Chris Tobin April 10, 2026 A traditionalist Catholic order expelled from the Christchurch Diocese claims to be linking with like-minded groups overseas to challenge church reforms, while continuing to deny allegations of wrongdoing. Postulant Brother Benedict, left, and novice Brother Raphael prepare for Mass at the Congregation of the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer’s Mt St Joseph's monastery in Te Moana Gorge, near Geraldine in 2021.JOHN BISSET / TIMARU HERALD A traditionalist Catholic order expelled from the Christchurch Diocese claims to be linking with like-minded groups overseas to challenge church reforms, while continuing to deny allegations of wrongdoing. “We are working in our own small way, with our limited manpower, to bring about an Imperfect General Council that will publicly recognise the present Catholic disaster that has no way out but through,” said Father Michael Mary, head of the Congregation of the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer, also known as Transalpine Redemptorists. …More
June consistory Not About Liturgy: Pope Leo XIV sent Easter greetings to the cardinals, outlining the June consistory. The letter has been published in full on SilereNonPossum. In it, Leo XIV praised the work on Francis's document 'Evangelii Gaudium' carried out in small groups at the January consistory. In June, he intends to focus specifically on the progress made by the groups regarding Evangelii Gaudium, particularly with regard to mission and the transmission of the faith. There is no mention of liturgy.
Leo XIV: Among the specific indications that emerged, some deserve to be received and further reflected upon: the need to relaunch Evangelii gaudium in order to honestly verify what, after years, has truly been received and what instead remains still unknown or unimplemented; particular attention must be given to the necessary reform of the paths of Christian initiation; attention should also be given to valuing apostolic and pastoral visits as authentic kerygmatic occasions and moments for growth in the quality of relationships; as well as the need to reconsider the effectiveness of ecclesial communication, including at the level of the Holy See, in a more clearly missionary key.
Ambiences, Customs, Civilizations by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Old magazines are often very charming. This is true even when what comes down to us are only loose undated pages that give us glimpses of the remote past. A Paris journal of the last century, L ‘Illustration, carried an article, “Customs of the Café Valois,” written by A. de Belloy, whose memory has been whisked away by time. What is the date of these pages? The article gives us only the most vague elements as to the answer. It is safe to place them somewhere in the 1860’s. In any case they have the merit of evoking certain values of the social conduct of old. Values that disappeared more and more as large cities came into being in the last century, and of which, not even vestiges have remained among the general public of today’s Babels of concrete, steel and asphalt. They were precious values that endowed social relationships with human warmth and that stemmed from the fact that the civilization of yesteryear was centered …More
Leo XIV's current visit to Algeria is (also) personal. In 2004, while serving as Father Prevost, he participated in a pilgrimage to mark the 1650th anniversary of Saint Augustine’s birth, reports IlGiornale.it on 13 April. Then, due to security concerns, the group had been heavily escorted by police and had been restricted to a brief visit to Annaba (ancient Hippo). No broader travel inside Algeria was considered safe at the time. They were strongly advised not to spend the night in Algeria, which is why they returned to Tunisia the same day. Fr Prevost was dressed entirely in civilian clothes, as usual. Returning now as Pope, he revisits those same places. Picture: Conversation Nico Spuntoni, #newsJsaejrgunk
Mon Apr 13, 2026 - 6:00 pm EDTMon Apr 13, 2026 - 8:36 pm EDT (LifeSiteNews) – Israeli nationalist politician Itamar Ben-Gvir has again “stormed” the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, also known Temple Mount, in violation of agreements between Israel and Jordan. Videos published by Arabic news outlets show the National Security Minister praying at the foot of the steps of the Dome of the Rock, singing and raising his hands. اقتحم وزير الأمن القومي الإسرائيلي، المتطرف إيتمار بن غفير، المسجد الأقصى برفقة مجموعة من المستوطنين، وأدّوا طقوسًا تلمودية داخل باحاته pic.twitter.com/5TtAmZVYTw — موقع عرب 48 (@arab48website) April 12, 2026 Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem and performed rituals under heavy security, in a move widely viewed as highly provocative given the site’s religious significance and political sensitivity pic.twitter.com/kgysKeYrer — HatsOff (@HatsOffff) April 13, 2026 “Today you feel like the master of the house here …
You’re looking for trouble and don’t realize that trouble comes by itself….you’re an idiot if you forget that Ben….Only God is the Master, little Ben…not you
InfoVaticana.com published the testimony of one of two alleged victims of homosexual abuse by the Peruvian Bishop Antonio Santarsiero Rosa of Huacho. Last week, he stepped down as Secretary General of the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference after two accusers came forward. Bishop Santarsiero denies any wrongdoing. He was an institutional colleague of Bishop Robert Prevost of Chiclayo (2014-2023). Santarsiero, Bishop of Huacho since 2004, moved in the same circles, and both held leadership roles in the Peruvian Episcopal Conference. Santarsiero was president of the Economic Council (2020–2022) and Prevost a second vice president of the Peruvian bishops. The testimony of the anonymous seminarian includes graphic and traumatising details. "When I was 15, I went to a minor seminary in December 2010. My older brother [name], had gone there before me. He invited me to go. My experience there was positive, and I attended my senior year of high school in [city] in 2011. When my brother left the seminary …More
Acts 5:17-26 “The men whom you put in prison are in the temple area and are teaching the people.” The message aims to show us, through the reality from above, that God’s grace flows from His Heart to our hearts. John 3:16-21 “For God so loved the world.” The presence of Jesus Christ in the world is the message of God’s love, joy, and peace within our human and personal history. Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.
