President Donald Trump became the first U.S. President to issue a statement to Catholics on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception: Today, I recognize every American celebrating December 8 as a Holy Day honoring the faith, humility, and love of Mary, mother of Jesus and one of the greatest figures in the Bible. On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Catholics celebrate what they believe to be Mary’s freedom from original sin as the mother of God. She first entered recorded history as a young woman when, according to Holy Scripture, the Angel Gabriel greeted her in the village of Nazareth with news of a miracle: “Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you,” announcing that “you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus.” In one of the most profound and consequential acts of history, Mary heroically accepted God’s will with trust and humility: “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” Mary’s decision forever …
The lay faithful, clerics, religious and students, who are deeply attached to the ecclesial and academic mission of the Pontifical Athenaeum of Sant’Anselmo, wish to submit to the attention of the Dicastery for Culture and Education a formal request for intervention concerning the academic position of Prof. Andrea Grillo, a lecturer at the same Athenaeum. This petition arises from an ecclesial concern: that of guaranteeing to the faithful, to the students and to the monastic communities that support the Athenaeum a formation that is truly “in conformity with the doctrine of the Church”, as expressly required by the Statutes... ... In virtue of what has been set out above, the undersigned request that: the Grand Chancellor and the Rector order a formal verification of the doctrinal suitability of Prof. Andrea Grillo, in the light of his writings and public interventions, in particular on: the ordination of women and ordained ministries; Eucharistic doctrine and popular devotion; his …More
I fedeli laici, chierici, religiosi e studenti, profondamente legati alla missione ecclesiale e accademica del Pontificio Ateneo Sant’Anselmo, desiderano sottoporre all’attenzione del Dicastero per la Cultura e l’Educazione una formale richiesta di intervento circa la posizione accademica del prof. Andrea Grillo, docente presso il medesimo Ateneo. La presente petizione nasce da una preoccupazione ecclesiale: quella di garantire ai fedeli, agli studenti e alle comunità monastiche che sostengono l’Ateneo una formazione realmente “aderente alla dottrina della Chiesa”, come richiesto espressamente dagli Statuti... ... Il Gran Cancelliere e il Rettore dispongano una formale verifica dell’idoneità dottrinale del prof. Andrea Grillo, alla luce dei suoi scritti e interventi pubblici, in particolare su: ordinazione delle donne e ministeri ordinati; dottrina eucaristica e devozione popolare; rapporto con il Magistero e con il Dicastero per la Dottrina della Fede. Tale verifica avvenga mediante …More
Leaders of a Catholic church near Boston kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it.
Italian communist Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937): now a inspiration for the Italian Right? Wikimedia Commons, Unknown author, PD-1996 In Italy, the cultural war is no longer just a metaphor. It has become a daily slogan: The Right claims the Left’s cultural dominance is fading, while the Left warns that the governing Right is imposing a new form of cultural hegemony. This idea — shaping society’s “common sense” through culture — was coined over a century ago by the Communist Antonio Gramsci. Today, it is everywhere: Quoted, misquoted, weaponised. As journalist Giorgio Ghiglione, a contributor to The Guardian, noted in Internazionale magazine at the start of 2025: “Countering the cultural hegemony of the Left has become an obsession for the Italian Right, which is now looking for inspiration in the writings of the communist philosopher and politician.” This week, Rome is Ground Zero. The city hosts Atreju, the annual right-wing festival organised by Fratelli d’Italia, the party of …
Repentance Requires a Costly Journey—Are You Ready? St. John the Baptist preached repentance in the desert, a challenging journey for those who traveled to hear him. His message pointed to the coming of Jesus, the one greater than John himself, whose arrival fulfilled God’s promise to David. This promise, symbolized by the shoot sprouting from the stump of Jesse, was ultimately realized through Jesus, the eternal king on David’s throne. Fr. Altier emphasizes the importance of genuine belief in Jesus as the Son of God and the need for repentance, encouraging individuals to seek forgiveness through confession. Fr. Altier’s Daily Homilies Fr. Altier is a Priest at Holy Trinity Parish in South St. Paul: holytrinitysspmn.org You can also find Fr. Robert Altier’s homilies and talks on: Gab: gab.com/CatholicParentsOnLine Gettr: Catholic Parents OnLine on GETTR - Profile and … Rumble: rumble.com/user/CatholicParentsOnLine Twitter: x.com/CatholicPa42753 For access to a library of talks …More
Swiss Auxiliary Bishop Marian Eleganti has criticised the Vatican study commission that has examined the impossibility of a female diaconate. In a post on his personal blog on 8 December, he argued that it was difficult to understand why the commission was unable to reach a definitive conclusion. According to Eleganti, "it is all too obvious that, despite the historical evidence, the goal is to keep the pot simmering — to keep the question open." He notes that church feminists already wear "fantasy stoles". He recalls that previous study commissions have repeatedly re-examined the historical record, only to arrive at the same results that have been known for decades. "Is it tragedy or comedy?" he asks. The bishop adds that the ancient deaconesses "were different from the deacons of their time and were shaped by cultural circumstances". Contradicting Sister Linda Pocher, who is presented publicly as a papal advisor, Eleganti insists that the Church's rejection of a sacramental female …More
Christ said that your yes must mean yes, and your no must mean no. Since V2 we hear doublespeak from the hierarchy. It is mamby pambyand all it does is confuse everyone. From this, sins can be committed because everything is fluid.
