Abu Dhabi celebrates St. Francis’ legacy of fraternity and dialogue
An event in Abu Dhabi marks the 800th anniversary of St. Francis’ death, exploring his writings and their relevance to peace, interreligious dialogue, ...
An event in Abu Dhabi marks the 800th anniversary of St. Francis’ death, exploring his writings and their relevance to peace, interreligious dialogue, and care for creation.
Vatican News
St. Francis of Assisi’s writings offer an enduring witness to fraternity, peace, and dialogue, Bishop Paolo Martinelli said at a gathering in Abu Dhabi marking the 800th anniversary of the Italian saint’s death.
Around 50 people attended the October 19 event at the Italian Cultural Institute, held during the Week of the Italian Language in the World.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia organized the event with the Italian Embassy in the United Arab Emirates and the Institute.
Italy’s Ambassador to the UAE, Lorenzo Fanara, opened the evening, which brought together reflections …

EXCLUSIVE: James Martin has dined regularly with Napa billionaire for years - LifeSite
The Busch family ‘salon dinners’ treat James Martin as a co-host and table companion without public correction or any demand for retraction.
Tue Oct 20, 2026 - 12:19 pm EDTTue Oct 20, 2026 - 1:55 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — I had a strong conviction about a week ago that the center had shifted. That the old normal for Catholics was no longer the norm, or that John Q Catholic was now in a very different place from his co-religionists from where he was even only 20 years ago.
Only a few years ago it would have been unthinkable that one of the best-known, wealthiest, and most intellectual conservative Catholic groups in the U.S. would have Fr. James Martin, SJ, lead a Eucharistic procession through Manhattan. Martin, the best-known promoter of the LGBT heresy in the world; Martin, denounced by cardinals and bishops as a heretic; Martin, who hopes Catholic “married” “husbands” will one day be able to kiss at …

October 19: Cardinal Koovakad, the Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, was given a tour of the sacred spaces, housed in Europe’s first traditional Hindu stone temple, followed by a gathering in the main hall where members of the Neasden Temple community shared information and testimonies of their experiences of interreligious dialogue.

Leo XIV-appointed Spanish Bishop José Antonio Satué sent a supportive message to the 15th gathering of homosexual Christians in Chipiona, Spain, on October 9–11: “You have much to contribute to the Church.”
Leo XIV appointed Satué Bishop of Málaga in June 2025 despite his public record as homosexualist. Satué described homosex "blessings" as “a step forward”.
The homosex gathering, organized by PADIS Canarias (Pastoral para la Diversidad Sexual en Canarias), attracted just over 100 participants.
Monsignor Satué wrote them that everyone deserves to be heard, welcomed, and treated with dignity. He claimed that homosexuals suffered within the Church and urged that it not be trivialized.
At the meeting, participants agreed to establish a nationwide network of homosexual Christian groups, extending into Portugal. They also intend to prepare a document outlining their proposals for bishops, possibly by the end of 2026. They called for pastoral ministry developed “with” homosexuals rather than …

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USA - Neuf grandes banques ont fermé des comptes appartenant à des groupes pro-vie et chrétiens
Etats-Unis - Le Bureau fédéral du contrôleur de la monnaie a examiné près de 100 000 plaintes et des dizaines de milliers de documents internes provenant de JPMorgan Chase, de Bank of America, de Citibank, de Wells Fargo et de…
Etats-Unis – Le Bureau fédéral du contrôleur de la monnaie a examiné près de 100 000 plaintes et des dizaines de milliers de documents internes provenant de JPMorgan Chase, de Bank of America, de Citibank, de Wells Fargo et de cinq autres entités. Plusieurs des plus grandes banques des États-Unis ont fermé des comptes et restreint leurs services aux organisations pro-vie et aux groupes chrétiens après que des documents de l’administration Biden ont circulé parmi les institutions financières les qualifiant de « groupes haineux ».
En 2024, l’administration Biden a tenté de couper les services bancaires aux groupes pro-vie, conservateurs et chrétiens, les incluant dans …

Vatican Cardinal Koovakad announces that “every religion is bound to God and to peace”.
Representatives of nine world religions gathered at Westminster Cathedral Hall in London on 17 October to sign a pledge to work together for peace based on [the buzzword] “human dignity”.
Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, spoke about how the Church has worked for 40 years to keep the spirit of Assisi alive through interreligious dialogue and collaboration.
He said: “Among the various etymologies of the word ‘religion,’ the one perhaps closest to us is religare – ‘to bind.’ Every religion, in its most literal and central sense, is bound to the Divine or to a Transcendental reality. Consequently, it is bound to the characteristics of peace, love, and justice. These form the core virtues of every religion and the very foundations of our faiths.”
“Prayer in any religion unites in fellowship to ‘one God and Father of all’”
On Sunday, Cardinal Koovakad …

