Leo XIV visited Genazzano’s Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel on September 7, riding in an electric vehicle. He unveiled a fresco commemorating his May 2025 pilgrimage and celebrated the Eucharist. The visit reinforces an emerging pattern: Leo XIV enjoys getting out of the Vatican for drives, excursions and shrine visits, even as a substantial governing workload awaits him back in Rome.
Today, Leo XIV visited Genazzano - aboard an electric vehicle - to pray at the Shrine of the Mother of Good Counsel
EXCLUSIVE: Bishop Schneider calls for ‘fatherly charity’ towards SSPX and responds to Sacrosanctum Concilium General Audience Niwa Limbu Sep. 2, 2026 EXCLUSIVE: Bishop Athanasius Schneider has called for “fatherly charity and magnanimity” towards the SSPX and offered his assessment of the post-conciliar liturgical reform following Pope Leo XIV’s recent General Audience on Sacrosanctum Concilium Bishop Athanasius Schneider is one of the most respected and outspoken traditionalist prelates in the Church today. The auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana, Kazakhstan, he serves in a country where Catholics make up less than one per cent of the population. The archdiocese itself was established just 23 years ago, making the bishop’s see an unlikely place from which to emerge as a prominent voice of traditional Catholic thought. Nonetheless, Bishop Schneider has become a source of inspiration and hope for a generation of young priests devoted to the Traditional Latin Mass …තව
St. Charbel Maklouf ~ If you wish to be saved easily, have a special devotion to the Virgin Mary. She is capable of saving those who have a true devotion to Her.
An ecumenical “rainbow service” was held ahead of the homosexual march in Erfurt, Germany, on September 5, inside the Catholic St. Severi Church. The event featured rainbow flags, participants in drag-style dress, and a unicorn displayed on rainbow-colored fabric. St. Severi belongs to the Catholic Parish of St. Laurentius. The Diocese of Erfurt is headed by Bishop Ulrich Neymeyr.
Tanz um das bunte Einhorn: Ökumenischer Gottesdienst in der katholischen St. Severi vor dem CSD in Erfurt
Upon closer reflection, it’s not surprising at all. Satan and his minions, after all, know exactly what they intend to achieve and where. Moreover, while the Herodians and Mohammedans might appear exempt from such vices, the truth is they are far more corrupted—and have been for much longer. Long before the 2VC Revolution and the Great Apostasy from the top began. When diabolical infiltrators had deeply penetrated even our Church, even reaching its highest ranks. (Consider Bella Dodd and her list of 1,100 infiltrators.)
Before he became Pope Leo XIV, Father Robert Prevost was asked to paint a picture of who he was. He painted an American flag, the Sears Tower, the Chicago White Sox, the Augustinian symbol, and a Christmas tree. He was leading the Augustinian order at the time. Via Christopher Hale, Source here: American Pope
Bishop Patrick Neary of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, issued a diocesan warning against the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X (FSSPX) after an unauthorized Mass was celebrated in the diocese. In a letter dated September 2, Bishop Neary said he had learned of a social-media post promoting a meeting at the restaurant Opole Pub to “explore bringing the Latin Mass” to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Opole. The same post advertised a Latin Mass for the following day at the Opole Ballpark Pavilion, part of the local baseball grounds. Monsignor Neary wrote that neither event was sanctioned by the diocese. Both, he said, involved a priest of the FSSPX — “a group recently declared by the Holy See to be in schism with the Catholic Church because of the illicit ordination of four bishops without a papal mandate.” The bishop told Catholics not to “support or participate in FSSPX-sponsored activities, including inviting FSSPX priests to celebrate the sacraments.” He warned that doing so “can place …තව
A priest. Six bishops were excommunicated and have started the appeal process under canon law. The priest was NOT excommunicated. As bishop, he can make the mass illicit, but the mass is still valid.
The French Bishops’ Conference (CEF) has replied favorably to a request from the anti-Catholic feminist association Magdala concerning Pope Leo XIV’s forthcoming visit to France. According to LeParisien.fr (September 2), the CEF confirmed to the association that women and girls will serve at the altar alongside men and boys during the papal Eucharists. The confirmation follows an open letter (below) from Magdala to Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, president of the French Bishops’ Conference. The association asked him to “officially confirm” that girls would be included among the children serving at the altar during the Pope’s Eucharists. Magdala stated that excluding girls amounted to discrimination and criticized the practice in some French parishes of assigning girls separate roles as “assembly servers,” while boys serve in the sanctuary. It described one such distinction as “symbolic violence.” Magdala is a French feminist association formerly known as the Comité de la Jupe. It campaigns …තව
Hopefully they will be good faithful men and take their families to the Traditional Latin Mass in their area. Going fishing and enjoying a day at the lake doesn't fix the problem.
An unusually tense, minute-long exchange between Pope Leo XIV and Argentine Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo took place after the September 2 General Audience. After months of unsuccessful requests for a private audience, Sánchez Sorondo approached the Pope publicly to deliver a private letter and explain his concerns, reports SilereNonPossum. Leo XIV appeared displeased by the encounter he had sought to avoid.
An unusually long and visibly tense exchange between Pope Leo XIV and Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo after Wednesday’s General Audience in St. Peter’s Square. The Argentine prelate had unsuccessfully sought a private audience with the Pope for months.
