On May 21, Lionsgate shared a glimpse at Mel Gibson's biblical drama 'The Resurrection of the Christ’. Gibson said in a press release that this film represents “a major part of my life's work, and it has demanded everything of me as a filmmaker and as an artist”.
Mel Gibson Reveals First Look at The Resurrection of the Christ
1 Peter 5 posts the full February 12, 2026 interview of canon lawyer Marc Balestrieri JCL by Matt Gaspers. A lot of ground was covered: Are episcopal consecrations conducted without papal approval intrinsically schismatic? Does canon law say anything about cases of “necessity”? Could a canonical case be made that the men involved would not be liable to automatic excommunication due to their sincere belief that they acted out of necessity? Will SSPX priests still have the faculties necessary for the sacraments of Penance and Matrimony following the unauthorized consecrations?
When Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, founder of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), consecrated four bishops in 1988 against the will of Pope John Paul II, he famously referred to his act as “Operation Survival” during his sermon for the occasion: It is not for me to know when Tradition will regain its rights at Rome, but I think it is my duty to provide the means of doing that which I shall call ‘Operation Survival,’ operation survival for Tradition. Today, this day, is ‘Operation Survival.’ If I had made this deal with Rome, by continuing with the agreements we had signed [see here for context], and by putting them into practice, I would have performed ‘Operation Suicide.’ There was no choice, we must live! This past February, current SSPX Superior General Fr. Davide Pagliarani decided that the time has come for the SSPX to consecrate more bishops, after writing to Pope Leo XIV and receiving no answer: “We believe that the time has come to think about the future of the Society of …
The man featured for nearly 25 years on the cover of the Roman priest calendar “Calendario Romano” is not a priest. Giovanni Galizia, now 39, told La Repubblica he posed for the photo at age 17 in Palermo as a joke after meeting photographer Piero Pazzi. Galizia said he was never paid, never felt called to the priesthood, and now works in flight attendant training for a Spanish airline. He described the image as an aesthetic portrait of an embarrassed teenager whose friends were laughing during the shoot.
A calendar featuring close-ups of young, handsome priests has been a popular Rome souvenir for two decades. However, many of those photographed aren't actually priests.
Creepy video shows gender-confused man seeking lactation help at NYC women’s shelter. “I’m about to see my doctor, and if everything goes right, I’m about to walk away from here with a referral to a lactation specialist, which means these babies will soon actually be making milk,” said the unidentified male in the disturbing video. The man who presents himself as a female reportedly lives in a women’s shelter in Brooklyn, New York.
Acts 25:13-21 "A certain Jesus who had died but who Paul claimed was alive." It is wonderful; life continues in Christ. John 21:15-19 Jesus specifically tells Peter: "Feed my lambs. Tend my sheep." And the same message is for us as well. Let us allow the sheep to become free by revealing to them that they are loved by God. Jesus is the First Shepherd, and we lead the sheep to him. Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.
Firing Squads Expose the Brutality of the Death Penalty May 18, 2026 nytimes.com/…opinion/death-penalty-firing-squad-e… By Maurice Chammah Mr. Chammah is a staff writer at The Marshall Project and the author of “Let the Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty.” There is no tidy way to kill someone. But for the last century, Americans have searched for a way to carry out the death penalty that minimizes suffering while lessening trauma for executioners and witnesses. Those efforts have gone so poorly that we’re returning to a visceral execution method from the past. Last month, the Justice Department encouraged federal prison officials to consider execution by firing squad amid a nationwide struggle to secure lethal injection drugs. South Carolina has already used firing squads three times recently, placing a hood over the prisoner’s head and firing rifles at a red bull’s-eye placed over the heart. Four other states have authorized the method, and Idaho is renovating…ပိုမို
Worse than Germany: During Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Spain in June, the Archdiocese of Madrid will not be providing confessionals at any of the large-scale events or during the youth vigil. Instead, 'listening spaces' staffed by lay pastoral workers who have received specific training for this purpose. These spaces will be located along Paseo de la Castellana. Sara de la Torre, the press speaker for the Archdiocese of Madrid, told the Substack.com account ‘The Pillar’ that the “listening spaces” do not replace confessions, but complement them. Catholics should look to confess at any of Madrid's many parishes. The “listening spaces” are intended for those who wish to have a conversation, and are “something different”. On 6 June, during the youth vigil in Plaza de Lima, there will be no confessionals. At previous church gatherings in recent decades, such as World Youth Days, the presence of priests hearing confessions was at least a sign of Catholicism and the sacrament of reconciliation. …ပိုမို
Faith "makes room" for the Spirit Sunday 24 of May - Solemnity of Pentecost Dear brothers and sisters, on the occasion of the Solemnity of Pentecost we want to remind to ourselves that only faith can allow the Holy Spirit, who Jesus poured into our hearts through holy baptism, to be operative in our lives. In fact, in order to be able to operate in our hearts the Holy Spirit needs our complete, trusting abandonment to his action which, while freeing us from the diabolical illusion of being able to become god without, against or even in God’s place, makes us experience, at the same time , the beauty and unheard purity of Father's love which makes us, in Jesus, His children and brothers and sisters among us!