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THE REAL POPE LEO XIV DIED ON OCTOBER 15, 2026, AT 11:39 PM.
WE ARE WATCHING A FILM IN WHICH GARY SINISE PLAYS THE ROLE OF THE POPE, ROBERT FRANCIS PREVOST.
THE VATICAN DECEIVED YOU THIS IS CENTRAL CASTING.
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Leo XIV-appointed Missio President doubles down: Women called to priesthood.
Pope Leo XIV appointed Irish Sister Mary Teresa Barron on October 8, as president of the Pontifical Mission Societies (Missio) and adjunct secretary of the Vatican's Dicastery for Evangelization.
On October 19, she told EWTNNews.com: “Who am I to say whether the door is open or closed to women priests?”
“Women today may hear the call to priesthood,” she said. “So for me, itʼs how do we within Church facilitate that discernment?”
Sister Barron wants the Church to accompany women who feel "called to the priesthood", “What do we do as a Church to accompany that discernment to see if, yes, this is what the Spirit is calling the entire Church to or not at this point?” she asked.
Barron cited the October 2024 Synod on Synodality's final document: “What comes from the Holy Spirit cannot be stopped.”
“So I think even though … there have been moments where we’ve been told we canʼt talk about this at all, itʼs over … it …

Regardez ce que le président français Emmanuel Macron a offert au pape Léon XIV.

Leo XIV appoints blatant heretics to Vatican commission.
Today, Pope Leo XIV appointed 24 new members to the International Theological Commission and renewed the mandates of six others, bringing its total membership to 30. The International Theological Commission was established in 1969 by Pope Paul VI to advise the Pope and the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Chilean Theologian praises Communion for practicing Homosexuals
Among the newly appointed members is Claudia Leal Luna, a Chilean theologian and professor at the Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences in Rome.
She is known for questioning the Church's teaching on homosexuality.
In March 2021, following a declaration by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith prohibiting blessings of same-sex unions, Leal Luna attacked the document in an interview with 'Radio Universidad de Chile'.
Luna criticized the Vatican's distinction between blessing homosexual individuals and blessing …

BREAKING: Fr. Chad Ripperger silenced by his bishop for a year - LifeSite
Denver Archbishop James Golka has ordered Fr. Chad Ripperger to cease all public ministry — no talks, no preaching, no writing — for one year.
Mon Oct 19, 2026 - 1:23 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Denver Archbishop James Golka has ordered Fr. Chad Ripperger, the most widely heard living American priest on exorcism and spiritual warfare, to cease all public ministry for one year, LifeSiteNews has confirmed directly with the priest.
The order seems to cover public appearances, online homilies, and writings. Talks already booked are to be cancelled.
Fr. Ripperger was scheduled to speak at the upcoming LifeSite 30th anniversary gala on April 24, 2027. He has notified us that he can no longer honor the engagement. “The Archbishop has asked me to take a break on public speaking,” he wrote. When asked to do a video address or something in writing, he also declined noting that questions on the restriction should be directed to …

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Does a Vatican Dicastery doubt that FSSPX Marriage faculties have been revoked?
The Vatican’s Dicastery for Legislative Texts issued a clarification on August 7, concerning marriages within the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X (FSSPX), according to Guy Lapierre writing on RenaissanceCatholique.fr on October 15.
Lapierre writes about a response from the Dicastery for Legislative Texts without naming the addressee or context.
The texts states:
“The Explanatory Note published on July 2, 2026, by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith states that marriages witnessed by sacred ministers of the Priestly Society of St. Pius X are invalid. However, it does not appear from the published text that such a declaration was approved by the Roman Pontiff with the intention of revoking or derogating from the provisions contained in the Letter of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei of March 27, 2017.”
The mentioned letter of 2017 refers to Franics’ permissions for marriages celebrated by FSSPX …

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Catholic Charities has taken in millions to build Somali presence in Minnesota - LifeSite
A report on federal funding for Somali resettlement in Minnesota raises concerns about welfare fraud, cultural integration, and the Catholic Church’s priorities in government-funded charity.
Fri Oct 16, 2026 - 5:41 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Catholic Charities and Lutheran Social Services has received at least $62 million in federal funds to resettle an estimated 29,000 Somalis in Minnesota since 1993, according to a New York Post investigation.
The agencies collected a reported $2,500 per refugee to cover initial food, housing, and social services. This primary placement infrastructure helped seed the networks that, combined with chain migration and secondary migration drawn by Minnesota’s welfare system, grew the state’s Somali population past 100,000 — the largest concentration in the United States.
But this story begins earlier when, after the Vietnam War, Minnesota built a resettlement apparatus …

A man in Brooklyn, New York was allegedly caught exposing himself to children, and the neighborhood wasn’t letting him get away.
Residents surrounded him and held him there until authorities arrived, while he reportedly offered $50K just to get them to leave him alone.
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Reverend Ezekiel Dachomo cries as he has to bury another 7 Nigerian Christians murdered by Islamist Fulani militias. International mainstream media wasn’t there for the funeral. Again…