On 20 April 2017, three French National Police officers were shot by Karim Cheurfi, a French national wielding an AK-47 rifle on the Champs-Élysées boulevard in Paris. One officer, French National Police Captain Xavier Jugelé, was killed and two other French National Police officers and a German tourist were seriously wounded. Screengrab youtube A police officer with the General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI) took his own life “at a Ministry of the Interior site” in Essonne, the Evry prosecutor’s office announced Tuesday, marking the fourth suicide of a domestic intelligence officer in France. Earlier in 2025, at least three DGSI officers are known to have committed suicide at the Levallois-Perret site (Hauts-de-Seine). According to figures from the Ministry of the Interior, a total of 27 police officers and 26 gendarmes committed suicide in 2024, the lowest figure in 20 years, celebrated Le Monde back in January. In 2022, 10 police officers and gendarmes committed suicide …
Dec 7 Second Week of Advent, Sunday We continue posting daily Advent reflections by the Church Fathers. It's a good way to prepare to celebrate Christmas. The reflections and quotations come from the book titled, Advent and Christmas with the Church Fathers by Marco Pappalardo. Introduction Praying is stretching a hand toward the Infinite. You are always heard. And no one ever really knows what he or she is asking. It is a loving dialogue between our own lowliness and the greatness of God. Our meager words, silence, abandonment, and meditation rise and go to the heavens. God will never hold back his hand when we turn to him with a sincere heart, with our limitations, and with our journey of faith. Dec 6 Is there no limit to Canada's shame? Just days ago, Calgary Pastor Derek Reimer was arrested once more and sent to jail. His crime this time? He had been ordered by a court to write an apology for protesting a public library's "drag queen story hour." He refused to do so. He's Christian …
Genesis 3:9-15, 20 “I heard you in the garden; but I was afraid.” Fear (evil) is the cause of all our separations from God. Fear; anguish, worry, anxiety… Luke 1:26-38 The angel Gabriel says to Mary, “Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you.” God greets us in this way every day. Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.
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Who was Mary Queen of Scots? Was Mary Queen of Scots executed? What role did Mary Queen of Scots play in the history of Great Britain? This feature documentary takes you on a journey of discovery across the majestic landscapes of Scotland, England and France to find the femme fatale behind the legend. Piece together the Queen of Scots’ turbulent relationship with her cousin Elizabeth I of England, which ultimately proved to be Mary’s downfall under the executioner’s axe. The story of Mary Queen of Scots is as alive with passion, drama and political intrigue and can also be seen in the 2018 blockbuster movie Mary Queen of Scots starring Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, and Jack Lowden.
Canadian Catholic bishops have written to the federal government to oppose elements of Bill C-9, which would remove long-standing religious and “good-faith” exemptions in the Criminal Code’s hate-speech provisions. They argue that without these protections, quoting religious texts such as the Bible in sincere, non-malicious contexts might be seen as hate speech, creating uncertainty for clergy and faith communities. The bishops warn that removing the exemption could chill legitimate religious expression, even if actual prosecutions remain unlikely. The surrounding commentary criticizes the Liberal government and Bloc Québécois for supporting the change.
CATECHISM OF PERSEVERANCE : AN HISTORICAL, DOCTRINAL,MORAL, AND LITURGICAL EXPOSITION OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION. Translated from the French of Abbe Gaume by REV. F. B. JAMISON -COURSE FIRST - CHAPTER 2 - Teaching of Religion - Scripture and Tradition...to download, to print !
Nuestra Señora de los Reyes - December 4th, 2025 | No Greater Delight No Greater Delight is a daily Marian podcast meant to start the day with a Marian touch. After examining the Marian feasts celebrated throughout the world on a given day, Fr. Nate offers a brief reflection to help make our love for Our Lady concrete in daily living. The title "No Greater Delight" is inspired by a homily of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, wherein he expresses his joy in preaching about the Virgin Mother, even though he acknowledges the challenge of adequately praising her. Mary's greatness is beyond words. 0:00 Feasts of Mary Today 02:57 True Devotion to Mary WhatsApp Channel: Catholic Voice | WhatsApp Channel Links: catholicvoice | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree
2nd Sunday of Advent – A - Second Reading - Romans 15:4–9 - Christ saves everyone Letter to the Romans 15,4-9. Brothers and sisters: Whatever was written previously was written for our instruction, that by endurance and by the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to think in harmony with one another, in keeping with Christ Jesus, that with one accord you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Welcome one another, then, as Christ welcomed you, for the glory of God. For I say that Christ became a minister of the circumcised to show God's truthfulness, to confirm the promises to the patriarchs, but so that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written: "Therefore, I will praise you among the Gentiles and sing praises to your name." Denice May
06.12.2025 FISCHELLA AND SPADERO CHOOSE THE FALSE PREMISE AND INFERENCE TO INTERPRET VATICAN COUNCIL II : NO DENIAL FROM PAULO RUFFINI All the books of Archbishop Rino Fisichella and Fr. Antonio Spadero sj, are written with a false premise and inference, with Cushingism. They agree with me. There is no denial from journalist Paolo Ruffini. It would mean that they interpret the Nicene. Apostles and Athanasius Creed also with the false premise and inference; with irrational and schismatic Cushingism. Changing the interpretation of the Creeds is first class heresy according to Ad Tuendam Fidem, the Moto Proprio, Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II (1998). For me, the Athanasius Creed has no exceptions but for Fisichella and Spadero there are exceptions. There were exceptions for the liberal theologians Rahner, Ratzinger, Balthazar and also for the traditionalists Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, Michael Davies, Dietrich von Hildebrand, Plinio Correa de Oliveira, Romano Amerio, Attila Guimares …More
Saturday, December 6, 2025, 1:00 AM Mass at the Chapel of the Apparitions of Fatima Liturgical Color: Purple 1st Week of Advent | Saturday First Reading (Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26) A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah. Thus says the Lord, the Holy One of Israel: 19 “People of Zion, who dwell in Jerusalem, you will have no reason to weep: he will be moved at the sound of your cry; as soon as he hears you, he will answer you. 20 The Lord will surely give you the bread of affliction and the water of affliction; your teacher will no longer depart from you; your eyes will see him, 21 and your ears will hear a word of warning behind you: ‘This is the way for all; walk in it,’ without turning to the right or to the left. 23 He will give you rain for the seed you have sown in the ground, and the fruit of the ground will be abundant and rich; in that day your flock will graze in vast pastures, 24 your oxen and the animals that till the ground will eat salted fodder, cleaned with shovel …More
Pope Leo: “Artificial intelligence has certainly opened up new horizons for creativity, but it also raises serious concerns about its possible repercussions on humanity’s openness to truth and beauty, and capacity for wonder and contemplation.”
DECEMBER 6 2025 THE GOSPEL breski1 Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 9,35-38.10,1.6-8. Jesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness. At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest." Then he summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness. Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, make this proclamation: 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'" Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give."
Jim Ferguson - A BRITISH SOLDIER SPEAKS FOR MILLIONS “I sacrificed my life to secu... A BRITISH SOLDIER SPEAKS FOR MILLIONS “I sacrificed my life to secure this country's freedom and its freedom of speech — and now you arrest people for words while turning a blind eye to crimes committed by invaders. You are a disgrace to your uniform and you are an insult to …
A BRITISH SOLDIER SPEAKS FOR MILLIONS “I sacrificed my life to secure this country's freedom and its freedom of speech — and now you arrest people for words while turning a blind eye to crimes committed by invaders. You are a disgrace to your uniform