The mounting attack on altar rails…renewing the iconoclasm of the 1970s, is a cause of deep concern... For this reason it behooves us to understand that there is absolutely no basis for a bishop to oppose the use or the construction of altar rails in churches. – Dr. Kwasniewski
The concept of “Holy Russia,” as noted, is still alive, though it is often conflated with Rússkiy mir (“Russian World”), a pernicious political doctrine that promotes Russia’s influence and control over all peoples and lands it believes—rightly or wrongly—belong to Russia’s historic patrimony.
With Vatican Council II ( rational ) the SSPX is in the mainline Catholic Church which can no more be liberal. The Council has changed. This is known here at the Vatican and Pope Leo and the Holy See Press Office are not responding. Neither are the traditionalists and the sedevacantists. The mainline Catholic Church is liberal today because Vatican Council II is liberal. The SSPX and the MHT sedevacantists interpret ‘the red passages as exceptions for the blue orthodox ones ‘ in Vatican Council II. This is irrational. It has to change When the SSPX and the sedevacantists interpret ‘the redas not being an exception for the blue’, the Council is no more liberal. This is a sea change in the Catholic Church. We return automatically to the ecclesiology of St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine. We side step the irrational theology of the popes from Paul VI to Leo XIV. 09.12.2025 POPE LEO’S INTERPRETATION OF VATICAN COUNCIL II PRODUCES POLARIZATION : GERMAN MEDIA NOT CORRECTED POPE …More
“I’m proud of the bishops’ statement on immigration. We must protect our borders, but must uphold human dignity. We must honor due process. We must respect our immigrant brothers and sisters.” — Archbishop-designate Ron Hicks
Dans un commentaire, on me demande d'approfondir l'aversion de la grande partie du judaïsme religieux de la fin du dix-neuvième siècle à l'égard du sionisme : 1) le sionisme est une idéologie qui naît entre la Russie et l'Allemagne, c'est-à-dire là où le socialisme et le nationalisme se seraient affirmés. C’est exactement l’enfant de cette culture. Les premiers sionistes sont socialistes, nationalistes, ou socialistes nationalistes. De culture sont pour la plupart des germanophiles, des fils de Hegel, ou même, comme Moses Hess, des amis de Marx. Pour eux (Hess et Nordau), Dieu est une pure superstition (Hess est celui qui donne l'expression « religion opium des peuples ») ; ou c'est quelque chose dont il ne faut pas s'occuper ; parfois il est utilisé avec l'acception panthéiste de Hegel ou avec celle de Mazzini. Il y a aussi le sionisme de Jabotinsky qui est profondément influencé par le Risorgimento laïc et sécularisé italien : ses héros sont Mazzini et Garibaldi, franc …More
Archbishop-Designate Hicks: “I was really formed by the Latino Church and I have a great heart for the Latino community. This community is a vital part of the Church…I’m proud of the statement the USCCB recently put out about immigration and about the necessity to make sure that we have a country that does protect our borders… and also be a country that upholds human dignity.”
This morning, Pope Leo XIV had received Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Kazakhstan in a private audience, the Vatican press office announced. Other audiences this morning included: Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich, Coordinator of the Council for the Economy. Father Gerald Timoner III, Superior of the Order of Preachers (the Dominicans). Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, Prefect of the Dicastery for Oriental Churches. Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints.
Papa Leone XIV ha ricevuto questa mattina in udienza privata il vescovo Athanasius Schneider.
James Martin, SJ: "Welcome to New York, Bishop Hicks! A great choice for the Archdiocese of New York: a gifted, hard-working and compassionate pastor close to the poor"
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Ron Hicks, 58, of Joliet, Illinois, as the 11th Archbishop of New York. Monsignor Hicks was ordained as a priest in 1994 by likely homosexual Cardinal Joseph Bernardin. He was ordained as an auxiliary bishop by pro-homosexual Cardinal Blase Cupich, whom he owes his entire carreer. Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who has led the Archdiocese of New York since 2009, will be remembered for permitting a transvestite show funeral for homosexual activist Cecilia Gentili at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in February 2024. In all likelihood, substantively, Bishop Hicks will not differ significantly from Cardinal Dolan. First Generation-X Prelate at Major US Archdiocese Bishop Hicks will be the first Generation-X prelate (born roughly between 1965 and 1980) to hold a major U.S. see. He comes from a very different era of seminary formation. The Archbishop of New York is traditionally appointed a cardinal. From 2005 to 2010, Bishop Hicks spent five years on missionary assignment …More
HAZEL'S HEART Official Trailer (2026) North Dakota farm girl’s heroic witness during 1920 blizzard arrives on major streaming platforms Dec. 23 following acclaimed world premiere BISMARCK, N.D. — A powerful true story of faith, courage, and sacrificial love rooted in the frozen plains of North Dakota is now headed for a national audience. “Hazel’s Heart,” the feature-length film written and directed by University of Mary professor and filmmaker Daniel Bielinski, will make its national premiere this Christmas season following a widely praised world premiere in North Dakota earlier this fall. Set for national video-on-demand release Dec. 23 on Apple TV, Amazon, Google Play/YouTube Movies, Fandango-at-Home, Versant, Vubiquity, and DirecTV/AT&T, the film will also stream on Angel Studios beginning Dec. 18. Distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films, “Hazel’s Heart” tells the true story of 16-year-old Hazel Miner, a humble farm girl from Center, N.D., whose faith-filled courage during a devastating …More
Thank you for this. We will look forward to seeing this, but I am inspired to point out that the trailer script misquoted the uncorrupted / uncorruptible SCRIPTURE of GOD. All matters in GOD'S HOLY SCRIPTURES as HIS messages and TRUTH are corrupted today by design in every way possible and beyond recognition, and according to GOD,Charity is to be preferred before all other gifts as GOD wants people to understand- And now there remain, faith, hope, charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity. [1 Corinthians 13:13 uncorrupted Douay Rheims BIBLE]
Monsignor Ronald Hicks - Bishop of Joliet and soon to become the new Archbishop of New York - first met Pope Francis on 29 June 2015. After Francis’s death, he wrote about that meeting on Diocoliet.org on 5 May. Back then, he was standing in Saint Peter’s Basilica with Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich. Cupich had been installed as Archbishop of Chicago in November 2014. In January 2015, he appointed Rev. Hicks as his Vicar General and in 2018 his auxiliary bishop. “Now Is Your Chance” In June 2015, Archbishop Cupich asked his Vicar General in the Basilica, “Have you ever met the Pope?” When Hicks replied, “No,” Cupich grasped his arm and said with a smile, “Well, now is your chance.” He led Hicks briskly toward Pope Francis and introduced him in Italian, saying, “Holy Father, this is Ron Hicks, my Vicar General, and he speaks Spanish.” Francis turned to Hicks and began speaking in Spanish. Hicks recalls: “From that moment forward, whenever we encountered one another, we spoke …More
Bishop Hicks is not a sychophantic type of personality, he is his own man. You will find that out. Here in Joliet we've seen a reasonable man. When some bishops were quick to eliminate the Latin Mass such was not the case with Bishop Hicks. Things have not changed on that front. He supports parishes and priests instead of undermining them as in other places. He is a man of prudence and caution who loves his Catholic faith. New York will thrive under his guidance.
Pope Leo has named San Diego Auxiliary Ramon Bejarano (56) as Bishop of Monterey, CA. In February of this year. Bejarano led a protest against Trump’s deportation polices at a San Diego Courthouse, and has celebrated “All are Welcome” Masses for the LGBTQ community in San Diego.