Cardinal Cupich and Leo XIV Share Ecclesial Vision and Devotion for Francis: Pro-homosexual Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich told homosex activist James Martin SJ on April 21 that he has a decade-long relationship with Pope Leo XIV and often borrows his language when commenting on political events. Cupich recalled that Prevost attended his 2014 installation as archbishop of Chicago. They grew closer when Prevost became a member of the Congregation for Bishops and later became prefect: “He had been here at Holy Name Cathedral a couple of times to visit with me, we had lunch here… We have a very good history together working on important projects and had a great devotion to Pope Francis.”
Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich said this week that he has worked closely with Pope Leo XIV for years and often draws on the pontiff’s language when speaking on political issues. Appearing on Father James Martin’s podcast, Cupich said his relationship with Leo dates back to 2014 and deepened through their shared service on the Dicastery for Bishops. “We have a very good history together working on important projects,” Cupich said, adding that both shared “a great devotion to Pope Francis.”
Jeremiah 17:5 Thus says the Lord: Cursed is anyone who places his trust in human beings and relies on human strength while his heart turns away from the Lord.
Today, Pope Leo XIV has appointed Jesuit priest Joseph Samedi, 54, as Coadjutor Archbishop of Bangui. The appointment places Fr Samedi alongside Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, 59, who is only five years his senior. Background to the Appointment Cardinal Nzapalainga has led the Archdiocese of Bangui since 2012 and was made cardinal by Pope Francis in 2016. He rose to international prominence for his interfaith work during the Central African Republic’s civil conflict, particularly through the 'Plateforme des Confessions Religieuses de Centrafrique', a coalition of Christian and Muslim leaders promoting reconciliation. In recent years, however, local and regional reporting has pointed to growing tensions between the Archdiocese of Bangui and the Nunciature in the Central African Republic. The most sweeping allegations have come from journalist Jean-Paul Naïba, who accuses the cardinal of greed, financial misconduct, nepotism, and misuse of church-affiliated NGOs. Regional outlets including …Zaidi
On 24 April, Bishop Joseph Strickland posted a comment on X regarding Pope Leo XIV's response to a question on blessings for homosexual couples in the Archdiocese of Munich during the flight from Africa to Rome. Monsignor Strickland called the distinction between 'formal' and 'informal' blessings, as referenced in 'Fiducia Supplicans', confusing because sin cannot be blessed. Likewise, the suggestion that there are 'greater and more important' moral issues than sexual morality must be understood with great care: "The Church has never taught that sins against chastity are of little importance." "Sacred Scripture and the constant teaching of the Church affirm that sexual morality touches deeply on the dignity of the human person, the sanctity of marriage, and the proper ordering of love." Leo XIV had said that there are much greater and more important issues, such as justice, equality, and the freedom of men and women and of religion. Bishop Strickland responded: "The moral law is not …Zaidi
Deacon Nick Donnelly @ProtecttheFaith First they desecrate St. Peter’s with a protestantized Mass, then they desecrate it with Pachamama, a gay pride march and now they desecrate St.Peter’s with a woman pretending to be the Archbishop of a schismatic Protestant group that persecuted Catholics for hundreds of years
The Church teaches that heretics cannot validly administer even sacramentals, such as blessings, consecrations, and exorcisms. The Church has automatically excommunicated the accomplices of heretics. Pope Leo XIII It breaks away from the Apostolic succession In the rite of conferring and administering any sacrament one rightly distinguishes between the ceremonial part and the essential part, which is customarily called the matter and form. […] Now, the words which until recent times were everywhere held by the Anglicans as the proper form of priestly ordination, namely, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit,’ certainly do not in the least signify definitely the order of priesthood, or its grace and power, which is especially the power ‘of consecrating and of offering the true Body and Blood of the Lord,’ in that sacrifice which is no ‘nude commemoration of the sacrifice offered on the Cross’ [see n. 950]. Such a form was indeed afterwards lengthened by these words, ‘for the office and work of …Zaidi
Father E. Sylvester Berry: “The dragon is seen in heaven which is here a symbol of the Church, the kingdom of heaven on earth. This indicates that the first troubles of those days will be inaugurated within the Church by apostate bishops, priests, and peoples, — the stars dragged down by the tail of the dragon.
Anglican Lay-Archbishopessa Blesses at Tomb of St Peter: Today, Sarah Mullally, who holds the title of Anglican Archbishop of Westminster, visited St Peter’s basilica. She prayed at the tomb of St Peter together with Archbishop Flavio Pace, 48, Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian unity and blessed those present. Archbishop Pace crossed himself. On Monday, Leo XIV will receive Mrs Mullally in audience.
