The French Ministry of the Armed Forces and the City of Versailles have announced on July 23 that the former Récollets Convent in Versailles will be converted into a luxury hotel. Located less than 100 meters from the Palace of Versailles, the historic site is expected to reopen around 2030. Built in 1684 during the reign of King Louis XIV, the convent was designed by architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart. It originally housed the Récollets, a reformed branch of the Franciscan Order. The monks lived in poverty, prayer, and preaching while serving the people of Versailles and the royal armies. Following the French Revolution, the monks were expelled and the property was nationalized. The convent chapel was demolished in 1796, and the remaining buildings were successively used as a prison, military infirmary, army barracks, and administrative offices. The French state will retain ownership of the property but will grant a long-term emphyteutic lease to a private operator responsible for restoring …More
Following a « sermon-dialogue » between a bishop and a laywoman, in direct contradiction with recent Roman directives, the celebration of the feast of Saint Marie-Madeleine in Munich was also marked by a grand carnival
Diese Woche hat eine Frau eine Dialog-Predigt mit Weihbischof Wolfgang Bischof (München) gehalten. Der liturgische Tanz im Video stammt aus dieser Messe. Anlass war das Fest der Maria Magdalena.
Bishop Blocks Electronic Music Concerts in Church: On July 23, Bishop Alexandre de Bucy of Agen, southwestern France, barred an electronic music festival from using the Saint-Robert Church for concerts scheduled on August 7–9. The church is municipally owned under French law, but the bishop has authority over its religious use and the French law forbids a secular use of state-owned churches. Organizers had reportedly failed—for the fourth consecutive year—to seek permission from either the parish or the Diocese of Agen. Parish priest Rev. Gilles N'Goran condemned the planned concerts as a "profanation."
L’évêque d’Agen, Alexandre de Bucy, a interdit un concert de musique électronique dans l’église Saint-Robert, faute d’autorisation de la paroisse et du diocèse. Le festival, prévu du 7 au 9 août, était organisé pour la quatrième année consécutive sans consultation préalable. Le curé, le père Gilles N’Goran, a dénoncé le projet comme une « profanation ».
In the month of anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Roman-Catholic churches of Volhynia (July 1943), NCR likens the leader of "Banderam favens" Ukrainian Church Shevchuk to Cardinal Sapieha: "The heroic witness of Cardinal Adam Sapieha does not belong only to the past; it has an echo today in one of the bravest bishops of the 21st century, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Indeed, given the changing political geography of Sapieha’s life, it could be argued that Shevchuk is one of his heirs." (cf.: 75 Years After His Death, Cardinal Sapieha’s …) Sapieha as the Archbishop of Cracow loudly denounced abominable crimes of Ukrainian banderism - including many murders of Catholic priests, also in churches and parish buildings, and sometimes during the Holy Mass. On March 27, 1944 after dramatic reports from the Archdiocese of Lwow and letters from Roman-Catholic Archbishop Boleslaus Twardowski Sapieha was compelled to write to Hans Frank: "Your …More
Did you know that there were Catholic Samurais? Meet Justo Ukon Takayama. He was a feudal lord and samurai in 16th-century Japan. When the Shogun banned Christianity, Takayama refused to renounce his faith. He abandoned his status, wealth, and samurai position, choosing exile and poverty over apostasy. He is now a Blessed in the Catholic Church, on the path to being declared a saint.
