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Election Integrity as Pro-Life Stewardship: Reflections on President Trump’s Address to the Nation - Fides et Ratio | Reflections on life from a theological and rational perspective

Election Integrity as Pro-Life Stewardship Reflections on President Trump’s Address to the Nation We give thanks to the Lord for the preservation of President Trump and for the measure of clarity offered in his primetime Address to the Nation on July 16, 2026. For those of us who have labored in grassroots activism over many years, the speech carried the weight of a historic culmination. My own path in this work began at age sixteen, when I addressed the city council in Beaumont, Texas. That early engagement centered on pro-life concerns, as it has for so many faithful Catholics. The protection of innocent life remains foundational. Without life, there can be no meaningful conversation about governance, technology, or the common good. Yet over time, through the grace of Providence, I came to see that the defense of life itself requires the defense of free and fair elections. Victories such as Dobbs, which rightly returned the issue to the states in our constitutional republic, stand or …

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Short & Sweet Gloria.tv Comment (one sentence):
The defense of free and fair elections is essential pro-life work because without trustworthy elections even the greatest victories for innocent life cannot endure in our constitutional republic.
Deo gratias.

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Buzz Patterson (@BuzzPatterson) on X
This is simply astounding! Democrats created a smokescreen about Trump and Russia; and the whole time DNC was working with China.
These are thousands of pages of foreign IP addresses sending and receiving data to election precincts and servers outside the United States during the 2020 Election.
CISA, DHS, the FBI, and the CIA knew all about it because they were in on it.
We’ve been right the whole time. Trump won…and I probably did too.

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Cardinal Sarah Hails Leo XIV on Latin Mass, Only Bishops Are Problem

Talking to Diane Montagna on July 16, Cardinal Robert Sarah argues that Leo XIV wants to allow the Roman rite, but fails because of the bishops and that the pope will be “very prudent” about the dissemination of the pro-homosexual final text of the synod's Study Group Number 9.
On Leo XIV's letter to the French bishops
"It seems to me that the Holy Father did well to write to the French Bishops, encouraging them to be more open to the traditional Mass, because it is a Mass we have celebrated for centuries."
Follow what Leo XIV says
"I think that what was written to the French Bishops must apply to all bishops: be more open, so as not to create division for no reason."
"We must follow what Pope Leo says - that is, not be so averse toward something holy, something beautiful, something conducive to recollection."
Traditionis Custodes should be abrogated
"Yes, let's hope so. This depends on the Holy Father's decision, but perhaps the Holy Father could be helped. If, for example, in a Consistory …More

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Percy Franklin

I didn't think there was enough room on the fence with Cdl. Burke but Cdl Sarah fits perfectly.

john333

Primary and secondary upside down , Primary love God with all your heart besides he has the owner manual. Lying about sin you call God a Liar that isn't good even if your a Pope that makes it worse. Peter ended crucified upside down .... 🤔

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Bishop AGUER about novus ordo : "This and other doctrinal, moral and disciplinary disasters emptied the seminaries and convents; triggered massive desertions in the clergy and religious life, and unleashed a bleeding in the Church."
Entire statement in Spanish below.

Cardinal Burke: Council Fathers Might Not Have Approved the 1969 Novus Ordo

"It is obviously possible to be fully Catholic while living the sacramental life according to the books of 1962. It is absolutely unacceptable to affirm the contrary", Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke told the organisers of the Chartres pilgrimage ‘Notre-Dame de Chrétienté’ in a July 14 YouTube.com video.
And: "The liturgy according to the usus antiquior of the Roman Rite is an inestimable treasure of the Church which must be preserved and cherished because it is intimately linked to the very identity of the Roman Catholic Church."
Cardinal Burke argued that the Roman rite has proven to be a powerful instrument of evangelization: “It is evident that this liturgy is missionary," he said. "This is seen by its fruits today as in centuries past, because it attracts through its sense of the sacred and transcendence."
He added that this is "particularly evident with the younger generation," which he said has "a profound hunger for the spiritual in an increasingly horizontal world."
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CatMuse

Given they rejected the '65 they most certainly would have rejected the NO. PaulVI was dupped or complicit in ramrodding the NO mess through. The revolutionaries even gave him a draft which did not include the Roman Canon. He insisted on its inclusion saying it would not be a Roman Rite without it - Euch. Prayer 1. Many NOs don't use the Roman Canon now anyway.

