14.01.202 Cardinal Roche interpreted Vatican Council II unethically and deceptively : Traditionis Custode is obsolete with the Irrational Premise From Gloria TV with comments: Cardinal Roche’s Paper against the Mass in the Roman Rite Cardinal Arthur Roche distributed at Leo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. 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. _________________________ 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). Lionel: Similarly on Faith …More
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
Pope Leo plans to visit Angola as part of a multi-nation trip across Africa, the Vatican's ambassador to the country announced on Tuesday, in what could be the pontiff's first overseas trip in 2026.
14. January 2026 14. January 2026 01/14/2026 Entire blog as a free PDF eBook. This is not the first time that the CIA has staged “social protests” to overthrow a government hostile to the US. These spectacular revolutions are always preceded by a thorough analysis of public opinion. Any signs of discontent, of which there are always plenty, are exploited. The population is then incited with the help of propaganda. The revolution itself is usually bloody, as was the case in Ukraine in 2014, where the CIA successfully overthrew the pro-Russian government of Viktor Yanukovych. Apparently, this tactic has not yielded the expected results in Iran, where bloody protests by “angry people” have been going on for over a week. Iran is not the opposite of the West. It is the result of Western coups, oil wars, and regime change, from Mossadegh to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. After the arrest of a large number of demonstrators, it turned out that they were poor Afghans who were easily bribed by Western …
Canada's former conservative PM Stepehn Harper in his 2018 book Right Here, Right Now: Politics and Leadership in the Age of Disruption introduces a concept that can help us understand why Western nations have politically and culturally changed so much in recent decades and not for the better. Harper talks about the concept of the "Anywheres and Somewheres" people. This has become the huge cultural divide. On one hand, is the small and very privileged group the "Anywheres" who are the globalists, the travelling elites and the very rich. These people have more than one residence around the world. On the other hand, are the "Somewheres," people who are connected to their local communities. They have one fixed address. They are the average citizenry who carry on with traditions, family and patriotism. They feel abandoned by globalization. The Anywheres are people like Mark Carney, Justin Trudeau, Chrystia Freeland, Emmanuel Macron, Volodymyr Zelensky, Laurence Fink, Al Gore, Klaus Martin …
He has already publicly stated that "the theology of the Church has changed." Of course, he was referring to the conciliar church, whose theology has certainly changed, meaning it is not Catholic. And since they have a different theology, the traditional Mass naturally doesn't suit them.
As Christmastide gives way to Ordinary Time in the Sunday Mass Gospel, John the Baptist connects the Lamb of God to the time of Abraham 2000 years before Christ.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2013/07/16/177343/how-smart-dust-could-spy-on-your-brain/ The real time monitoring of brain function has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years. That’s largely thanks to various new technologies that can monitor the collective behaviour of groups of neurons, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging, magnetoencephalopathy and positron emission tomography. This work is revolutionising our understanding of the way the brain is structured and behaves. It has also lead to a new engineering discipline of brain-machine interfaces, which allows people to control machines by thought alone. Impressive though these techniques are, they all suffer from inherent limitations such as limited spatial resolution, a lack of portability and extreme invasiveness. Today, Dongjin Seo and pals at the University of California Berkeley reveal an entirely new way to study and interact with the brain. Their idea is to sprinkle electronic sensors the size of dust particles …
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."
While the rest of the world is plotting and planning on destroying countries around the world, While they are destroying them now. While they plot and plan to destroy Russia she is preparing for the showdown. When GOD is ready they will all learn pride and hatred and arrogance is not what wins wars. When that day comes, I am sure Russia will hit every underground city they have built and all their bunkers. I am sure of it because I am positive GOD is in complete control and that is His Will. Not that He will be in control later. But always in control.
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.
Former Irish president Mary McAleese argues in an op-ed for The Irish Times that the baptism of children violates human rights and should be outlawed, a stance critics liken to historic anti-Catholic measures under Elizabeth I. Since leaving office, McAleese has pushed for sweeping reforms of Catholic doctrine—especially on marriage, sexuality, abortion, and the male-only priesthood—while holding academic posts at institutions such as Boston College and University of Notre Dame, and earning a canon law doctorate from the Pontifical Gregorian University. The author contends that her rhetoric is often imprecise, particularly in blaming canon law itself for failures to address abuse, arguing instead that church leaders failed to use the authority the law already granted them.
Oh, yes, and the WHO is trying to convince us that children have a 'right' to have sexual partners! How can we eliminate those wicked people in the WHO/UN etc?
2 Timothy 4:3-4 "For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts, and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn away to fables."
1 Samuel 4:1b-11 “Why has the Lord permitted us to be defeated today by the Philistines?” The Lord has no weapons in his hands. What if the question was: Why did we go to war? Mark 1:40-45 “People kept coming to Jesus from everywhere.” Sometimes, we feel we must do everything to reach the people. What if we listened to them? This would allow us to see the beauty of God in them and to see where they are on their journey. Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.
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