The Vatican appeals court has declared the trial of Cardinal Angelo Becciu invalid, overturning his 2023 conviction and ordering a full retrial to begin June 22. In a 16-page ruling, the court found on Tuesday procedural errors by both prosecutors and Pope Francis. It did not rule on Cardinal Becciu’s guilt or innocence, but concluded the original proceedings were flawed. The indictment was nullified for two main reasons. First, Francis issued four secret decrees granting prosecutors expanded powers, including surveillance. These decrees were never published and were disclosed to the defense only shortly before trial. The court ruled that at least one decree effectively functioned as law and, because it was not made public, was legally invalid. Second, prosecutors were found to have withheld and redacted key evidence, including phone records and messages. The court said this violated the defendants’ right to a fair trial. The ruling is historic, because it raises questions about the …ད་རུང་།
Most Christians Miss This About Freedom St. Paul uses the allegory of Abraham’s children, Ishmael and Isaac, to illustrate the difference between the old and new covenants. The old covenant, represented by Ishmael, symbolizes slavery and bondage to the law, while the new covenant, represented by Isaac, signifies freedom and the promise of God fulfilled through Jesus Christ. True obedience, as exemplified by Jesus, stems from love and charity, not mere adherence to rules. The New Covenant, unlike the Old Covenant, is based on freedom and love, not just following rules. As members of the New Covenant, baptized into Jesus Christ, we are called to live lives of charity, following Jesus’ example of loving God and neighbor. This means making choices out of love, not just reason, and embracing the fullness of life that comes from living in accordance with the New Covenant. Fr. Altier is a Priest at Holy Trinity Parish in South St. Paul: Home | Holy Trinity Parish You can also find Fr. Robert …ད་རུང་།
Today the liturgy celebrates St. Patrick. The fifth century saint who was instrumental in evangelizing Ireland. Sadly, like the rest of West, the faith there is in decline. We post the reflection of the day from the Magnificat. It was written by St. Patrick who is the patron saint of Ireland. St. Patrick, pray for us! Raised Up by the Might One I was a simple man and a wanderer without any learning who knew not how to provide for what would come later (Eccl 4:13). But I know one thing without any doubt and with the greatest of assurance: that be fore I was punished (Ps 119:67) I was like a stone lying in the deepest mire, and then, he who is mighty came and, in his mercy, raised me up. He most truly raised me on high and set me on the top of the rampart. So I ought to cry out with all my strength and render thanks to the Lord, for his blessings are indeed great, here and in eternity, and beyond all that the human mind can imagine. So now, be amazed you both small and great that fear …
The integration of millions of Muslim immigrants into Europe is impossible and would change the culture, provoking civil wars, Cardinal Gerhard Müller told EuropeanConservative.com on March 15: "In almost all Muslim countries, Christian communities are oppressed." Politicians and citizens must decide whether they want to be marginalised in their own countries, he said, mentioning an increase in attacks against churches and Christian values. "But it is also our fault," he added, suggesting that immigration is related to falling birth rates. "I remember when I was young, there was harsh politics against the family, matrimony and children. This demographic catastrophe is man-made. Like in China with their stupid one-child policy." Cardinal Müller notes that anti-familial forces have been unleashed upon the population. "It’s a natural feeling to want children if you are married," he said. "It’s against nature and against grace not to." "The state is only there for the common good and …ད་རུང་།
Lumen gentium 16 Muslims, who, professing to hold the faith of Abraham, along with us adore the one and merciful God, who on the last day will judge mankind. Nothing to see move on
It is a mortal sin to observe the old rites after the Passion of Christ The Apostle says (Gal 5:2): “If you be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.” But nothing save mortal sin hinders us from receiving Christ’s fruit. Therefore since Christ’s Passion it is a mortal sin to be circumcised, or to observe the other legal ceremonies. All ceremonies are professions of faith, in which the interior worship of God consists. Now man can make profession of his inward faith, by deeds as well as by words: and in either profession, if he make a false declaration, he sins mortally. Now, though our faith in Christ is the same as that of the fathers of old; yet, since they came before Christ, whereas we come after Him, the same faith is expressed in different words, by us and by them. For by them was it said: “Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son,” where the verbs are in the future tense: whereas we express the same by means of verbs in the past tense, and say that she “conceived …ད་རུང་།
The late Cardinal Johannes Joachim Degenhardt (1926–2002), Archbishop of Paderborn, has been portrayed as a perpetrator of child homosexual abuse in many German media outlets, ranging from state television to the tabloid Bild. Some reports have even suggested that he was part of a so-called 'pedocriminal network'. However, the 747-page historical study commissioned by the Archdiocese of Paderborn and published on 12 March shows that these claims are not supported by the study. Where the Allegations Originated The accusations originated from Reinhold Harnisch, the spokesperson for the Archdiocese of Paderborn's "victims' advisory board". Harnisch claimed that Degenhardt had been part of a paedophile ring and that boys were transported between clergy. Study Finds No Evidence of Personal Abuse While the study is highly critical of the church leadership, including Cardinal Degenhardt, it found no evidence of personal abuse. It documents delayed or inadequate responses to allegations, the …ད་རུང་།
The Apostate Robert Prevost Promotes Unity in Amazonian Paganism: “Inculturation is a difficult but necessary path,” “‘We need to accept courageously the newness of the Spirit, "church in Amazonia must be sign of unity in diversity" The apostate "upheld the importance of inculturating the Gospel in local cultures."