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De cara a Dios, arraigados en Cristo,
sobre la Tradición y la Ortodoxia.

El siempre recordado Papa Benedicto XVI –al que, muy posiblemente, alguna vez se lo declare Doctor de la Iglesia-, en su motu proprio Summorum Pontificum, del 7 de julio de 2007, sobre los dos usos del único rito romano, en su forma ordinaria y extraordinaria, buscó liberalizar el rezo de la Misa llamada “tradicional”, “tridentina”, “de San Pío V”, o “de siempre”. Y lo hizo con el fin de contribuir a la pax litúrgica, y ante el respeto debido por su uso venerable y antiguo. De tal modo, cualquier sacerdote podía celebrar la “Misa en latín”; sin necesidad de permisos especiales, y a cubierto de ideológicas represalias de ciertos obispos.
En la carta al episcopado mundial, que acompañó el motu proprio, el Pontífice destacó que lo que para las generaciones anteriores era sagrado, también para nosotros permanece sagrado y grande y no puede ser improvisamente totalmente prohibido o incluso perjudicial. Solo Dios …More

Photos from the Benedictine foundation at Notre-Dame de Bellefontaine Abbey: On the Feast of Saint Benedict, July 11, twelve monks from Le Barroux assumed responsibility for Notre-Dame de Bellefontaine Abbey in Maine-et-Loire, France, following the transfer of the monastery from the Trappist community. During the ceremony, the decree establishing the new priory was read, a message conveying the Apostolic Blessing of Leo XIV was presented, and the charter transferring the abbey to the founding monks was signed.

Official photos of the liturgical celebration marking the founding of the Traditional Benedictine Monks of Le Barroux at Notre-Dame de Bellefontaine Abbey in Maine-et-Loire, France. Source: Abbaye du Barroux

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German 'centre right' politician Jens Spahn is facing calls to resign after he and his 'husband' purchased a BABY from a surrogate mother Spahn's party, the Christian Democratic Union, opposes surrogacy Spahn identifies as Catholic

Jens Spahn ist ein falscher Fuffziger
Jens Spahn und sein Partner haben sich per Leihmutterschaft in den USA ein Kind gekauft. Das ist ein weiterer Beleg dafür, dass der Unionsfraktionschef kein Vertrauen mehr verdient hat. Leihmutterschaft macht kaputt, was für eine Gesellschaft unerlässlich ist.

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Jens Spahn ist ein falscher Fuffziger

Kind via Leihmutterschaft gekauft Jens Spahn und sein Partner haben sich per Leihmutterschaft in den USA ein Kind gekauft. Das ist ein weiterer Beleg dafür, dass der Unionsfraktionschef kein Vertrauen mehr verdient hat. Leihmutterschaft macht kaputt, was für eine Gesellschaft unerlässlich ist. Ein Kommentar Jens Spahn: Als CDU-Bundestagsabgeordneter und Vorsitzender der Unionsfraktion hat er spätestens jetzt jedes Vertrauen verspielt © IMAGO / Bernd Elmenthaler Was soll man dazu sagen? Dass wir es euch ja gesagt haben? Und dass es nicht gut ausgeht? Das könnten wir. Und ergänzen: Ihr habt natürlich nicht darauf gehört, wenn die Tür einmal einen Spalt weit auf ist, sie durch die Stürme dieser Zeit immer weiter aufgerissen wird. So wie ihr es auch bei der Legalisierung von Abtreibung, der „Ehe für alle“, dem Transgender-Wahnsinn und grundsätzlich bei der Auflehnung gegen Gott und seine Gebote getan habt. Wir, das sind Christen, die ein realistisches Menschenbild haben. Die wissen, was der …

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chris griffin

husband and purchased baby can purchase Hell.

Louis IX

🤢🤮

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JULY 16, 2026: : WHY DOES TRAD INC. PREFER THE PAYWALL?

