Emmanuel Macron’s request to accompany Leo XIV for a few minutes inside Notre-Dame Cathedral was not accepted by the Holy See, La Croix reports. This reflects a wider disagreement over the papal visit. Several requests from the Élysée were refused: the military welcome will be reduced, avoiding the Republican Guard and its drums; the Holy See declined the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour; and there will be no state lunch or dinner with Macron.
LaCroix écrit que « la demande d’Emmanuel Macron d’accompagner le pape pendant quelques minutes à Notre-Dame n’a pas été acceptée par le Saint-Siège. Cet épisode met en lumière les divergences qui ont marqué les préparatifs : Paris envisageait une visite d’État, tandis que Rome voyait plutôt un voyage apostolique ».
ANIMATED MAP: Pope Leo XIV in Paris | AFP Animé Animated map showing the main sites that Pope Leo XIV will visit during his trip to Paris on September 25 and 26, along with a close-up of the route of his popemobile on the Left Bank of the French capital. ZZ version (no text) VIDEOGRAPHIC
Relased today: Robert Prevost's ('Pope' Leo XIV's) "Freedom Under Grace: Reflections on the Spiritual Tradition That Formed Me", which contains writings, addresses, and homilies from 2001-2013, when he was Prior General of the Order of St. Augustine.
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Catholic priest had his cremated ashes turned into a blue diamond to become a “diamond with countless facets” reflecting God’s love. Vatican teaching forbids converting remains into jewelry and calls for burial as it honors the resurrection of the body.
Ein italienischer Priester hat nach seinem Tod seine Asche zu einem Diamanten pressen lassen – das verbietet die Kirche
15.09.2026 IT IS BECAUSE EVERYONE MAINTAINS ‘THE SECRET ‘ THAT DON LEONARDO POMPEI, THE SSPX AND ARCHBISHOP VIGANO CAN BE EXCOMMUNICATED It is because Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre interpreted Vatican Council II irrationally and not rationally, that Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez and Pope Leo and the cardinals and bishops, could excommunicate Don Leonardo Pompei , the SSPX bishops, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano and so many others. The Vatican can excommunicate the traditionalists because they, the traditionalists, interpret the Vatican Council II, the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus, the baptism of desire and the Creeds and Catechisms irrationally, like the liberals. If they choose to interpret Church Documents rationally, the progressivists cannot excommunicate them. For then, Vatican Council II etc would be traditional, dogmatic and ecclesiocentric. This has to be understood. It is important. It has to be made known to people in general that the pope, cardinals and bishops, must stop …More
“Conservative” Auxiliary Bishop Josef Graf of Regensburg, Germany, can envision ordaining married men to the priesthood. Monsignor Graf made this remarks during a holiday in San Genesio, South Tyrol, where he also helped with the grape harvest in a local vineyard. He told Bz-bx.net: “I personally believe that the Church could afford viri probati”. He added that married priests would probably not solve the shortage of priests. On the ordination of women to the priesthood, Monsignor Graf said he believes it is “not possible.” He pointed there are “still” weighty theological reasons for reserving Holy Orders to men. #newsAdwjzpyvzr
Mature married men have worked out as well in the parishes founded by Anglicans who converted to Catholicism and, of course, historically in the Eastern Churches, so I don't see what people are worrying about. As long as they don't offer ordination to married men under the age of, say, 45 or 50, I think they'd make an excellent and much needed source of new priests.
