Poland Unveils Europe’s Tallest Statue of Our Lady: On today’s feast of the Assumption, Bishop Krzysztof Wętkowski of Włocławek consecrated Europe’s tallest statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the small Polish village of Konotopie. Standing 55.6 metres high, the monument was blessed during a solemn Mass attended by hundreds, with former Polish president Lech Wałęsa among the guests. Bishop Emeritus Wiesław Mering, who attended the ceremony, told AP: “The history of Christianity has ups and downs but this place is a reminder that Mary won’t give up on Poland.”
On November 1st 1950, Pope Pius XII declared ex-cathedra the Dogma of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, in the presence of over 600 Bishops and 700,000 faithful.
Leo XIV’s Appointee Honored as “Masonic Brother” in 2022: On August 13, Leo XIV appointed Rome Professor Umberto Longo to the Vatican’s Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences. In December 2022, Longo gave a lecture in Venice on the Italian Freemason and comic artist Hugo Pratt (1927–1995). At the end, Gian-Paolo Barbi, Sovereign Grand Commander of the masonic lodge 'Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite', took the floor. He tapped Longo on the shoulder and addressed him as 'il fratello professor Longo' - 'Brother Professor Longo'. The phrase is noteworthy because older Masonic publications from 2013 and 2014 also identify an “Umberto Longo” as a Masonic “Brother” and Scottish Rite officer.
«il fratello professor Longo»: Questa settimana Leone XIV ha nominato il professor Umberto Longo membro del Pontificio Comitato di Scienze Storiche. Nel dicembre 2022, Longo tenne a Venezia una conferenza su Hugo Pratt. Al termine della relazione, Gian-Paolo Barbi, presentatosi come Sovrano Gran Commendatore del Rito Scozzese Antico ed Accettato, ringraziò il relatore con queste parole: «questa intensa emozione che il fratello professor Longo ci ha voluto donare con questa bellissima disquisizione». L’espressione «il fratello professor Longo», pronunciata dal vertice del Rito Scozzese, è significativa.
One more mason for the large number of masons in the Vatican. Prevost gives them high positions, to them and to the sodomites. It's more than obvious who Prevost serves.
Leo XIV’s Course Is Traditionis Custodes, Not Summorum Pontificum - Munich Archdiocese: The traditional Roman Mass has “indisputably shaped the life of faith of countless believers over the centuries and produced saints,” Marcus Nelles, head of the Canon Law Department of the Archdiocese of Munich, told Certamen.info on August 3. Traditionis custodes, he added, contains “no judgment that the older form is ‘harmful.’” Nelles' decisive ‘but’ is that Summorum Pontificum is “entirely replaced”. A priest’s former right to celebrate the Mass without episcopal permission “no longer exists.” A return to Summorum Pontificum is “not within the Archbishop’s competence.” The conclusion: “The present course is therefore not a return to Summorum Pontificum, but rather generous application within the framework established by Traditionis custodes.”
München: Rückkehr zu Summorum Pontificum liegt „nicht in der Zuständigkeit des Erzbischofs“ Das Erzbischöfliche Ordinariat München hat auf eine Anfrage von Certamen e.V. geantwortet. Auf die Frage, ob das Erzbistum zu einer großzügigeren Regelung im Sinn von Summorum Pontificum zurückkehren wolle, erklärt Dr. Marcus Nelles, Abteilungsleiter Kirchenrecht: „Vorab sei betont, dass die überlieferte römische Messe unbestritten über Jahrhunderte das Glaubensleben zahlloser Gläubiger geformt und Heilige hervorgebracht hat. Diese geistlichen Früchte stelle ich in keiner Weise in Abrede.“ Traditionis custodes enthalte „kein Urteil darüber, dass die ältere Form ‚schädlich‘ sei“. Dennoch fällt die Antwort abschlägig aus. Traditionis custodes habe Summorum Pontificum „in Gänze abgelöst“, das freie Zelebrationsrecht des Priesters existiere „nicht mehr“, eine Rückkehr liege „nicht in der Zuständigkeit des Erzbischofs“. Mit Dekret vom 22. August 2022 sind in der Erzdiözese acht Kirchen und Kapellen …More
From a Christian perspective, several of these events are precisely the places where the Cross becomes concrete rather than theoretical. Burying a child or watching a marriage die does not automatically produce holiness, but it removes the possibility of remaining superficial. The man either turns toward grace or he turns toward bitterness and self-destruction. There is rarely a comfortable middle option after those particular losses.
Restore the respect due to God first in the liturgy, we will naturally respect the liturgy. Roman rite give such example, the sheep are flocking to it.
Dominican Sister Throws First Pitch at White Sox Pope Night | Shalom World News Dominican Sister Mary Jo Sobieck threw the ceremonial first pitch Tuesday at the Chicago White Sox’s “Pope Hat” night honoring Pope Leo. Sister Mary Jo became a viral sensation in 2018 when she bounced the ball off her arm before throwing a strike at a White Sox game. She returned to the mound seven years later as the team celebrated its Chicago-born fan who became pope. The pregame ceremony also included a $14,000 donation from White Sox Charities to the Midwest Province of the Order of St. Augustine, the religious order Pope Leo once led.
Cardinal Raymond Burke delivered a short video message to “those who are "discouraged by the persecution of the traditional Latin mass that is presently going on" (Wdtprs.com, August 13). The cardinal described the Mass in the Roman rite as "a tremendous good in the Church" that will "never be lost". "It is for us now even at the cost of suffering to fight for it that it be as available as possible to all the faithful who desire it." #newsItmmgdutxf
On August 13, Pope Leo XIV appointed Francesco Cesareo, 67, president emeritus of Assumption University in Worcester, Massachusetts, to the Vatican Committee for Historical Sciences. He was appointed alongside Umberto Longo, who is apparently a Freemason, and Polish historian Anna Barańska. Cesareo is married and the father of three adult children. From 2007 until 2022, he served as president of Assumption University. He left to live closer to his family and first grandchild and now teaches at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Pennsylvania. "LGBTQ-Friendly" University President During Cesareo's presidency, Assumption University recognized the homosexual student organization AU Allies and was listed as “LGBTQ-friendly” by the homosexual group 'New Ways Ministry'. The clearest controversy arose in 2020. Assumption's Campus Ministry circulated the U.S. bishops' document 'Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship'. The document called for protecting marriage as the lifelong union of …More
Auxiliary Bishop Rob Mutsaerts of 's-Hertogenbosch wrote on August 13 an open letter to Leo XIV. Main phrases. - Does the synodal process actually help bring souls closer to Christ and to eternal salvation? […] What has all this actually yielded? Not: how many meetings were organized? Not: how many reports were written? Not: how many people participated? But: has faith become stronger? Has Christ been proclaimed more clearly? - When one asks such questions, it is impossible to consider the Synod a success. - What once began as a 2021–2024 synod threatens to become a permanent form of governance. - The classical synod was a means. In contemporary synodal discourse, synodality threatens to become an end in itself. - The Church is not a conversation but a received reality. For the Church does not begin with our dialogue. It begins with Christ. - Christ did not set up a discussion group. He called apostles. He gave them authority. He sent them out to proclaim, baptize, and teach. - Truth is …More