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The Kathryn Krick phenomenon raises questions for Christians ➡️ The images are striking. Devotees overcome with emotion enter trances, waiting for hours to meet Kathryn Krick, leader of the 5F Church in Los Angeles, who presents herself as an "apostle"

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so fake!

Instaurare Omnia in Christo

Everyday a new protestant religion pops up. And they get worse each time. The slaughterer's of souls. The devil is having a field day with these people who think they know more than Christ and His Church. Pride is extremely dangerous. Take a look at trump and you can see why. Each one with a different book saying something different in it. Each one thinking, I am the true Church. Yet all man made. Chris said, UPON THIS ROCK I SHALL BUILD MY CHURCH! Not Johnny's, Joe's or Katy's or Kim's. But HIS CHURCH! I should have passed this by as I usually do with prot video's. Why are they on a Catholic site, I have no idea. But they need to go.

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Ottaviani-Intervention (1969)
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Ottaviani Intervention (1969) | Latin Mass Society

Ottaviani Intervention (Cardinals Ottaviani and Bacci, 1969) Critique of the Novus Ordo Missae, led by Cardinals Ottaviani and Bacci, presented to Pope Paul VI just after its introduction in 1969. Commonly known as 'The Ottaviani Intervention'. Letter from Cardinals Ottaviani and Bacci to His Holiness Pope Paul VI (Translation) Rome, September 25th, 1969 Most Holy Father, Having carefully examined, and presented for the scrutiny of others, the Novus Ordo Missae prepared by the experts of the Consilium ad exequendam Constitutionem de Sacra Liturgia, and after lengthy prayer and reflection, we feel it to be our bounden duty in the sight of God and towards Your Holiness, to put before you the following considerations: 1. The accompanying critical study of the Novus Ordo Missae, the work of a group of theologians, liturgists and pastors of souls, shows quite clearly in spite of its brevity that if we consider the innovations implied or taken for granted which may of course be evaluated in …

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I remember as a confused NO reading that and weeping because most of the then claims were actualised in reality. God is good. Thank you Cardinal Ottaviani. It’s interesting to note “Ottaviani” forms the phrase in via tota! So many have been returned to the TLM as a result his insights. May God be praised.

Jeffrey Ade

Friday, July 17 – From the Feria – Saint Alexis, Confessor, Pilgrim and Beggar – Blessed Peter of Foligno, Third Order Franciscan – The Blessed Carmelite Nuns of Compiègne, Martyrs

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Vendredi 17 juillet - De la férie - Saint Alexis, Confesseur, Pèlerin et Mendiant - Bienheureux Pierre de Foligno, Tiers-Ordre Franciscain - Les Bienheureuses Carmélites de Compiègne, Martyres

A Rome, saint Alexis, fils du sénateur Euphémien. De la férie : messe du septième dimanche après la Pentecôte Sanctoral Saint Alexis, Confesseur, Pèlerin et Mendiant Alexis, Romain de très noble origine, poussé par un vif amour de Jésus-Christ, et docile à un avertissement divin tout particulier, partit le premier soir de ses noces laissant son épouse vierge, et entreprit à travers le monde le pèlerinage des plus célèbres sanctuaires. Pendant ces voyages, il resta dix-sept ans inconnu, jusqu’au jour où une image de la sainte Vierge Marie divulgua son nom. C’était à Édesse, en Syrie. Ayant pris la mer pour s’éloigner, il aborda au port Romain et fut reçu chez son père, à titre de pauvre étranger. Il vécut dix-sept ans sous le toit paternel sans être connu de personne. Mais, en mourant, il laissa par écrit, avec l’indication de son nom et de sa naissance, le récit abrégé de toute sa vie. Il passa de la terre au ciel, sous le Pontificat d’Innocent 1er. Saint Alexis fut un rare modèle de …

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Warløck Scalping 🪖 - Who made this?? 🤣🤣🤣
Who made this?? 🤣🤣🤣 Warløck Scalping 🪖 (@warlock_trading) on X

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LISTEN: Walking With Communist Revolutionaries? (Michael Hichborn)

