“We Are Already One And We Are Synodal” - Leo XIV: "We are one! We already are! Let us recognise it, experience it, and make it visible! My predecessor, Pope Francis, remarked that the synodal journey of the Catholic Church is and must be ecumenical, just as the ecumenical journey is synodal." Pope Leo XIV made this statement during today's Ecumenical Vespers at St Paul Outside the Walls. Various Christian representatives were present, including Metropolitan Polykarpos of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Archbishop Khajag Barsamian of the Armenian Apostolic group, and Lay-Bishop Anthony Ball of the Anglican Communion. Pope Leo XIV wants us to “grow together in mutual knowledge of our respective synodal structures and traditions”. He added: "Let us commit ourselves to further developing ecumenical synodal practices."
"Noi siamo uno! Lo siamo già! Riconosciamolo, sperimentiamolo, manifestiamolo! Il mio amato predecessore, Papa Francesco, ha osservato che il cammino sinodale della Chiesa cattolica «è e deve essere ecumenico, così come il cammino ecumenico è sinodale» (Discorso a S.S. Mar Awa III, 19 novembre 2022). Ciò si è riflesso nelle due Assemblee del Sinodo dei Vescovi del 2023 e del 2024, caratterizzate da un profondo zelo ecumenico e arricchite dalla partecipazione di numerosi delegati fraterni."
I am not promoting Orthodoxy. Just a video to think about. Discover the inspiring true story of Yevovgeny Rodion, the 19-year-old Russian Orthodox soldier martyred in the First Chechen War for refusing to remove his cross and deny Christ. Beheaded on his birthday after brutal torture, he chose eternal life over compromise. Miracles continue at his grave: healings, myrrh-streaming icons, reconciliation of enemies. A modern warrior-saint whose faith echoes the early Church martyrs. For American and European Christians exploring Orthodox Christianity, this powerful video essay explores themes of unwavering devotion, the power of the Cross, and standing firm in persecution. Perfect for those seeking deeper faith inspiration in today's world. GOD seems to love the Orthodox as well as Catholics. It's seen all over, in many ways. Yevgeny Rodionov: The Modern Orthodox Martyr Who Chose Death Over Denying Christ
In a country like Lebanon, where I was born, the grace of presence of the Orthodox and their Churches is palpable to a Catholic. A country at the cross roads of civilization while awaiting full communion.
Remedy When men close souls to Our Lord then Satan brings his poisoned spear, when reason falls and faith can’t hold he whispers things into our ear. He found a girl of ample pride, no need of grace to meet the world and offered her to be her guide, fondled her face, sweet lies he told. He cast his spell: my life – my choice, his charm he placed: No, I won’t serve but then he felt a feeble voice – to Heaven raised to shake the earth. A distant hall, a distant stone, where lions roar but could not pass and mighty call he heard: begone! and fled before the Holy Mass. longer version: Remedy - long version
Roger Scruton, São Paolo, 3 July 2019 Fronteiras do Pensamento, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The 6th anniversary of Roger Scruton’s death has just passed. Scruton supervised both my M.A. and Ph.D.; I was in the final year of doctoral research when he died. I think of him every day, and when I am working through some challenging academic or political issue, I often imagine him opining on the topic at hand and criticising my assumptions or testing the strength of my conclusions. I have noticed since Scruton’s death a willingness among many to appropriate his contribution to the West’s intellectual life in such a way as to disfigure his legacy. Some want to present him as a supporter rather than a critic of liberalism; others seek to co-opt him as a rapacious market worshipper; and still others as someone with merely a sentimental attachment to tradition and culture, but with nothing of depth to say about human conduct and the moral life in general. Those who thus remember Scruton …
World News Davos presents itself as a forum for shared solutions to global problems. But this year was not about cooperation – it was about leverage. The public agenda focused on technology, climate, and “global risks”. Beneath that language, the real conversations revolved around territory, recognition, market access, and population control. Davos 2026 was less about consensus and more about who gets to set the terms as geopolitical competition intensifies. Here’s our attempt to summarise what actually happened, and why it matters to us all. Greenland and the Return of Negotiable Borders Unsurprisingly, Greenland was centre stage. President Trump’s comments about the island were treated by many as theatrical provocation, but that misses the point. Raising Greenland at Davos was not about a single land purchase. Instead, it normalised the idea that territory – especially strategically critical territory – is once again negotiable. As we outlined in our previous article, “Why Everyone …
Video shows moments around fatal shooting in … Here is partial video of ice pepper spraying Pretti and someone he was trying to help. BBC of course tuned out the man saying, what's wrong with you. Your going to kill me many times, while he was being beaten, kicked and hit on the head with a canister. Clearly he was trying to help someone. He wanted no part of the violence ice was causing. They kicked his camera some said. NOT A GUN! As usual the lies are destroyed. Campos another person they killed, ice is now saying he was trying to commit suicide. It's only getting a lot worse now. And still only a drop of what's to come.
Amazing, another week passes and somehow I have managed not to get shot by law enforcement. I am quite sure if you are reading this you did the same. Now how did we manage that?
If you are in most of the United States and Canada, please remember our Lord alone today in the Tabernacle with all the Church closings due to the weather.
