This is a very thoughtful homily given by Pope Benedict XVI for the Mass of the Lord's Supper. It was delivered at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, on Holy Thursday, April 13, 2006 Dear Brothers in the Episcopate and in the Priesthood, Dear Brothers and Sisters, 'Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end' (Jn 13: 1). God loves his creature, man; he even loves him in his fall and does not leave him to himself. He loves him to the end. He is impelled with his love to the very end, to the extreme: he came down from his divine glory. He cast aside the raiment of his divine glory and put on the garb of a slave. He came down to the extreme lowliness of our fall. He kneels before us and carries out for us the service of a slave: he washes our dirty feet so that we might be admitted to God's banquet and be made worthy to take our place at his table - something that on our own we neither could nor would ever be able to do. God is not a remote God, too distant or …
As Trump’s administration spirals toward disaster, as his poll numbers plunge, his team does not seem equal to the job. Nearly every campaign promise has been broken – from releasing the Epstein files in the first ninety days to staying out of “forever wars.” He has repatriated fewer illegal aliens than Obama. It seems that Trump is not the man to save the country. Watch what happens during the midterm elections when the Democrats take control of Congress. Watch how fast the Democrats impeach Trump after they are sworn in at the beginning of next year. Trump’s third trial in the Senate will not go so well as many Republican senators, filled with disgust, will want to be rid of him.
Pope Leo XIV has summoned the presidents of the world's episcopal conferences to a meeting in Rome in October 2026. Announced on March 19, 2026, the summit marks the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ Amoris Laetitia to discuss its impact and further steps in family ministry. Purpose: To conduct a "synodal discernment" on ministering to families and address changes impacting them. Focus: The meeting focuses on the 10th anniversary of Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love), which dealt with pastoral care for families, including the controversial topic of Communion for divorced and remarried Catholics. Context: Pope Leo described the document as a "luminous message of hope" and stated that pastoral attention to families is more necessary today than in 2016 Read it and weep What you need to know about Pope Leo’s October …
On 1 April, Pope Leo XIV appointed Monsignor Daniel Meagher as Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia. He had been an auxiliary bishop in Sydney since 2021, holding senior governance roles, including that of vicar general. He enjoys working with the homeless and "being close to people on the margins". Former lawyer – knows words and laws Born in 1961 and trained in economics and civil law, he worked as a lawyer. He then studied theology in Sydney and at the Gregorian University in Rome, before being ordained as a priest in 1995. Pope Francis appointed him a bishop in 2021. Participating in and Praising Pagan Ritual Monsignor Meagher took part on May 31, 2023 oin the launch of the so-called 'Reconciliation Action Plan' (RAP). This is a programme used in Australia to promote reconciliation with indigenous peoples. At the launch, a pagan smoking ceremony was led by a man of the Anēwan and Kamilaroi peoples. According to CatholicWeekly.com.au, Bishop Daniel Meagher explained that "purification …More
In 1958 two KGB generals, Nikolai Mironov and Alexander Shelepin, pointed to the role of the Soviet secret police in carrying out Lenin’s New Economic Policy (NEP) of the 1920s. Mironov and Shelepin wanted the USSR to prepare for a new and enlarged NEP. This would be carried out by a reorganized and flexible KGB. For this brilliant suggestion they were awarded posts in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The strategy that evolved into Gorbachev’s perestroika began in the 1950s, but President Reagan and his team were clueless. Margaret Thatcher was clueless. The Soviet nuclear arsenal became the Russian Federation nuclear arsenal. The KGB lieutenant colonel in the Kremlin is threatening us with these nuclear weapons today. As for capitalism in Russia, the country’s billionaires are not like Western billionaires. They were recruited by the KGB and CPSU.
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Paola Fanelli on April 1 as Director of the Directorate for Personnel of the Holy See, a role within the Secretariat for the Economy. She takes over responsibility for personnel policy across Vatican dicasteries. There is no public record of her expressing views on Catholic teaching. She brings a background in organizational change and human resources. Her institutional background is rooted within BNL BNP Paribas (banking). Notably, she took part, as a BNL representative, in a closed-door think tank in 2018 organized by UNICEF Italy. Fanelli's position has, because of its unique weight, a somewhat unusual history. On March 6, 2020, the Holy See Press Office announced that such an office had been established, in a reform effort backed by Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich. But the next day, the same office clarified that it remained merely a proposal under consideration. The idea stalled at the time, amid internal resistance and broader reform turbulence. With …More
Thanks for this prayer, extracted from the article: Jesus in the Eucharist Our God and our King. Jesus in the Eucharist Our Creator and Redeemer. Jesus in the Eucharist Our Physican and our Medicine. Jesus in the Eucharist Our Food and our Grace. Jesus in the Eucharist Our Greatest Good and Happiness. Jesus in the Eucharist Infinitely loving and worthy of love. Jesus in the Eucharist You are the greatest and most holy of our mysteries. Amen
Great couple. I know both of them and went to their wedding. May the souls of Bernadette, Adam and Christine through the mercy of God rest in peace. Life is truly the only choice.
