Italian MP Defends Former Papal Master of Ceremonies

Public support for Monsignor Marco Agostini, the former Master of Papal Ceremonies, has emerged in Italy. He was dismissed after an audio recording was circulated in which he was allegedly heard using offensive language about members of the Roman Curia. While a microphone was unintentionally left on ahead of a Christmas greeting, he reportedly said that they are all "assholes" and "faggots".
On 4 January, VeronaNews.net reported that Vito Comencini (Popolo Veneto), a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, had issued a public letter expressing solidarity with the prelate.
Comencini considers the dismissal 'unjust and foolish', adding that it represents a 'worrying sign of persecution'.
Neither the audio nor the dismissal has been accompanied by an official explanation from Vatican authorities.
The Italian politician is aware that Monsignor Agostini had been 'targeted for some time' and claims that the alleged interception merely served as justification for his removal.
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There is plenty of evidence to show that Bishops and Cardinals who attended Vatican Council II were concerned from the start about its timing, its content and the serious omissions found in its documents.
The Council Fathers on Vatican II

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The Council Fathers on Vatican II

There is plenty of evidence to show that Bishops and Cardinals who attended Vatican Council II were concerned from the start about its timing, its content and the serious omissions found in its documents.
While there is no doubt that it was a pivotal moment in the history of the Church, Vatican II represents for some a devastating rupture with Catholicism as it was always taught, while it remains for others the surprising revelation of a Catholicism which had hitherto not been discovered.
As a liberal, Pope Leo XIV falls into the latter camp and has announced that he will begin a new catechesis series on Vatican II. He believes we must “continue to seek ways and means to implement its insights” and that “it will be important to get to know it again closely.”
In more conservative circles, many have woken up to the fact that implementation was never the problem. Like Communism, which its loyal adherents say has “not yet been implemented properly”, Vatican II contains integral errors …

The subservience of governments to the interests of the globalist elite is even more evident in the planning of ethnic replacement, pursued to erase the religious, cultural, linguistic, and economic identity of states and to better control the masses. From Starmer to Macron, from Rutte to Sanchez, from von der Leyen to Meloni, total surveillance is already being implemented and will become irreversible with the introduction of digital currency and the obligation of a unique ID for access to essential services.

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Strong words from Archbishop Vigano: “The European Union is a criminal, subversive organization,,

Archbishop Vigano, in harsh words, stands in defense of farmers and, therefore, all of us:
“A subversive elite has taken control of the governments of almost all Western countries. Its emissaries in governments consider their own citizens as enemies to be eradicated through pandemics, wars, famines, and crime. For decades, globalists have proudly claimed authorship of depopulation projects, in the complicit silence of the mainstream press and of all civil and religious institutions. And if the crimes of the psychopandemic farce and the frauds of the climate emergency are now undeniable, it is increasingly evident that the sector to be eliminated is precisely that of agri-food, today too fragmented and therefore difficult to control at a global level.
Mercosur is a free trade agreement with Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay, following which Europe will be flooded with foods produced from crops or livestock not subject to our strict health regulations. Its approval …

Thousands sue Pfizer over claims company's birth control gave them brain tumors… as pharma giant adds risk to label

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Thousands sue Pfizer over claims company's birth control gave them brain tumors… as pharma giant adds risk to label

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Thousands of women are now suing pharmaceutical giant Pfizer over claims its popular birth control injection left them with 'life-changing' brain tumors.
Lawyers told the Daily Mail exclusively that Pfizer will have to stand trial on December 7, 2026, as more than 2,100 women across the US claim in publicly filed lawsuits that they were not warned that the birth control shot Depo-Provera had been linked to debilitating and potentially incurable, benign brain tumors.
Taken by 2million women every year, Depo-Provera is a decades-old contraceptive method that is injected into the arm or buttocks once every three months, delivering the synthetic hormone progestin to prevent pregnancy.
Recent studies done in the past two years, however, have found that the shot comes with than a 500 percent increased risk of developing brain tumors long after users stop taking the medication.
Last month, Pfizer added a warning label to Depo-Provera about the …

Is baptism necessary for salvation ?