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myunkie

I often wonder how people can formulate grammatical sentences completely detached from reality. These migrants choose to leave their homes for financial advantage. The transition from one's home to a foreign land, like the Pilgrims, requires struggle and sacrifice. If dignity is the lifestyle of the native Europeans, then, of course the migrants will be below that standard. Again, the Pilgrims, but for iron tools, were worse off than the native Americans when they arrived.
On the other side, the good father seems to imply that it is the obligation of the natives to address this difference with zero concern as to whose money, housing and jobs will be taken to achieve this "dignity."
I think the Apostolic Faith is eminently practical. It asks charity from the faithful but does not expect poverty will be eliminated (the poor you will have with you always). The Modernist Faith looks at any inequity and sees it as injustice. There is no recognition of God's permissive will to allow every …More

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Archdiocese of Toronto celebrates 50 years of ShareLife: more must be done

It's fifty years since the Archdiocese of Toronto began its ShareLife annual campaign in support of diocesan works and to protect life. The annual fundraising efforts presently collects about $15,000,000. An anniversary Mass will be celebrated at St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica on August 22 by Cardinal Frank Cardinal Leo, Archbishop of Toronto. It was 50 years ago that Archbishop Philip Pocock made the right decision to end the Catholic partnership with the United Way. The United Way was funding Planned Parenthood and Catholics are called to protect the unborn. Life is not our own but a gift from God. Pocock was not making a political statement. He was just giving public witness to our faith. ShareLife presently helps to fund 40 Catholic agencies that provide assistance to people not just in the Toronto area but also sound the world, even to those who aren't Catholic. So, let's celebrate the anniversary of ShareLife. However, we must also admit that much more has to be done to bring …

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Everyday for Life Canada

Even saving one life is never a waste of time and money. Must much more be done? Yes.

Father Karl A Claver

A waste of time and money. How many abortions or birth control practices were stopped? Not very many.

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How on earth can synodality, a term never heard before Francis, be "rooted in the life of the Church"? Oh dear, another idiot in charge in Ireland!

Leo XIV Appoints Irish Pro-Migration Bishop: "Women Should Lead Liturgies"

Today, Leo XIV has appointed Monsignor Michael Router, 61, as Bishop of Derry, Ireland.
He was ordained a priest in 1989 for the Diocese of Kilmore and has served as Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh since 2019.
Francis Was "Commited to Gospel"
In April 2025, Bishop Router wrote a warm statement on Francis's death. He described the late pope as a spiritual and inspirational leader who guided the faithful over twelve years with humility, compassion, and commitment to the Gospel.
He also said Francis embodied simplicity and service from his earliest days as priest and bishop.
Demanding Irish Houses for Immigrants
On [Muslim] immigrants, in a January 2020 statement, Bishop Router urged Ireland, as the country of "a thousand welcomes," to consider with compassion its responsibility to welcome the stranger.
The Irish should meet the housing needs of immigrants, he demanded.
Praise For and From the Wrong 🌈 Faction
In January 2025, the US Episcopal woman bishop Marianne Edgar Budde attacked Donald …More

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chris griffin

Good work Sally. Thanks.

Novena - Oremus

Today is the Feast of Blessed Inácio de Azevedo S.J., and 39 companions, the Forty Martyrs of Brazil, a group of Portuguese Jesuits missionaries en route to Brazil, martyred in 1570 by French Calvinist privateers who captured their ship near the Canary Islands.
Orate pro nobis

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Jeffrey Ade

Pray for us!

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Homily Saturday, July 18, 2026

Micah 2:1-5
Let us restore peace within ourselves and around us. Humanity will then be able to enter it as well.
Matthew 12:14-21
“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom I delight.”
This message is also for us.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
Normand Thomas.

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Apostate Pro Gay Justin Trudeau appears in promo for Pro Gay Katy Perry’s song about burning churches

Justin Trudeau appears in promo for Katy Perry's …
This is clear evidence that the reprobate Jorge Bergoglio confirmed many in their rejection of God and hatred of the Church, instead of leading them to conversion.

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Bonnie Louise

Perry doesn't have to burn churches, she uses her attorneys to kick nuns out of their prime LA property so she can squat inside a Holy place. Then sues other elderly Californians. Perry is a monster who needs to be vanquished. Her parents failed with her miserably.