On Tuesday, the General Secretariat of the Synod published two final reports from the study groups established for the October 2024 Synod. Study Group Number 3 concerns a comprehensive strategy for Christian mission in the digital age (30 pages). Study Group 4 concerns the reorientation of priestly formation (25 pages). Cardinal Mario Grech, Secretary General of the Synod, claimed that these reports are "not just simple bureaucratic cooperation" – and thereby identified the problem. The reports' language is repetitive and employs dense synodal vocabulary, frequently referencing the Final Document of the Synod, Vatican II texts and papal addresses. Vatican Licks Wounds The Group 3 report on missions in the digital environment recognises that the Church must be present in a culture increasingly shaped by algorithms and online communities: "Digital mission must become part of regular Church structures instead of remaining a niche project." The document calls on the Church to treat the …Okunengi
New Vatican Synod reports on digital evangelisation and priestly formation suggest significant shifts in how authority, mission and ministry are understood.
Goes on Wild Posting Spree to Try to Shift War Blame He said he came to his decision due to the country’s 250th anniversary and “the fact that these ‘Correspondents’ now admit that I am truly one of the Greatest Presidents in the History of our Country, the G.O.A.T., according to many...” He didn’t say who. [Oh, yes, he looked in the mirror, mirror, mirror, on the wall....old g.o.a.t]
The United States shuttered its embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait as Iran has stepped up retaliatory strikes across the Middle East in a widening military conflict that is threatening to plunge the region into a prolonged war. Iran struck the U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia with two drones overnight, causing part of its roof to collapse and prompting its closure. The embassy in Riyadh on Tuesday warned of “imminent” missile and drone attacks and urged people in the area to “take cover immediately.” The U.S. State Department also urged Americans across the Middle East to leave the region. Israel launched strikes on Iranian missile launchers and factories, and carried out attacks on Hezbollah militants in Tehran and Lebanon. At least 800 people have been killed in Iran since the U.S.-Israeli weekend assault on Tehran, including supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Six U.S. service members have died in retaliatory strikes, according to the U.S. Central Command. And at least 11 people …Okunengi
Visiting Roman parish this afternoon, Pope reiterated his Angelus plea: “I'm deeply concerned, and we don't know how many days it will last, about the situation in the Middle East. War again! And we must be heralds of Jesus' peace, which God desires for everyone! We must pray much for peace, live in unity, and reject the temptation to harm others; violence is never the right choice.”
Never let a crisis go a waste . Let abstract hippy theology dictate my chameleon papacy to placate religious modernist from how empty there ideas truly are. St Pope Pius X pray for us
Title of the documentary: Bloody Puppets of the West | RT.Doc I guess no one knew it was actually Russia who bombed Nagasaki. And threatening to use them again! Really? What else are they going to twist and lie about Russia? It's so ridiculous how they can lie so badly and people will actually believe such nonsense. Great job from the people involved in making this documentary from France, Germany and the UK. Now they need to make sure their people in their countries see this. And spread it far and wide.
For the west. the Blessed Sacrament and Marian devotion in the orthodox, including Russian Orthodox Church, are nothing compared to satanic enterprises and zionism.
Direct link: Bloody Puppets of the West | RT.Doc A new type of female politician is rising to power in the West. The common trait these ambitious women all share is an insatiable thirst for power. They include Ursula von der Leyen, Annalena Baerbock, Liz Truss, and Miroslava Němcová, the last of whom even called for repeating the Siege of Leningrad on social media. Who is nurturing these ruthless figures and to what end? Find the answers in this film by Tatiana Borshch.
