Monsignor Gustavo García-Siller, 67, the Mexican-born Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA, has criticised the Israeli war in Gaza in several messages on Twitter.com (7 May).
He urged the "Jewish brothers and sisters" to "stop killing Palestinians. STOP!" [However, this war has nothing to do with the "Jewish brothers and sisters", but with a right-wing regime that many Jews oppose].
He added: "Palestinians are dying. Do we care?"
After the Archbishop was accused of "anti-Semitism", his spokesman distanced himself from the remarks: "'The Twitter account of Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller is his personal account; it is not the official account of the Archdiocese of San Antonio. Archbishop Gustavo urges prayers for peace in the Middle East," Jordan McMorrough, director of communications for the Archdiocese of San Antonio, told PillarCatholic.com (9 May).
The Israeli regime, which has occupied the Gaza Strip since 1967, has killed at least 34,789 Gazans, including 14,500 children, since …Nhiều hơn

Australia's Bishops have approved a liturgy that includes elements of Aboriginal language and culture.
A motion was passed at the plenary meeting of the Australian Bishops' Conference in Sydney on Tuesday. It is called the "Mass of the Land of the Holy Spirit - Missa Terrae Spiritus Sancti".
The rite will now be submitted to the Dicastery for Divine Worship for official approval by the Vatican, which approves everything that is not Catholic.
The Eucharist has been used in the Diocese of Broome for over 50 years with very mediocre results. It is presided over in several local languages, and was approved in 1973 as a 'culturally adapted' liturgy 'ad experimentum' [that is, for ever].
A local Aboriginal Council described the rite as "a distinctive Mass that beautifully blends Catholic tradition with Aboriginal culture to create a unique celebration of faith [in what?] that has served the diocese for over five decades".
"It symbolises a bridge that connects our spiritual beliefs with the …Nhiều hơn

St. Patrick's Church in Belfast, Ireland, was turned into a cinema on 7 May to show the film "Young Frankenstein", an American parody of the classic horror film genre with no pretence of serious content.
The occasion was the 50th anniversary of the film. The £10-a-seat event was sold out. It is officially forbidden to hold chargeable events in churches.
The organisers said: "We can't think of a better venue than the truly gothic St Patrick's Church for this celebration of one of the funniest and most cinematically beautiful films of all time!"
No one disputes that a parody is perfectly suited to a church that makes itself a parody of the Church.
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The decadent Vatican is teaming up with the 'Fratelli Tutti Foundation' to host the second 'World Meeting on Human Fraternity' (May 10-11).
Knowing that nobody is interested in this, the Vatican turns the event into a concert hoping to attract people in this way. Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St Peter's, announced the programme at a press conference on 7 May. According to the Fratelli Tutti Foundation, this 2024 event follows on from the supposed "success of last year".
In reality, that first meeting, which took place in June 2023, featured the homosexual dancer Roberto Bolle and was an embarrassing flop in terms of attendance (pictures).
Speakers in 2024 include winners of the discredited Nobel Peace Prize, political activists, economist Jeffrey Sachs and Nelson Mandela's wife Graca Machel Mandela. Francis will lead an event with children in the Vatican's new Synod Hall.
The closing concert on the steps of St Peter's on 11 May will feature Italian composer Giovanni Allevi, …Nhiều hơn

Mathias Fuchs, a lay pastoral assistant who dresses like a pseudo-priest, presided over a "heavy metal service" on 3 May at St Martin's Church in Bruchsal, Archdiocese of Freiburg, Germany.
The archdiocese supported the project morally and financially. Freiburg is the archdiocese where Archbishop Georg Gänswein, who was expelled from Rome, resides.
Fuchs explained on the archdiocese's social media account that his show was "not a concert", but a church service with music. This includes singing along, clapping, dancing and 'headbanging'.
According to Fuchs, God is "where it is loud, where people are happy, where they are together". The heavy metal noise was provided by the local band 'Metal GodZ' [a blasphemy?].
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The electronic baptismal register of the Gurk-Klagenfurt diocese in Austria lists three imaginary genders in addition to the two existing ones.
When registering a baptism, a priest can choose from five options:
- male
- female
- mixed
- diverse
- open
- not specified The majority of priests don't even know what the imaginary genders would mean and have never heard of them before their diocese invented them. A priest who complained to the diocesan office responsible for the form was told that the office had "no influence". Since the Second Vatican Council, the diocese of Glurk-Kagenfurt has lost over 40% of its priests and the trend is continuing. #newsPzcaahqeyf

On 8 May, Francis received in private audience Mundiya Kepanga, chief of a tribal community in the Tari region of Papua New Guinea.
Francis will visit the country from 6 to 9 September.
Mundiya Kepanga belongs to the Telabo Angi Puria clan, part of the Huli tribe, known previously for magic, witchcraft and cannibalism.
He only appears in his funny dress for photo ops. Otherwise he is an activist for the oligarchs and other champagne socialists, promoting their climate hysteria, often travelling by plane around the world.
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While Francis' administration in the Vatican wallows in homosexual fantasies, Ghana's bishops are advocating mandatory conversion therapy for homosexuals.
At the end of February, Ghanaian lawmakers unanimously passed the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Act, which makes advertisement for homosexuality illegal and punishable by up to five years in prison. Homosexual acts are already illegal.
President Nana Akufo-Addo has yet to sign the bill into law, under pressure from decadent Western regimes. He said he would wait for a ruling from the Supreme Court before signing the bill. A citizen challenged the constitutionality of the bill.
Ghana's bishops have backed the bill. On Palm Sunday, Bishop Alfred Agyenta of Navrongo-Bolgatanga encouraged President Akufo-Addo to sign the bill into law because it represents the will of the Ghanaian people.
He reminded the President that "it was fear that forced Pilate to give in to the demands of the high priests and those who wanted Jesus Christ …Nhiều hơn

The Carthusian monastery of St Hugh in Parkminster, West Sussex, England, has announced a huge investment to "protect the environment" and "respect the planet".
According to CartusiaLover.wordpress.com (8 May), 500 photovoltaic panels will be installed to supply their 240-acre site with supposedly 'free', 'clean' and 'silent' solar energy.
The Carthusians of Parkminster are also investing in a battery to store excess electricity for use when the panels are not generating.
Jason Lindfield, director of OHM Energy Solutions, said in a recent interview that the monks' system will pay for itself in less than seven years and seven months (sic).
The expected energy yield is 231,650 kWh with an annual saving of £27,196.
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Armed Muslims attacked twelve Catholic students as they prayed the rosary in a residential area on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia.
The video of the incident (below), posted by KatolikG on Twitter.com, went viral on social media on 6 May. The students at Pamulang University in the southern city of Tangerang were conducting a house-to-house rosary on 5 May.
"As a result, two female students were injured and a Muslim man was assaulted for defending the students," said Siprianus Edi Hardum, a Catholic lawyer providing legal assistance to the students.
One of the injured students said that the group praying the rosary was confronted by the local head of the neighbourhood association. He told them: "If you want to pray, go to church, like we Muslims pray in the mosque."
The man left and returned with a mob that attacked the students. The victims were saved from further harm only because other Muslims came to their aid.
Throughout Europe, especially in London and Paris, Muslims pray in …Nhiều hơn