A diocesan bishop has undergone a personal “conversion” toward the traditional Latin Mass. Bishop Donald Lippert of Mendi, Papua New Guinea, has come personally to see the beauty and power of the traditional Roman rite. He told AdVaticanum.com on September 29 that he had “over the last year or so, a bit of a conversion myself into the Traditional Latin Mass.” “I am, as many of us are, an amphibian. I exist mainly in the Novus Ordo, because that is the reality in which I live, and the Church that I have been called to serve at the moment.” He has “no problems with the Novus Ordo”, but sees the power of the traditional Mass particularly in its reverence: “The Traditional Latin Mass has a mysticism about it, and a reverence about it, that can touch the hearts of people and draw them closer to God in a world where there are so many distractions pulling them away.” He is still learning to celebrate the Mass. Mass not primarily for educated Western people When someone told him that the Mass …okunengi
While I'm very pleased to hear of the Bishop's liturgical discovery, "the Latin Mass as an option" idea cannot be tolerated in the coming counter-revolution. The Novus Ordo Mass has eliminated not a small number of the ancient prayers of the traditional Roman Missal, or modified them so that the Pauline Mass does not pray the same as Catholics did since the Apostolic Age. That's the reason why the Ancient Mass had to be eliminated in the first place: to accomplish the "cult of man" that has formulated the structure of post-conciliar ecclesiology. The Novus Ordo must go: period.
The Exorcism of the Catholic Marriage Bed: The Medicine of Saint Raphael for a Fallen Generation On this twenty-ninth day of September, the Feast of Saint Raphael the Archangel, faithful Catholics are compelled to look upon the widespread ruin of the domestic church. Everywhere, marriages are dissolved, souls are imperiled, and families are fractured. While the worldly ascribe this collapse to passing social conditions, the true cause is far more ancient, deep-seated, and deadly. It is the unchecked reign of lust within the very sanctuary of the sacrament. To understand why Catholic unions perish in our midst, we must look to the holy history of Tobias and Sarah, where seven husbands were delivered unto death before a single godly marriage could endure. The Sacred Scripture reveals that Sarah, the daughter of Raguel, was given sequentially to seven men, and each was struck dead on his wedding night by the demon Asmodeus. This is no mere historical curiosity; it is a terrifying spiritual …okunengi
At first, it seemed like nothing more than the little things that happen with age. Mom misplaced her glasses more often, forgot where she had left her keys, and sometimes couldn’t remember the name of a neighbor she had known for years. We used to laugh it off. “Just getting older,” we’d say. “Nothing to worry about.” Then one afternoon, she looked right at me and called me by her sister’s name. She smiled, so I smiled too. But something inside me went quiet. After that came the doctor visits, memory tests, blood work, brain scans, and the long wait for answers. Eventually, we heard the words we had been afraid of: Alzheimer’s disease. Mom sat silently for a while before asking, “Can they cure it?” The doctor gently shook his head. She looked down at her hands, then said something I will never forget: “Then I hope I never forget how much I love you.” From that day on, our lives slowly changed. We put labels on kitchen cabinets and drawers. Family photographs went up around the house with …okunengi
Honduran Bishop Teodoro Gómez Rivera has died at 63 while traveling to Rome to meet Pope Leo XIV during an ad limina visit. The bishop of Choluteca died Monday during a stopover in Madrid. Gómez Rivera had led the diocese since 2023 and was vice president of the Honduran Bishops’ Conference. ACI Prensa, citing an unnamed Church source in Honduras, reported that he died from respiratory arrest and had diabetes. Spanish authorities are conducting an autopsy following his sudden death.
Monseñor Teodoro Gómez falleció al llegar a Madrid, España, cuando se dirigía a Roma para participar en la Visita Ad Limina Apostolorum junto a otros obispos hondureños
“I consider him, one might say, an outstanding statesman. And today I said with a fairly high degree of conviction that President Putin, as a statesman and as a leader, is the most acceptable political figure – strange as that may sound to you – for Central Asia, including Kazakhstan, for Europe, and for the entire world,” Tokayev said in Russian. “I know him very well. He possesses the qualities that are most essential for the leader of a great country with a complicated history and with its own understanding of the strategic goals it faces,” he added.
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Vatican: late IVE founder Carlos Miguel Buela responsible for homosexual offences. The Vatican has publicly addressed the long-running case of Argentine priest Carlos Miguel Buela, founder of the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE). The case began formally in May 2020, when Cardinal Santos Abril y Castelló established a Special Penal Tribunal to examine allegations against Buela. After hearing the accused, his lawyer and numerous witnesses, the tribunal issued its judgment on 20 July 2021. It found that Buela had committed offences against the sixth commandment in relation to five male members of the Institute. Buela appealed. A Special Penal Tribunal of Appeal was subsequently constituted and conducted additional investigations, including further testimony from Buela and witnesses proposed by his defence. On 30 March 2023, the appellate judges deliberated and voted to confirm the first tribunal’s finding concerning the five cases. Before the appellate judgment could be formally drafted …okunengi
Leo XIV Appoints Bishop Who Celebrates Jewish Passover with Seminarians. Pope Leo XIV today appointed Bishop Ramón Salazar Estrada, 63, until now auxiliary bishop of Guadalajara, as the new Bishop of Mazatlán, Mexico. Salazar was ordained a priest in 1993 for the Archdiocese of Guadalajara. He holds a doctorate in moral theology from the Alphonsian Academy in Rome. Allegations of Homosexual activity at the seminary In the Archdiocese of Guadalajara there is an anonymous church watchblog, GdlSantaIPecadora.blogspot.com. According to this source the seminary was suffering in 2012 from “delicate cases of homosexuality”, alongside alcoholism. In May 2014 the blog alleged an internal network of seminarians arranging homosexual encounters by phone, connections with priests outside the seminary, and protection or tolerance by some formators. It also claimed that at least seven seminarians had been dismissed after accusations concerning homosexuality. Salazar was already closely involved in …okunengi
Auxiliary Bishop Salazar ate a Jewish Passover meal with seminarians at Guadalajara’s Major Seminary. Seminarians can be seen wearing kippahs around tables prepared for the occasion. Salazar himself captioned the photographs: “Jewish supper at the Major Seminary. A day of prayer and praise in the Jewish celebration of Passover.”
