here. And to fulfill it, God recommends that we abandon everything to the Holy Spirit and to His spouse, the Most Holy Virgin Mary, to let them do it with us. This is fundamental anthropological knowledge. Nothing else."
12.01.2026 POPE LEO, FISCHELLA, SPADARO ARE ALIGNED WITH THE TRADTIONALISTS WHEN THE RATIONAL PREMISE IS USED TO INTERPRET VATICAN COUNCIL II EWTN has to interpret Vatican Council II only rationally and then they will be affirming the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus, the Athanasius Creed and the Syllabus of Pope Pius IX. The Catholic National Reporter is aligned with the Society of St. Pius X when they both interpret Vatican Council II with only the rational premise I mentioned yesterday. There is no denial from Sean Winters and John Allen Jr. They agree with me. In the same Archbishop Rino Fisichella and Fr. Antonio Spadaro sj are in the same theological boat as the traditionalist St. Benedict Center in New Hampshire, USA when the premise and inference are rational. So we know more have a liberal Vatican Council II and so the liberal-traditionalist division has ended in the Church. All this is not mentioned in the catechesis on Vatican Council II by Pope Leo who still interprets …More
Public support for Monsignor Marco Agostini, the former Master of Papal Ceremonies, has emerged in Italy. He was dismissed after an audio recording was circulated in which he was allegedly heard using offensive language about members of the Roman Curia. While a microphone was unintentionally left on ahead of a Christmas greeting, he reportedly said that they are all "assholes" and "faggots". On 4 January, VeronaNews.net reported that Vito Comencini (Popolo Veneto), a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, had issued a public letter expressing solidarity with the prelate. Comencini considers the dismissal 'unjust and foolish', adding that it represents a 'worrying sign of persecution'. Neither the audio nor the dismissal has been accompanied by an official explanation from Vatican authorities. The Italian politician is aware that Monsignor Agostini had been 'targeted for some time' and claims that the alleged interception merely served as justification for his removal. Comencini links …More
My Brothers and Sisters In Christ, A watchman does not cry out every hour of the night. He speaks when something has shifted – when the air itself feels different, when the ground beneath familiar landmarks has begun to move. What has unfolded in Rome this week is not something to panic over, nor something to ignore. It is something to notice. There has been a gathering of cardinals occurring – an extraordinary consistory – called not to define doctrine, not to correct grave error, not to defend the altar or clarify confusion, but to reflect, to listen, to converse, and to continue a process. And the way this gathering was framed tells us far more than any single sentence spoken within it. From the very beginning, the emphasis was clear: The Church was asked once again to look at herself – and to do so through one particular lens. Not through the accumulated wisdom of councils stretching back to the Apostles. But through the Second Vatican Council, presented not as a chapter in the …More
12. January 2026 12. January 2026 01/12/2026 Entire blog as a free PDF eBook. COVID didn’t come out of nowhere. It followed a script that had already worked. A system where risk is minimized, dissent is dismissed, and harm is reframed as coincidence. Once you see the pattern, it’s hard to unsee it. And impossible to forget. The above quote comes from an article published on Saturday on vigilantfox.com: The Worst Vaccine Disaster Before COVID. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. describes Gardasil as “probably the worst mass vaccination we have ever seen.” The vaccine is intended for millions of teenagers who have virtually no risk of dying from cervical cancer. The advertised vaccine against cervical cancer, Gardasil, was also recommended for boys. “One HPV vaccine killed my son!” Christopher went to the doctor for a sports physical at 14 years old, where he was given the Gardasil HPV vaccination after being told it would prevent his future wife from getting cancer. Soon, Christopher complained …
