Bishop Strickland: A Pastoral Reflection on the Border, the Child, and the Demands of Charity in Truth
Bishop Strickland: A Pastoral Reflection on the Border, the Child, and the Demands of Charity in Truth
It must be said plainly and without evasion: when Church institutions become financially entangled with government programs, when large contracts replace personal charity, when ministries depend on state funding to the point of silence, the prophetic voice of the Church is weakened.
In these days, once again our nation turns its eyes toward the border. Emotions run high. Accusations fly freely. Cries for compassion echo from many quarters – including from within the Church herself. These conversations are necessary. But they must be rooted in truth. For compassion without truth is not charity; it is sentiment divorced from justice.
The Church must always be a mother – never a manager. She must always love – never exploit. She must always speak – never remain silent when souls are endangered.
The Church is called by Christ to welcome the stranger, to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, and to care for the vulnerable. These are not optional works of mercy; they flow from the Gospel …
More clear than that it’s impossible!
Border Czar Receives Catholic Award
Border Czar Receives Catholic Award
General Mike Flynn and Bishop Strickland were part of the January 22, 2026 ceremony in Washington, D.C. at which border czar Tom Homan, a fellow Catholic, was bestowed with the Protector of America Award by Catholics For Catholics for his effort in rescuing more 62,000 missing children – a number which has now been updated to 129,000.
Bishop Strickland, “America’s bishop,” who has been critical of the chaos of illegal immigration in the United States, opened the ceremony with a prayer, and then John Yep, President of Catholics For Catholics, took to the podium.
Yep said that every nation and society is judged by how they treat their most vulnerable citizens.
During Biden’s presidency, Yep said, “we witnessed the largest open border invasion in the history of the world. At least 13 million people came across undocumented through an intentional invasion done by the Biden administration with the help and reliance on NGOs, many of them religious NGOs.” Lawlessness and chaos descended …
Bishop Joseph Strickland spoke at a Catholics for Catholics awards event honoring Tom Homan, who was credited with helping rescue more than 62,000 children from human trafficking networks. Strickland highlighted a troubling claim that about 250,000 minors are still “missing” after crossing the U.S. border during the Biden administration, arguing that the scale of the problem is massive and morally urgent, yet inadequately addressed.
He accused the U.S. Catholic hierarchy of remaining silent about the trafficking of children who cross the border illegally. Strickland rejected reducing the issue to political slogans or sentimental appeals about “welcoming,” insisting that open borders without law and truth lead to chaos, in which children are the first victims. He argued that by normalizing irregular migration, society creates safe spaces for criminal networks.
Strickland also criticized Church institutions that depend heavily on government funding, warning that financial dependence …More
Cardinal Roche is Sad and Worried
Cardinal Roche is Sad and Worried
Those who visit the Dicastery for Divine Worship say that Cardinal Roche has been looking downcast lately; they find him sad and worried. And no wonder. His career as a bishop, now drawing to a close in the shadows of old age, has been a series of failures. His tenure in Leeds was disastrous in many respects, including financially. That is why—and this is no secret—the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales asked Pope Benedict in 2012 to find him another position where he could do no harm to souls or banks. And good old Ratzinger had no better idea than to place him as Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship, making him the natural successor to Cardinal Robert Sarah. (Moral: to be a good ruler, it is not enough to be wise and pious).
Roche’s failures in his position as prefect were resounding. And the first was precisely Traditionis custodes. He was responsible for convincing Pope Francis to publish that ill-fated document on a subject that did not interest the Argentine …
Leeds has degenerated into a complete hole of sorts in latter times. Wonder if mismanagement has anything to do with it.
Pope Leo Appoints Pro-LGBT Archbishop as Secretary for Dicastery for Clergy
Pope Leo Appoints Pro-LGBT Archbishop as Secretary for Dicastery for Clergy
Pope Leo XIV has appointed a controversial and homosexualist archbishop to a prominent role in the Vatican.
Archbishop Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli of Gorizia was named today as the new Secretary for the Dicastery for Clergy.
Raedelli and his pro-LGBT views were mentioned in a 2020 book by Luciano Moia, a senior journalist for the Italian Bishops’ Conference’s daily newspaper Avvenire. In his book, Moia argues that the Church should look at “chastity” within a same-sex relationship the same way in which it looks at chastity within marriage.
As an example of how the Church should begin to do this, the author cited Raedelli’s response to the same-sex ‘marriage’ in 2017 of a homosexual Catholic scout leader.
In Moia’s words, Raedelli “threw everyone off. He refused the role of the judge, he didn’t absolve, but neither did he condemn. He invited the community to reflect together to understand if, even from such a divisive occurrence, one can receive aspects of grace. An intervention …
This is evil news for contemporary people. (a play on words of good news for modern man.)
New Consultants of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue: Pluralism, Pachamama, Feminism, and Synodal Agenda
New Consultants of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue: Pluralism, Pachamama, Feminism, and Synodal Agenda
It is clear the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue will continue to orbit in coordinates very similar to those of the previous pontificate.