No one has ever been able to agree about what exactly we are required to accept from Vatican II. Even the particular innovations of it (such as religious liberty) are understood very differently by different theologians and bishops, with precious little indication of, or conflicting accounts of, the "correct" reading.
The Mass in the Roman rite touches on the very idea of tradition in the Church, Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseille, president of the French bishops, told KTO on April 5. Bishops are called to show “pastoral solicitude” toward those Catholics: “First, to welcome them. It is not about judging them.” He added that this welcome should not begin by trying to redirect them and “not to say: 'they should go elsewhere or do it differently'.” At the same time, Cardinal Aveline emphasized that this welcome must remain within the framework of official Church structures: “Tradition goes all the way to the last council, including the Second Vatican Council.” Cardinal Aveline added that the liturgy and Vatican II “is not necessarily irreconcilable” as there is “a hermeneutic of continuity”. Councils “do not abolish previous ones.” On the announcement of episcopal consecrations by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X., Cardinal Aveline spoke of “a cause of sadness.” He believes: “It is …More
When Vatican Council II is interpreted rationally it is traditional and ecclesiocentric. It is aligned with the ecclesiology of the Papal States in Europe. So in harmony with Tradition, it is in harmony with the Catholic Church of the 1930's.So Collegiality, Liturgy, Ecumenism, Mission, Dialogue etc are no more controversial for conservative Catholics.
The latest outburst from Donald J. Trump is a direct and unusually aggressive attack on Pope Leo XIV. Trump wrote on social media that Leo XIV is “weak on crime” and “a disaster in foreign policy”. “He talks about ‘fear’ of the Trump Administration, but doesn’t mention the FEAR that the Catholic Church, and all other Christian Organizations, had during COVID when they were arresting priests, ministers, and everybody else, for holding Church Services, even when going outside, and being ten and even twenty feet apart.” Trump does “not want a Pope who thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon.” “I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s terrible that America attacked Venezuela, a Country that was sending massive amounts of Drugs into the United States and, even worse, emptying their prisons, including murderers and drug dealers into our Country.” “And I don’t want a Pope who criticizes the President of the United States because I’m doing exactly what I was elected, IN A LANDSLIDE …More
How sick it is to see Catholics still defending trump after another one of his blasphemies. Amazing how they never go after him for anything he does. Defending the beast once again. They didn't he care he set up Carrie and removed her from his fake religious freedom panel. Never answered her calls, texts or emails. NOTHING from the beast. It's ok he allows the possessed hegseth and his demonic fake preacher go after Catholics. THEY SAY NOTHING ABOUT THOSE THINGS! They ignored and refuse to believe that epstein in his own files said, I have seen some really bad people in my life. but trump is the WORST! They ignore all his evil deeds and words. And defend him instead. Yet they are the worse when it comes to Catholics who try to show them ALL the evils of that man. If you think GOD is impressed or happy with you for defending him and going after the Pope. You all have something very surprising coming to you all. Whether he is a bad Pope or not, that is not for you to say. That's up to …More
All Trump needed to say was: "I don’t take advice frome idol worshipers, I hate them, there’s only God Almighty, His Son Jesus and the Holy Spirit... Leo worships pachamama, so no advice from him us any good."