Miezi 18 baada yake kutekwa nyara, Padre wa Salesian Tom Uzhannalil, aliachiliwa huru na waliokuwa wamemteka nyara. Mnamo mwezi wa Machi mwaka wa 2016 mjini Aden, nchini Yemen, watu kumi na sita waliuawa na wanamgambo wa kiislamu katika makao ya wazee ambayo hudhaminiwa na Wamisonari wa kutoa msaada. Miongoni mwa waliouawa ni watawa wanne Wamisonari: Watawa Marguerite na Reginette kutoka Rwanda, Mtawa Anselm kutoka India na mtawa Judit kutoka Kenya. Uzhunnalil ambaye alikuwa mkuu wa watawa hao, alichukuliwa mateka na wavamizi hao. Waziri wa Masuala ya Mataifa ya Kigeni wa India, alitangaza siku ya Jumanne kupitia kwenye mtandao wa Twitter kuwa sasa Uzhannalil yuko Muscat, Oman, akijitayarisha kurejea India. #newsBwbulhgbqp
Latin Mass Returns to Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore: A Roman Rite pilgrimage, similar to the Chartres pilgrimage, began in Rome on 25 April. Over the course of three days, the pilgrims will walk 90 km to Subiaco. The route began with a Mass at the Basilica Maria Maggiore and passed through Castel Gandolfo.
@Michael Haynes on X: The Latin Mass returned once again to the Basilica of St Mary Major this morning Now pilgrims are on day 1 of 3, walking from Rome to Subiaco
Prevost contradicts not only all of Scripture, Divine Natural Law, and Catholic moral doctrine, but also all the Church Fathers, the Saints, Church Tradition, and approved Marian apparitions.
Immigrant criticizes Finland for not being diverse enough: ”They don't have a lot of diversity, it's just Finns and Finns everywhere. That’s solvable in the future because more and more immigrants are coming here. It’s good for the society” No. It’s not good for the society.
Mnamo Julai tarehe 26 mtetezi uavyaji mimba mwenye sifa mbaya Emma Bonino, 69, alizungumza katika Kanisa la Paroko la San Defendente, Cassato, Italia, ili kukweza kampeni za kuunga mkono uhamiaji. Kwa miongo sasa, Bonino amekuwa katili katika siasa za Italia. Kama mavyaji mimba amewaua watoto zaidi ya 10,000, wakiwemo wake. Aliongoza kampeni ambayo ilifanikiwa katika kuanzisha uavyaji nchini Italia mnamo mwaka wa 1978. Sasa Bonino hukweza wizi wa watu wachanga kutoka kwenye nchi fukara ili kujaza pengo la watu nchini Italia. Shirika la Pro-life “Ora et labora in difesa della vita” liliandaa mikutano ya maombi dhidi ya Bonini nje ya nyumba ya Askofu na nje Kanisa la Paroko. Akimnukuu Papa Francis, Baba Paroko, Padre Mario Marchiori, alijibu kuwa Kanisa lake ni "pahala pa mwaliko". Alikosolewa. Antonio Carrabini aliripoti kwenye mtandao wa Twitter kuwa wakati wa sherehe hiyo Wakatoliki walijaribu kuliangazia suala la uavyaji na upungufu wa idadi ya watu lakini walipigiwa kelele na wengine …Zaidi
PresidentDonald Trump’s job approval among Catholicvoters rebounded in April despite his public feud with Pope Leo XIV intensifying this year. The shift challenges assumptions that Trump’s attacks on a sitting pope would alienate a key religious voting bloc. Catholics—long a pivotal swing constituency—appear more resistant to Vatican criticism than many Democratic and Republican strategists had anticipated. White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told Newsweek in an emailed statement: “There has never been a greater president for Catholic Americans than President Trump, and his record proves it. “President Trump ended the weaponization of the federal government against Christians, proudly defended and expanded our religious rights, pardoned pro-life activists, stopped the chemical mutilation of our nation’s children, and protected parents’ rights. The president will never waver in his support for Catholic Americans and will continue delivering unprecedented victories.” Continue …
Are you not aware that wrongdoers will never inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived (misled)! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, [effeminate] —none of these will inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Our Lady revealed at Fatima that more souls go to hell because of sins of sexual impurity than for any other reason. St. Thomas Aquinas: Vices against Nature Are Also against God St. Thomas Aquinas: 'There, the associates of his wretchedness, far from alleviating the lot of the damned soul, will make it more intolerable for him.' Jude 7: 7 Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which, in the same manner as they, indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural lust,[a] serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men[a] 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. Footnotes 1 Corinthians 6:9 The words men who have sex with men translate two Greek words that refer to the passive and active participants in homosexual acts.
In a massive anthill, everyone had grown so used to one little ant that they stopped seeing her as a living being—she had simply become part of the system. If someone couldn't finish their haul, she’d pick up the slack. If a tunnel collapsed after a storm, she was already there, clearing the dirt and shoring up the walls. When someone ran out of steam, she was the one they went to, because they knew she’d never say no. At first, it looked like kindness. Then, it became a convenience. Eventually, it turned into an unwritten rule that no one even questioned. Her readiness to help became as invisible as the air they breathed. Everyone just assumed: if something fell, she’d pick it up. If someone was late, she’d finish the job. If someone was struggling, she’d shoulder their burden along with her own. But not once did anyone stop, look her in the eye, and ask: “How much do you have left in the tank?” She stayed silent for a long time. She told herself she could handle a little more. That …Zaidi