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Yes, baptism is necessary for salvation. The Church teaches that without baptism, one cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven, as stated by Christ: "Unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (John 3:5).
However, there are exceptions recognized by the Church. Those who die without baptism but have not committed sin through no fault of their own will not go to hell, but they will not see God or heaven. Instead, they will be in a state of natural peace, deprived of the beatific vision (V16 Kinkead Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism 1891 226:1).
Additionally, the Church acknowledges two other forms of baptism that can substitute for the sacrament of water baptism under certain circumstances: the baptism of blood (martyrdom) and the baptism of desire (a sincere desire for baptism combined with perfect contrition for sins) (V17 Cafferata The Catechism Simply Explained 1932 244:2; V8 Frassinetti A Dogmatic Catechism …More

Leo XIV Will Not Bury Francis – Tucho on Continuity between Popes

Leo XIV will certainly introduce changes with respect to the previous pontificate, but the challenge posed by Evangelii Gaudium "cannot" be buried — Cardinal Víctor “Tucho” Fernández told the consistory on January 7–8. His intervention was published by his friends of ReligionDigital.org.
“In fact, Evangelii Gaudium specifies that it is not an obsessive proclamation of all the doctrines and norms of the Church, although necessary and valuable, but above all the proclamation of the core of the Gospel, the kerygma.”
Tucho believes that "creativity is needed" to ensure that the proclamation reaches everyone.
Protestant-sounding language
He argues for an alleged “need to remain open to reforming our practices, styles, and organizations.”
Even if denied, he uses the phrase “not out of an obsession with change” and wants “inculturating anew”.
He then invokes the anti-Catholic slogan “Ecclesia semper reformanda”, drawn from Reformed theological literature.
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How Hamas-Wokeism killed Western universities – Allah's Willing Executioners

The great Harold Bloom knew he had lost: “For fifty years I have fought the death of the humanities, but we have lost the war, and all I can do now is a kind of guerrilla action. The barbarians have taken over the academy”
by Giulio Meotti
The departure from Harvard of one of the greatest scholars of Western culture, a world-renowned Italianist, should be major news.
James Hankins is one of the most important historians in the United States, a specialist in the Italian Renaissance and the classical tradition. He has been a professor at Harvard University since 1985, an emeritus scholar and the author of twenty essays translated worldwide.
Hankins is not leaving his chair at Harvard because of age:
“Two weeks ago I gave my final lecture at Harvard University, where I have been a professor of history for forty years. Four decades of experience at one of the world’s leading universities have given me a privileged vantage point from which to observe the gradual replacement of Western …

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Non va plus: Fundaz Foundation, Opus Dei–linked lawyers, and the placement of a priest in Spain’s public health administration

We herein examine possible influence-trafficking offenses surrounding the appointment of a priest from the Diocese of Huesca-Jaca in Spain—whose personal sexually active life and regular visits to swing clubs before he was eighteen and after, had long been known within ecclesiastical circles—to a senior position in Aragón’s public health administration. The appointment took place with the explicit approval of his bishop, Julián Ruiz Martorell (at the time Bishop of Huesca-Jaca), and with the support of senior political and religious figures.
At the same time, criminal prison sentences are being sought against the Catalan journalist who revealed these facts, our colleague Jordi Picazo, an internationally registered journalist.
The Fundación Fundaz and the President of Aragón autonomous region in Spain, Jorge Antonio Azcón, are under scrutiny for promoting the Zaragoza-based priest Vicente López-Brea Urbán, who has not yet been secularized, to a high public office despite his …

The Awful Truth about ‘NPR Voice’: Why does the famed leftist radio bastion have all its broadcasters speak in that insufferable whisper? Here is the somewhat disturbing answer.

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The Awful Truth about ‘NPR Voice’

It is a common occurrence for a regular person to be flipping through radio channels, eventually to come across the style of radio presentation known as “NPR voice” — a soft-spoken, breathy, quietly pompous mode of vocal performance suggestive of an intimate conversation among a small circle of elites. The question immediately arises: Who could possibly find this manner of presentation appealing, and why?
The answer lies in understanding NPR as the distilled essence of sociological, ideological, and dispositional liberalism. NPR voice is part of the complex of behaviors exhibited by liberalism at its point of cultural and intellectual heat-death. Understanding its appeal thus requires an examination of this cultural disposition.
Liberalism is one strain of a complex of Enlightenment ideologies that arose out of the sociological tumult of early modernity, as the prevailing aristocratic and clerical authorities of the Late Medieval Period faced the twin onslaughts of the scientific and …

Disney World hit with tragedy as sixth death is reported in months

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Disney World death toll rises to six

Disney World has again been hit with tragedy after reports of a sixth death at the “most magical place on Earth” in the span of a few months.
The Orange County Sheriff’s office (OSCO) said it was investigating a death at the Disney Springs area of the resort after a man was found dead in a garage.
On the OCSO “Calls for Service” page, it said it responded to an incident at a Disney Springs carpark around 9pm Friday.
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Officials said the death was being investigated as a suicide but no other details were available at the time.
Disney Springs is an outdoor shopping, dining and entertainment complex frequented by resort guests as well as local revellers.
It’s one of the few areas of the resort that does not require a ticket for admission or payment for parking.
The discovery of a body at Disney World property Friday is only …

Cardinal Pell ‘may have been set up by greedy Vatican employees to get him out of the way’.

