Journalists Raymond Arroyo and Robert Royal, and canon lawyer and priest Gerald Murray of New York talked on January 16 about the consistory of January 7-8. A short sequence, video below. Robert Royal commenting on Cardinal Grech’s contribution on synod: I think you hear that and you say, what in God’s name can that possibly mean? This is the gobbledygook we’ve been listening to for years about synodality and all this confusion. I mean, one of the things I’ve heard from sources is that many of these cardinals have said, "Look, we’re just confused about this. We’re tired of going over the same things again and again." These pronouncements keep coming out. When I read Cardinal Grech, I said to myself: This guy knows they haven’t gotten anything substantial done. You can try to preserve the illusion that there’s somehow a dynamic age of the Spirit underway, but it’s about to die. Raymond Arroyo: Well, he says there are good fruits here. He says fruits are blooming all over the place. …More
In Yiwu, Zhejiang, participants in a sports event are indoctrinated against the “xie jiao” while cycling up the hills. by Qi Junzao The Yivu race: anti-xie-jiao propaganda is not far away. On December 14, the city of Yiwu in Zhejiang province hosted what might have been a perfectly ordinary sporting event: a cycling hill‑climb invitational. One thousand riders gathered at the scenic Shili Taohua Wu area to test their stamina on the winding Yan’kou Lake track. But in China, no public gathering is too innocent to escape the heavy hand of propaganda. Suddenly, the event was transformed into a “sports + anti-xie‑jiao extravaganza.” For readers unfamiliar with the term, “xie jiao” is often translated as “cults” or “evil cults,” but this is not accurate. It designates in China since the Middle Ages “organizations spreading heterodox teachings,” and the powers that be decide which teachings are “heterodox.” Today, it is a deliberately broad and elastic label wielded by the Chinese …
A Word from Cardinal Dolan: Worth Recovering | Home to the Sacred Heart Cardinal Dolan describes the tradition of consecrating houses to the Sacred Heart of Jesus as part of the “Worth Recovering” series.
Cardenal Dolan invita a colocar un crucifijo y consagrar el hogar al Sagrado Corazón El Cardenal Timothy Dolan, Arzobispo Emérito de Nueva York, invitó a los fieles a colocar un crucifijo en casa y a consagrar el hogar al Sagrado Corazón de Jesús. “He estado repasando algunas prácticas que creo que vale la pena recuperar en nuestra vida católica. Ayer hablé sobre tener un crucifijo en casa. ¡Qué sencillo!”, dijo el purpurado en un vídeo publicado este jueves 15 de enero en su cuenta de X. hmtv
I have seen and testified January 18 - Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Dear brothers and sisters, John the Baptist, in the passage from the Gospel of St. John the Apostle that we’re going to listen to on Sunday, January 18, helps us better understand the beautiful mission of us Christians in the world. First of all, we must "see," with the "eyes" of faith, God's love for us in the Risen Jesus, present through His Holy Catholic Church, in His Word, in His Sacraments, especially in the Holy Eucharist. Regarding the encounter with God in His Word, Pope Leo in his catechesis on Wednesday, January 14, pointing to the DEI VERBUM, as one of the most beautiful and important documents of the Second Vatican Council, recalls that its purpose is to nourish the New Testament hope in the God who makes us children and calls us to become like Him even though in our fragile humanity. That's why the Pope invites us to cultivate friendship with God by listening to His Word and through liturgical, communal …More
CATECHISM OF PERSEVERANCE : AN HISTORICAL, DOCTRINAL,MORAL, AND LITURGICAL EXPOSITION OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION Translated from the French of Mgr Gaume by REV. F. B. JAMISON - COURSE FIRST - CHAPTER 32 - The Messiah promised and prefigured - Fourteenth figure of the Messiah - Gideon. (A.C.1405.)
Did you know that when a squirrel finds an orphaned baby squirrel, the first thing she does is feed it and wait? She watches for a day… then two… then three — hoping the parents will come back. If no one shows up, she doesn’t walk away. She adopts the baby as her own. She feeds it, warms it, teaches it how to survive, and raises it right alongside her litter as if it had always belonged. Squirrels also have a tender ritual that most people never hear about: when a female greets her partner after he’s been out gathering food, she gently touches his face — as if to wipe the exhaustion off him. And the male shows love his own way: he brings her the best nuts he can find — walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds — whatever the forest has to offer. That’s how a squirrel family lives: Mom Squirrel, Dad Squirrel, and their babies — built on quiet care and mutual effort. But here’s the part that always stops biologists in their tracks: Roughly half of the seeds squirrels bury for “hard times” are …More
The Holy Door at Saint Peter's Basilica was sealed on January 16. Vatican craftsmen closed the door from the inside using 3,200 bricks. The door will remain closed until the next Jubilee.
