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Cardinal Marx Ignored "Great Concern" of Benedict XVI Over German Synod

An unprecedented episode involving Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich occurred in 2021. It was published by Nico Spuntoni in IlGiornale.it on January 17.
Benedict XVI contacted his successor as Archbishop of Munich to express his “great concern” about the synodal process in Germany. He was convinced that this Synodal Path would cause harm and would end badly if it were not stopped.
Cardinal Marx ignored the appeal of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
Additional information concerning the German Synod
On January 17, Pope Leo XIV received Archbishop Nikola Eterović, the Apostolic Nuncio to Berlin, to discuss the German bishops’ statute for a proposed Synodal Council. This body would start in 2026, be permanent and would grant lay members decision-making power.
Furthermore, Spuntoni reveals that Cardinal Marx called during the January 7–8 consistory for the introduction of female deacons. He is the principal architect of the German synodal process.
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Lionel Leslie Andrades

POPE LEO MUST NOT ALLOW THE IMPRIMATUR FOR NEW BOOKS ON VATICAN COUNCIL II INTERPRETED WITH THE FALSE PREMISE : RAHNER’S BOOKS MUST BE PULLED BACK

17.01.2026
POPE LEO MUST NOT ALLOW THE IMPRIMATUR FOR NEW BOOKS ON VATICAN COUNCIL II INTERPRETED WITH THE FALSE PREMISE : RAHNER’S BOOKS MUST BE PULLED BACK
Karl Rahner uses the False Premise and Inference to interpret Vatican Council II in his book, The Christian of the Future (1967.Herder and Herder, New York). On pp.94 and 95 he projects being saved in invincible ignorance of Lumen Gentiun 16 as being an explicit and known example of salvation outside the Catholic Church. He then infers that LG 16 is an objective exception for the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus. So EENS has become obsolete for him (pp.82-85).
In this book made up of talks he gave in Germany in 1965 he criticizes the understanding of extra ecclesiam nulla salus ‘in a very exclusive and permissive way’.
For him the Church is the Sacrament of the world’s salvation (p.8) and there is no reference to Ad Gentes 7 which says all need faith and baptism for salvation.
So for him there is a new understanding of mission …
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Felix Staratschek

WATCH: Pope Leo’s former classmate denounces genetically manipulated COVID shots as ‘new sin’

“This was the level of dictatorship that we had here in Rome. Many of the Swiss guards left rather than take the vaccine,” Thomas said. “And quite rightly so, because in 2008, Pope Benedict listed ‘seven new sins.’ One of those had to do with genetic modification and genetic engineering of the human person, the injection of experimental drugs (into) the human person.”
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Proof positive that every nickel and dime from the Vatican needs to be examined with a critical eye. The days of absolute obedience to felonious actions is over.

Orthocat

The Truth will out! I went to visit a friend in a nursing home and was told in advance that many residents "had COVID" I dreaded having to wear a mask or be quizzed about booster shots of the vax [which I've taken NONE], but was pleasantly surprised it was business as usual. No restrictions and all & staff were NOT masked or doing anything not of the ordinary!

Tom Morelli

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Irapuato

Our Lady of Pontmain & Our Lady of Absam- January 17th, 2026 | No Greater Delight
No Greater Delight is a daily Marian podcast meant to start the day with a Marian touch. After examining the Marian feasts celebrated throughout the world on a given day, Fr. Nate offers a brief reflection to help make our love for Our Lady concrete in daily living. The title "No Greater Delight" is inspired by a homily of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, wherein he expresses his joy in preaching about the Virgin Mother, even though he acknowledges the challenge of adequately praising her. Mary's greatness is beyond words. 0:00 Feasts of Mary Today 04:33 The Imitation of Mary WhatsApp Channel: Catholic Voice Links: catholicvoice | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree

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Irapuato
Irapuato གི་ འ་ནི་སྤེལ་དེས།