Since February, Cardinal Mauro Gambetti's appointment as Vicar General of His Holiness for Vatican City, Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican and President of the Fabric of St. Peter has expired. Expired ad quinquennium mandate On Saturday, February 20, 2021, the Holy See made public his appointment ad quinquennium, which means that Pope Leo XIV should have made the decision whether to renew it or not. The Pope has told him that he is not counting on him However, there has been no public announcement so far regarding his continued tenure as Archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica and his other positions. In this context, with his appointment already expired, Vatican sources have told Religión Confidencial that the Pope has informed the Italian cardinal that he is not counting on him and does not plan to renew his appointment as Archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica. Economic management under scrutiny As this publication reported a few weeks ago, there is some unease …More
On 1 April, Pope Leo XIV appointed Monsignor Daniel Meagher as Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia. He had been an auxiliary bishop in Sydney since 2021, holding senior governance roles, including that of vicar general. He enjoys working with the homeless and "being close to people on the margins". Former lawyer – knows words and laws Born in 1961 and trained in economics and civil law, he worked as a lawyer. He then studied theology in Sydney and at the Gregorian University in Rome, before being ordained as a priest in 1995. Pope Francis appointed him a bishop in 2021. Participating in and Praising Pagan Ritual Monsignor Meagher took part on May 31, 2023 oin the launch of the so-called 'Reconciliation Action Plan' (RAP). This is a programme used in Australia to promote reconciliation with indigenous peoples. At the launch, a pagan smoking ceremony was led by a man of the Anēwan and Kamilaroi peoples. According to CatholicWeekly.com.au, Bishop Daniel Meagher explained that "purification …More
Sodomites are idolaters. Saint Thomas Aquinas commenting on Romans 1: (Rm 6,23): The wages of sin is death. All their idols will be burned in the fire ((Micah 1,7). And it is noteworthy that the Apostle very reasonably assignsto vices against nature,which are very serious among carnal sins,the punishment of idolatry(...)
The central figures present before the Sacrament for the Life of the World are Jesus on the eve of Sacrifice and Satan on the eve of battle to restore the darkness.
Thursday, April 2 – Holy Thursday – Saint Francis of Paola, Confessor, Hermit, Founder of the Order of Minims – Blessed Louis of Arazilo, Confessor, First Franciscan Order
A Tours, en France, saint François de Paule confesseur, fondateur de l’Ordre des Minimes. Sanctoral Saint François de Paule, Confesseur, Ermite, Fondateur de l’Ordre des Minimes François naquit dans une humble condition à Paule, ville de Calabre. Ses parents, longtemps privés d’enfants, ayant fait un vœu, l’obtinrent du ciel par l’intercession du bienheureux François (d’Assise). Dès son adolescence, enflammé d’une divine ardeur, il se retira dans un lieu désert et il y mena pendant six ans un genre de vie très rude, mais que la méditation des choses célestes remplissait de douceur. Comme la renommée de ses vertus se répandait au loin, et qu’un grand nombre de personnes accouraient vers lui dans le but de servir Dieu, la charité fraternelle le décida à sortir de sa solitude ; il bâtit une église près de Paule, et c’est là qu’il jeta les fondements de l’Ordre des Minimes qui est une branche de l’Ordre franciscain. Ces « ermites de Saint-François d’Assise » doivent vivre …
04/01/2026 Entire blog as a free PDF eBook. I know what the secret negotiations between the U.S. and Iran are about. Trump isn’t lying to us; he is actually holding talks about a ceasefire. Not necessarily with the people who hold real power in Iran, but still. Why hasn’t a single journalist managed to get close to these negotiators? The answer is simple: because it’s standard practice on the American side to eliminate all witnesses to the negotiations. According to the principle: A good negotiator is a dead negotiator. The Americans perfected this tactic long ago during negotiations with the Native Americans. I suspect they traditionally served the mediators firewater. In case anyone hasn’t noticed yet, I’d like to point out today’s date… Things are about to get a bit more serious from here on out. The idea of negotiations isn’t so bad. It could help Trump extricate himself with dignity from this conflict that his best friends talked him into. It could help, but it won’t do any …