The article argues that the Catholic Church’s 2018 declaration that the death penalty is “inadmissible” contradicts centuries of previous Church teaching and cannot simply be called a “development of doctrine.”
Historically, Catholic teaching allowed capital punishment in principle when imposed by legitimate authority. Even the 1997 Catechism permitted it in extremely rare circumstances. Under Pope Francis, however, the Catechism was changed to say that capital punishment violates human dignity and that the Church seeks its worldwide abolition.
The author sees a logical dilemma: if human dignity makes execution inherently unacceptable, then it was always unacceptable and the Church taught error for centuries. If only modern circumstances—such as better prisons—have changed, then capital punishment is merely unnecessary today, not inherently wrong.
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“Rome Has Spoken, Logic Is Finished”

There is a passage from Book Gamma of the Metaphysics that one always rereads with a rather uncharitable smile. Aristotle, weary of those who denied the principle of non-contradiction, decrees that there is no point in arguing with them: whoever claims that something can both be and not be at the same time and in the same respect resembles, he says, a plant. Not a fool, nor even a sophist: a vegetable. One likes to think that twenty centuries of theology took the warning seriously. God does not contradict Himself, truth does not contradict itself, and a Church assisted by the Spirit cannot teach on Monday the opposite of what it solemnly and universally taught until Sunday afternoon. All of this, of course, was before August 2, 2018. That day the Holy See published a rescript, approved in May and signed on August 1, that rewrote number 2267 of the Catechism. The 1997 text, drafted under John Paul II—who was hardly an enthusiast of the scaffold—admitted capital punishment only if it were …

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The devices are proving transformative for people with disabilities, but the ability to film strangers without their knowledge is raising concerns. Apart from a small, red recording light on the frame of some models, many people may not realise they’re being filmed.
Experts warn the new wave of AI technology could be smart glasses with built-in facial recognition, which could access personal information and increase the risk of identity theft.'

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Smart glasses could be used to covertly collect and misuse personal data

Breaking News A legal expert is warning the Australian government to get ahead of the rapid rise of AI smart glasses before having to play catch-up on privacy laws. The devices are proving transformative for people with disabilities, but the ability to film strangers without their knowledge is raising concerns. Apart from a small, red recording light on the frame of some models, many people may not realise they’re being filmed. Experts warn the new wave of AI technology could be smart glasses with built-in facial recognition, which could access personal information and increase the risk of identity theft. In the video below, News24 (formerly Sky News Australia) provides further explanation. News24: Legal expert raises privacy concerns over AI smart glasses, advises govt to take action, 8 August 2026 (4 mins) In Nazi Germany, widespread spying on neighbours was driven by the Gestapo’s reliance on a vast network of civilian informants. According to The Irish Times, only 15 per cent …

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Texas Bishop Expands Latin Mass

Bishop Michael Sis of San Angelo, West Texas, will expand access to the traditional Latin Mass with a new monthly celebration at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Midland, beginning August 30.
Rev. Ryan Rojo, the diocese’s Vocations Director and Director of Seminarians, announced the development on X.com.
The Mass will be celebrated on the last Sunday of each month at 3 p.m.
Rev. Rojo promised that this is “just a beginning”: “The diocese discerns a path forward to provide for our people.”
He added that other diocesan priests will learn to celebrate the Roman rite in the coming weeks and months.
The existing weekly Traditional Latin Mass at St. Margaret of Scotland Church in San Angelo will continue unchanged.
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Italian Police Arrests Young Immigrant Planning Terror Attack – Allah's Willing Executioners

A 16-year-old Italian of immigrant background has been arrested on suspicion of supporting ISIS and spreading jihadist propaganda, after investigators allegedly found a large collection of extremist material on his computer, including videos showing how to build an improvised explosive device. The teenager was arrested by Milan police in Grosseto, where he was on vacation with his family. He is accused of participating in an association with the aim of international terrorism, as well as propaganda and incitement to commit crimes motivated by racial, ethnic and religious discrimination. The investigation began following a report from Italy’s intelligence agency for internal security. The teenager had no criminal record, and his profile had never emerged in connection with radical circles. According to investigators, however, he regularly used an instant messaging platform to distribute jihadist and pro-ISIS propaganda. Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini commented on the arrest on …

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Almost-Spy Operation: Prevost's Intrigues in Peru