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The late great George Pell and his enemies, part 2

Australian Cardinal George Pell holds a copy of his book, "Prison Journal," during an interview with Catholic News Service at his residence in Rome Dec. 18, 2020. (CNS photo/Robert Duncan)
Editor’s note: You can read Part 1 of this column here.
In 2014, the newly elected Pope Francis decided to improve the state of the Vatican’s finances. He appointed the Australian cardinal George Pell (1941-2023) to be the first prefect of his new Secretariat for the Economy. Pell was seen as the sort of no-nonsense, thorough, and intelligent cardinal who could corral other cardinals into cleaning up their mess.
Pell ordered audits, established policy guidelines, and began to investigate the financial affairs of different Vatican offices. One would think that simply trying to introduce transparency into the Vatican finances would be non-controversial. One would be wrong.
Just as Pell began to uncover problems, a series of child sexual abuse charges from Australia were leveled at Pell in 2017. While …

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He also had a strange death. No doubt vaccinated, he dropped dead after an uneventful surgery and after hanging up his cell phone.

It Begins Here! Venezuela Prophecy of Servant of God Maria Esperanza. Exp the Faith w/Fr. Chris Alar

Some timely relevance here. Current and with some loose ends tied.
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Leftist women get, if possible, crazier, and I love Naomi Wolf’s theory about why: This one-time Democrat has delivered one of the most scathing indictments I’ve ever seen of the entire leftist cultural infrastructure.

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Leftist women get, if possible, crazier, and I love Naomi Wolf’s theory about why

Back in 2020, during the George Floyd riots, most Americans first became aware that Democrat women are very troubled. I mean, we’d already heard about “Karens,” a phrase to describe scolding, self-righteous white women. (There is no equivalent phrase for scolding, self-righteous black women, or other minority women, but they’re out there, too.) However, it was during the riots that we suddenly saw women who were no longer merely obnoxious.
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Instead, they were crazed harpies, screaming at the top of their lungs, their faces contorted with rage, and often engaging in physical violence. Hysteria seemed too mild a term to describe their outbursts, all of which were in service to the most extreme forms of leftist ideology.
Although it seemed almost impossible to imagine, these women got worse during the pro-Hamas protests that followed Hamas’s genocidal attack on Israel. To advance a misogynistic political-religious movement that uses rape as a weapon of war, Democrat …

Bishop Eleganti: "Papal Teaching Has Become Incoherent"

Documents such as Fiducia Supplicans on homosexual "blessings" or Mater Populi Fidelis on Our Lady need to be corrected and given a “true interpretation in the sense of the traditional doctrine” in order to remain coherent with tradition, retired Swiss Auxiliary Bishop Marian Eleganti told Michael Haynes on 8 January for PelicanPlus.com (Blogger software Ghost.org):
"The biggest problem is that we have never had a situation like this before, where the Dicastery or the Magisterium of the Church has become inconsistent and incoherent. That’s the great problem. We have to correct that."
The Bishop added: "As we have seen with Fiducia Supplicans, there has been resistance to the document, and good theological arguments have been put forward against it. The document is not well founded. So, resistance is arising, and you can observe that, in a second note, Cardinal Fernández downplays it a little."
Regarding Islam, Bishop Eleganti said that he is not "so naive as to think that water and …More

Sunday, January 11 – First Sunday after Epiphany – In France, Solemnity of the Epiphany – Feast of the Holy Family – Saint Thomas of Cori, Confessor, Order of Friars Minor – Saint Hyginus, Pope and Martyr – Saint Theodosius, Abbot

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Dimanche 11 janvier - Premier dimanche après l'Epiphanie - En France solennité de l'Epiphanie - Fête de la Sainte Famille - Saint Thomas de Cori, Confesseur, Ordre des Frères Mineurs - Saint Hygin, Pape et Martyr - Saint Théodose, Abbé