Das Absamer Gnadenbild
Johann Bucher, der Bruder Rosinas, erzählt, was sich anno 1797 in seinem Vaterhaus zugetragen hat. Im Alter von 76 Jahren schrieb er im Beisein zweier Zeugen: "Am 17. Jänner 1797 nähte nachmittags meine Schwester, ein bereits gewachsenes Mädchen (Anm.: 18 Jahre alt) mit Namen Rosina im Zimmer zu ebener Erde am Tische dem Fenster gegenüber. Da sah sie auf einmal - zwischen 3 und 4 Uhr (Anm.: nachmittags) - was man bis dahin nie gesehen, an einer Fensterscheibe des inneren Fensters ein Bildnis der Gottesmutter gezeichnet. Sie rief der Mutter, welche ebenfalls anwesend, aber an einem anderen Orte des Zimmers war. Die Mutter eilte herbei und erschrak anfangs nicht wenig, als sie das Bild der heiligen Jungfrau sah, indem sie auf den Gedanken kam, es möchte dem Vater oder mir im Salzberge wo wir arbeiteten, ein Unglück begegnet sein. Sie sagte daher zur Schwester Rosina, wir sollen etwas beten; was auch geschah. Nach verrichtetem Gebete wischte die Mutter das Bild mit …ད་རུང་།

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Valet to Three Popes Dies at 90

Angelo Gugel, the longtime papal valet who worked for three popes, has died in Rome at the age of 90, reports Vatican media.
Appointed in 1978 by John Paul I, the “33-day pope,” Gugel went on to serve John Paul II throughout his nearly 27-year pontificate. He retired at the beginning of the papacy of Benedict XVI, at the age of 70.
Known for his immaculate appearance, he preserved strict discretion even after retirement.
From the Gendarmerie to the Papal Household
Born on 27 April 1935 in Miane, in Italy’s Veneto region, Gugel joined the Vatican Gendarmerie at the age of 20.
After a serious bout of tuberculosis, he was transferred to the administration of the Vatican City State. Albino Luciani, his former bishop in Vittorio Veneto and a family acquaintance, personally chose him as valet after being elected pope.
When John Paul I died unexpectedly on 28 September 1978, Gugel was among the few people present in the papal bedroom.
At the Pope’s Side Around the World
Gugel accompanied John …ད་རུང་།

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Florida governor candidate James Fishback proposes 50% 'sin tax' on OnlyFans - LifeSite

Fri Jan 16, 2026 - 3:59 pm EST
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LifeSiteNews) — Republican gubernatorial candidate James Fishback has pitched a unique proposal to curb the influence of the pornography industry: a 50 percent “sin tax” on income earned by OnlyFans creators. OnlyFans is a creator-run porn site that connects porn performers directly to fans, who pay a monthly subscription fee for content. “Creators” keep about 80 percent of earnings, while the platform, which launched in London in 2016, takes 20 percent.
OnlyFans has exploded in popularity over the past decade. As of 2025, the platform has over 4 million “creator accounts” (not all of them feature pornography), and over 305 million “fan accounts,” with an estimated annual revenue of over $6.6 billion. Industry watchers and journalists frequently refer to OnlyFans as “the future of porn.”
“My message to the owners of OnlyFans is get the hell out of our state,” Fishback explained. “I hope you get bankrupt. Don’t you dare come to my state and try …

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FULL REPLAY: President Trump Participates in Street Naming Ceremony - 01/16/26

Video link here:
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jili22

CATECHISM OF PERSEVERANCE : AN HISTORICAL, DOCTRINAL,MORAL, AND LITURGICAL EXPOSITION OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION Translated from the French of Mgr Gaume by REV. F. B. JAMISON - COURSE FIRST - CHAPTER 32 - The Messiah promised and prefigured - Fourteenth figure of the Messiah - Gideon. (A.C.1405.)