On 4 August, Peruvian essayist Santiago Roncagliolo, in a lengthy interview with Daniel Titinger, described Leo XIV's behind-the-scenes methods as Bishop Robert Prevost of Chiclayo, Peru.
According to Roncagliolo, Prevost quietly built coalitions, divided opponents, managed information, and preferred discreet political action to public confrontation. Roncagliolo is broadly sympathetic to Leo XIV.
"As a character to narrate he was a nightmare. He has no phrases, no scenes, no gestures. You ask the sources: 'What did Prevost say at that dramatic and crucial moment?' 'Nothing, I think'.'"
Weakening Opus Dei from Within
Interviewer Titinger described Prevost as "a Trojan horse": "He understands the adversary, doesn't confront him openly, but disables him from within. He's always quiet; that's why he wasn't well known."
Roncagliolo does not reject the characterization and discusses Prevost in those terms.
He also explains how Prevost weakened Opus Dei: "Prevost divided Opus Dei. He offered …More

So a judge can clarify that reports on Vatican Council II in the media must not project possibilities as concrete exceptions for the dogma EENS of the 16th century Magisterium.)

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Lionel, your latest statement asserts three things: (1) the current pope, cardinals and episcopal conferences interpret Vatican II irrationally and thereby place themselves in schism with the magisterium and missionaries of the sixteenth century on the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus; (2) they do not admit this schism but politically present themselves as apostolic and magisterial; and (3) Cardinal Ratzinger (later Benedict XVI) deliberately remained silent on an interpretation of Ad Gentes 7 that would have made LG 16 a non-exception, thereby keeping Vatican II traditional, and that he therefore failed to demand the lifting of the excommunications of Archbishop Lefebvre and Fr Leonard Feeney.
Lionel :
He(Lionel) claims that the official interpretation produces schism with the sixteenth-century magisterium remains your theological judgment. (Lionel: Why my judgement ? Are you saying the ecclesiology today is the same as at …More

Your Heart Cannot Serve Two Masters
The gospel reading emphasizes the impossibility of serving two masters, highlighting the dangers of prioritizing money, materialism, or self over God. True service to God requires a wholehearted commitment, not just lip service or a desire for personal gain. We must constantly examine our priorities and ask ourselves whom we truly serve, striving to make God the top priority in our lives.
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Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, July 25, 2026, #572 - Geoengineering Watch

Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org “Deadly ‘fire thunderstorms’ are forming across the US. And cities may be powerless to stop them. Mega-firestorms are erupting around the globe” (BBC). “Smoky Skies Are Coming Back. We should really have a better way of knowing when it’s safe to go outside” (The Atlantic). Smoke canopies of various densities are now covering entire continents. The bottom line is this, due to ubiquitous climate engineering contamination and highly toxic nanoparticle fallout, there is no place to hide from tainted air, even if skies appear clear. How long can you hold your breath? The latest installment of Global Alert news is below. Fires: Incendiary Nanoparticle Fallout, 90 Second Alert Toxic Smokepocalypse, 90 Second Alert Firestorms As A Weapon, US Military Exposed, 90 Second Alert All are needed in the critical battle to wake populations to what is coming, we must make every day count. Share credible data from a credible source, make your voice heard. DW Due …

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THE GIFT CULTIVATED:How Christian Civilization Formed Human Flourishing - Fides et Ratio | Reflections on life from a theological and rational perspective

Christian civilization cultivated institutions because it first cultivated persons. The same formation that preserved the inheritance in difficult centuries went on to produce habits of mind, institutions, and an understanding of the human person that made sustained learning, scientific inquiry, and ordered technological development possible. Christianity did not invent every technology. It cultivated the worldview in which these things could flourish while remaining ordered toward the dignity of the human person. By the time the monasteries had done their quiet work of preservation, something began to shift. What had been guarded for centuries, almost in secret, started to bear fruit in the open. Monasteries gradually gave rise to cathedral schools. Cathedral schools developed into universities. The goal was never simply the accumulation of knowledge. The goal was the formation of wisdom. Christian civilization moved naturally from guarding truth to cultivating minds capable of receiving …

Feast days for St. Philomena leading to the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
August 10th
Celebration of the Translation of the Holy Body and the martyrdom of Saint Philomena
August 11th
Liturgical feast day in honor of Saint Philomena
August 13th
Celebration of the name of Santa Filumena (Saint Philomena)
Second Sunday of August
Solemn festivities in honor of Saint Philomena
"O Saint Philomena, Virgin and Martyr, pray for us so that through your powerful intercession we may obtain that purity of spirit and heart that leads to the perfect love of God."
“Those who live in virginity are guided through this love of Christ to a more sublime fruitfulness, a higher fatherhood and motherhood. What they have sacrificed in a lower plane, they re-attain in aa higher and better sphere.”
The Heart of Mary by Heinrich Keller, S.J.
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Jours de fête dédiés à sainte Philomène, en vue de la solennité de l’Assomption de la Vierge Marie