Two priests and a subdeacon of the Transalpine Redemptorists have fled from the monastery island of Papa Stronsay, Scotland, according to PressAndJournal.co.uk on May 20. The three reportedly coordinated their departure with Bishop Hugh Gilbert of Aberdeen, who is expected to establish a new community with them in his diocese. They are said to have secretly contacted the bishop using a monastery laptop and left the island by boat without informing their superiors. The plan was discovered on the laptop on the day of their departure. Father Anthony Mary criticized the men for leaving in secret. “They left on the evening boat, and we have heard nothing since — no word, no explanation, nothing,” he said. He also accused Bishop Hugh Gilbert of having “worked against us.” Father Michael Mary, founder of the Transalpine Redemptorists, said the three left because of “theological differences.” The departure came shortly after the community published a manifesto rejecting the legitimacy of …ပိုမို
1.2K views · 514 reactions | The real Jesus. Not the image you grew up with. Not the pale skin and flowing hair painted by Leonardo da Vinci in 1495 — fifteen hundred years after Jesus lived. Historians at King’s College London confirm Jesus had olive-brown skin, short dark hair and dark brown eyes. A typical Middle Eastern Jewish man from first century Palestine. But here is what really broke my brain. The earliest centre of Christianity was not Rome. It was Alexandria. Egypt. The greatest early Christian thinkers — Origen and Clement of Alexandria — were African. The concept of the Holy Trinity has documented roots in the Egyptian divine trinity of Osiris Isis and Horus. The Madonna and Child image came directly from Egyptian statues of Isis nursing Horus — art historians have documented this comprehensively. The Father of Monasticism — the system every monastery on earth still follows — was an Egyptian man named Anthony the Great. The Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt is the …ပိုမို
Hmmm, I think that was God pre-figuring Himself in old pagan religions , and that works out when people for that reason make the transition more easily to the true Faith.
Archbishop Marcelo Colombo of Mendoza, president of the Argentine Episcopal Conference, has denied receiving any formal reprimand from the Vatican regarding the reception of Holy Communion, according to a report by InfoVaticana.com. The controversy began after ElWanderer.com claimed last week that both Archbishop Colombo and Bishop Gabriel Barba of San Luis had been reprimanded by the Vatican because they had prohibited kneeling to receive Communion. Archbishop Colombo described the reports as “a lie” and “fake news”. Speaking to Radio María, Archbishop Colombo insisted that 'there is nothing' to the story, adding that he had never received any official communication from the Vatican on the matter. Picture: Marcelo Colombo, Gabriel Barba, #newsLiksvbxwun
The Vatican has NOT reprimanded the leftist and anti-Catholic Argentine militants—Marcelo Colombo and Gabriel Barba—invalidly appointed as "bishops" by the false pope Bergoglio.
