Altar no longer an altar but a table: During a recent interview on the Philippines, Bishop Athanasius Schneider noted that since Vatican II, the Church has put man at the center of the liturgy and Christ at the corner. "This is so anthropocentric, and the manner of celebrating Holy Mass facing the people is like a closed circle … the altar is no longer an altar. It is a table, and the center is the priest, not Christ."
Schneider on May 20 on the Philippines: "The altar is no more altar. It is a table."
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"If you knew how quickly people would forget about you after your death, you will not seek in your life to please anyone but God." — St John Chrysostom
kambu_health National Sorry Day Every year on 26 May, we pause to acknowledge National Sorry Day, a day to remember the Stolen Generations, honour Survivors, and reflect on how we can all play a part in healing. Before the Australian Governments National Apology, the Sorry Books Campaign was launched on Australia Day, January 26, 1998. The Sorry Books Campaign involved about 1,000 Sorry Books being circulated around Australia by Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTAR) and other organisations and volunteers. The Sorry Books are a testament to Australians acknowledging the damage done, an apology and commitment to do better. The first National Sorry Day was held in 1998, following the Bringing Them Home report, a Government Inquiry into the forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families. In 2000, more than 250,000 people marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in support of an apology, with the word "sorry" written in the sky above them. …More
Vendredi des Quatre-Temps de Pentecôte – « Tu es le Père des orphelins ! Je ne vous laisserai pas orphelins. » La Station se faisait dans le sanctuaire des Douze Apôtres qui constituèrent l’Église naissante que « le Saint-Esprit consuma dans les flammes de son divin amour » (Secr.) et dont il est l’âme. L’abondance des fruits de la terre, que l’Église demande à Dieu en cette saison d’été qui commence, est une figure de l’affluence des biens spirituels que l’Esprit-Saint apporte en ces jours à nos âmes (Ép.). Aussi la liturgie mettait-elle sur les lèvres de ses enfants nouvellement nés par le baptême des chants de louange à Dieu (Intr., Off.), et à l’Esprit du Seigneur si bon et si doux à notre égard (Alléluia). L’Évangile nous montre les prodiges que Jésus opéra par la vertu du Saint-Esprit en guérissant les malades et plus spécialement le paralytique auquel il remit ses péchés en même temps qu’il lui rendait la santé. L’Église formée par le Saint-Esprit (Or.) imite …
In April 2026, Canada surpassed 100,000 reported euthanasia deaths since legalization in June 2016. Canada doesn’t need to further expand euthanasia to people who are mentally ill but rather Canada needs to completely review its euthanasia killing program. I have published more than one thousands articles on Canada’s euthanasia law, a law that lacks effective oversight, a law that employs vague terminology, and a law that provides complete legal protection for doctors and nurse practitioners who are willing to kill people, even in cases that are completely egregious. On May 5, I presented to the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying, which is the parliamentary committee examining the extension of euthanasia to mental illness alone in Canada. Follow LifeNews.com on Instagram for pro-life pictures and videos. Think about that – Euthanasia for the sole underlying condition of a mental illness. My presentation to the Committee focused on the need to provide a complete …
At the general audience on May 27, Pope Leo XIV urged priests to respect the “norms of the liturgy” and not to make changes to the Mass “on their own initiative,” in order to avoid confusing the faithful. “I encourage all priests to respect the texts and norms of the liturgy with openness, humility, trust in God’s greatness, and with sincere fidelity to ecclesial communion,” the pope said in remarks in St. Peterʼs Square. Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square during the general audience on May 27, 2026. The pope spoke about the Second Vatican Council and the need for priests to follow liturgical norms. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News The Second Vatican Council “affirmed that legitimate progress in the liturgy must also preserve sound tradition and that certain elements of the liturgy can never change because they are divinely instituted,” he said. Vatican II’s reform of the Mass Leo’s catechesis on Wednesday continued his reflections on the magisterium of the …
Matthew McCusker May 28, 2026 In Prevost's new society, 'the poor, the sick, the migrants and the least among us — will become the cornerstone' and not Jesus Christ. On May 8, 2025, Prevost spoke these words from the loggia of St. Peter’s: We want to be a synodal Church. Now, on May 25, 2026, he has published a detailed manifesto for its construction. Magnifica Humanitas is a blueprint for the construction of a new society, which Leo variously calls the “city,” “Jerusalem,” and a “civilization of love.” The words “building” and “rebuilding” are used 40 times in the text. This “Jerusalem” is not the Catholic Church founded by Jesus Christ, nor is the term used to refer to the heavenly Jerusalem to come. In fact, the term “Catholic Church” does not appear even once in Magnifica Humanitas. Prevost does use the term “synodal Church.” [1] Prevost’s new “civilization of love” is founded on the rationalistic principles of liberalism that have been progressively imposed on Christendom …More
The Online Citizen https://tocasia.link/8zjp2r The United States Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into E Jean Carroll, the former Elle magazine columnist who successfully sued President Donald Trump for sexual assault and defamation. The probe is examining whether Carroll committed perjury during a 2022 deposition after she stated she had received no outside financial support for her legal battles. The investigation follows revelations that billionaire Reid Hoffman had contributed to some of her legal costs through a Chicago-based nonprofit organisation. facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1437664658396551&set=a.6…
Notably, Leo quoted Pope Francis to attest that the Church’s just war theory “is now outdated.” This, he argued, is because “humanity possesses far more effective and capable tools for promoting human life and resolving conflicts, such as dialogue, diplomacy and forgiveness. The use of force, violence and weapons reflects a relational poverty that always has disastrous consequences for civilian populations.”