The Holy See Bulletin announced this Monday the appointment of new consultants to the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue. The statement, strictly administrative in tone, limits itself to listing 19 names, positions, and origins. However, the list includes profiles that were already associated with very specific ecclesial debates—due to their public activity, statements, or theological framework—and therefore the announcement has raised questions about the type of approach that is intended to be reinforced in a particularly sensitive dicastery, where language and gestures have pastoral and doctrinal consequences. The en.news portal has highlighted several profiles for their public positions and symbolic weight within the ecclesial debate.
Among the appointed consultants are, among others, Emilce Cuda (Pontifical Commission for Latin America),…
This servant of the devil, an enemy of God, doesn't need consultants, but rather more accomplices in his war against God and the Church.
Catholicism Declines Across Latin America As More Identify With No Religion
Catholicism Declines Across Latin America As More Identify With No Religion
More fruits of the spirit of Vatican II.
The Catholic Church’s long-dominant hold on Latin America is continuing to loosen, even as most people across the region remain deeply religious, according to new survey data from the Pew Research Center.
Across six of Latin America’s most populous nations — Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru — the share of adults who identify as Catholic has dropped sharply over the past decade, according to a new Pew Research Center study released on Wednesday.
At the same time, Pew found that a growing proportion of Latin Americans now describe themselves as religiously unaffiliated, saying they are either atheist, agnostic or have no particular faith tradition.
Catholicism, however, remains the region’s largest religious tradition, but its numerical dominance has weakened in recent years. Today, Catholics account for between 46% and 67% of adults in each of the six countries surveyed. In contrast, Pew said the share of adults who are …
This is a tragedy.
Bishop Athanasius Schneider: Cardinal Roche’s Liturgy Report Is “Manipulative” and Distorts History
Bishop Athanasius Schneider: Cardinal Roche’s Liturgy Report Is “Manipulative” and Distorts History
Bishop Athanasius Schneider has issued a forceful critique of a recent liturgy report prepared by Cardinal Arthur Roche, saying it relies on “manipulative reasoning” and “distorts historical evidence.”
The Cardinal’s two-page text—framed as a “careful theological, historical, and pastoral reflection”—was distributed to members of the Sacred College at a Jan. 7–8 consistory convened by Pope Leo XIV. Although it was not formally presented or discussed at the meeting due to time constraints, the report received significant pushback from clergy and faithful after its contents circulated in the media.
In a point-by-point analysis, Bishop Schneider challenges both the historical assumptions and theological premises underlying the text. Drawing on the documents of the Second Vatican Council, papal teaching, and the testimony of scholars and witnesses directly involved in the postconciliar liturgical reform, he argues that the report reflects not an impartial and careful analysis, but …
The counterfeit vatican 2 church in the words of ANTIPOPE bergoglio is that his "different church" means those members/usurpers are NOT CATHOLIC even if they pretend as CINO[catholic in name only].
And it is obvious that their church is NOT the ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC, and APOSTOLIC CHURCH which JESUS CHRIST instituted.
However, these members also work toward the goals that bergoglio worked so deliberately to accomplish also which in his words is to make their "different church" also "irreversible".
This will only happen if HELL does not exist, and this is another synodal doctrine of the "irreversible" "different" bergoglian vatican 2 counterfeit church for those who want to believe satan when he claims that he doesn't exist.
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass Is Catechesis
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass Is Catechesis
All the quasi-theological platitudes given for the suppression of traditional liturgy ignore the real harm done to the faith of children when you surround them with unserious liturgy.
Teaching is a difficult and generally thankless job. Yet, our society could not function without those who answer the call to this work. From the loving guidance of parents to the necessary correction of a confessor, growth is only possible because of those God has put before us as guides.
In a way, we are all teachers, endlessly instructing those around us by our actions. We conform to the norms around us to such a fantastic degree that to stand in opposition is to stand out. There are no instructions in an elevator that say we must stand facing the doors, and yet we all do.
This week, Diana Montagna shared a document on liturgy authored by Cardinal Roche in preparation for the Extraordinary Consistory. This document is a strong defense of Traditionis Custodes. It restates the reasoning behind the …
Cardinal Pell is Three Years Dead, but ‘Demos’ Lives
Cardinal Pell is Three Years Dead, but ‘Demos’ Lives
Australian Cardinal George Pell died three years ago on January 10, 2023.
On Friday evening in Rome, in the Domus Australia, a Requiem Mass was held for him.
Pell was the first prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, posted to the role by Pope Francis in 2014, before leaving three years later to face charges of abuse in his homeland, which he denied, and of which he was finally acquitted.
After his death at the age of 81, it was revealed he was the man behind the pen-name “Demos,” under which he had authored a memo the year before, condemning the papacy of Pope Francis as a “catastrophe.”
The statement complained about issues such as the appointment of officials it considered heretical, the “Pachamama” statue, and the softening attitude towards homosexuals.
Pell died before the election of Pope Leo XIV, but it is interesting to look at what the cardinal wrote regarding “The Next Conclave” – the one that would elect Francis’s successor – which happened to choose Cardinal Robert …
Der Herr möge ihn selig haben
The crux article is complete blather. What a joke. Homosexualists remain in power and continue to be appointed.