Journalists Raymond Arroyo and Robert Royal, and canon lawyer and priest Gerald Murray of New York talked on January 16 about the consistory of January 7-8. A short sequence, video below. Robert Royal commenting on Cardinal Grech’s contribution on synod: I think you hear that and you say, what in God’s name can that possibly mean? This is the gobbledygook we’ve been listening to for years about synodality and all this confusion. I mean, one of the things I’ve heard from sources is that many of these cardinals have said, "Look, we’re just confused about this. We’re tired of going over the same things again and again." These pronouncements keep coming out. When I read Cardinal Grech, I said to myself: This guy knows they haven’t gotten anything substantial done. You can try to preserve the illusion that there’s somehow a dynamic age of the Spirit underway, but it’s about to die. Raymond Arroyo: Well, he says there are good fruits here. He says fruits are blooming all over the place. …More
Hello, I came across your website, specifically the Article "Salve Regina - Hail Holy Queen Explanation and interpretation" by Fr. Stephen Somerville," and I was hoping to get some clarification regarding the use of Salve Regina as a post-Communion hymn. It’s seems that, traditionally, the Salve Regina is sung pre or post Mass. The parish I’m at now has inserted the Salve Regina in the Mass just following the Communion hymn. I find it distracting and strange to sing the Salve Regina, a song directed to Mary, right after I’ve come in full Communion with the Lord through his most sacred body and blood. If a Marian hymn were to be used at all during this time of worship, wouldn’t the Magnificat, direct to our Lord, be much more appropriate? I would love to hear your thoughts, and appreciate any direction you can provide regarding this situation. Thank you! Respectfully, J.B. ______________________ TIA responds: Hello J.B., We are glad that you are benefitting from our site and that you …
Angelo Gugel, the longtime papal valet who worked for three popes, has died in Rome at the age of 90, reports Vatican media. Appointed in 1978 by John Paul I, the “33-day pope,” Gugel went on to serve John Paul II throughout his nearly 27-year pontificate. He retired at the beginning of the papacy of Benedict XVI, at the age of 70. Known for his immaculate appearance, he preserved strict discretion even after retirement. From the Gendarmerie to the Papal Household Born on 27 April 1935 in Miane, in Italy’s Veneto region, Gugel joined the Vatican Gendarmerie at the age of 20. After a serious bout of tuberculosis, he was transferred to the administration of the Vatican City State. Albino Luciani, his former bishop in Vittorio Veneto and a family acquaintance, personally chose him as valet after being elected pope. When John Paul I died unexpectedly on 28 September 1978, Gugel was among the few people present in the papal bedroom. At the Pope’s Side Around the World Gugel accompanied John …More
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 32 - The Messiah promised and prefigured - Fourteenth figure of the Messiah - Gideon. (A.C.1405.)
John-Henry Westen is joined again by financial expert Drew Mason of Saint Joseph Partners, who explains why silver and gold are entering a once-in-a-generation moment. Drew Mason breaks down how surging global debt, inflation, and sovereign instability are driving precious metals to record highs, and why major institutions are now rushing to increase their allocations while physical supply remains critically tight. Beyond the charts, Mason emphasizes that gold and silver are not just investments; they are protection for families in times of economic uncertainty, safeguarding wealth when traditional assets fail. He also frames financial stewardship as a spiritual issue, rooted in Scripture and inseparable from the broader spiritual battle of our times.
Vatican satanists are intelligently using Vatican 2 and we should not accept such discourse. By slapping "sede" label they alienate us from majority of orthodox but lukewarm Catholics. To Vatican satanists it's much more dangerous to talk about 2013 coup that brought this satanic regime even though they were present in Vatican for over a century.
In Yiwu, Zhejiang, participants in a sports event are indoctrinated against the “xie jiao” while cycling up the hills. by Qi Junzao The Yivu race: anti-xie-jiao propaganda is not far away. On December 14, the city of Yiwu in Zhejiang province hosted what might have been a perfectly ordinary sporting event: a cycling hill‑climb invitational. One thousand riders gathered at the scenic Shili Taohua Wu area to test their stamina on the winding Yan’kou Lake track. But in China, no public gathering is too innocent to escape the heavy hand of propaganda. Suddenly, the event was transformed into a “sports + anti-xie‑jiao extravaganza.” For readers unfamiliar with the term, “xie jiao” is often translated as “cults” or “evil cults,” but this is not accurate. It designates in China since the Middle Ages “organizations spreading heterodox teachings,” and the powers that be decide which teachings are “heterodox.” Today, it is a deliberately broad and elastic label wielded by the Chinese …
Cardinal Michael Czerny, SJ, 79, said that during the consistory on 7-8 January, he did not hear anyone say, "Oh, I’m sorry we didn’t discuss the liturgy". He told the Substack.com-account The Pillar on 13 January, that what Leo XIV will do with the Mass of the Roman Rite is "beyond my pay grade": "I can’t speculate about how he intends to approach the situation. But I can’t imagine a pope who wouldn’t want to bring peace to the Church. I think every pope since St Peter would want that," the cardinal speculated. In general, he found the consistory a "healthy" exercise. "As soon as we got together and realised that the first thing we would do was spend the whole afternoon discussing it, we realised we were already at work. People immediately switched into gear. All three sessions were good." "Not Possible Without Pope Francis" When asked if the lack of collegiality among the cardinals wasn’t the elephant in the room under Francis, Cardinal Czerny denied it, saying: “No, quite the …More
The Synods and the Consistory were based upon the irrational and not rational interpretation of Vatican Council II. This is major doctrinal error found also in the books of Fr. Karl Rahner. 17.01.2026 POPE LEO MUST NOT ALLOW THE IMPRIMATUR FOR NEW BOOKS ON VATICAN COUNCIL II INTERPRETED WITH THE FALSE PREMISE : RAHNER’S BOOKS MUST BE PULLED BACK POPE LEO MUST NOT ALLOW THE IMPRIMATUR FOR NEW …
Gregory DiPippo argues that Vatican II’s liturgy constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium was effectively nullified not by neglect but by its early misapplication. He identifies the 1964 decree Inter Oecumenici—especially its promotion of Mass versus populum—as introducing changes never envisioned by the constitution itself. DiPippo contends that subsequent “conciliar reforms,” exemplified by recent experimental reordering of Mantua Cathedral, falsely claim fidelity to the Council while betraying its intent. He concludes that decades of such reinterpretations make it impossible to recover what the Council actually taught, and calls on Church leaders to acknowledge this failure.
