(Xavier Burgos/ACN) — The end of Christianity in Syria would be a great loss, because “the Church stands as a reminder to every one of the ethics of justice and human dignity as a supreme value,” says Archbishop Jacques Mourad. … Continue reading
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Pro-abortion Polish actress selected to play Our Lady in ‘The Resurrection of the Christ’
(Doug Mainwaring/LifeSiteNews) — Director Mel Gibson’s choice of a radical pro-abortion extremist to play the role of the Blessed Virgin Mary in The Resurrection of the Christ has ignited a firestorm of protest in the actress’s native Poland, perhaps the most … Continue reading
Unity or Something Else? King Charles III meets Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican
Michael Haynes, an English Catholic journalist who is part of the Holy See Press Corps, has written what strikes me as a balanced account of the meeting between Pope Leo XIV and King Charles III for One Peter Five. Below … Continue reading
Controversial Big News from the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer (‘Transalpine Redemptorists’)
Below is a message from the website of the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer (“Transalpine Redemptorists”). This community, who were at one point affiliated with the SSPX, made a canonical reconciliation with ecclesiastical officials under the now defunct Pontifical … Continue reading
Pope Leo Appoints Msgr. Josef Grünwidl as Archbishop of Vienna
(CWN) — Pope Leo XIV today named Msgr. Josef Grünwidl, 62, as the new archbishop of Vienna, a see whose last ten archbishops have been created cardinals, dating back to 1858. Ordained to the priesthood in 1988, Archbishop-designate Grünwidl was appointed by Pope Francis … Continue reading
All Traditional Latin Masses Cancelled in Diocese of Knoxville
(Unam Sanctam Catholicam/USC YouTube channel) Knoxville’s Bishop Mark Beckman cancels all Traditional Latin Masses in the eastern Tennessee diocese. For more coverage, go to this piece at Rorate Caeli: Traditional Latin Mass annihilated in the Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee (Update: … Continue reading
Good News: FBI cuts ties with SPLC and ADL
The Associated Press reported yesterday on the good news that the FBI is terminating its longstaninding relationship with the SPLC and the ADL. Below is an AI-produced summary of the article: 1 The Associated Press reports that FBI Director Kash … Continue reading
Cardinal Cupich’s Non-Synodal Approach to L’Affaire Dick Durbin
This does not appear very synodal. (Jonathan Liedl/National Catholic Register) — The meetings of two groups of Illinois Catholic leaders chaired by Cardinal Blase Cupich were postponed indefinitely last week after a lay leader requested that the Chicago cardinal-archbishop’s controversial … Continue reading
Gary Potter Has Died, May He Rest in Peace
Longitime friends of Saint Benedict Center, attendees of our annual conference, and readers of Catholicism.org will be saddened, as we were, to learn of the death of our old friend and collaborator, Mr. Gary Potter. Today, I was informed by … Continue reading
Traditional Liturgical Practices Predict Belief in the Real Presence
Last year, Dr. Natalie A. Lindemann published a scholarly journal article on predictors of Catholics’ belief in the Real Presence. Dr. Lindemann is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. She recently … Continue reading
Cardinal Burke will celebrate Latin Mass inside St. Peter’s Basilica for traditional pilgrimage
VATICAN CITY (Antonino Cambria/LifeSiteNews) — Cardinal Raymond Burke will celebrate a Pontifical High Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica at the end of October for the annual Ad Petri Sedem Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage at the Vatican. Burke will celebrate the Solemn Traditional … Continue reading
Hypersexual reggaeton singer Karol G to perform at Vatican concert
(Emily Mangiaracina/LifeSiteNews) — A celebrity who regularly performs pornographically for reggaeton music videos will be singing at the upcoming Vatican concert “Grace for the World.” Karol G, one of the most popular singers of reggaeton music, a lowbrow Latin genre known … Continue reading
Vatican Shockwave: Pope Leo XIV Picks Pro-LGBT Curator of Explicit Exhibits to Lead Pontifical Arts Academy
VATICAN CITY (Andreas Wailzer/LifeSiteNews) — Pope Leo XIV has named a female “artist” who published homoerotic and sadomasochistic photographs as the new president of the Pontifical Academy for Fine Arts. The Vatican announced on Saturday that the pope appointed Roman museum director … Continue reading
Will the West Bank Be Annexed, Leading to the End of Palestinian Statehood?
Writing today for the Boston Globe, Klara Vlahčević Lisinski asks Is this the end of Palestinian statehood? The article’s subheading is an adequate summary: “The Netanyahu government’s approval of a huge West Bank settlement fits into a broader push toward … Continue reading
Papal P.R. and A Tale of Two Jesuits
In Father Martin meets the Pope: a scandal, but not a surprise, Phil Lawler has injected a bit of realism into the discussion over Pope Leo’s recent meeting with the attention-hungry homosexualist heretic. Particularly worthy of attention is the contrast … Continue reading