More American money found on terrorists in Russia. Special forces took down a Five Eyes traitor in Khabarovsk! During operational and investigative activities, officers of the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia detained a 55-year-old resident of Khabarovsk. The man is officially accused of treason. He faces severe punishment — up to life imprisonment. He is currently in custody. According to the Public Relations Center (PRC) of the FSB, the Khabarovsk resident acted without external pressure or recruitment. He proactively made contact with the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service. This agency is part of the elite Western intelligence alliance 'Five Eyes,' which also includes the USA, The UK, Canada, and Australia. In the video of the arrest and subsequent search released by the agency, you can see bundles of US cash that were seized. According to the investigation, the man handed over secret information purely for personal gain, using foreign postal services and encrypted …okunengi
Bishop Johan Bonny of Antwerp, Belgium, is pressing ahead with his plan to ordain married men in 2028. Several married candidates are already being prepared for possible ordination. “I trust that an appropriate regulation can be found by the end of the synodal process in autumn 2028,” Bishop Bonny told Herder Korrespondenz, according to katholisch.de (September 28). Bonny warned that it would be “a fatal blow to the credibility and implementation of the entire synodal process if no regulation were reached by then.” Bishop Bonny also expressed confidence in Pope Leo XIV and his approach to the needs of local Churches. “Like a good father, he knows what his children need, and that is not the same everywhere or for everyone,” Bonny added. He also mentioned that he went to Rome in June with the backing of the Belgian Bishops’ Conference. “Before my visit to the two dicasteries in Rome, the president of the Belgian Bishops’ Conference gave me a letter in which the Bishops’ Conference supports …okunengi
It aint gonna work. A priest is already totally occupied with his priestly duties as well as his prayer life. He does not have time to take care of a family. Being the son of a physician, my father was frequently called out at mealtime to deal with emergencies. A priest must sacrifice and devote all his energies in serving God.
‘LIFE— OF — SAINT CATHARINE OF SIENNA’ BY THE BLESSED RAYMOND OF CAPUA, HER CONFESSOR; 1853 edition; ‘Chapter I; Of Catherine's parents ‘pages 22-23; part I [Blessed Raymond of Capua; XIV Century; (aged 69); born: Capua, Kingdom of Naples/died: Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire; Master General of the Order of Preachers; spiritual director of Saint Catherine of Siena] First Part Chapter I ~ Of Catherine’s parents and their worldly conditions THERE lived in the city of Sienna, in Tuscany, a man named Jacomo, who was descended from the family of the Benencasa, a man simple, loyal, fearing God, and separated from every vice. After losing his parents he married a countrywoman called Lapa. This woman had none of the defects so common at the present day ; she was industrious, prudent, well-versed in domestic affairs, and as she still lives, those who are acquainted with her may still render her this precious testimony. The good couple dwelt peaceably together, and although of the humbler class, they …okunengi
"Chapter I ~ Of Catherine’s parents and their worldly conditions THERE lived in the city of Sienna, in Tuscany, a man named Jacomo, who was descended from the family of the Benencasa, a man simple, loyal, fearing God, and separated from every vice. After losing his parents he married a countrywoman called Lapa. This woman had none of the defects so common at the present day ; she was industrious, prudent, well-versed in domestic affairs, and as she still lives, those who are acquainted with her may still render her this precious testimony."
September 30: Transitus of St. Thérèse On September 30, a special ceremony, the Transit of St. Thérèse, is held followed by the Vigil Mass for the Feast of St. Thérèse. Instituted in 2008, the ceremony commemorates the saint’s death of tuberculosis at age 24, narrating the saint’s final conversations before her death on Sept. 30, 1897. Just after entering the infirmary on June 9, 1897, Thérèse wrote: “I am not dying; I am entering a new life.” We invite you to contemplate her encounter with the Lord through her final words. The saint’s final months were spent in agony. She was unable to complete her memoirs, which her superiors had assigned, and which was to become one of the most popular spiritual autobiographies of all time: The Story of a Soul. It was during this time that she spoke of her future: “I feel that my mission is about to begin, my mission of making others love God as I love Him, my mission of teaching my little way to souls. If God answers my requests, my heaven will be …okunengi
The Sword of Saint Michael 
An incredible line stretches from Ireland to the Holy Land, connecting seven holy sites dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel. Many believe this alignment symbolizes the sword St. Michael Beauty of the Catholic Faith (@advoluntas) on X