Archbishop Georg Gänswein, currently Nuncio to the Baltic States, praised Pope Leo XIV and U.S. President Donald Trump while attacking Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with DomRadio.de on July 22. Monsignor Gänswein said Pope Leo XIV has brought "a new sense of relief" to the Church. "Peace is the key word," he believes. "From his very first address, Pope Leo placed the peace of the Risen Christ at the center of his message." According to the nuncio, the Pope's emphasis on peace has [allegedly] transformed the atmosphere. "It has turned headwinds into tailwinds. Whether that wind will change again remains impossible to predict." Bond with Pope Benedict XVI Reflecting on his years alongside Benedict XVI, Archbishop Gänswein said their relationship developed from a professional one into a close personal friendship. "We not only worked together but also lived under one roof and spent every day together," he recalled. "During the ten years after his resignation, our relationship …More
Putin knows gay man when he sees one he KGB trained in reading people Speaks German and probably has a file on him . Trump allows gay marriages at Mar largo
Bishop Aguer : "The four Eucharistic Prayers of the reformed Missal seem to have been displaced by the “zero prayer”; that is, by what the celebrant in turn desires. This and other doctrinal, moral, and disciplinary breakdowns emptied seminaries and convents, triggered massive defections in the clergy and religious life, and unleashed a bleeding in the Church." spanish in comment of Archbishop Aguer: Traditionis Custodes Fueled … french in comment of Mgr Aguer : « Traditionis Custodes » a suscité …
Locally, a former SSPX priest named William T. Welsh, who at least until recently had been living in the south suburbs, was the subject of an unusual federal court case in Chicago that began in 2020, as the government of Australia sought to have him extradited to face child sex charges. An American, Welsh once ministered in Australia for SSPX, and authorities there charged him with 11 counts of indecent assault and two counts of gross indecency with a person under 16 years, court records show. “Welsh was ordained a Catholic priest on 1 December 1985,” court records show. “In 1985 he was assigned as a collaborator in Hampton, Australia, until August 1986. After spending some time in different locations, Welsh was assigned as a prior in Hampton from January 1986 until July 1993.” While in that suburb of Melbourne, he repeatedly sexually assaulted a female parishioner when she was between 12 and 15 years old, including at times on the church property, authorities allege. The case was dropped …More
That one thing that needs to be corrected ASAP clericalism at its worst But don't throw out the baby with the dirty water. True victims need justice no matter what
Abortion pills are every abuser’s dream. A few clicks. A package in the mail. A baby’s life is ended. A woman left to suffer alone. (Video from “Students for Life”—whose leaders earn enormous salaries)
"A woman left to suffer alone." . While this is the most common situation, please never overlook the fact that men's reproductive rights are completely and fully abrogated and usurped by women and by law. A woman may kill a man's son or daughter with complete impunity, no recourse for the father, and typically no sympathy or support for the father.
Unconscionable and unthinkable that this used to be the land of the free and home of the brave. America is now the home of baby murder. I think the Students for Life leaders earn every penny they get and more.
Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson examines the growing crisis inside the U.S. arsenal and explores what this military-industrial weakness means for a future confrontation with Moscow or Beijing. U.S. is running out of missiles, Russia and China are watching — Ex-CIA Analyst Larry Johnson Some of the talk below included in the video. Time for Russia to reconsider it's relationship with the US. And in fact that the US is not a potential friend. It's an enemy! And with that carries with it important implications. We need to consider that the US is a country in crises. Economically, politically, militarily. Larry explains about the weapons the US has and doesn't have. What we have used already. How long it takes to make more. And how we can't make them without the rare earths from China. The PAC-3 missiles attached to the Patriot air defense system. It turned out to be a complete dud for Ukraine. And an expensive dud at that. Costing up to $6 million per missile fired. If you are going up …More
What a mess we are in. The F-35 fifth generation fighter The latest delivery, six of them, came without the nose radar because the nose radar depends upon these high precision magnets supplied by China! And without those the radar system that's suppose to be in the nose cone of that airplane is not put in place. Instead what the US did temporarily is a fix, is they went out and bought weight plates. The plates you put on bar bells to lift. They put them on the nose of the plane just so it can have the weight. But still didn't have the radar capability.
Why God Sometimes Allows Spiritual Darkness During times of spiritual difficulty and purification, it may feel like God has abandoned us, but this is not the case. God allows us to experience these feelings to purify us of selfishness and strengthen our virtues. Like Mother Teresa, we should focus on loving and serving others, even when we don’t feel God’s presence, because He is always with us, guiding us towards sainthood. The journey to holiness involves four stages: the active and passive nights of the senses, and the active and passive nights of the spirit. While we can actively pursue virtues like humility, true perfection requires God’s transformative work through trials and darkness. These experiences, though painful, are ultimately rewards that purify us and deepen our charity, the foundation of all virtues. Fr. Altier is a Priest at Holy Trinity Parish in South St. Paul: Home | Holy Trinity Parish You can also find Fr. Robert Altier’s homilies and talks on: catholicparents.org: …More
Young Catholics in Brazil are expressing a desire for deeper faith formation, greater emphasis on holiness, and well-celebrated liturgy, while also voicing frustration with what they see as an excessive focus on sociopolitical issues in the Church, according to a national survey presented to the Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB). The 2025 survey, conducted by the CNBB's Episcopal Commission for Youth with academic partners, gathered responses from more than 11,000 Catholics aged 12 to 29 across Brazil. It used a voluntary online questionnaire rather than a representative random sample. According to the partial results (document below), holiness and the Christian faith were the most frequently cited topics of interest among respondents. Many also expressed a desire for stronger formation in Catholic teaching, greater emphasis on Scripture and the Eucharist, and well-celebrated liturgy. Asked what makes participation in the Church more difficult, respondents most often pointed to a lack …More