Trump Wants to Get His Hands on the Power of the Purse nytimes.com/2026/09/30/opinion/trump-vance-fraud-… Sept. 30, 2026, 5:09 a.m. ET By Jamelle Bouie Opinion Columnist Since March, Vice President JD Vance has been tasked with rooting out any fraud perpetrated against the federal government. “This is a very big thing that we’re doing,” President Trump said when he announced the task force. “If we found half of the fraud that’s taking place in this country — and I think you have a chance of doing that — we would have much more than a balanced budget.” The White House says that since then it has “uncovered” hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud and “stopped” tens of billions in ongoing fraud. But, as my newsroom colleague Linda Qiu notes in a recent report, “It is difficult to verify those figures because there is no publicly available breakdown of the total.” And while fraud is real, there has been no independent verification of the administration’s claims. They’re asking us, in …ད་རུང་།
Dutch Cardinal Wim Eijk condemned the euthanasia of a severely disabled Dutch child, nearly two years old, as a violation of human dignity. “Is it merciful to violate the fundamental dignity of the human person by ending their life?” he asked. Speaking to CruxNow.com in an interview on September 25, Eijk warned that “merciful” is often used to justify “ethically questionable actions.” He said ending the body is a “fundamental violation” of a person’s inherent dignity.
Cardinal Eijk condemns euthanasia of Dutch toddler
Conservative Dutch Auxiliary Bishop Rob Mutsaerts joins the media enthusiasm surrounding Leo XIV’s reception in France. His praise of Leo XIV becomes rather grandiloquent: “The guillotine is gone. Now a man in white appears, proudly raising the Cross.” His central point is more interesting: secular Europe may have lost much of its Christian memory without losing its religious hunger. Mutsaerts sees a generation rediscovering the Cross, the rosary, Gregorian chant, Augustine and Aquinas. And he lands on a memorable image: “The world has organized Christianity’s funeral many times. The remarkable thing is that the deceased keeps showing up.”
LA GHIGLIOTTINA, IL PAPA A PARIGI E IL RITORNO INASPETTATO DELLA FEDE Un’illuminante riflessione di mons. Rob Mutsaerts su Vitamin Exp commenta il trionfale viaggio di Papa Leone XIV in Francia, mettendo a confronto il fallimento delle ideologie laiciste con la permanente attrattiva della fede. I punti salienti dell’articolo: I paradossi della Rivoluzione: Nata con la promessa di libertà, la Rivoluzione francese sfociò nel Terrore, nella ghigliottina e nella creazione del grottesco “Culto della Ragione”. Il surrogato woke: L’uomo non può fare a meno della religione. Rifiutato Dio, la cultura laico-progressista ha inventato il woke: un sistema fondato su colpa e condanna, ma privo della grazia e del perdono cristiano. La smentita delle profezie laiciste: Voltaire ipotizzava la scomparsa della Chiesa, ma le centinaia di migliaia di fedeli a Parigi e l’aumento dei battesimi di adulti dimostrano che la secolarizzazione non è un destino ineluttabile. La vera ribellione: In un mondo …ད་རུང་།
La casa de Carlos de Foucauld en el Sáhara, restaurada y a la espera de religiosas. La casa en la que San Carlos de Foucauld quiso ser testigo de Cristo en pleno Sáhara está preparada para acoger de nuevo una comunidad religiosa, pero quienes desean habitarla no consiguen llegar. Noticias - HM Televisión
The house of the Little Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Charles de Foucauld has been restored in Tamanrasset, with the support of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), but it currently houses only one religious sister. “The call for a female presence in Tamanrasset remains very much alive. The house, rebuilt with the support of ACN, is ready and waiting for those – religious or laywomen – who wish to inhabit it with a faithful, humble presence that is open to encounters in the heart of the desert. It is ready to become a place of fraternal, simple, and Gospel-centered life, at the service of communion,” says Bishop Diego Sarrió Cucarella of the Diocese of Laghouat-Ghardaïa. It is understandable that few people would want to leave everything to go and live in almost complete isolation in the Sahara, in a mostly Muslim country. But the bishop explains that there is no lack of willing women. The problem is exclusively bureaucratic, as those who have shown interest have been unable to obtain the …ད་རུང་།