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brhenry

The Lie: Carnal Desire & Pleasure Are "Beautiful Natural Gifts of GOD, Implanted in Human Nature From Creation"
Hear me, brethren, and tremble!
Do not be deceived by what the world calls natural!
Do not be seduced by what men call a blessing!
The measure of true humanity is Christ the Lord!
The standard of human life is the Blessed Virgin, preserved from all stain from the first instant of her conception!
He took flesh—yet no concupiscence stirred in Him!
She bore Him—yet no wound of desire touched her womb or her heart!
Behold, brethren! In the New Adam and the New Eve, we see what humanity was made to be:
virginity, continence, and purity of body and soul—this is the natural state of man!
Not concupiscence! Not carnal pleasure!
Christ reveals it by nature assumed; the Virgin confirms it by grace preserved.
Carnal desire is not from the Creator!
Carnal pleasure is not a blessing of God!
They are the wound of the Fall,
a rebellion of the flesh against reason,
a law in the members …ད་རུང་།

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Lazarus Peter Kalamation.com

The future of mankind in these two,

Jeffrey Ade གི Jeffrey Ade ཐོག་ལས་སྤེལ་དེས།

Today my daughter, Pauline, turns 14. Please say a prayer for her! God bless you all!

Thursday, January 15 – Saint Paul, First Hermit – Saint Maur, Abbot – Blessed Jacques del Piève, Servite, Third Order of Friars Minor

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Jeudi 15 janvier – Saint Paul, Premier Ermite - Saint Maur, Abbé - Bienheureux Jacques del Piève, Servite, Tiers-Ordre des Frères Mineurs

Saint Paul, premier ermite, confesseur.
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Saint Paul, Premier Ermite
Saint Paul, le premier des Ermites, eut pour historien saint Jérôme. Orphelin à l’âge de quinze ans, il abandonna ses biens et se retira dans le désert où un palmier verdoyant, symbole de ses vertus, lui fournit la nourriture et le vêtement. Il méditait dans la solitude la science des sciences qui est de connaître Jésus-Christ, et le Père que le Christ révèle aux humbles. Il vécut de la sorte jusqu’à l’âge de 113 ans, goûtant dans l’exercice héroïque de l’oraison et de la pénitence la suavité du joug du Seigneur.
Un jour, saint Antoine, un vieillard de quatre-vingt-dix ans, vint le visiter sur l’ordre de Dieu. Bien qu’ils ne se connussent pas, ils se saluèrent cependant par leurs noms et s’entretinrent de conversations spirituelles ; alors le corbeau qui avait coutume d’apporter à Paul un demi-pain, apporta un pain entier. Quand le corbeau se fut éloigné, Paul dit : « Vois, le Seigneur qui est …

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Jeffrey Ade

@chris griffin Thank you for your prayers! May God always bless you with His Beatific Vision!

chris griffin

God bless Pauline forever.

Tom Morelli

We’re funny creatures, really.
We sit down for dinner and complain about the soup.
That same bowl would be a miracle to someone who hasn’t eaten in days.
But we’re not hungry — we’re picky.
We walk into an empty apartment and curse the loneliness.
That same space would feel like heaven to someone sleeping in a train station.
But we’re not homeless — we’re insatiable.
We look in the mirror and circle imperfections.
That same body would be a gift to someone fighting for their life.
But we’re not sick — we’re just blind.
Blind to what we have.
Deaf to our own good fortune.
Numb to the quiet, everyday miracle of simply existing.
Because we’re convinced happiness lives somewhere else —
in another city,
another job,
another house,
another pair of hands.
But the truth is… it’s here.
In a closet full of clothes that somehow leaves you with “nothing to wear.”
In a phone full of contacts that somehow leaves you with “no one to call.”
In a calendar full of plans that somehow leaves you …ད་རུང་།

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UK Killed Almost 300,000 Babies in Abortions in 2023 - LifeNews.com

Abortion numbers reached a record high in 2023, with an estimated 299,614 abortions taking place across the United Kingdom.
Abortion statistics released by the Department of Health and Social Care this morning show the highest number of abortions ever recorded in England and Wales, with 278,740 taking place in 2023, an increase of 26,618 (10.56%) from 2022.
When added to the record 18,242 abortions that took place in
Scotland in 2023 and the record 2,632 estimated number of abortions that took place in Northern Ireland in 2023 (see footnotes for calculations and sources), this takes the estimated total number of abortions across the United Kingdom for 2023 to a record 299,614.
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The figures for England and Wales released this morning show that:
In England and Wales, there were a total of 278,740 abortions in 2023, an increase of 26,618 abortions from 2022, when there were 252,122 abortions.
This represents a 10.56% increase …

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The evil of abortion is the destruction of the West, one unborn baby at a time. God instructs us to choose life and we choose death.

