Bishop Blocks Electronic Music Concerts in Church: On July 23, Bishop Alexandre de Bucy of Agen, southwestern France, barred an electronic music festival from using the Saint-Robert Church for concerts scheduled on August 7–9. The church is municipally owned under French law, but the bishop has authority over its religious use and the French law forbids a secular use of state-owned churches. Organizers had reportedly failed—for the fourth consecutive year—to seek permission from either the parish or the Diocese of Agen. Parish priest Rev. Gilles N'Goran condemned the planned concerts as a "profanation."
L’évêque d’Agen, Alexandre de Bucy, a interdit un concert de musique électronique dans l’église Saint-Robert, faute d’autorisation de la paroisse et du diocèse. Le festival, prévu du 7 au 9 août, était organisé pour la quatrième année consécutive sans consultation préalable. Le curé, le père Gilles N’Goran, a dénoncé le projet comme une « profanation ».
The former Catholic seminary and boarding school in Bay Shore, New York, is set to become a Muslim boarding school, reports LiBn.com on July 15. The United American Muslim Association (UAMA) purchased the building for $5.2 million. The 6,500-square-metre centre, founded in 1926 by the Montfort Missionaries, was used to train priests before later serving as a retreat house. Pending approval of a zoning change, the new owners intend to establish an Islamic boarding school for up to 120 boys. According to its website, UAMA aims to provide an education in accordance with the Quran and Sunnah. However, local residents have organised opposition to the proposal, with many displaying 'NO Boarding School' signs throughout the neighbourhood. Picture: Google street view, #newsAjnqxreavu
The Montfort fathers seem like they are shadow of their founder. I stopped going to their website after reading there that St. Luke's gossip is not really true, just a narrative.
The Usual and Only Form of the Novus Ordo: The video shows Christ the King–St. Stephen Parish, Diocese of Oakland, California, on July 22, where a female distributor of Holy Communion, wearing tight trousers, carries the Blessed Sacrament to the tabernacle while the priest stands aside near the altar, watching. Taken from the parish livestream.
Taken from livestream of Christ the King-St. Stephen Parish in diocese of Oakland, California, on July 22, 2026
Ärkebiskop Georg Gänswein, som för närvarande är påvlig nuntie i de baltiska staterna, berömde påven Leo XIV och USA:s president Donald Trump samtidigt som han kritiserade Rysslands president Vladimir Putin i en intervju med DomRadio.de den 22 juli. Monsignore Gänswein sade att påven Leo XIV har gett kyrkan ”en ny känsla av lättnad”. ”Fred är nyckelordet”, anser han. ”Redan i sitt allra första tal satte påven Leo den uppståndne Kristi fred i centrum för sitt budskap.” Enligt nuntien har påvens betoning på fred [påstås] förändrat stämningen. ”Det har förvandlat motvind till medvind. Om den vinden kommer att vända igen är omöjligt att förutsäga.” Bandet till påven Benedikt XVI När ärkebiskop Gänswein reflekterade över sina år vid Benedikt XVI:s sida sa han att deras relation utvecklades från en yrkesmässig relation till en nära personlig vänskap. ”Vi arbetade inte bara tillsammans utan bodde också under samma tak och tillbringade varje dag tillsammans”, minns han. ”Under de tio åren efter …Meira
Young Catholics in Brazil are expressing a desire for deeper faith formation, greater emphasis on holiness, and well-celebrated liturgy, while also voicing frustration with what they see as an excessive focus on sociopolitical issues in the Church, according to a national survey presented to the Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB). The 2025 survey, conducted by the CNBB's Episcopal Commission for Youth with academic partners, gathered responses from more than 11,000 Catholics aged 12 to 29 across Brazil. It used a voluntary online questionnaire rather than a representative random sample. According to the partial results (document below), holiness and the Christian faith were the most frequently cited topics of interest among respondents. Many also expressed a desire for stronger formation in Catholic teaching, greater emphasis on Scripture and the Eucharist, and well-celebrated liturgy. Asked what makes participation in the Church more difficult, respondents most often pointed to a lack …Meira
Italiensk biskop afholder alpe-messe med hostier i en plastikboks: Værre end i Tyskland: Den 19. juli afholdt biskop Derio Olivero, 65, fra Pinerolo i Italien den årlige »Messe i dalen« ved Chisonetto-dæmningen nær det italienske skisportssted Sestriere. Omkring 300 mennesker deltog, liggende på måtter. Under hele »liturgien« forblev hostierne i en plastikopbevaringsbeholder, der var placeret på alteret. Det anvendte kalik var af træ.
