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Catholic Marriages in the USA Have Declined by 60% Since 2000

Catholic marriages dropped from approximately 267,000 in 2000 to 111,718 in 2024 — a decline of almost 60%, according to data reported by EWTN News on 31 January from the Official Catholic Directory.
Compared with 1970, when there were around 426,000 Catholic weddings, today's figures show a decline of around 75%, despite the growth in the Catholic population.
This phenomenon has been evident for decades. A similar headline was published in June 2011 when a study by Our Sunday Visitor found that the number of weddings celebrated in American Catholic churches had dropped by 60%. At that time, there was 'a shift from 8.6 marriages per 1,000 US Catholics in 1972 to 2.6 marriages per 1,000 Catholics in 2010'.
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Women's liberation.

Father Karl A Claver

Divorce, birth control, the sexual revolution, and later on abortion have contributed to this. The new code of canon law put the nail in the coffin.

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Summa Theologica: First Section...Thomas Aquinas - TREATISE ON THE CONSERVATION AND GOVERNMENT OF CREATURES - OF THE CHANGE OF CREATURES BY GOD...to download/to print/to share !

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Saints of the Day: February 1, 2026

Saints of the Day: February 1, 2026
Saint John Bosco
Lifespan
: 1815-1888
Role: Founder of the Salesians
Mission: Dedicated his life to helping poor, abandoned, and at-risk youth.
Legacy: Known for his educational methods and commitment to youth welfare. His incorrupt body is still visible today.
Servant of God Brother Juniper
Lifespan
: 1210-1258
Characteristics: Known for his simplicity and generosity, he was a close companion of Saint Francis.
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Lifespan
: 1225-1274
Contributions: Renowned philosopher and theologian, author of "Summa Theologica."
Saint Angela Merici
Lifespan
: 1474-1540
Impact: Founded the Ursulines, focusing on education for girls.
Saints Timothy and Titus
Roles
: Close companions of Saint Paul, they were instrumental in the early Church.
Significance of Saints
Saints are recognized for their exceptional holiness and closeness to God. They serve as inspirations for the faithful, reminding them of the virtues of faith, charity, and service.
Theological …More

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French Senate rejects assisted dying, adopts palliative care

On January 28, the French Senate rejected the assisted dying bill, which will return to the National Assembly, and adopted a law promoting palliative care.
After more than a year of debates, multiple consultations, and delays due to political uncertainties, the
French Senate rejected the proposed law on assisted dying. The bill will ultimately be sent back to the National Assembly. Senators rejected the text by 181 votes to 122. Immediately afterwards, the Senate voted 307 to 17 in favor of the bill on palliative care.
The bill on the “right to assisted dying,” as drafted by the National Assembly, would have allowed adults of "sound mind" to resort to medical assistance in dying under certain circumstances: they would have to be suffering from a serious and incurable condition that is life-threatening in the short or medium term, and experiencing physical or psychological pain that is considered very resistant to treatment.
This assistance would have taken two forms: self-…

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CARELESS WORDS & CARELESS OPINIONS

1. St. Mathew 12: 36-37:
“For every unfounded word men utter they will answer on Judgment day, since it is by your words you will be ACQUITTED, and by your words CONDEMNED.”
2. Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 15:20: “He never commanded anyone to be godless, He gave no one license to sin”.

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lifesitenews.com

This is the moment EVERYTHING CHANGED in the Church

This is the moment EVERYTHING CHANGED in the Church
Fr. Charles Murr reveals the hidden turning point after Vatican II: a mandatory retirement wave and the influence of Cardinal Sebastiano Baggio, a suspected Freemason, led to the overnight replacement of bishops worldwide.
This structural takeover swapped shepherds for CEOs, doctrine for negotiation, and universal worship for a fragmented, corporate model of Church governance. This engineered shift explains today’s crisis of faith, authority, and Catholic identity.
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(Mons. Jadot, Nunzio Apostolico negli USA tra il 1973 e il 1980)... "il 19 giugno 1982 ordinò presbitero il giovane Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., che nel 2025 diventerà papa con il nome di Leone XIV" (da Wikipedia).
Morendo a quasi 10 anni, in Belgio sua Patria, lasciò il proprio corpo alla ricerca scientifica.
Si diceva fosse massone

Ivan Tomas

Huh! No way! Freemasons in Church?!