10 août
Célébration de la translation du Saint-Corps et du martyre de sainte Philomène
11 août
Fête liturgique en l’honneur de sainte Philomène
13 août
Célébration de la fête de Santa Filumena (sainte Philomène)
Deuxième dimanche d’août
Fêtes solennelles en l’honneur de sainte Philomène
« Ô sainte Philomène, vierge et martyre, prie pour nous afin que, par ta puissante intercession, nous puissions obtenir cette pureté d’esprit et de cœur qui conduit à l’amour parfait de Dieu. »
« Ceux qui vivent dans la virginité sont guidés, par cet amour du Christ, vers une fécondité plus sublime, une paternité et une maternité plus élevées. Ce à quoi ils ont renoncé à un niveau inférieur, ils le retrouvent dans une sphère plus élevée et meilleure. »
« Le Cœur de Marie », par Heinrich Keller, S.J.
Universal Archconfraternity of Saint Philomena – …

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Mysticism or Mystification? When 'Trads' Seek to Save the Church via Occultism (Part Two)

“Go not aside after wizards, neither ask any thing of soothsayers, to be defiled by them…” (Lev 19:31) Mysticism or Mystification? When ‘Trads’ Seek to Save the Church via Occultism (PART TWO) (left to right: Peter Kwasniewski, Valentin Tomberg, Sebastian Morello) by Francis del Sarto “The magic of Tarot divination is not in the cards but in ourselves…. Can the Tarot predict the future? Perhaps!” —Gnostic bishop Stephan A. Hoeller, The Royal Road [1] Footnotes will be found at the end of the article. In PART ONE, we began examining the ongoing controversy surrounding the 2024 volume, Mysticism, Magic, and Monasteries: Recovering the Sacred Mystery at the Heart of Reality, specifically its promotion of occultism, which is a central theme. According to its author, Sebastian Morello, belief in “sacred magic” is an unbroken tradition. He argues in the Introduction that it is a kind of divine counterbalance to black magic: Christianity has never denied that curses, hexes, and many kinds …

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Who is Francesco Capozza? The Il Tempo Vatican correspondent obsessed with Silere non possum

From the insults directed at a woman who was a victim of revenge porn to the numerous legal proceedings, and the attacks on Silere non possum: documents and court records reconstruct the methods employed by Francesco Capozza, Il Tempo’s Vatican correspondent. Civitavecchia – For some time now — in fact, for years — Silere non possum has been the target of an obscure figure who decided to carve out a place for himself in the Vatican blogosphere after being pushed out of a number of other circles. First, as spokesman for Gianfranco Fini, a position from which he was removed; later, through right-wing political circles, as Vice-President of Corecom Marche, an office he lost following an extremely serious scandal. Francesco Capozza calls a woman who died by suicide a “cow” Everyone will remember the tragic case of Tiziana Cantone, which came to national attention in September 2016. Cantone had begun a relationship with Sergio Di Palo, around ten years her senior, and the two briefly lived …

The cunning deceptions of the Magisterium and the decrees of Popes Francis and Leo XIV to degrade Jesus and Mary, to cause the collapse of the Church before welcoming the Beast.
1) John 8:44: You are of your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and he did not abide in the truth, because there is no truth in him; when he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
2) The heresy “God Wills All Religions”: This is Politeism, this is paganism. The statement that God wants the diversity of religions is FALSE and that the One Holy Catholic Apostolic Church is just one among many is an insult to the Redemption that Jesus carried out on the Cross for the salvation of all humanity, a reality that pope Francis obviously does not recognise and calls it God’s failure.
a) John 14:6; Jesus said to him, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me”.
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Przebiegłe oszustwa Magisterium oraz dekrety papieży Franciszka i Leona XIV mające na celu poniżenie Jezusa i Maryi oraz doprowadzenie do upadku Kościoła przed powitaniem Bestii.