Every Catholic in the world must defend Pope Leo XIV in his message of peace against the Israeli and United States' war with Iran. Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops made this statement: 'I am disheartened that the President chose to write such disparaging words about the Holy Father. Pope Leo is not his rival; nor is the Pope a politician. He is the Vicar of Christ who speaks from the truth of the Gospel and for the care of souls.' We agree. Catholics around the globe must get behind this Christian view. We need to promote peace, truth and good will. That's at the heart of the Christian response to resolving conflict. It's what Christ did and instructed his disciples to do. Trump has criticized Pope Leo on his Truth Social account. He writes the Pope is "weak on crime, and terrible for foreign policy.” This was Trump's answer as the Pope has been urging him to make peace and stop the war. Trump goes on to say about the Pope, “I donʼt …
I'm thinking about it, smell the burning wood? I mean seriously what Trumptard is doing is outrageous, but that is just the part "Orange man," is playing for the masses. Attacking the Pope is a strategy to humiliate and disenfranchise Catholics and it is a long term strategy of Turning Point USA!
Seriously 'defend Pope Leo.." I would gladly defend him if he were a true pope and not a globalist shill and sell out. He should have stuck to matters of Faith and the salvation of souls instead of calling out Trump. I would have no respect for a politician pretending to be pope.. and I have NO respect for a pretended pope pretending to be a politician
Pro-homosexual Luxembourg Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich has warned that the idea of female ordination would "currently" split the Church. In an interview with VaticanNews.va on 10 April, Cardinal Hollerich referred to the divisions within the Anglican group following the appointment of Sarah Mullally. According to the cardinal, any [impossible] change in access to ordained ministry must come through “the consensus of the whole Church,” not through isolated regional decisions. However, Hollerich claimed a growing frustration among “many” women. For him it is difficult to imagine a Church enduring long-term if “half of the People of God suffer because they have no access to ordained ministry.” Asked about a possible timeline, Cardinal Hollerich said: “I leave that to the Holy Spirit.” In the meantime, he wants to expanding women’s roles in decision-making within the Church. He has three women serving as episcopal delegates in his Archdiocese for consecrated life, the social sector,…More
[BLESSED JAN VAN RUYSBROEK – XIII-XIV Century AD; Ruisbroek, Holy Roman Empire/ Groenendael, Holy Roman Empire; Mystic, Spiritual Writer, Doctor Divinus Ecstaticus] “Chapter VI ~ OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HIRELINGS AND THE FAITHFUL SERVANTS OF GOD NOW you may mark this: that some men receive the gifts of God as hirelings, but others as faithful servants of God; and these differ one from another in all inward works, that is, in love and intention, in feeling and in every exercise of the inward life. Now understand this well: all those who love themselves so inordinately that they will not serve God, save for their own profit and because of their own reward, these separate themselves from God, and dwell in bondage and in their own selfhood; for they seek, and aim at, their own, in all that they do. And therefore, with all their prayers and with all their good works, they seek after temporal things, or may be strive after eternal things for their own benefit and for their own profit.…More
"Now understand this well: all those who love themselves so inordinately that they will not serve God, save for their own profit and because of their own reward, these separate themselves from God, and dwell in bondage and in their own selfhood; for they seek, and aim at, their own, in all that they do. And therefore, with all their prayers and with all their good works, they seek after temporal things, or may be strive after eternal things for their own benefit and for their own profit."
On April 9, 2026, the Holy See Press Office announced that Pope Leo XIV appointed the listed figures as members of the Dicastery for Communication: Curia Cardinal Luis Tagle, 68, Philippines He is considered emotionally instable and holds pro-homosexual views: “The harsh words that were used in the past to refer to homosexuals and divorced and separated people, the unwed mothers, et cetera, in the past they were quite severe,” Tagle told a Catholic youth conference in London in 2015. In 2017, he led a social media initiative in the Philippines called the Lazarus Project, to call for homosexual acceptance in churches. In 2019, he called on Catholic youth to stop discriminating against homosexual people. Furthermore, Cardinal Tagle believes that there is no all-encompassing answer to adultery: “Every situation for those who are divorced and remarried is quite unique. To have a general rule might be counterproductive in the end.” Cristóbal López Romero, 72, of Rabat, Morocco Spanish born …More
“Why, I ask, O damnable sodomites, do you seek after the height of ecclesiastical dignity with such burning ambition? Why do you seek with such longing to snare the people of God in the web of your perdition?” St. Peter Damian