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Bishop Georg Bätzing, outgoing President of the German Bishops’ Conference, says that the German Synodal Assembly will not proceed without the green light from the Pope; “it would be a provocation to be avoided. However, I have no reason to doubt that timely approval will be forthcoming.”

German Synod Approves Oversight Mechanism for Bishops — Even Marx Opposed It

At the close of its sixth assembly in Stuttgart on Saturday, the German Synodal Assembly narrowly approved, by the required two-thirds majority, a resolution authorizing the creation of a national Synodal Conference planned for the autumn.
The central dispute concerned whether the new body should "monitor" the implementation of synodal resolutions in the dioceses.
Even Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich warned against creating a superior authority that would supervise bishops or interfere in diocesan governance. “I do not want that,” Marx said.
Similarly, Bishop Peter Kohlgraf of Mainz said that a control body overseeing bishops would contradict Catholic principles.
Bishop Josef Overbeck of Essen expressed confidence. The Vatican has been informed about the planned body and he expects approval in the coming weeks.
Asked about a possible rejection from Rome, Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg said he had no indication that approval was in doubt and ruled out proceeding without Vatican consent …More

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Norwegian Crown Princess Under Fire for Being Featured in Hundreds of New Epstein Files, While Her Son Is on Trial Accused of Raping Four Women – Allah's Willing Executioners

Norway Crown Princess Mette-Marit and her son Marius Borg Hoiby.Screenshot X
The Princess is apologizing for her close Epstein ties, just as her son is on trial for rape.
The royal family in Norway is reeling with the repercussion of the latest – and probably last – document release on the Epstein files.
The three and a half million additional documents were
released by the DOJ pursuant to the approval of the House Resolution 4405, the ‘Epstein Files Transparency Act’.
The released files cast a very negative light on Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit.
DPA reported:
“According to media reports on Saturday, the 52-year-old is mentioned several hundred times in the documents published by the US Department of Justice on Friday. It became known years ago that Mette-Marit had contact with Epstein.”
A visit to Epstein’s estate in Palm Beach, Florida, in 2013, is creating waves, as the Royal Palace confirmed that Mette-Marit had ‘borrowed Epstein’s house’ through a mutual friend, staying …

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"Josete" Has Finally Been Replaced - But Only After Public Homosexual Scandal

The Instituto Teológico a Distancia (ITD) has a new director following José ("Josete") Castro Cea's departure. On 30 January, ElConfidencialDigital.com reported that Cardinal José Cobo, the pro-homosexual Archbishop of Madrid, had appointed José Ángel Agejas Esteban, a layman, to the post.
Josete was removed as director of the Institute and dismissed as parish priest of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in Madrid. Infovaticana.com had published in September 2025 a video of him performing in a comedy show bragging about his homosex concubine.
The new director is not a theologian, but a professor of ethics and deontology at the Faculty of Communication of the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria.
The Archdiocese of Madrid has neither confirmed nor denied whether a canonical investigation against Josete is underway. Considered a close friend of Cardinal Cobo, Josete currently has no pastoral assignment. In December, he completed a course in artificial intelligence for business at the …More

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Cancer stimulators

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1152. Cancer stimulators – World Scam

02/01/2026
Entire blog as a free PDF eBook.
If you have taken a miracle cure in good faith—a substance widely advertised as a safe and effective remedy for the flu, which has been renamed Covid for current needs—then such articles are likely to cause you anxiety. That is not my intention; on the contrary, I would prefer to convey positive news to everyone—but I will not conceal the results of scientific research just because someone is afraid to face the truth.
How could a substance used in laboratories to deliberately induce cancer end up in a product marketed as “safe and effective”? Those responsible at Pfizer/BioNTech and the authorities remain tight-lipped. The study from Ontario is further proof that patient safety was not a priority during the plandemic. Patients, of course, are sick people. With the gene injection, everyone was “treated”—children, healthy people, and those with “asymptomatic illnesses.”
Healthy people were needlessly experimented on with substances whose …

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Bishop Strickland on liturgical reform : "when the sense of the sacred fades, belief weakens"

When Silence, Confusion, and the Loss of the Sacred Endanger Souls
My brothers and sisters in Christ,
There are moments in the life of the Church when a shepherd feels a weight that cannot be ignored. Not a political pressure. Not a media storm. But a quiet, insistent sense of responsibility before God. A sense that silence, however comfortable it might seem, is no longer faithful.
We are living in such a moment.
The Church is not abandoned. Christ remains her Head. He is present in the Eucharist. He is faithful to His promises. And yet, many of the faithful feel unsettled. They feel disoriented. They struggle to put words to it, but they sense that something precious has been weakened, something essential has been obscured.
They sense confusion – not just in the world, but within the Church herself. And confusion is never neutral.
In Sacred Scripture, the Lord speaks to the prophet Ezekiel and entrusts him with a grave responsibility. He calls him a watchman. A watchman is not asked …More

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Trad Inc. does even know what a "Catholic" is. Nice to know they're catching up to the Novus Ordo Vatican II crowd.