>>The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has strongly condemned the Israeli assassination of two senior commanders of the Palestinian Hamas movement in the besieged Gaza Strip, warning that the West Asian region will not see peace or security unless the Israeli regime is fully removed.<< IRGC says peace in West Asia impossible until …
The Weeping Virgin of Monterrey The Weeping Virgin of Monterrey – Mexico … Ermilia Carrasco – known to her friends as “Mila” – considers herself to be an average Mexican grandma. She lives in a modest home in the Nuevas Colonias district in the city of Monterrey, the capital of the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon and the third largest city in Mexico. Ermilia has maintained her humble composure in the face of perhaps hundreds of interviews since the late 1990s. For nearly twenty years the señora’s home has been visited by tens of thousands of people, including documentary filmmakers from as far away as Australia and Japan, who have hoped to catch glimpse of the various miracles said to take place on her humble premises. The focal point in Mila’s home is a curious image familiar to Catholics around the world. It’s a standard depiction of the Madonna and Child known to English speakers as Our Lady Help of Christians or to Spanish speakers as Nuestra Señora María Auxiliadora. In Mexico she …More
Virgen que Llora. A finales de los años 90, una imagen religiosa en un cristal, de la cual brotaban gotas cristalinas similares a lágrimas, causó revuelo entre fieles católicos y lo clasificaron como un milagro. Nuevo León.- Fue un padre boliviano, quien obsequió a doña Hermila, una imagen de María Auxiliadora a la que bautizaron como "La Virgen que llora".En esta casa de Nuevas Colonias, en la zona sur de Monterrey, doña Hermila, acondicionó una capilla, llegando fieles de todas partes para rendirle tributo. Al paso de los años una gran cantidad de devotos afirmaban que "La Virgen que llora" hacía milagros. Se había vuelto toda una tradición para los religiosos acudir a venerarla.Finalmente, doña Hermila Carrasco falleció y la capilla que instaló en su casa fue cerrada.María de la Luz Cortés, de 68 años, es es su prima, vive en una vivienda contigua donde le sigue rezando a la Virgen.Por la situación de la pandemia, familiares de doña Hermila, ya no permitieron la entrada de …More
Editor’s note: This piece was originally published in the Epoch Times on April 13th. If through bad luck or bad planning you or your significant other gave birth while on vacation in Bali, you would not expect your baby to be given Indonesian citizenship. Yet in Canada, a baby born to a tourist mother is instantly a citizen. Canada is one of a handful of countries that grants citizenship to anyone born on its soil. Ending this approach would be good policy, simple, and popular. Though it receives little media coverage, birth tourism hums along under the radar year after year, showing no signs of abating. Data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information shows that, after briefly dipping during the pandemic as international travel nosedived, non-resident births have rebounded. Nationally, non-resident births now make up 1.5 percent of total births, roughly the same proportion as in 2019–20. This national average obscures the scale of the issue, since birth tourism tends to be …
Jude 17:20b-25 “God is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished and exultant, in the presence of his glory.” Let us remain in God’s presence, in God’s glory. It is advantageous and it sanctifies. Mark 11:27-33 Some elders said to Jesus, “By what authority are you doing these things?” God’s authority is Love, and that is why it is difficult to grasp, because Love has no law other than Love. Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.