The Pope spoke at length with a bishop who then handed over a letter. Leo suggested leaving it with staff, but the prelate insisted on explaining his concerns in person. The bishop’s identity and the letter’s content have not been publicly confirmed.
Breaking the First Commandment: An interfaith celebration was held at St. Xavier's College in Mapusa, Goa, and was organised by the All India Catholic University Federation (a Jesuit movement).
Bishop Gerhard Feige of Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany — conspicuously without his episcopal cross — posed alongside two Protestant church leaders to comment on yesterday’s AfD election victory in Saxony-Anhalt. The bishop is the small guy in the middle with the Karl Marx beard. In a joint statement, they expressed “great concern” and said the election had left the state divided. The AfD won 43.8%, becoming by far the strongest party. This historic result was made possible by months of massive coverage across German media (anti-AfD advertising), which kept the AfD constantly visible.
Bischof Feige - ohne Kreuz - nach Bekanntgabe der Wahl
[Saint HILDEGARD OF BINGEN ~ XI-XII Century AD; born: Bermersheim, Holy Roman Empire/died: Bingen am Rhein, Holy Roman Empire, aged 81; Abbess, Polymath, Writer, Composer, Mystic, Visionary, Philosopher, Medical Writer and Practitioner, Composer of Sacred Monophony, Virgin, Founder, Doctor of the Church] 16. Teachings on the Church (from Scivias) [The principles on which Hildegard based her advice and admonitions to the principal churchmen and politicians of her day are set out extensively in the pages of Scivias, from which the following extracts are taken. The book was much in demand: in the early 1150s, for instance, Archbishop Arnold of Cologne expressed a wish to have a copy, for he was ‘unable and unwilling to be without it’. 1 In responding to his request, Hildegard sent the following message as a covering letter: Now, as you wished, shepherd of your people, I (a poor woman) have sent you my writings of the true visions to you. They contain nothing of human ingenuity and nothing …තව
"‘Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?’ Who are these who have withdrawn in their hearts from earthly and fleshly desires in order to soar in full devotion towards heavenly things? They strengthen their bodily senses in dovelike simplicity, without bitter gall."
“God has become bread” (Dio che si è fatto pane), Leo XIV said on September 5 during an audience with the Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament. Taken literally, the words suggest the heresy of impanation: the divine Word united to bread that remains bread, somewhat analogously to the Incarnation. Catholic doctrine is transubstantiation. After consecration, the substance of bread no longer remains. It is not God who becomes bread, but bread that becomes Christ’s Body. The favorable interpretation is that Leo XIV is using devotional or metaphorical language. Benedict XVI used similar language. In 2008, he said that Christ si è fatto pane (“became bread”), and in 2005 spoke of the Host nella quale Gesù per noi si è fatto pane (“in which Jesus became bread for us”). #newsKshofksaeg
Troparion of the Nativity of the Theotokos Your Nativity, O Mother of God, heralded joy to the whole universe, for from you rose the Sun of Justice, Christ our God. He cancelled the curse and poured forth His grace; He vanquished death and granted us eternal life. "Eyes has not seen, ear has not heard, and the human heart has not felt what God has prepared for those who love Him. Who, then, can dare speak about what God has prepared for His Mother!" St. Bernard
NAISSANCE DE LA MÈRE DE DIEU. Témoin de la volonté d’Allah, 8 septembre Tropaire de la Naissance de la Mère de Dieu Votre naissance, ô Mère de Dieu, a annoncé la joie à l’univers tout entier, car de vous s’est levé le Soleil de justice, le Christ notre Dieu. Il a effacé la malédiction et répandu Sa grâce ; Il a vaincu la mort et nous a accordé la vie éternelle. « Ce que l’œil n’a pas vu, ce que l’oreille n’a pas entendu, et ce que le cœur humain n’a pas conçu, c’est ce que Dieu a préparé pour ceux qui l’aiment. Qui donc oserait parler de ce que Dieu a préparé pour sa Mère ! » Saint Bernard Traduit avec DeepL.com (version gratuite)
"The person who is foreseen to be more fervent in resolution of will and more steadfast in humility and perseverance receives grace in the beginning, and it continues to the end. A person who struggles against vice and yearns to be better deserves to be called toward the end of life. An ungrateful person, however, does not deserve to be admitted to his mother's breast.”
[Saint Bridget of Sweden – XIV Century AD; born: Uppland, Sweden/died: Rome, Papal States; Patron Saint of Europe, Widow, Mystic, Spiritual Writer] Answer to the sixth question. ”As to why the wicked sometimes have greater worldly success than the good" Answer to the sixth question. ”As to why the wicked sometimes have greater worldly success than the good, I answer: This is an indication of my great patience and love and a testing of the righteous. If I were to give temporal goods to my friends alone, then the wicked would despair and the good would grow proud. Instead, temporal goods are granted to all, so that I, God, the giver and Creator of all things, may be loved by all and so that good people who become proud may be taught righteousness by means of the wicked. It is also in order that everyone may realize that temporal things are not to be loved or preferred to me, God, but are only to be possessed for the sake of sustenance, and in order that they may be all the more zealous in …තව