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- The Trad Movement: Protestantism in drag

On January 19, 2026, Timothy Flanders published an article at OnePeterFive, the website that he serves as Editor-in-Chief.
In it, Flanders provides readers with a list of what he calls, “Non-Negotiables of the Trad Movement,” which he describes as “the common denominators which unite all those who call themselves ‘traditional Catholics.’”
According to Flanders, the category known as “traditional Catholic” can be further broken down into various “clans,” each of which diverge from the others on certain philosophical and theological matters.
Flanders mentions the existence of traditional Catholic clans several times in the article, an idea presumably inspired by the valiant efforts of Michael J. Matt, Publisher of the nation’s oldest…
Regardless of his inspiration, the truth of the matter is that there’s no such thing as a “traditional Catholic,” much less any “clans” among them, no more than there is such a thing as a “Christian Catholic” as opposed to a non-Christian Catholic …

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@Hugh N. Cry The African Queen is missing.

Hugh N. Cry

it’s Cupich, Tobin, and Jimmy Martin

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The Catholic Church is Getting Swept Away by ICE Outrage

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The Catholic Church is Getting Swept Away by ICE Outrage

Cardinal Joseph Tobin, the archbishop of Newark and a close confidant of Pope Leo, called for the defunding of ICE during an interfaith prayer livestream. “If we are serious about putting our faith in action, we need to say ‘no,’” he said. As Congress debates ICE funding this week, Tobin urged Catholics to write to their lawmakers and encourage them to “vote against renewing funding for such a lawless organization.”
The scenes from Minneapolis are disturbing, and the dissonance between what I see and what I’ve been told – either by Trump administration officials calling Alex Pretti a “would-be assassin” seeking to “massacre” law enforcement, or by commentators depicting him as a martyr and saying that people are being “executed” on the street – has made me desperate to turn to some wise voice of moral and spiritual authority. Perhaps that’s what makes it so disappointing to hear Tobin fall in with such an obviously partisan and misguided call to defund ICE. It indicates that the …

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The plethra of left wing anti-ICE GTV commentators(likely mostly women) must be thrilled.

sp2 . .

@myunkie Not only that, but he has also become the unwitting spokes-hole for the foreign bad guys who are inciting terrorism.

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Another Belgian Priest Mourned by Concubine — Is Celibacy Still in Force?

The late Belgian Catholic priest Abbé Maurice Léonard, who was publicly mourned by his female “companion” and his “children of the heart,” was not an isolated case.
RiposteCatholique.fr has published on January 29 another obituary that renews questions about clerical celibacy in Belgium.
Abbé Marc Otjacques, a longtime priest in the Andenne region, died on September 4, 2025 at age 73 in a bicycle accident while returning from presiding over a Eucharist.
The official diocesan obituary praised his decades-long commitment to the poor and made no mention of a concubine.
According to a separate family-published notice, the priest was mourned by Madeleine Dorjoux, identified as his companion; Caroline and Ludovic Trufin-Struvay, described as his “daughter of the heart” and son-in-law; and Laure-Anne and Romain, his beloved grandchildren.
#newsHynsecvpst

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frisbys.news

Replacing the Population – new comedy song

This one has been a long time coming and it is going to put the cat amongst the pigeons. As a loyal reader of this letter, you get it first.
Youtube has already cancelled it - before we even put it out.
If you want to peruse them, lyrics are below.
If you enjoyed it, please share it widely.
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Lots of influences - can you spot them?
Music is composed and played by Noah Fleetwood, recorded and mixed by Wayne McIntyre. Lyrics are as ever by moi.
Video is by Goat, who has excelled himself, ably assisted by Andy at Red Creative, where this was shot.
Thanks to all.
London, Crazy Coqs, Sept 24. Tickets here. (SOLD OUT - waiting list only)
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Keys, Nov 14. Tickets here.
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London,
Backyard, Dec 15. End of the Year Show. Tickets here. (early bird …

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