Leo XIV: "Faith Is Not Given Once and for All" At today’s Angelus, Leo XIV appeared to blur the distinction between the objective content of the Faith and its subjective appropriation: “Faith is not something given to us once and for all. Rather, we continually need to rediscover the face of Christ.” He then urged the faithful not to retreat into religious certainties, adding: “When it comes to the Christian faith, we may be content with […] what has been handed down to us.” Instead, Leo advocated “friendship with Jesus” through an “ever-new encounter”: “This may also ask us to follow unfamiliar paths and to make choices different from those we had imagined. This is true both for our personal journey and for the journey of the Church, as well as for our pastoral choices, when we may sometimes think that it is enough simply to continue doing things as we have always done them.”
Two short video quotes from today's Angelus: Leo XIV offers unusual definitions of faith, suggesting that focusing on what has been handed down to us is insufficient.
Why Gen Z is Returning to an 800-Year-Old Prayer: Fr. Joseph Anthony Kress on the Rosary Revival "In a digital world full of fleeting, disappearing moments, people are hungry for something deeply rooted." Fr. Joseph Anthony Kress, OP joins CatholicTV to share the vision behind the Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage. Why are thousands of Catholics—especially young adults and newcomers to the faith—flocking back to the ancient devotion of the Holy Rosary? Father Joseph Anthony Kress, OP (co-host of the Godsplaining podcast) steps into the studio on This Is the Day to preview the upcoming Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage in Washington, D.C. Father Joseph Anthony breaks down the schedule for this full 12-hour day of prayer, preaching, adoration, Mass, and confession held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. He shares how a simple prayer intention from a Dominican friar exploded from standing-room-only crowds into a national gathering expecting over 5,000 pilgrims. Discover …އިތުރު
This morning, Pope Leo XIV arrived in San Marino, where he was received by the Captains Regent, Alice Mina and Vladimiro Selva, as the Republic and the Holy See mark 100 years of diplomatic relations. At the Basilica of San Marino, he venerated the relics of St. Marinus, the country’s patron saint. He will then continue to Rimini for the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples, stopping along the way at the Augustinian nuns’ monastery in Pennabilli.
Leo XIV venerating the relics of St. Marinus, the founder of San Marino.
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More than 2,300 Catholics took part in Argentina’s 17th Pilgrimage of Our Lady of Christendom from August 15–17. Inspired by the Paris–Chartres pilgrimage in France, this year’s pilgrimage set a new attendance record. The pilgrims covered approximately 100 kilometres from the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Rawson, in Buenos Aires Province, to the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján, Argentina’s national Marian shrine. Mass in the traditional Roman rite was celebrated each day at outdoor altars along the route. The traditional Mass was not permitted inside the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján. The pilgrimage instead concluded at the basilica on August 17 with Eucharistic adoration and the Rosary. Several prominent clergy took part in the pilgrimage. - Fr. Raúl Olazábal, of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, celebrated Mass on the first day, the Feast of the Assumption. - Fr. Augustin-Marie Aubry, prior of the Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrer in Chémeré, France, celebrated …އިތުރު
@Diodoro Nella generalità è vero, ma chi si è consacrato al Cuore immacolato di Maria S.S, specialmente a S.Martino di Schio, dove la Madonna vuole questa consacrazione sulle catechesi del Montfort, la riceve in bocca. Sto parlando della Messa del dopo Concilio. Io stesso quando è il mio turno faccio la genuflessione, incrocio le braccia sul petto e con estrema devozione, come fossi diventato un tabernacolo vivente rinchiuso, me ne vado al mio posto inginocchiato e inizio a ringraziare, lodare, onorare il Signore per tutte le grazie ricevute. Poi al termine della S.Messa per alcuni minuti continuo tale adorazione. Io vedo che nel tempo qualche giovane mi segue. Vedo però che le persone di una certa età, non consacratesi al Cuore di Maria, continuano a ricevere imperterrite la Santissima Eucaristia sulle zampe, non memori che una volta la ricevevano in bocca. Qui non vorrei giudicare, ma mi chiedo dove sta il nostro rispetto, il nostro Amore, la nostra riconoscenza verso un Dio, che ci …އިތުރު
Religious Sisters Suppressed After Vatican Intervention for “Being Too Traditional”: Conservative Bishop Earl K. Fernandes of Columbus has suppressed the Children of Mary, a traditional community of religious sisters (canonically, a public association of the faithful) based in Newark, Ohio. In his August 10 letter, Fernandes cites fairly general problems with formation and communal life, as well as concerns about the proper separation of the internal and external forum. He says that Rome’s Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life informed him that the community would never be approved as an institute of diocesan right. But there’s another side: Anthony Stine, citing an anonymous source close to the community, claims that the underlying issue was that the sisters’ formation and catechesis were regarded as too traditional.
WATCH: Traditional Nuns SUPPRESSED By Bishop Just After Professing Vows
"Masons, heretics, apostates, sodomites, pro-abortionists, sexual abusers, prevaricators, atheists, fraudsters, misers, pagans, enemies of the Virgin and of Tradition... these are the members who make up the new church orchestrated by Prevost-Bergoglio, which they want to force us to accept as if it were the Church of Christ."
The production was screened last month during the third edition of Cinema ExpoCatólica at the ExpoCatólica 2026 event in São Paulo, where Alvarez also gave a talk titled “Lola and the Phenomenon of Genuine Brazilian Faith.”