Sacrosanctum Concilium was not "misapplied" as it had been written in a way allowing to apply it in whatever way revolutionaries wanted. It is quite grotesque to talk about "nullifying" or "killing" the document that was a mere, temporary jumping point for the further progressive leap. Come on, that document was dead as a dodo the very moment they voted for it. Too progressive to protect the liturgy and too conservative for the progressist lobby. Later events only confirmed the above. As "indultists" often miss reality they are cultivating the myth of good and salutary "Sacrosanctum Concilium" - actually, the document that had brought no good whatsoever in the field of the Catholic liturgy.
[Father Dom Lorenzo Scupoli – XVI-XVII Century AD; Otranto, Kingdom of Naples/Naples, Kingdom of Naples; (aged 79-80); Priest; Spiritual Writer] “Point VIII ~ Of the hindrances to a Right Discernment of Things, and of the method to be adopted in order to understand them properly The cause of our not rightly discerning all these things and many others is, that we conceive a love or hatred of them at first sight. Our understanding is thus darkened, so that it cannot judge of them correctly. Lest you fall into this delusion, take all possible care to keep your will pure and free from inordinate affection for any thing whatsoever. When any object, then, is presented to you, view it with your understanding; and consider it maturely before you are moved by hatred to reject it, if it be a thing contrary to your inclinations, or by love to desire it, if it be pleasing to them. For thus the understanding, being unclouded by passion, will be free and clear, and able to perceive the truth, and to …More
Because the Church is in free fall, chaos and confusion I believe these nuns are doing the best they can. They are not theologians, but are praying and not rioting, and it appears their congregation is growing.
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PROPHESIES OF 1959 “RUSSIA WILL MARCH UPON ALL THE NATIONS OF EUROPE, PARTICULARLY ITALY, AND WILL RAISE HER FLAG OVER THE DOME OF ST. PETER’S. Italy will be severely tried by a great revolution, and Rome will be purified in blood for its many sins, especially those of impurity!”
Blessed Elena Aiello (1895-1961) -Mystic, Stigmatic, Victim Soul, Prophet & Foundress of the Minim Tertiaries of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ Blessed Sister Elena Aiello would experience terrible sufferings through her life especially on GOOD FRIDAY. On one such Good Friday, APRIL 16, 1954, Sister Aiello stated she received the following concerning message for the world: Then the Madonna appeared to me. She was dressed in black, with seven swords piercing Her Immaculate Heart. Coming closer, with an expression of profound sorrow, and with tears on her cheeks, she spoke to me, saying: ‘Listen attentively, and reveal to all: ‘My Heart is sad for so many sufferings in an impending world in ruin. The justice of Our Father is most offended. Men live in their obstinacy of sin. The wrath of God is near. Soon the world will be afflicted with great calamities, bloody revolutions, frightful hurricanes, and the overflowing of streams and the seas’. ‘Cry out until the priests of God lend …More
Well, you could have fooled me. I know why. I know the prophecies and messages. GOD wants the world to love His Mother and recognize her as His Mother and so her Immaculate heart will triumph and both hearts be loved and adored. An I hope they will show her thanks for what she did for us and GOD. But Russia needs first to destroy all the evil first from this world. GOD choose her to destroy evil and to help his Mother be loved and adored by the conversion of Russia. Two beautiful things I hope to see. It's the prot's and jews who hate her and hurt her every day. There is no talking to the prot's. I tried for years on yt and finally had to leave because I literally got too upset, sick and had headache's with their filthy mouths. They can be very vicious against The Blessed Mother and Catholics.
(Feast of St. Marcellus I, Pope and Martyr – January 16) Brothers and Sisters, There is a kind of suffering that comes from the world, and we expect it. The world has always resisted the light. But there is another kind of suffering – sharper, quieter, and harder to bear – when the wound comes from within, when rejection comes not from strangers, but from one’s own. Holy Scripture says of Our Lord: “He came unto his own, and his own received him not” (John 1:11). And on this day, January 16, the traditional calendar places before us a Pope – St. Marcellus I – whose witness is marked by that same sorrowful pattern: not merely opposed by the enemies of the Church, but resisted amid turmoil and rebellion within the household of faith. So the title today is simple. And heavy. Exiled by his own. Pause for a moment and let that phrase do its work. Because it is not only history. It is a pattern. It is a temptation. It is a warning. And it is also – mysteriously – a path that God has …More