A BLACK MANTLE. A GENTLE KISS. WHAT DID CHANDAVILA REVEAL? | SG News Beneath a chestnut tree in the quiet Spanish countryside, a 10-year-old girl reported an encounter marked not principally by fear or spectacle, but by a mother’s tenderness. In 1945, Marcelina Barroso Expósito said she experienced the presence of the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title Our Lady of Sorrows at Chandavila, near La Codosera in Extremadura, Spain. Her experiences began on May 27. Marcelina described initially seeing a dark figure that later became clearer as Our Lady of Sorrows, clothed in a black mantle filled with stars. But according to the Vatican, what marked Marcelina most deeply was something more personal: She said Mary embraced her and kissed her on the forehead. Days later, Marcelina reported being asked to travel on her knees across a difficult stretch covered with thorns, sharp stones and dry chestnut husks. The message accompanying the challenge was one of trust: “Do not be afraid; nothing will …More
EIN SCHWARZER MANTEL. EIN SANFTER KUSS. WAS HAT CHANDAVILA OFFENBART? Unter einem Kastanienbaum in der stillen spanischen Landschaft berichtete ein zehnjähriges Mädchen von einer Begegnung, die nicht primär von Furcht oder Spektakel, sondern von mütterlicher Zärtlichkeit geprägt war. 1945 gab Marcelina Barroso Expósito an, die Gegenwart der Jungfrau Maria unter dem Titel „Unsere Liebe Frau der Schmerzen“ in Chandavila bei La Codosera in Extremadura, Spanien, erlebt zu haben. Ihre Erlebnisse begannen am 27. Mai. Marcelina beschrieb, zunächst eine dunkle Gestalt gesehen zu haben, die sich später als „Unsere Liebe Frau der Schmerzen“ offenbarte, bekleidet mit einem schwarzen, sternenübersäten Mantel. Doch laut Vatikan war es etwas Persönlicheres, das Marcelina am tiefsten berührte: Sie sagte, Maria habe sie umarmt und ihr einen Kuss auf die Stirn gegeben. Tage später berichtete Marcelina, sie sei aufgefordert worden, auf Knien einen schwierigen, mit Dornen, scharfen Steinen und trockenen …More
Toronto Archdiocese cracks down on the traditional Latin Masses. Cardinal Francis Leo of Toronto, Canada, is implementing 'Traditionis Custodes', effective next Sunday. VoxCantor.blogspot.com published a terrifying detail: One Sunday per month, the Novus Ordo must be said. At the parish St. Vincent, the old high altar will be used. At the parish Holy Family the Novus Ordo will be presided over with the back to God facing the people. And: No other sacraments are permitted according to the 1962 usage. There are four major parish churches in the Archdiocese of Toronto celebrating the Roman rite: - St. Lawrence the Martyr Parish — Scarborough - St. Patrick’s Parish — Schomberg - Holy Family Parish — Toronto - St. Vincent de Paul Parish — Toronto The Masses at Schomberg and Scarborough have existed for over 40 years. All four parishes have sufficient Novus Ordo Eucharists in various languages. The numbers are interesting, too. At these four Masses and two celebrated by the Priestly Fraternity …More
St. Vincent de Paul Parish has one TLM a week, a Missa Lecta on Sundays at 9:30am; its first monthly restriction is to happen next Sunday on September 20th, to be replaced by an English-language Mass "celebrated at the high altar in the Oratory way." As it stands, the parish already has Sunday morning Modern Roman Rite Masses in English at 8:30am and 11am (the latter with music). Holy Family Parish has had an 11am Sunday TLM Missa Solemnis for several years, now replaced once a month for a Latin Modern Roman Rite Mass versus populum, starting on September 27th; no mention was made of the parish's daily Traditional Latin Mass being affected, though the announcement noted that St. Vincent de Paul parishioners seeking Sunday refuge at Holy Family are advised that the Holy Family 11am Sunday TLM is already standing room only.
Monday, 15th September 1913: Frank Trial Not Fair Declares Preacher, The Atlanta Constitution Public Mind Too Inflamed forImpartial Hearing of Case,Says Dr. Holderby. Leo M. Frank did not receive a fair trial for the murder of Mary Phagan on account of the inflamed condition of the public mind, according to Rev. A. R. Holderby, past of the Moore Memorial church. The declaration was made during a discussion of the topic. A Square Deal for Every Man, which was the subject of Dr. Holderbys discourse Sunday morning. I wish to speak a word of caution to you today as regards your attitude towards one of our citizens who had been convicted of an atrocious crime, he said. It is not for me or for you to affirm that he is innocent or guilty. The jury has rendered its verdict. The question that concerns the church did this man have a fair and impartial trial? If the trial was conducted without vindictiveness and prejudice and the testimony was sufficient to convict then the verdict is just. But if …More