A diocesan bishop has undergone a personal “conversion” toward the traditional Latin Mass. Bishop Donald Lippert of Mendi, Papua New Guinea, has come personally to see the beauty and power of the traditional Roman rite. He told AdVaticanum.com on September 29 that he had “over the last year or so, a bit of a conversion myself into the Traditional Latin Mass.” “I am, as many of us are, an amphibian. I exist mainly in the Novus Ordo, because that is the reality in which I live, and the Church that I have been called to serve at the moment.” He has “no problems with the Novus Ordo”, but sees the power of the traditional Mass particularly in its reverence: “The Traditional Latin Mass has a mysticism about it, and a reverence about it, that can touch the hearts of people and draw them closer to God in a world where there are so many distractions pulling them away.” He is still learning to celebrate the Mass. Mass not primarily for educated Western people When someone told him that the Mass …ད་རུང་།
Audience générale : la reconstruction de Notre-Dame, symbole de « renaissance » exprime Léon XIV A l'Audience Générale, #LéonXIV revient sur les étapes de son voyage en France. La cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris illumine symboliquement ce voyage apostolique et en offre une clé de lecture : la « renaissance ». En intégralité sur KTO & ktotv.com
Mary Live with Dr. Mark Miravalle: Do You Know Your Guardian Angel? Your guardian angel has been waiting for you since the beginning of time to guide you to heaven. How are you responding?
BREAKING: Russia warned NATO that Nuclear weapons are going to be used if they make an attempt to isolate the Kaliningrad region from the rest of the country— Reuters megatron_ron
The world's first parish dedicated to Blessed Fulton Sheen will be where he was baptized The Diocese of Peoria, in the United States, will have the world’s first parish dedicated to Blessed Fulton Sheen. The new community will be officially erected on December 9 and will include among its two churches the Church of St. Mary in El Paso, Illinois, where the celebrated preacher received Baptism. The announcement was made this Monday, September 28, by the Bishop of Peoria, Bishop Louis Tylka, during a Mass celebrated precisely at St. Mary’s. “I have the great joy of announcing another first: the creation of the world’s first parish called Blessed Fulton Sheen Parish,” the prelate stated.
Primera parroquia del mundo dedicada al beato Fulton Sheen. El 26 de septiembre, solo dos días después de la beatificación de Fulton Sheen, el obispo de la diócesis de Peoria, Mons. Louis Tylka, anunció la creación de la primera parroquia del mundo puesta bajo el patrocinio del beato Fulton Sheen. hmtv
The world’s first parish dedicated to Blessed … Two communities under the patronage of Fulton Sheen The new parish will arise from the union of St. Mary’s in El Paso and St. John’s in Benson. Both churches will retain their names, as well as their history and traditions, but will form a single parish community under the patronage of the new blessed. The date chosen for its establishment, December 9, coincides with the liturgical memorial of Fulton Sheen and the anniversary of his death in 1979. The announcement comes just days after Fulton Sheen was declared blessed before tens of thousands of the faithful gathered in St. Louis. The apostolic letter of Leo XIV established precisely December 9 as the memorial of the new blessed. “This has been an extraordinary week of firsts for the Diocese of Peoria and for the universal Catholic Church,” Tylka noted. The parish is born where Sheen received Baptism The choice of St. Mary’s carries particular significance. Fulton John Sheen was born in …ད་རུང་།
Actual situation of Saint Peter's Holy See through the guidance of Saint Alphonsus For my understanding of the actual situation of the Holy See of Saint Peter, I searched for guidance in Saint Alphonsus’ writings. There is a cardinal fragment in Alfonso Maria De Liguori: Verità della fede – Torino, Presso Giacinto Marietti Stampatore - 1826., – Volume secondo, Parte terza – Contra i settari che negano là Chiesa Cattolica esser l’unica vera, Capo Primo The English translation of most parts of this cardinal fragment is contained in a Doctoral Dissertation, with the author’s wise comments about our fragment is here: DAVID JOHN SHARROCK, C.SS.R., S.T.L. – The Theological Defense of Papal Power By St. Alphonsus de Liguori In my humble opinion, bonum animarum imposes that the Alphonsian quotation must be interpreted in the logic of his great moral development of equiprobabilism, defending the Church’s visibility, indefectibility and infallibility, used mostly as arguments against the …ད་རུང་།
La Campagne du Rosaire attire une jeune génération à Montréal. Ce qui n'était au départ qu'une petite réunion d'amis autour du Rosaire a évolué et s'est transformé en l'un des mouvements catholiques les plus importants qui se développent actuellement dans la province de Québec, au Canada.
