Padre Pio and Maximilian Kolbe, Patron Saints behind Fr Gordon MacRae’s blog, have an obscure thread of connection that magnifies witness, sacrifice, and fatherhood.
Leo XIV claims that Christ founded a “religious movement” - in direct contradiction to Church teaching and the Gospel. The recently published document The Path of Hope was signed by the heads of three Vatican dicasteries and approved by Leo XIV on 22 June. It states in §10: “Early Christianity developed from the movement initiated by Jesus and his disciples, distinguishing itself from the various forms of Judaism over time.” That’s the liberal Protestant view associated with figures such as Albert Schweitzer. It clashes with propositions explicitly condemned by St Pius X in Lamentabili sane. Condemned sentences are: §59: Christ “inaugurated a religious movement adapted to, or to be adapted to, different times and places.” §60: “Christian doctrine was originally Judaic. Through successive evolutions, it first became Pauline, then Joannine and finally Hellenic and universal.” Catholic teaching states: Christ did not merely initiate a movement that gradually became Christianity. He …More
A 2026 study found an interesting link between siblings and teen mental health. Researchers looked at data from 16,725 teenagers in rural China from 2010 to 2022. Teens with more siblings were less likely to show signs of depression, with an even stronger effect among younger teens. Each additional sibling was linked to a 1.7–1.8 percentage-point lower probability of depression.
Homily Thursday, September 24, 2026 Ecclesiastes 1:2-11 “All is vanity!” God’s love is real. Luke 9:7-9 God’s message continues throughout time. His love flows from Heart to heart. Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.
2,200 people joined Switzerland’s March for Life in Zurich on Saturday under the banner “Together for Life”. Around 200 masked counter-demonstrators, some on bicycles, tried repeatedly to block the route, overturning containers and setting off firecrackers. Police issued orders to disperse before deploying water cannons and rubber shots (!). Bottles were thrown at officers and two people were provisionally arrested. The march has been kept outside central Zurich for years, a restriction organisers say amounts to unequal treatment.
200 vermummte auf Velos störten Lebensschützer: Es brauchte Wasserwerfer und Verhaftungen.
There was once a man who went his entire life without getting married. When he was ninety years old and lying on his deathbed, one of his relatives finally asked him a question everyone had wondered about for years. “You never married, but you never really told us why. Now that you’re at the end of your life, can you tell us the truth? If there’s some secret behind it, you may as well share it now.” The old man smiled faintly. “Yes, there is a reason,” he said. “It’s not that I was against marriage. I simply spent my life looking for the perfect woman.” He paused for a moment. “I traveled, met countless people, and kept believing that somewhere out there I would find the one person who had everything I was looking for. Before I knew it, the years had passed.” His relative stared at him. “You mean to tell me that in all those years, in a world filled with millions of women, you never found even one who was perfect?” A tear rolled down the old man’s cheek. “Oh, I found her,” he said. The …More
A Mexican diocese and the country’s bishops’ conference have called on authorities to carry out a thorough investigation after a Catholic priest was found dead this week in a region known for organized crime.
Pope Boniface VIII ~ Furthermore, we declare, we proclaim, we define that it is absolutely necessary for salvation that every human creature be subject to the Roman Pontiff..