La tradizionale "Messa in Valle" si è svolta il 19 luglio 2026 alla diga del Chisonetto (Sestriere), riunendo circa 300 fedeli. La Messa è stata celebrata dal vescovo di Pinerolo, Derio Olivero. VitaDiocesanaPinerolese.it
German Balloon Mass with Female Dialogue Homily: On 22 July, a Eucharist in Munich to celebrate the Feast of St Mary Magdalene featured a woman performing a liturgical dance in a red dress. Another woman wearing an alb and a stole-like liturgical scarf delivered a dialogue homily with Auxiliary Bishop Wolfgang Bischof and stood near the altar during the Eucharist. Red balloons were also used during the celebration.
Diese Woche hat eine Frau eine Dialog-Predigt mit Weihbischof Wolfgang Bischof (München) gehalten. Der liturgische Tanz im Video stammt aus dieser Messe. Anlass war das Fest der Maria Magdalena.
Archbishop Georg Gänswein, currently Nuncio to the Baltic States, praised Pope Leo XIV and U.S. President Donald Trump while attacking Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with DomRadio.de on July 22. Monsignor Gänswein said Pope Leo XIV has brought "a new sense of relief" to the Church. "Peace is the key word," he believes. "From his very first address, Pope Leo placed the peace of the Risen Christ at the center of his message." According to the nuncio, the Pope's emphasis on peace has [allegedly] transformed the atmosphere. "It has turned headwinds into tailwinds. Whether that wind will change again remains impossible to predict." Bond with Pope Benedict XVI Reflecting on his years alongside Benedict XVI, Archbishop Gänswein said their relationship developed from a professional one into a close personal friendship. "We not only worked together but also lived under one roof and spent every day together," he recalled. "During the ten years after his resignation, our relationship …Meira
Putin knows gay man when he sees one he KGB trained in reading people Speaks German and probably has a file on him . Trump allows gay marriages at Mar largo
Islam - är det slut i Amerika med kristna värderingar? www.youtube.com/watch Politiska beslut i många länder förbjuder kritisera islam och dem som säger något negativ, kan bli straffat. Men det är inte problem. Problem är att islamisera Europa ingår i politiska beslut att rensa Europa från kristedomen. Lyssna, vad en kvinna kämpar för att sanningom islam kan komma fram och rädda värden från islamisk diktatur.