An ecumenical commemoration is scheduled for 2030 to mark the 500th anniversary of the Diet of Augsburg and the Confessio Augustana. This was announced by Curia Archbishop Flavio Pace, Secretary of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Christian Unity, speaking to VaticanNews.va on January 22. Monsignor Pace described the Augsburg Confession correctly as an attempt to “find common ground, a common profession of faith, among the countries we now call the Reformation countries”. However, he added that it should be commemorated to “rediscover a common basis” for today. He even expressed the idea that the path toward unity might one day mean “sitting at the one table of Christ.” Confessio Augustana Denies Mass as Sacrifice The Confessio Augustana is a text that denies the sacrificial nature of the Mass. It was written by the Lutheran theologian Philip Melanchthon to unify the Reformation territories, a movement which, under religious pretexts, constituted a political revolt against the …Zambiri
Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis. Pretti's death marks the third shooting involving a federal agent in Minneapolis since the Renee Good shooting. The video shows bystanders beginning to crowd the scene following the news of the shooting. youtube.com/watch?v=7O7D2w_vV10
Saint Gregory the Theologian Sun Jan 25th "Above all guard for me this great deposit of faith for which I live and fight, which I want to take with me as a companion, and which makes me bear all evils and despise all pleasures.” Saint Gregory the Theologian (4th Century), Orationes "The most powerful means we have for drawing down the benevolence of Mary toward us is a virtue. That virtue is love for our neighbor." Saint Gregory the Theologian (4th Century) “We must begin by purifying ourselves before purifying others; we must be instructed to be able to instruct, become light to illuminate, draw close to God to bring Him close to others, be sanctified to sanctify, lead by the hand and counsel prudently. I know whose ministers we are, where we find ourselves, and to where we strive. I know God's greatness and man's weakness, but also his potential. [who then is the priest? He is] the defender of truth, who stands with angels, gives glory with archangels, causes sacrifices to rise to …Zambiri
« Avant tout, gardez pour moi ce grand dépôt de foi pour lequel je vis et je me bats, que je veux emporter avec moi comme compagnon, et qui me fait supporter tous les maux et mépriser tous les plaisirs. » Saint Grégoire le Théologien « Le moyen le plus puissant dont nous disposons pour attirer la bienveillance de Marie vers nous est une vertu. Cette vertu est l'amour du prochain. » Saint Grégoire le Théologien « Nous devons commencer par nous purifier nous-mêmes avant de purifier les autres ; nous devons être instruits pour pouvoir instruire, devenir lumière pour éclairer, nous approcher de Dieu pour Le rapprocher des autres, être sanctifiés pour sanctifier, guider par la main et conseiller avec prudence. Je sais de qui nous sommes les ministres, où nous nous trouvons et vers quoi nous tendons. Je connais la grandeur de Dieu et la faiblesse de l'homme, mais aussi son potentiel. [Qui est donc le prêtre ? Il est] le défenseur de la vérité, qui se tient aux côtés des anges, rend …Zambiri
CATECHISM OF PERSEVERANCE : AN HISTORICAL, DOCTRINAL,MORAL, AND LITURGICAL EXPOSITION OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION Translated from the French of Mgr Gaume by REV. F. B. JAMISON - COURSE FIRST - CHAPTER 40 - The Messiah foretold - Prophecies of Osee, Michaes, Joel, and Jeremias. (A.C. 600.)...to download, to print, to share !
With all due respect to the compassionate, and generally very wise and learned Bishop Schneider, other than with the exception of Dante, it is likely imprudent to speculate on Bergoglio's afterlife. Let us pray for his soul and leave it to the Lord he was supposed to serve while in office.
Canadian Woman Euthanised Against Her Will: An elderly woman in Ontario was euthanized just hours after telling doctors she wanted to live and receive hospice care instead. The case is documented in a report by Ontario’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) Death Review Committee. She is anonymized as Mrs. B. After becoming severely ill following heart surgery, she was cared for at home by her elderly husband, who physicians noted was suffering from “caregiver burnout.” An official review later revealed that she asked to withdraw her request for assisted death, citing personal and religious reasons, and requested palliative care instead. That request was denied, and barriers to hospice placement remained. Her husband then sought an “urgent” reassessment for assisted dying, saying he could no longer manage her care. She was euthanized later that same day.
Pascal mocks the absurdity of a situation in which morality depends on the subjective choice of an opinion rather than on objective truth. He emphasizes that such an approach leads to ethical chaos. Today we observe not merely a tendency but a rule of applying moral relativism or “yielding to the spirit of the age.” For example, in discussions about accepting social changes, approaches to LGBT persons in the Church, one can see an echo of that flexibility which Pascal denounced. It is a natural consequence that probabilism has evolved into a more general attitude of adapting doctrine to contemporary expectations. It should be noted here that unfortunately contemporary courts have also moved in this direction, and verdicts very often have little to do with justice.
Women's liberation is one of the "Errors of Russia," as is all modern feminist principles practiced here in the States! Fr. Wolfe has a great sermon on how this came about through the Russian revolution. Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!
A prayer from St. Theresa of Avila in response to the crisis in the Church from her time. The Way of Perfection, Chapter 35. “O my God, if only I could indeed importune Thee! If only I had served Thee well so that I might be able to beg of Thee this great favor as a reward for my services, for Thou leavest no service unrewarded! But I have not served Thee, Lord; indeed it may perhaps be for my sins, and because I have so greatly offended Thee, that so many evils come. What then can I do, my Creator, but present to Thee this most Holy Bread, which, though Thou gavest to us, I return to Thee, beseeching Thee, by the merits of Thy Son, to grant me this favor, calm this sea, and no longer allow this ship, which is Thy Church, to endure so great a tempest, Save us, my Lord, for we perish.”
On the occasion of the centenary of Saint Therese canonization(May17th) let us look to Our Lady of Mount Carmel and the Carmelite order for succor! God bless you!