Pope Leo’s Vatican asks Catholics to ‘esteem’ other faiths in their newest statement on Inter-religious Dialogue "Evangelization, conversion, and bringing one towards Christ are not cited in this conception of dialogue." Pope Leo's Vatican asks Catholics to 'esteem' … Excerpts from the newest document "A Journey of Hope" “Church’s relations with followers of other religions.....a true search for God among all people.” "...non-Christian religions should no longer be seen as adversaries, but as travelling companions on the path of truth,..." "The goal is not simply an intellectual exercise but an authentic encounter..... in a shared search for truth and goodness." NEWS FLASH: Catholics and the Catholic Church already possess God and the Truth in the Person of Our Lord Jesus Christ....they alone are on the "path of truth" and it must be widely proclaimed as such. Contrast this latest heterodox document issued by the Vatican with the Words of Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself: At length he …More
After more than four centuries, the Dominicans have left the Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora de Las Caldas de Besaya in Cantabria, Spain. Last Sunday, the Dominicans formally entrusted the sanctuary to the Diocese of Santander. The church will remain a place of worship. The property continues to belong to the Dominicans. But the resident Dominican community - once one of the Order’s important houses in Spain - has come to an end. The scale of the change is captured by Fr. Francisco García Ortega OP, the last superior of the community. He entered the Dominican Order at Las Caldas 55 years ago, aged 17. At the time, the sanctuary housed Dominican philosophical studies. “We were more than 200 friars, and now we are only two,” García Ortega told DiocesisDeSantander.com. Those two are García Ortega and Fr. Fernando Serrano Pérez OP, who has served at Las Caldas for about 30 years. The Dominicans first came to Las Caldas in the early 17th century. Fr García Ortega noted that during four centuries …More
Pope Benedict XVI: Padre Pio an instrument of the power of the Cross. on Jun 21, 2009 Padre Pio was "seized by Christ" to become "a chosen instrument of the perennial power of his Cross: the power of love for souls, forgiveness and reconciliation, spiritual fatherhood, effective solidarity with the suffering." This was Pope Benedicts message this morning in mass celebrated in the square before the new church of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina in San Giovanni Rotondo. In front of thirty thousand faithful, Benedict XVI recalled that the holy Friar from Gargano "preserved his natural gifts, and even his temperament, but he offered everything to God, so he could use them to extend the work of Christ" .
Pope Benedict XVI: Padre Pio an instrument of the power of the Cross. Vatican on Jun 21, 2009 Padre Pio was "seized by Christ" to become "a chosen instrument of the perennial power of his Cross: the power of love for souls, forgiveness and reconciliation, spiritual fatherhood, effective solidarity with the suffering." This was Pope Benedicts message this morning in mass celebrated in the square before the new church of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina in San Giovanni Rotondo. In front of thirty thousand faithful, Benedict XVI recalled that the holy Friar from Gargano "preserved his natural gifts, and even his temperament, but he offered everything to God, so he could use them to extend the work of Christ" .
A mother is still a mother. One day, a woman walked into a doctor’s office carrying her three-month-old baby. “Doctor,” she said, “I think his ear hurts.” The doctor examined the baby and nodded. “You’re right. He has an ear infection.” He wrote a prescription, handed it to her, and she thanked him and started toward the door. I was standing nearby, completely puzzled. “Excuse me,” I said. “Your baby is only three months old. He can’t even tell you what hurts. How did you know it was his ear?” She smiled. “You’re surprised about the ear?” she said. “I know this baby better than I know myself. I know the way he cries when he’s hungry, when he’s tired, when he wants to be held, and when something hurts. I know when he normally sleeps, when he wakes up, how much he eats, and what every little change in his behavior means. I’m his mother.” Then she continued. “When something hurts, everything changes. Sleep changes. Feeding changes. The cry changes. Last night, he wasn’t crying the way he …More
King Abdullah of Jordan Calls West Bank Displacement a War Crime | AC1G Jordan’s King Abdullah delivered a fiery UN address condemning Israel’s actions in Gaza and the West Bank as a coordinated effort to erase Palestinian life and prevent statehood. He accused Israel of forced displacement, apartheid and operating without restraint, while urging sanctions, embargoes and diplomatic isolation. Jordan’s King Demands Global Action Against Israel DRMNEWS
Cardinal Müller called for a return to true masculinity based on courage, sacrifice and responsibility. Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller joined the Pilgrimage of Men with Families to the Shrine of the First Martyrs of Poland in Międzyrzecz on September 12, blessing plaques marking the 1,060th anniversary of the Baptism of Poland. Speaking about male fidelity, Müller said: “The world today is trying to redefine masculinity.” He pointed to the Międzyrzecz martyrs as men willing to defend what is sacred to the end, defining a “true man” as one “who builds on a firm foundation and is capable of suffering for higher values.” The martyrs, robbed and murdered at night († 1003) in their monastery, were ordinary flesh-and-blood men, not legendary heroes, Müller said. He added that masculine victory often arises through steadfast responsibility for those entrusted to one’s care.
Kard. Gerhard Müller zaapelował o powrót do „prawdziwej męskości”, odrzucając utożsamianie jej z dominacją i stanem konta. Prawdziwy mężczyzna „buduje na mocnym fundamencie, potrafi cierpieć dla wyższych wartości i dogląda granic swojego królestwa”.