Campaña del Rosario atrae a cientos de jóvenes en Montreal. Lo que comenzó como una pequeña reunión de amigos para rezar el Rosario ha evolucionado hasta convertirse en uno de los movimientos católicos más destacados que se desarrollan actualmente en la Provincia de Quebec, Canadá. hmtv
Vatican II Church Permits Protestants and Orthodox to Receive Catholic Communion in Particular Cases - The recent beatification ceremony for Archbishop Fulton Sheen, a man whose popularity extended also to many non-Catholics on account of his nationwide radio and television prominence, has drawn renewed attention to a little-known law that has been on the books in the Vatican II Church since the 1980s. Over 43 years ago, Pope John Paul II enshrined in official church law a permission for Protestants and Eastern Orthodox to receive Holy Communion and two other sacraments under certain circumstances — but without renouncing their respective religions.
Bishop Johan Bonny of Antwerp, Belgium, is pressing ahead with his plan to ordain married men in 2028. Several married candidates are already being prepared for possible ordination. “I trust that an appropriate regulation can be found by the end of the synodal process in autumn 2028,” Bishop Bonny told Herder Korrespondenz, according to katholisch.de (September 28). Bonny warned that it would be “a fatal blow to the credibility and implementation of the entire synodal process if no regulation were reached by then.” Bishop Bonny also expressed confidence in Pope Leo XIV and his approach to the needs of local Churches. “Like a good father, he knows what his children need, and that is not the same everywhere or for everyone,” Bonny added. He also mentioned that he went to Rome in June with the backing of the Belgian Bishops’ Conference. “Before my visit to the two dicasteries in Rome, the president of the Belgian Bishops’ Conference gave me a letter in which the Bishops’ Conference supports …ད་རུང་།
It aint gonna work. A priest is already totally occupied with his priestly duties as well as his prayer life. He does not have time to take care of a family. Being the son of a physician, my father was frequently called out at mealtime to deal with emergencies. A priest must sacrifice and devote all his energies in serving God.
Honduran Bishop Teodoro Gómez Rivera has died at 63 while traveling to Rome to meet Pope Leo XIV during an ad limina visit. The bishop of Choluteca died Monday during a stopover in Madrid. Gómez Rivera had led the diocese since 2023 and was vice president of the Honduran Bishops’ Conference. ACI Prensa, citing an unnamed Church source in Honduras, reported that he died from respiratory arrest and had diabetes. Spanish authorities are conducting an autopsy following his sudden death.
Monseñor Teodoro Gómez falleció al llegar a Madrid, España, cuando se dirigía a Roma para participar en la Visita Ad Limina Apostolorum junto a otros obispos hondureños
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I paradossi della Rivoluzione: Nata con la promessa di libertà, la Rivoluzione francese sfociò nel Terrore, nella ghigliottina e nella creazione del grottesco “Culto della Ragione”.
Il surrogato woke: L’uomo non può fare a meno della religione. Rifiutato Dio, la cultura laico-progressista ha inventato il woke: un sistema fondato su colpa e condanna, ma privo della grazia e del perdono cristiano.
La smentita delle profezie laiciste: Voltaire ipotizzava la scomparsa della Chiesa, ma le centinaia di migliaia di fedeli a Parigi e l’aumento dei battesimi di adulti dimostrano che la secolarizzazione non è un destino ineluttabile.
La vera ribellione: In un mondo …ད་རུང་།
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Russia warned NATO that Nuclear weapons are going to be used if they make an attempt to isolate the Kaliningrad region from the rest of the country— Reuters