La porta santa della Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano è stata murata. «È bello diventare pellegrini di speranza. Ed è bello continuare ad esserlo, insieme! La fedeltà di Dio ci stupirà ancora. Se non ridurremo a monumenti le nostre chiese, se saranno case le nostre comunità, se resisteremo uniti alle lusinghe dei potenti, allora saremo la generazione dell’aurora. Maria, Stella del mattino, camminerà sempre davanti a noi! Nel suo Figlio contempleremo e serviremo una magnifica umanità, trasformata non da deliri di onnipotenza, ma dal Dio che per amore si è fatto carne» Leone XIV da pagina facebook di SilereNonPossum
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I write today with a heavy heart about a personal faith-related discussion that I had yesterday with a local Vicar—the matter related to a material desecration that took place (of all days) on Christmas Day. A friend and I were both witnesses to it. While the incident was a misunderstanding, it was clearly and blatantly avoidable. Anyone with a discerning heart and mind could obviously see the circumstances that lent themselves to it. This same friend and I wrote a letter to the Vicar about it. We did receive an appointment to discuss the matter in person. However, by the end of the discussion, the vicar’s posture and message regarding the incident became clear. And, while not explicit, the general message was: “s#!t happens” For Catholics, the Eucharist is the source and summit of our faith. Everything else is a distant second. It was the equivalent of hearing from the doctor charged with caring for your father or mother that they fell down the stairs during their hospital stay……More
Asked about the Mass in the Roman rite, Cardinal Jaime Spengler of Porto Alegre, Brazil, said that “the river doesn’t flow backwards.” He spoke with VidaNuevaDigital.com on January 16. The cardinal is president of the bishops’ conferences of Brazil and Latin America (CELAM). His main statement echoes the historically weak ideas promoted by Cardinal Roche at the consistory on January 7-8. Cardinal Spengler said, “Throughout history, the liturgy has undergone various reforms. The Second Vatican Council represents an enormous effort to recover fundamental elements of Catholic liturgical celebration. Nostalgic proposals do not help to promote what the Council identified as essential for the liturgy.” Furthermore, Cardinal Spengler offered a pointless definition of the Eucharist: “Liturgy cannot be understood simply as an expression of religious practice; above all, it is a vigorous expression of a lived experience of faith, both personal and communal - an experience of encounter with …More
The bishops’ conferences of Brazil and Latin America (CELAM) interpret Vatican Council II with an irrational and not rational premise. New books on Vatican Council II must not be given the imprimatur unless the Council is interpreted rationally and so ethically. 17.01.2026 POPE LEO MUST NOT ALLOW THE IMPRIMATUR FOR NEW BOOKS ON VATICAN COUNCIL II INTERPRETED WITH THE FALSE PREMISE : RAHNER’S BOOKS MUST BE PULLED BACK POPE LEO MUST NOT ALLOW THE IMPRIMATUR FOR NEW …
Wisdom 1:7 “The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom.” Psalm 69:9 “The zeal for Your House consumes me, and the insults of those who insult You fall upon me.”
“Grandkids are a little like an inheritance — they come to you for free.” No work required. No merit. No tests or sacrifices. They just… fall into your life like a small miracle. You don’t have to walk through heartbreak, marriage struggles, or the pain of labor. And yet a grandchild is your blood — your continuation. With age comes a quiet nostalgia — for the things that once belonged to you, but slipped away with your youth. And you catch yourself thinking, “My God… when did my children grow up?” The loud little rascals with scraped knees somehow turned into adults with jobs, mortgages, deadlines, and responsibilities. And you don’t always recognize in them the kids you once carried on your hip. Those children became men and women — not the little ones you remember. And then, out of nowhere, without pregnancy or delivery or any of the chaos in between — a doctor places a newborn in your arms. A gift. A piece of your past returned to you. No tears. No labor. No fear. Just that …More
On 15 January, Catholics in the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, prayed the Rosary publicly to protest against recent liturgical restrictions imposed by Bishop Michael Martin. These measures ban the use of kneelers for Communion, which will take effect on 16 January. The faithful gathered in front of the diocesan pastoral centre in an act of reparation.
January 15 in Charlotte, in the cold and in front of the chancery, faithful gathered to pray for our diocese, for Bishop Martin, and in reparation for his liturgical directives.
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