En France solennité de l’Épiphanie de Notre Seigneur
Le mot Épiphanie veut dire manifestation. C’est qu’en effet, le 6 janvier, l’Église célèbre une triple manifestation de Jésus-Christ, qui, d’après certaines traditions, aurait eu lieu le même jour, quoique à différentes années. La fête de l’Épiphanie a donc trois objets : 1° la manifestation de la divinité du Sauveur aux Mages par l’étoile miraculeuse qui les conduisit à l’étable de Bethléem ; 2o la manifestation de la divinité du Christ aux Juifs pendant Son baptême, sur les bords du Jourdain ; 3ola manifestation de cette même divinité aux noces de Cana, où Jésus changea l’eau en vin. Toutefois, l’objet principal de cette fête, c’est bien la manifestation de la divinité de Jésus aux Mages et la vocation des peuples à la foi chrétienne.
L’Évangile nous apprend comment les Mages, guidés par une étoile merveilleuse et plus encore poussés par l’Esprit de Dieu, entreprirent un long et pénible voyage à la recherche …

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Magnifique icône de l'Épiphanie.

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It Begins Here! Venezuela Prophecy of Servant of God Maria Esperanza. Exp the Faith w/Fr. Chris Alar

With the world in chaos, major events are unfolding in Venezuela. What prophecy by a declared "Servant of God" gives us the insight to understand what is happening and why? What do we need to do? Fr. Chris Alar explains this and the incredible approved apparitions of Betania, Venezuela.
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Catholic Church Teaching on Heresy and the Pope Can. 1364— § 1. An apostate from the faith, a heretic or a schismatic incurs a latae sententiae [automatic] excommunication.

“Cum ex Apostolatus Officio” -Apostolic Constitution of Pope Paul IV, 1559
In addition, [by this Our Constitution, which is to remain valid in perpetuity We enact, determine, decree and define] that if ever at any time it shall appear that any Bishop, even if he be acting as an Archbishop, Patriarch or Primate; or any Cardinal of the aforesaid Roman Church, or, as has already been mentioned, any legate, or even the Roman Pontiff, prior to his promotion or his elevation as Cardinal or Roman Pontiff, has deviated from the Catholic Faith or fallen into some heresy:
(i) the promotion or elevation, even if it shall have been uncontested and by the unanimous assent of all the Cardinals, shall be null, void and worthless…
Pope Julius II, Council of Lateran V. 1513
It shall be lawful for each and all of the cardinals,…as well as for all the clergy and the Roman people,… to withdraw without penalty and at any time from obedience and loyalty to the person so elected even if he has been enthroned …More

13% of a U.S. Diocese Try "Ad Orientem" Eucharists

Throughout 2025, Bishop Daniel Felton of Duluth, Minnesota, has "permitted" nine parishes in the diocese to celebrate the Eucharist ad orientem, with the priest and congregation facing the same direction.
The "permissions" were granted following requests from parish priests and on a trial basis.
Bishop Felton began with an instruction issued in 2024. He wrote that celebrating the Eucharist facing the pews has been widely adopted in the Church since the Second Vatican Council. He added that some Catholics believe this posture has resulted in a loss of 'a sense of transcendence'. Bishop Felton required that both liturgical postures be treated with mutual respect. Priests had to explain their motivations for celebrating ad orientem to him personally and consult their parishioners beforehand.
The frequency of the posture varied by parish. Some communities celebrated ad orientem every Sunday, while others did so once a month.
The Diocese of Duluth comprises 69 parishes. The nine parishes …More

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What this fine Bishop should have said was: that if any priest can take out a compass and face East, he is very free to say liturgy in that direction.
If you are going to return to true tradition, do it right, and not repeat past mistakes.

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There are ai video's showing people praising trump and his administration. Be careful of them. Probably from the trump or his administration to dupe the people. Brainwashing them with sick propaganda.
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Non multa sed multum: the method of Leo XIV

There is a feature that stands out when one reads attentively the words addressed by Leo XIV to the cardinals, and it is their absence of emphasis. No muscular tone, no rhetoric of command. The Pope does not seek to impose himself: he accompanies. He does not convene in order to occupy a space, but to open a process. And it is precisely in this meekness that the heart of his address is at stake.
The thread running through the intervention, discreet yet continuous, is that of attraction. Not a communication strategy, nor a sociological category, but a spiritual law that concerns the very way in which the Church stands in the world. Leo XIV does not construct a new idea: he receives it from the Tradition of the Church and follows its development through the centuries, until finding it also expressed in the Second Vatican Council and then taken up by previous pontificates. And yet the way in which he relaunches it says something distinctive: a signature that speaks of his style…