Rev. Joseph was seven when he saw his father murder his mother. Decades later, he became a Catholic priest. Born Youssef in Cluses in the French Alps, he was seven when he returned from a ski camp and found his father stabbing his mother. She died hours later. His father was imprisoned and Youssef placed in foster care. At 18, he was expelled. Alcoholism cost him his work and housing, and he spent three years living on a bench in Grenoble. There, a priest named Gérard greeted him daily. After three years, Gérard sat beside him and invited him for coffee—the start of Youssef’s recovery. After three detoxifications and two rehabilitation stays, he became sober, converted to Catholicism and took the name Joseph. He later travelled to his father’s grave in Constantine, Algeria, where he says he forgave him. Joseph entered seminary at 44 and was ordained for the Archdiocese of Paris in 2020. He now serves at the Basilica of Sacré-Cœur in Montmartre.
Homily, Monday, September 28, 2026 Job 1:6-22 Being with God keeps evil away. Luke 9:46-50 "Whoever receives this child in my name receives me." Let us welcome God's love, and He is who we’ll find on our journey. Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.
Genealogists have uncovered a hidden chapter in Pope Leo XIV’s family history. His French grandmother, Suzanne Fontaine, became pregnant amid an adultery involving married Sicilian language teacher Salvatore Riggitano. She fled from France in 1917 and gave birth in a Catholic mother and baby home near the US-Canada border. Records from the birth show the family using assumed names, including Prevost. Riggitano later appears to have led a double life for years, while “Prevost” endured as the family name eventually inherited by the future pope.
Fleeing scandal, a 23-year-old gave birth in a Catholic mother and baby home in 1917. The surname she chose for her baby, ‘Prevost’, endured down the decades, becoming the name of her grandson, Pope Leo XIV.
Can't get much lower in trying to trash someones reputation! (Dispicable trashy article) According to this "scandal" That would make Pope Leo a miracle baby.
>>btselem.org/the_elimination_project/?lang=en "All this didn't start with the current Israeli government, and it didn't begin on October 7th. Over time the methods have changed, the scale changed, but the direction remained. In the West Bank apartheid remains the central legal framework for understanding the Israeli regime and the crimes committed to maintain it", said Yuli Novak, B’Tselem’s Executive Director, at the launch of our new report The Elimination Project. A checkpoint. A community forced from its land. A farmer unable to reach his fields. An economy pushed further into crisis. A journalist arrested. These may look like separate events. B’Tselem’s new report shows that they are interconnected parts of the same system. Understand the logic behind what is happening in the West Bank. See the full picture. Read the full report... >> btselem.org/the_elimination_project/?lang=en facebook
An injured priest returned to the altar at Jarosław Abbey two days after a deadly knife attack. Two days after a deadly knife attack at Jarosław Abbey in southeastern Poland, the church reopened to worshippers. Fr. Adrian, who was injured in the assault and still bore bruises and a facial dressing, returned to the altar. He said he forgave the 31-year-old suspect and urged worshippers not to blame the Ukrainian nation for one man’s actions. He also asked for prayers for Fr. Marek, who remains hospitalized, and for Fr. Stanisław Zbojnowicz, 72, who died from his injuries. The suspect faces charges including murder, attempted murder and causing grievous bodily harm.
Dwa dni po ataku Jarosławskie Opactwo znów otworzyło drzwi. Ranny ks. Adrian stanął przy ołtarzu i wygłosił homilię
KARK 4 News The U.S. and China agreed to lower tariffs on $30 billion worth of goods each country imports from the other and launch new talks on AI following President Trump’s summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. facebook.com/…illion-worth-of-goods-each-count/15…
Leo XIV unveiled a monument to fraternity in Lourdes. Today in Lourdes, Pope Leo XIV inaugurated the newly named Pont Léon XIV, a rebuilt bridge spanning the Gave de Pau and bearing his name. During the ceremony, the Pope also unveiled La Fraternité entre les Peuples, a monument dedicated to fraternity among peoples.
In Lourdes, Pope Leo XIV inaugurates a bridge named after him, and unveils a small momunent on the Pont Léon XIV.
I hope and prat that more people will realize that our bodies are not billboards or painting canvasses. It is also a sin to defile our bodies., since we were created to be temples of the Holy Ghost.
Priests heard confessions right on the street along the Champs-Élysées as huge crowds gathered for Pope Leo XIV’s open-air Mass in Paris at Place de la Concorde today.
Episcopal preacher Flourish Klink, given name Madeline, sparked controversy this week after a March 21 sermon resurfaced online. Klink declared “God is trans” and, referring to Our Lady and Jesus’ birth, claimed he was “assigned a gender at birth” that “wasn’t quite right.” Klink concluded: “Jesus was not only transfigured. I think that Jesus transitioned.” Klink’s hand gestures during the sermon come across as distinctly feminine.
Outrage as non-binary Episcopal priest claims Jesus was TRANSGENDER but Mary assigned him male at birth in bizarre sermon
Saint Vincent de Paul (September 27) mantheycalltom on Sep 26, 2009 September 27 is the feast day of Saint Vincent de Paul. This prayer is for the poor.