May 21st - Saint of the Day: Saint Eugene de Mazenod, Nobleman, Missionary, Bishop & Founder A nobleman lost everything in the French Revolution… then became a saint who spent his life chasing after the forgotten. Saint Eugene de Mazenod was born into privilege, but exile, family wounds, and disappointment brought him face to face with the Cross. On Good Friday, his life changed. He realized Jesus had not come for the perfect, polished, and powerful. He came for sinners, the poor, prisoners, wounded families, restless young people, and everyone the world overlooks. So Eugene became “the servant and priest of the poor.” He preached in the language of ordinary people, risked his life ministering to prisoners during a typhus outbreak, founded the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, and became Bishop of Marseille. His mission was simple but intense: help the forgotten see their true dignity in Christ. His final words still hit hard today: “Among yourselves, charity …ပိုမို
Hl. Karl Eugen von Mazenod - Gedenktag: am 21. Mai Bischof von Marseille, Ordensgründer * 1. August 1782 in Aix-en-Provence in Frankreich † 21. Mai 1861 in Marseille in Frankreich Charles Joseph Eugène de Mazenod war Sohn einer Adelsfamilie, die im Frühjahr 1794 vor der Französischen Revolution nach Italien flüchten musste, wo Eugène dann aufwuchs. In Turin besuchte er das Kolleg der Adligen; als seine Familie nach Venedig zog, erhielt er Privatunterricht durch den Priester Don Bartolo Zinelli; in dieser Zeit begann seine Berufung zum Priestertum zu wachsen. Als 20-jähriger kam er zurück nach Frankreich. In Aix-en-Provence drohte er zunächst in den Vergnügungen jener Zeit zu versinken, aber dann langweilte ihn das Leben der gehobenen Gesellschaft. Er lehnte einige Heiratsangebote ab und sehnte sich danach, seinem Leben einen tieferen Sinn zu geben. 1808 trat er ins Seminar der Sulpizianer in Paris ein. Schon als er noch Diakon war, wurde ihm die Leitung des Seminars anvertraut und …ပိုမို
German Clown Liturgy: Future and end of Novus Ordo On May 14, during Germany’s Katholikentag in Würzburg, a “clown liturgy” was held at Stift Haug Collegiate Church as part of the national Catholic gathering. This "Liturgy of the word" featured 18 clowns who used theater, music, dance, and staged performances to present themes of courage, hope, and “being found and saved.”
Es gab beim Katholikentag einfach eine literarische Clown-Messe.
Please, please @chris griffin and @la verdad prevalece let us have peace. Peace among Brethren. We must be unified during this darkness to stand against the enemies of Christ and those who hate the Faith.
The German Bishops’ Conference gave Leo XIV a "very clear vote in favor of the female diaconate", Bishop Franz Jung of Würzburg told Mainpost.de on May 19. Now it is up to Leo XIV "to decide how things proceed," Bishop Jung added. The issue remains on the agenda and, in his view, it will "not be pushed aside from anytime soon". Picture: Franz Jung, Pressebild, #newsBbnnzwjvvu
Cardinal Tucho Fernández, head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, is preparing yet another blah-blah Vatican document about the “transmission of the faith.” According to ElConfidencialDigital.com (May 19), the upcoming document will focus on: - why faith is no longer being passed from one generation to another in many countries, - possible causes for declining religious practice and belief, - the importance of liturgy, - the “deepening of the question of inculturation, so present in Saint John Paul II.” The document is being prepared in consultation with bishops’ conferences worldwide and in collaboration with the Dicastery for Evangelization. Leo XIV Keeps Tucho, a Rumoured Homosexual, in Office On September 18, 2023, the Argentine Sister Lucía Caram claimed on the Spanish TV program 'Cuentos Chinos' on Telecinco that Francis had appointed a practicing homosexual to “one of the most important dicasteries” of the Roman Curia dealing with protection issues, apparently …ပိုမို
spirit not holy where truth is not respected. weaponizing false compassion using sinners vulnerabilities' as religious rebellion to enslave the masses keep people in vice.
Reporter: “Should we let non-citizens vote in our elections?” Karen Bass: “We should explore it.” No we shouldn’t. We should actually deport you for suggesting that