Christine Friedmann

All precious creatures of the Almighty

In Principio

Points VIII-IX - ‘The Spiritual Combat' by Fr. Dom Lorenzo Scupoli (1530-1610); First published in 1589 A.D.; pages 6-7

[Father Dom Lorenzo Scupoli – XVI-XVII Century AD; Otranto, Kingdom of Naples/Naples, Kingdom of Naples; (aged 79-80); Priest; Spiritual Writer]
“Point VIII ~ Of the hindrances to a Right Discernment of Things, and of the method to be adopted in order to understand them properly
The cause of our not rightly discerning all these things and many others is, that we conceive a love or hatred of them at first sight.
Our understanding is thus darkened, so that it cannot judge of them correctly.
Lest you fall into this delusion, take all possible care to keep your will pure and free from inordinate affection for any thing whatsoever.
When any object, then, is presented to you, view it with your understanding; and consider it maturely before you are moved by hatred to reject it, if it be a thing contrary to your inclinations, or by love to desire it, if it be pleasing to them.
For thus the understanding, being unclouded by passion, will be free and clear, and able to perceive the truth, and to …ད་རུང་།

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"Sorry We Didn’t Discuss the Liturgy" — A Complaint Cardinal Czerny Never Heard at the Consistory

Cardinal Michael Czerny, SJ, 79, said that during the consistory on 7-8 January, he did not hear anyone say, "Oh, I’m sorry we didn’t discuss the liturgy".
He told the Substack.com-account The Pillar on 13 January, that what Leo XIV will do with the Mass of the Roman Rite is "beyond my pay grade": "I can’t speculate about how he intends to approach the situation. But I can’t imagine a pope who wouldn’t want to bring peace to the Church. I think every pope since St Peter would want that," the cardinal speculated.
In general, he found the consistory a "healthy" exercise. "As soon as we got together and realised that the first thing we would do was spend the whole afternoon discussing it, we realised we were already at work. People immediately switched into gear. All three sessions were good."
"Not Possible Without Pope Francis"
When asked if the lack of collegiality among the cardinals wasn’t the elephant in the room under Francis, Cardinal Czerny denied it, saying: “No, quite the …ད་རུང་།

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Lionel Leslie Andrades

The Synods and the Consistory were based upon the irrational and not rational interpretation of Vatican Council II. This is major doctrinal error found also in the books of Fr. Karl Rahner.
17.01.2026
POPE LEO MUST NOT ALLOW THE IMPRIMATUR FOR NEW BOOKS ON VATICAN COUNCIL II INTERPRETED WITH THE FALSE PREMISE : RAHNER’S BOOKS MUST BE PULLED BACK

POPE LEO MUST NOT ALLOW THE IMPRIMATUR FOR NEW …

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The Pope and the majority of these Cardinals have lost the seriousness imposed by maintaining the Apostolic Faith.

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North Carolina...

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Lazarus Peter Kalamation.com

Nice. An incidental grace.

Irapuato གི Irapuato ཐོག་ལས་སྤེལ་དེས།

Saint Anthony the Abbot - Januar 17
Also known as
Abba Antonius
Anthony of Egypt
Anthony of the Desert
Anthony the Anchorite
Anthony the Great
Anthony the Hermit
Antonio Abate
Father of Cenobites
Father of All Monks
Father of Western Monasticism
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30 January (Coptic Orthodox, Coptic Catholic)
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Following the death of his parents when he was about 20, Anthony insured that his sister completed her education, then he sold his house, furniture, and the land he owned, gave the proceeds to the poor, joined the anchorites who lived nearby, and moved into an empty sepulchre. At age 35 he moved to the desert to live alone; he lived 20 years in an abandoned fort.
Anthony barricaded the place for solitude, but admirers and would-be students broke in. He miraculously healed people, and agreed to be the spiritual counselor of others. His recommendation was to base life on the Gospel. Word spread, and so many disciples arrived that …ད་རུང་།

January 17 Saint Anthony of Egypt.
breski1 17 Janvier Saint Antoine, Abbé, Premier Père des Solitaires d'Égypte (251-356)

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