1) Jan 8:44: Jesteście z waszego ojca, diabła, i chcecie spełniać pragnienia waszego ojca. On był mordercą od początku i nie trwał w prawdzie, bo nie ma w nim prawdy; kiedy mówi kłamstwo, mówi z własnej natury, bo jest kłamcą i ojcem kłamstwa.
2) Herezja „Bóg chce wszystkich religii”: To jest politeizm, to jest pogaństwo. Twierdzenie, że Bóg pragnie różnorodności religii, jest FAŁSZEM, a twierdzenie, że Jedyny, Święty, Katolicki i Apostolski Kościół jest tylko jednym spośród wielu, stanowi zniewagę wobec Odkupienia, którego Jezus dokonał na krzyżu dla zbawienia całej ludzkości – rzeczywistości, której papież Franciszek najwyraźniej nie uznaje i nazywa ją porażką Boga.
a) J 14,6; Jezus rzekł do niego: „Ja jestem Drogą, Prawdą i Życiem. Nikt nie przychodzi do Ojca inaczej jak tylko przeze Mnie”.
b) Dz 4,12; „Nie ma bowiem pod niebem żadnego innego imienia, dane ludziom, przez które moglibyśmy być zbawieni”.
c) 1 Tm 2,5–6; Jest jeden Bóg, a także jeden Pośrednik między Bogiem a ludźmi, …More

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A Dominican blessing to all our readers around the world

Today's the liturgy celebrates the memorial of St. Dominic. He was born in 1170 and died in 1221. St. Dominic realized the importance of preaching the Gospel, of prayer and poverty. He put faith into action. The Dominicans are known as the Oder of Preachers. Here's today's Gospel reading from Matthew 17:14-20: A man came up to Jesus, knelt down before him, and said, “Lord, have pity on my son, who is a lunatic and suffers severely; often he falls into fire, and often into water. I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him.” Jesus said in reply, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I endure you? Bring the boy here to me.” Jesus rebuked him and the demon came out of him, and from that hour the boy was cured. Then the disciples approached Jesus in private and said, “Why could we not drive it out?” He said to them, “Because of your little faith. Amen, I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this …

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Wildfire Home Preparedness Guidance: Essential Tips For Homeowners – NaturalNews.com

A report published Aug. 2, 2022, by Ready Nutrition recorded 84 large fires and complexes burning 3,071,353 acres in 13 states, with wildfire season underway amid an unprecedented heat wave. The report said concern was spreading among residents in states that previously had little reason to worry. A homeowner guide published on August 21, 2025, in NaturalNews.com stated that communities across the Midwest, South, and East have become increasingly vulnerable to wildfire because of climate factors and homes built near wildlands. [1] Wildfire activity has continued in subsequent years. The Epoch Times reported on July 17 that Detroit, Minneapolis, and Chicago had the worst air quality in the world on July 16 due to heavy smoke from hundreds of wildfires in the United States and Canada. [2] According to the Ready Nutrition report, the National Fire Protection Association said homeowners can take steps to prepare their homes to withstand ember attacks and minimize the likelihood of flames …

Is the Church Unfair to Traditional Catholics?

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In this clip, Cy Kellett welcomes Jimmy Akin to discuss why the Church seems to penalize traditionalists while allowing liberal views to thrive. Jimmy sheds light on the complexities of Church politics and the historical context that has shaped these perceptions. Tune in for an insightful exploration of this contentious issue.

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Homily Sunday, August 9, 2026

1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a
“Stand before the Lord; he will pass by.”
Let us remain with the Lord and listen to his heart.
Romans 9:1-5
“The truth in Christ”
The truth in Christ keeps us in joy and peace.
Matthew 14:22-33
Peter said to him in reply, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.”
This hesitation “Lord, if it is you” meant that Peter was not fully with the Lord, and he sank in the water.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
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Examination of Conscience

Before you go to Confession, make sure you do a careful review of your actions that your confession may be complete and detailed according to the commandments of God. Here is a thorough Examination of Conscience from TraditionalCatholic.net. +AGAINST THE TEN COMMANDMENTS+ The First Commandment Have you doubted in matters of faith? Consulted fortune-tellers? Believed in dreams? Made use of superstitious practices? Gone to places of false worship and taken an active part in the religious services of a false church? Belonged to Masons, Communists, of some other forbidden society? Read anti-Catholic books or papers? Neglected religious instruction? Omitted religious duties through fear or ridicule? Murmured against God, or despaired of His mercy? Have you rashly presumed on His goodness in committing sin? Did you pray in time of temptation? For your family? Have you neglected your daily prayers? Have you recited them carelessly, without devotion, thoughtlessly? Have you missed spending a …

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