Trump issues message for feast of Immaculate Conception: “Today, we look to Mary once again for inspiration & encouragement as we pray for an end to war & for a new & lasting era of peace, prosperity, & harmony in Europe & throughout the world”
US President Donald Trump has reignited a war of words with Sir Sadiq Khan, accusing him of being a 'horrible, vicious, disgusting mayor'. During an interview with POLITICO's Dasha Burns, Trump accused Sir Sadiq of 'doing a terrible job' and claimed that he only got elected because 'so many people have come in'. This is not the first time the US President has publicly lambasted the London Mayor, who he called 'terrible' during his statement to the UN General Assembly in New York in September. There, Trump claimed that London wanted 'to go to Sharia law' in comments Sir Keir Starmer branded as 'ridiculous nonsense'. 'If you take a look at London, you have a mayor named Khan. He’s a horrible mayor,' Trump said in his latest diatribe against Sir Sadiq at the White House on December 8. 'He’s an incompetent mayor, but he’s a horrible, vicious, disgusting mayor.' 'I think he’s done a terrible job. London’s a different place. I love London,' the US President said, adding: 'And I hate …
Catholic NGOs accepted millions in federal tax dollars trafficking unaccompanied children. In the history of American governance, few chapters will stain the pages as darkly as the utter failure of the Biden-Harris administration to safeguard unaccompanied migrant children. I must ask this question: If their goal was to intentionally traffic children into sexual slavery and forced labor, how would their actions have been any different? For four catastrophic years, vulnerable minors poured across the Rio Grande and were funneled into a system riddled with incompetence, willful blindness, and flat-out negligence. A report from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) landed like a bomb and exposed the tragedy: the administration lost track of over 320,000 of these children, releasing them to unvetted sponsors without so much as a whisper of accountability. These were terrified kids, fleeing poverty or violence, only to vanish into the shadows of sex …
Pfizer is facing scrutiny after the drugmaker last week published Phase 3 clinical trial results for its mRNA flu vaccine in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) — but excluded the trial’s data for adults 65 and older. The data, published only on ClinicalTrials.gov, showed that elderly participants who received the mRNA flu shot faced a greater risk of serious adverse events, including kidney failure and acute respiratory failure. The trial results published in the NEJM last week focused exclusively on adults 18 to 64. The only reference to results for participants 65 and older appeared as a brief mention in an accompanying editorial. Daniel O’Connor, founder of TrialSite News, said the NEJM’s exclusion of “a full high-risk cohort is extremely unusual and suggests a strategic de-emphasis of negative findings.” “When a top-tier journal quietly omits an entire high-risk population — and that population shows no benefit and higher harm — you’re not looking at science. You’re …
In a 23-page response, the International Marian Association Theological Commission (IMA) highlights what it sees as significant errors and omissions in Cardinal Tucho Fernández’s doctrinal note Mater Populi Fidelis. Key phrases: - If the title Co-redemptrix is always inappropriate or inopportune to use, then the popes, saints and mystics who approved or used the title were acting in an inappropriate and imprudent manner. - Members of the IMA Theological Commission who have taught Mariology for decades certainly do not find the title Co-redemptrix ‘unhelpful’. - While it is appropriate that Mater Populi Fidelis acknowledges papal uses of the title Co-redemptrix, it is unfortunate that these papal uses are not given greater respect or presence in the actual text. - It is unusual that a doctrinal note of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith would quote at length a secular interview by a cardinal prefect, and at the same time, not include over ten papal usages of the same title. …More
Let's face it - this is all on Prevost's watch. He kept Tucho on, and he signed off on this spurious, and generally unnecessary document. Taking a Mary down a few pegs is genuinely the most pressing matter of the Faith at the moment?! Really?!! Perhaps Prevost and Tucho needs to be re-examined.
Is there a definitive cause for the collapse in religious vocations? In this Pints With Aquinas episode, host Matt Fradd asks Sister Miriam Heidland, SOLT, a pressing question: Why are there so few religious sisters today? “I think part of it is the attack on spiritual motherhood and spiritual fatherhood…really, it’s the attack on man and woman, and like, who are we?” she begins. Sister Miriam then shares a personal story and offers her opinion on why there are fewer vocations to the religious life today. “I was talking with the bishop many months ago, and he was saying that in the 1960s…there was a religious community in Wisconsin that was receiving a hundred women a year. 100 women! And they built a brand new novitiate, and then by 1972, they were receiving just four,” she says. At this point in her conversation with the bishop, Sister Miriam says, he posed the question: “Women still have the capacity to say ‘yes’ to this divine invitation. What is preventing them?” Sister Miriam …
The number cause is FEMINISM, in my opinion. Young women have been brainwashed to want to "have it all" = career & 'family" although the latter needs to not be an 'oppressive patriarchal structure' but some self affirming set-up or divorce. Religious life is not even on the radar.
Bishop Strickland To The Faithful: Holding the Nicaean Line Bishop Strickland denounces Prevost's heretic document on the Council of Nicaea, which rejects the deposit of Faith under the pretext of seeking unity without conversion and treats the Church as if it were an institution of human invention where Truth is subject to revision and willing to compromise on faith in order to coexist with the world. Holding the Nicaean Line - Pillars of Faith