As he left Castel Gandolfo for the Vatican this evening, Pope Leo XIV spoke to journalists again. However, he took only one question from EWTN. It was about Jimmy Lai's 20-year sentence under Hong Kong's national security law. Leo XIV replied: "I can't comment on that." He then added that "we must pray for peace, work for peace and reduce hatred". He continued: 'Hatred is constantly increasing in the world. We must seek to promote dialogue and find solutions.” On 23 December, he “couldn’t comment” on a question about his appointment of the effeminate Archbishop Ronald Hicks of New York. #newsKmcpvoilbb
The Apostolic understanding, that is the understanding of those who knew Him during his sojourn on Earth and to whom he promised "the spirit of truth who will tell you all things", Jesus is fully man and fully God, existing before all time of the same substance as God the Father and incarnate at a specific time as Jesus Christ. That is more than a prophet, more than a man and more than a teacher. Goodness, there have been hundreds who met those three criteria in history.
Saint Luke proclaims the Parable of the Prodigal Son as the Gospel for Saturday of the Second Week of Lent. Is there any sin that is beyond the compassion of God?
Des explosions à la centrale nucléaire de Bushehr en Iran : des attaques contre elle pourraient provoquer une catastrophe nucléaire C'est ce qu'indique "Rosatom", qui construit la centrale nucléaire et en assure la maintenance. La Russie a l'intention d'évacuer son personnel et les travaux de la centrale nucléaire ont été arrêtés. Le directeur général de "Rosatom", A. Likhachev, a déclaré qu'une attaque contre la centrale nucléaire de Bushehr, qui stocke 70 tonnes de combustible nucléaire et 210 tonnes de combustible usé, pourrait provoquer une catastrophe régionale.
Bishop Paolo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia, now promotes praying the Rosary for peace. A year ago he was rejoicing at the inauguration of a Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi, saying, "We need such a place, which is able to keep us in contact with God!"
Jessica Tarlov on the Iran War: "Rubio admitted that Israel decided to do this, and we went along for the ride... Israel was going to go in and Iran was going to attack us because of what our ally was doing. The decisions being made are being orchestrated by Netanyahu."
On 1 March, the anti-Catholic Italian association Rete L'Abuso reported that the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith had confirmed that the statute of limitations would apply in the case of Italian priest Valentino Salvoldi of the Diocese of Bergamo. Ordained in 1970, Salvoldi served as a missionary in several African countries and presented himself as a professor of philosophy and moral theology involved in clergy formation. Describing himself as a “beggar of love”, he promoted a spirituality centred on affection, the body, and physical closeness, often positioning himself as critical of what he considered to be a “rigid” Church. He has been accused by at least 21 individuals — all male and including minors at the time — of sexual abuse allegedly committed during youth camps and spiritual retreats between the 1990s and early 2000s. The allegations describe a pattern of prolonged kissing, inappropriate physical contact, sharing beds, and manipulative spiritual practices …Okunengi
myunkie - If pro-abortion and pro-LGBT Israel together with Donald Trump, who has betrayed conservative values, stop their aggression against pro-life and pro-family conservative Iran, then similar defensive counterattacks by Iran against ultra-liberal Israel will not really happen again.
Seventy church buildings in the Diocese of Roermond are currently in the process of being closed, Bishop Cornelis Van den Hout, 61, of Roermond, Netherlands, told Nd.nl on March 3. In 2026, he employed a full-time economist to oversee the closure of church buildings. "It's an urgent issue. The financial figures leave us with no other option," Bishop Van den Hout said. He believes that the downward spiral will not stop after the closing of the seventy churches. "At the moment, the diocese has 280 church buildings. Around the turn of the century, we had 360. Occasionally, a church would be closed in the previous century, but until 1981, new ones were still being built." Monsignor Van den Hout added that presiding over the Eucharist in a church "requires a certain number of people — not ten people in a church that can hold several hundred". "Given the current financial situation and declining church attendance, it is inevitable that we will designate one centrally located church building …Okunengi
Churches have become so far apart that, more and more, only those who can afford a car (or a round-trip Uber) can attend Mass. That leaves out most of the old, disabled, and just plain poor. Of course, one benefit of that is the attendance numbers decline more and the closure of more churches can be justified. It's "Let them eat cake" instead of the Bread of Life for them (they only put a widow's pence in the collection basket, anyway).