On Christmas Eve, Cardinal Pietro Parolin urgently summoned Brian Burch, the U.S. ambassador to the Holy See. He wanted to press for details on Washington’s plans for Venezuela, WashingtonPost.com reported on January 9, citing U.S. government documents. Cardinal Parolin served as apostolic nuncio to Venezuela from 2009 to 2013. He wanted to push for a diplomatic solution that would allow the Venezuelan leader to step aside without bloodshed. Lack of Clarity of US Endgame in Venezuela Cardinal Parolin conceded that Nicolás Maduro had to go, but urged the United States to offer him a safe exit. He warned that a violent escalation risked severe regional destabilization. He reportedly asked whether the United States was targeting "drug traffickers" or pursuing regime change. According to "anonymous sources", Cardinal Parolin suggested that the United States set a clear deadline for Maduro’s departure and provide assurances for his family. He also expressed that he was “very, very, very …More
He also expressed that he was “very, very, very puzzled by the lack of clarity of the U.S. endgame in Venezuela.” IT'S ABOUT TIME SOMEONE FEEDS BACK THE VATICAN THE CRAP THAT THEY THEMSELVES SPEW OUT TO THE FAITHFUL. CONFUSION, NOT ADDRESSING ISSUES, NOT TAKING PROACTIVE MEASURES TO SOLVE THE SEX PROBLEMS, PULLING THE WOOL OVER THE FAITHFUL, CHANGING DOCTRINE, THINK ABOUT THAT - PIOLINEEE WEENIE Before his capture, President Trump offered Nicolás Maduro several "off-ramps," including exile to a friendly country like Turkey, in exchange for stepping down, but Maduro rejected these generous proposals, leading to his eventual military capture by U.S. forces on drug trafficking charges . Reports detail attempts to negotiate a deal involving amnesty for officials and keeping some wealth, which fell through, culminating in Trump authorizing the operation that resulted in Maduro's arrest in early January 2026
Bilateral Commission Meeting, Jerusalem. Archived. File no longer on Vatican website? ON THIS SUBSTACK POST YOU WILL LEARN THAT: Noahide Laws are Jewish laws for Non-Jews; they are anti-Catholic; a Jewish couple has been publicly warning Christians; our bishops are dead silent; the Vatican documents spell it “Noachide;” A Note From Curious: I am a Catholic. I am not an activist. I do not hate Jews. Catholics are forbidden to hate Jews. Informing Catholics and others about revolutionary changes enacted by the collaboration between Jews and the Vatican, - which resulted in the ‘Nostra Aetate’ document - and information about Noahide are not “antisemitic.” Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity: Religious Relations with the Jews Does the following sound Catholic to you? “Jewish tradition emphasizes theNoachide Covenant(cf. Genesis 9: 9-12) as containing the universal moral code which is incumbent on all humanity. This idea is reflected in Christian Scripture in the Book of …
The - for him - perennial question of why we suffer does not admit easy answers, Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim, Norway, said in a psychologically dense talk in Madrid, Spain, on January 9, 2026, in the Aula Magna of Universidad CEU San Pablo according to OmnesMag.com. Bishop Varden’s episcopal consecration in 2020 was postponed because he was granted a period of leave to recover his strength from exhaustion. Religion or Life Coaching? Bishop Varden believes that pain “belongs to the human condition and cannot be dissolved by rational arguments.” Christian Faith does not seek to justify suffering or pretend it does not exist. Instead, it places suffering before God with reverence, acknowledging its gravity without turning it into an absolute. Monsignor Varden's central idea is that humanity is wounded, yet not defined by its wounds. “The human condition,” he said, “is a painful condition, but not a definitive one.” Victimism Is a Dead End Suffering may condition life, but it does …More
Vidéos provenant de l'un des derniers États souverains. Nord de l'Iran : un paradis oublié – Ne visitez pas [n'envahissez pas] l'Iran avant d'avoir regardé cette vidéo. Les plus belles villes du monde – Ispahan en Iran [Ne la transformez pas en Falloujah]. [Le Seigneur] étend son bras avec force et disperse les cœurs orgueilleux. Il renverse les puissants de leurs trônes et élève les humbles. [qui qu'ils soient] La Vierge Marie Le règne du Cœur immaculé sera un règne sacramentel. Disponible dès maintenant. Alors mettez-vous au travail. L'Église rejette le millénarisme, y compris sa forme actuelle hideuse dans le sionisme.
[The Lord] puts forth his arm in strength and scatters the proud-hearted. He casts the mighty from their thrones and raises the lowly. [whoever they are] The Virgin Mary The reign of the Immaculate Heart will be a Sacramental reign. Available now. So get to work. The Church rejects millenarianism including its current ugly form in zionism.