There are so few African-American bishops because of “racism,” Washington Auxiliary Bishop Robert Boxie said in a September 7 interview with Catholic News Service. He was appointed by Pope Leo XIV on May 1. The numbers: Of 268 active U.S. bishops, five (2%) are Black. Black Americans make up 2% of U.S. Catholics and, over the past 20 years, about 2% of U.S. priestly ordinations.
Why are there so few Black bishops in America? “The short answer is racism.” America’s youngest bishop, Robert Boxie, Auxiliary of Washington.
POPE LEO XIV PROCLAIMS A YEAR OF GRACE FOR OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE | SG News Pope Leo XIV has granted a special Guadalupano Jubilee Year at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, offering Catholics an extraordinary opportunity for pilgrimage, prayer, conversion and spiritual renewal. The Jubilee will begin on October 12, 2026, and continue until October 12, 2027, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the dedication of the new Basilica of Santa María de Guadalupe and the transfer of the sacred image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to its present sanctuary on October 12, 1976. The opening also coincides with the 131st anniversary of the Pontifical Coronation of the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, Archbishop Primate of Mexico, announced the Jubilee with gratitude and invited Catholics to gather at the Basilica for the solemn opening Mass at noon on October 12. During the Jubilee Year, Catholics who devoutly visit the Basilica with a contrite heart, …Hiroc’h
Emma Bonino has died aged 78. May God have mercy on her soul. She was one of the most consequential figures in modern Italian politics, and Catholics should be honest about what that legacy means. She devoted much of her public life to causes fundamentally opposed to Catholic moral teaching, most notably the legalisation and promotion of abortion. She became a principal architect of Italy’s transformation from an overwhelmingly Catholic culture into a far more secular one. That makes Pope Francis’s repeated warmth towards her, including his extraordinary description of Bonino as one of Italy’s “forgotten greats”, all the more difficult to understand.
Homily Saturday, September 12, 2026 1 Corinthians 10:14-22 “My beloved, avoid idolatry.” Even a simple phrase, a word, can be an idol. Idols are what keeps us far from the Love of God. Luke 6:43-49 Jesus said, “People do not pick figs from thornbushes, nor do they gather grapes from brambles.” We receive the Love of God by living the joy that is within us, each day. Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.
Well you have finally shown your true (false) colors Gloria tv ~ If you have no intentions of removing the falsehood on your site, by willingly knowing you are spreading lies & error, and allowing a 'false charlatan' to run the show as moderator? ~ How in Heaven's name can you call yourselves a Catholic site? ~ Once more I repeat; ~ The Book of Truth was written by an anonymous Irish writer under the pseudonym, Maria Divine Mercy. ~ She is an unapproved seer 'charlatan' (my emphasis), whose prophecies contain material that is both demonstrably false, & contrary to Catholic teaching regarding the future! ~ National Catholic Register. ~
The Next Terrorist Attack Is Predictable nytimes.com/…09/10/opinion/911-ai-terrorist-attac… Sept. 10, 2026 By Philip Bobbitt Mr. Bobbitt is a legal scholar and was the senior director for strategic planning at the National Security Council under President Bill Clinton On Sept. 11, 2001, I was in an airplane at Kennedy International Airport bound for Europe, scheduled to leave at 8:30 a.m. For some reason, we were removed from the rotation and sat on the tarmac as other planes took off. As I glanced over the shoulder of my seatmate, I saw a dark gray wafer-shaped explosion, two or three floors thick, violently thrust forward from one of the World Trade Center’s two towers. Some minutes later, as I watched intently, a huge golden sunburst erupted from the second tower. I knew what had happened. Sept. 11 was not only predictable; it had been predicted. When I drafted my final memo to the president’s national security adviser, Sandy Berger, at the end of the summer of 1999, I wrote, among …Hiroc’h
'This is an irreversible decision that Parliament is being asked to make. We've got to make sure safeguards are there, but they weren't.' Labour MP Preet Kaur Gill on why she voted against the assisted dying bill today.
Lindsay Clancy juror Paula Devlin reveals on 'CBS Mornings' that the lone, male holdout juror who voted to find Clancy guilty of murdering her children was the *only* person of color -- a black man. The 11 not-guilty jurors -- who hectored him for a week to cave -- were all white.
GBC @GBC_Press BREAKING: The International Court of Justice calls on Israel to return the occupied territories, including Jerusalem, and compensate the Palestinians.
He Somehow MADE IT WORSE… MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on bizarre Night 2 speech at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, where Trump led the crowd in a repeat-after-me pledge to vote, told supporters they had to “do this for me,” and made a stunning “cheat like hell” remark during the pledge [BLASPHEMOUS-USING THE LORD'S NAME IN VAIN]. Meiselas breaks down Trump’s speech and the other surreal moments from the final night of the convention. Visit Meidas+ | MeidasTouch Network | Substack for more! MeidasTouch relies on SnapStream to record, watch, monitor, and clip the news. Get a FREE TRIAL of SnapStream by clicking here: Record TV with SnapStream to get clips that will … Support the MeidasTouch Network: patreon.com/meidastouch Add the MeidasTouch Podcast: The MeidasTouch Podcast
Latin Mass Apostolate in the Diocese of St. Catharines Sanctuary Renovation "LIFT IT UP TO THE LORD" E-transfers. Please send to fr.n@fsspniagara.com. (See below for more details) Credit Card. For one-time donations or to set up recurring donations through CanadaHelps * All donations will go into the General Fund ("P" for parish) unless you specify "B" for Building Fund (no cathedraticum tax applies) "S" for SOLI Sisters or "F" for altar flowers. * Your note may look like this: P- $50 S- $50 B-$50, etc. * For first-time e-transfer donors who would like a tax receipt at the end of the year, please include your full name and mailing address. Thank you for your generosity!
Katherine Bennett tells it like it is: «I don’t see why I should have to get fat if I eat fatty foods. I don’t see why I should have to get pregnant if I have sex. I don’t see why I should have to be rejected from Cambridge if I didn’t earn top grades. I don’t see why I can’t get married if I’m gay. I don’t see why I can’t be a pilot if I’m blind… OK, that last one is a stretch, but the sentiment is the same. In other words: I don’t like the natural consequences, so they must somehow be frustrated artificially. And this is what we have done. Unlike wise parents, who recognise that an infant cannot have whatever he wants — either because it is impossible or because constantly relenting will stunt his flourishing — we have become the parents who give in to every whinge, every tear and every complaint simply to pacify the child. We will even invent things to shield him from the consequences of his choices. What kind of person does that child become? We all know. Roald Dahl knew when he …Hiroc’h
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 6,43-49. Jesus said to his disciples : "A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit. For every tree is known by its own fruit. For people do not pick figs from thornbushes, nor do they gather grapes from brambles. A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good, but an evil person out of a store of evil produces evil; for from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks. Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' but not do what I command? I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, listens to my words, and acts on them. That one is like a person building a house, who dug deeply and laid the foundation on rock; when the flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it because it had been well built. But the one who listens and does not act is like a person who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against it, it collapsed at …Hiroc’h
Luke [6:43-49] A Tree and Its Fruit Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 6,43-49. Jesus said to his disciples : "A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit. For every tree is known by its own fruit. For people do not pick figs from thornbushes, nor do they gather grapes from brambles. A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good, but an evil person out of a store of evil produces evil; for from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks. Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' but not do what I command? I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, listens to my words, and acts on them. That one is like a person building a house, who dug deeply and laid the foundation on rock; when the flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it because it had been well built. But the one who listens and does not act is like a person who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river …Hiroc’h