Cardinal Willem Eijk of Utrecht celebrated his first public Mass in the Roman rite on Sunday at the Church of the Immaculate Conception (known as the Grote Kerk) in Oss, the Netherlands. In his homily (video below), he spoke about the Gospel of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes. Cardinal Eijk recounted an example from the 1950s in the Netherlands. A priest teaching religion at a Catholic school told students that the multiplication of the loaves should not be taken literally, since such a miracle would be impossible. Instead, he explained it as a moral story: people shared the food they already had because they were inspired by Jesus’ preaching about love. Eijk added that this kind of denial destroyed the faith of many Catholics. He recalled that in the 1950s and 1960s the once-strong Church in the Netherlands collapsed, identifying one of the causes as poor preaching by clergy who themselves undermined belief. According to him, the faith of once-convinced Catholics was “…ད་རུང་།
Our Lady of the Fountain - March 16th, 2026 | No Greater Delight March 16: Our Lady of the Fountain, Constantinople (460) The Abbot Orsini wrote: “Our Lady of the Fountain, at Constantinople, built, by the Emperor Leo, in the year 460, in thanksgiving for the Blessed Virgin’s having appeared to him on the margin of a spring, to which he was charitably leading a blind man, when he was no more than a common soldier, and foretold to him that he would be emperor.” Emperor Leo I, also known as Leo I the Thracian, Leo the Great, and even Leo the Butcher, was the emperor of the Byzantine Empire from the year 457 until 474. Leo had begun with a career in the military, eventually rising to the rank of tribune in 457. When the emperor then reigning died, Leo was acclaimed the new emperor. It is interesting to note that he is a saint in the Orthodox Church. In a certain manner, the shrine of Our Lady of the Fountain still exists. Instead of the title the abbot had given it, the shrine is now …ད་རུང་།
Santa Maria della Fonte Il Monastero della Madre di Dio della Fonte (nome completo in greco Ἱερά Πατριαρχική καί Σταυροπηγιακή Μονή Ζωοδόχου Πηγῆς ΒαλουκλῆAiuto:Greco moderno - Wikipedia, Ierà Patriarchikī kaí Stauropīgiakī Monī Zōodóchou Pīgīs Balouklī; in turcoBalıklı Meryem Ana Rum Ortodoks Manastırı[1] ) o semplicemente Zōodóchos Pīgī (in greco Ζωοδόχος ΠηγήAiuto:Greco moderno - Wikipedia, Fonte che dà la vita) è un santuario ortodosso sito a Istanbul, in Turchia. La chiesa attuale, costruita nel 1835, reca la stessa dedica del santuario eretto in questo luogo tra la fine del quinto e l'inizio del sesto secolo. Dopo diversi restauri, questo edificio fu distrutto dagli ottomani nella prima metà del XV secolo. Il complesso prende il nome da una vicina sorgente sacra, che ha fama di avere proprietà curative. Per quasi millecinquecento anni, questo santuario è stato uno dei siti di pellegrinaggio più importanti dell'ortodossia greca. …ད་རུང་།
French born Rev Jakob Rolland, chancellor of the Diocese of Reykjavik, Iceland, told the state television Ruv.is the Church's teaching on homosexual acts. On March 5, police announced it examines the remarks and assess whether there is reason to begin an investigation. Like most priests in nominally Lutheran Iceland, Rev Rolland is a missionary. He has lived in Iceland for decades and has even changed his first name to make it more Icelandic — "no one here could say 'Jacques'". The collapsed Protestantism has arguably been replaced by the state religion of "LGBT+ advocacy". In the interview, Rev. Rolland responded affirmatively when asked if the Church hopes homosexuals will change over time, adding that it provides them with support: “That is what is very much lacking in modern society. Someone who wants to leave such a lifestyle receives no assistance.” Homosexuals who seek help from a priest of the Catholic Church “cannot find” psychologists or social workers to help them. Rev. …ད་རུང་།
One is reminded of lawsuits brought on behalf of children who were given sex reassignment therapies and surgeries against the doctors who recommended or performed those procedures. Now years later they bitterly regret the physical and mental anguish they endure. Their wish is that they had recieved better counsel. Those professionals acted against their better judgement--surely they knew better--but were themselves pressured to go along with the current of the day. To prohibit this Priest from advising against acts and a way of living that can bring great unhappiness into someone's life is an act of craven elitism.
Reforms of Opus Dei may well be needed, I wouldn’t know, but this guy is using his campaign against them in part to push an anti-Catholic agenda. I heard he is even a pro-abort.
Today, Pope Leo XIV received Gareth Gore in audience. Gore is a British financial journalist who has attacked Opus Dei in recent years. Since his election, Leo XIV has met with the leadership of Opus Dei twice to discuss the revision of their statutes. Opus Dei as "Abusive Cult" Gore's most notable book is Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking and Right-Wing Conspiracy Inside the Catholic Church (2024). He presents a caricature of Opus Dei, claiming that the organisation has built its influence through networks of members in business and finance, including figures linked to Banco Popular Español. He speaks of an "abusive cult". Gore describes a strict internal discipline and secrecy, and alleges that Opus Dei engages in coercive recruitment and exploitation. He invents that some assistants (women who perform domestic work in Opus Dei centres) are victims of human trafficking. The Collapse of Banco Popular However, the collapse of Banco Popular in 2017 is generally explained …ད་རུང་།
Police in Lumberton, Texas, called in FBI assistance to investigate an incident in which a woman drove a pickup truck through the foyer and into the sanctuary of a Catholic church.