Unga katoliker i Brasilien uttrycker en önskan om fördjupad trosutbildning, större tonvikt på helighet och väl genomförda liturgier, samtidigt som de ger uttryck för frustration över vad de uppfattar som ett överdrivet fokus på sociopolitiska frågor inom kyrkan, enligt en nationell undersökning som presenterades för den brasilianska biskopskonferensen (CNBB). Undersökningen från 2025, som genomfördes av CNBB:s biskopskommission för ungdomar i samarbete med akademiska partner, samlade in svar från mer än 11 000 katoliker i åldern 12 till 29 år över hela Brasilien. Man använde sig av en frivillig onlineenkät istället för ett representativt slumpmässigt urval. Enligt de preliminära resultaten (dokumentet nedan) var helighet och den kristna tron de ämnen som oftast nämndes bland de tillfrågade. Många uttryckte också en önskan om en fördjupad undervisning i den katolska läran, större tonvikt på Skriften och eukaristin samt en väl genomförd liturgi. På frågan om vad som försvårar deltagandet …Meira
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Saint of the Day, Monday, January 31, 1972 Saint Charbel Makhlouf (1828-1898) was beatified 5 December 1965 and canonized 9 October 1977. I noticed that Blessed Charbel Makhlouf’s biography is relatively poor because — I seem to glimpse — his story is one of the fully normal developments. Imagine someone writing the history of a country that developed perfectly in all its stages and reached its fullness normally, without any hindrance or trouble. However brilliant and magnificent, that story would fit into a little space. We can see that Blessed Charbel Makhlouf never faltered nor had any problem. As his countenance indicates, his sanctification was exceptional, powerful, and continual. If you can use this expression, he was a bulldozer of holiness. As his face shows, he faced the cross head on and corresponded until he dropped dead. I want to project his picture, so you understand that well. We realize that his sanctification must have occurred amid storms and …Meira
Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson examines the growing crisis inside the U.S. arsenal and explores what this military-industrial weakness means for a future confrontation with Moscow or Beijing. U.S. is running out of missiles, Russia and China are watching — Ex-CIA Analyst Larry Johnson Some of the talk below included in the video. Time for Russia to reconsider it's relationship with the US. And in fact that the US is not a potential friend. It's an enemy! And with that carries with it important implications. We need to consider that the US is a country in crises. Economically, politically, militarily. Larry explains about the weapons the US has and doesn't have. What we have used already. How long it takes to make more. And how we can't make them without the rare earths from China. The PAC-3 missiles attached to the Patriot air defense system. It turned out to be a complete dud for Ukraine. And an expensive dud at that. Costing up to $6 million per missile fired. If you are going up …Meira
What a mess we are in. The F-35 fifth generation fighter The latest delivery, six of them, came without the nose radar because the nose radar depends upon these high precision magnets supplied by China! And without those the radar system that's suppose to be in the nose cone of that airplane is not put in place. Instead what the US did temporarily is a fix, is they went out and bought weight plates. The plates you put on bar bells to lift. They put them on the nose of the plane just so it can have the weight. But still didn't have the radar capability.
Det tidigare katolska prästseminariet och internatskolan i Bay Shore, New York, ska enligt en rapport från LiBn.com den 15 juli omvandlas till en muslimsk internatskola. United American Muslim Association (UAMA) har köpt byggnaden för 5,2 miljoner dollar. Anläggningen, som är 6 500 kvadratmeter stor och grundades 1926 av Montfort-missionärerna, användes tidigare för att utbilda präster och fungerade senare som reträttcenter. I väntan på godkännande av en ändring av detaljplanen avser de nya ägarna att inrätta en islamisk internatskola för upp till 120 pojkar. Enligt sin webbplats har UAMA som mål att tillhandahålla en utbildning i enlighet med Koranen och sunna. De boende i området har dock organiserat motstånd mot förslaget, och många har satt upp skyltar med texten ”NEJ till internatskola” runt om i grannskapet. Bild: Google street view, AI-översättning
VaticanNews.va – the Vatican's costly news portal with a modest online audience – published the Article “Assisted Reproduction: When AI Is Used Against Humans” on July 21 about the ethical implications of artificial intelligence in in vitro fertilisation (IVF). The article treats the intrinsically evil IVF as an established form of "medically assisted reproduction" and focuses on the risks posed by automation. The author of the article is Davide Dionisi, who worked for more than 25 years at Radio Vaticana–Vatican News and is now Italy's Special Envoy for the Promotion of Freedom of Religion and the Protection of Religious Minorities. He relies throughout on comments from Laura Palazzani, a member of the Pontifical Academy for Life. Palazzani argues that technology should "support the clinical process" rather than replace the physician. She insists that doctors remain indispensable during procedures including "the retrieval and processing of gametes, in vitro fertilisation, and the culture …Meira