Auxiliary Bishop Rob Mutsaerts of ’s-Hertogenbosch spoke with AdVaticanum.com on August 22 about the Synod and the decline of Catholicism in the Netherlands. Main quotes. - “Walking together” is valuable only if the Church knows where she is walking. The destination is not increased participation but Christ. - Consultation, participation, pastoral structures and synodal methods all have their place. Once the means start occupying more attention than the end, something has become inverted. - The Church possesses something unusual among institutions: she has received a Revelation which she did not invent and cannot rewrite. - The missing words in the Synod are repentance and conversion. - The synodal process did not create the Western European crisis. But after several years, there is little evidence that it has found an effective remedy for it. The medicine resembles the disease! - Nobody needs Christianity in order to learn that meetings should be inclusive. - Dutch statistics report …އިތުރު
Monsignor Anthony Spinosa, 75, a Maronite Catholic priest, has been accused of engaging in a public homosexual act with registered sex offender Kenneth Kopp, 54, at Perkins Park in Warren, Ohio, according to Wfmj.com. Spinosa had served since 2002 as rector of the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in North Jackson. He was elevated to the rank of "Chorbishop" (prelate) in 2016. On Thursday, he was relieved of his ministerial assignment. The allegations stem from July 31, when a couple walking their dog told police they saw Kopp on his knees allegedly performing a homosex act on Spinosa, who was smoking a cigar. They further alleged that one of the men invited them to join in and offered to let them watch for payment. According to the police report, the incident occurred "in broad daylight," about 100 meters from a playground where children were present. Police subsequently found Kopp in a Honda Civic near a black rug and pink boots. A search of the vehicle uncovered wigs …އިތުރު
and he's not leaving Watch >> Video | [lifesitenews] In this powerful reflection, Bishop Joseph Strickland leads a reading of Dei Verbum, the Second Vatican Council’s dogmatic constitution on divine revelation, and pauses on a single sentence that stopped him in his tracks: “The marvelous condescension of eternal wisdom is clearly shown” in Sacred Scripture. Strickland explains that God’s condescension is not prideful speaking down; it is a loving descent. The eternal God bends low to speak in human words, to enter human history, to take on human flesh. He does not wait for mankind to climb to Him. He comes down. He speaks through shepherds, kings, fishermen, and prophets. He allows His Word to be expressed in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. And, ultimately, He takes flesh in the womb of the Virgin, the Word made flesh, dwelling among us. The condescension of God is most fully revealed in the Incarnation and the Eucharist. The King of Kings comes ... Continue >> Bishop Strickland’s urgent …އިތުރު
Francesco Capozza of IlTempo.it, who lives in a homosexual civil union, has reported that a group of conservative cardinals met at Cardinal Burke’s residence before the 2025 conclave and decided to block Pietro Parolin and shift a bloc of roughly 20–25 votes toward Robert Francis Prevost. Pro-homosexual Marco Felipe Perfetti counters on SilereNonPossum.it that Capozza’s conclave reconstructions are “fanciful.” He points to a record of Capozza claims subsequently contradicted by reality: the anticipated appointment of Di Tolve to Chioggia, expectations surrounding Pietro Parolin’s election as pope, and an alleged rupture in relations between the Holy See and France supposedly caused by Leo XIV’s hostility toward Emmanuel Macron - “all nonsense reported by Capozza and promptly disproved by the facts”.
Does Leo XIV Embrace Borderless Globalism? “People always come before borders, before definitions and institutions,” said Leo XIV at the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples in Rimini, Italy, on Saturday. “This realization stands at the center of Christianity,” he continued with more platitudes, adding: “Evil is not fought with evil. It is time to oppose the false realism that rearms minds, words, and nations with the realism of mercy.”
“People always come before borders, before definitions and institutions. “This realization stands at the center of Christianity. “Evil is not fought with evil. It is time to oppose the false realism that rearms minds, words, and nations with the realism of mercy.” — Pope Leo XIV
Revelation 21:21 indicates, albeit metaphorically, that Heaven has 'pearly gates'. I suppose he is in favor of the gates of Hell prevailing against those, as well.
Prevost, UN henchman (accomplice): The mass migration, which is really a crime against our European peoples and ultimately spells the death of Catholic culture, is sugarcoated here by Prevost in an unbearable LEFTIST way.
Woman Distributes Communion at Leo XIV’s Eucharist — One Communicant Bare-Chested During the Eucharist celebrated by Leo XIV this evening at the Port of Rimini, a woman was spreading Communion in the hand as if it were cookies. One male attendee even received Communion bare-chested, without a shirt.
The globalist and elites think it's funny what they are doing to both countries. They think they are safe as they have their own crops and livestock etc for themselves. While they try to starve the rest of the world. I just saw part of a video of President Putin talking about how it's starting to hit Russia. A man that doesn't hide a thing from his people or the world. He and his administration are very transparent. Unlike Trump who hides and lies about everything. So far it's hitting them. But not as severe as the ones behind this proxy war want or anticipated. With a great President like Putin and the men he has chosen in all fields they will make out a lot better than any of us. The Blessed Mother will make sure of that.
Canterbury Cathedral was built by Catholics before being taken by Protestants This is what they are regularly using it for, most recently on the Feast of the Assumption