The talk of a Catholic revival spurred by a surge in adult conversions is misplaced, writes Matthew Schmitz in FirstThings.com (May 12). Conversions show no signs of offsetting the broader decline of Catholic life in the United States. Schmitz points to statistics. In 2000, 2.6 million American children attended Catholic schools. By 2025, that number had fallen to 1.6 million. In 2001, more than a quarter-million Catholic weddings took place in the United States; by 2024, there were only around 107,000. Infant baptisms have also collapsed: more than one million infants were baptized in the Church in 2001, compared with fewer than half a million in 2024. "Catholicism" in Service of U.S. Political Interests At the same time, Schmitz argues that while the Church is shrinking institutionally, Catholic ideas and language are allegely shaping public debate in America. Discussions about immigration, war, political authority, and moral responsibility are now often conducted using Catholic concepts …Okuninzi
Don’t Trade Truth For Comfortable Lies Standing with great assurance before oppressors is a sign of true faith. While opposition is inevitable, especially when upholding truth and charity, it is a necessary part of spiritual growth. True belief requires living out these virtues, not just acknowledging them intellectually. Fr. Altier is a Priest at Holy Trinity Parish in South St. Paul: Home | Holy Trinity Parish You can also find Fr. Robert Altier’s homilies and talks on: catholicparents.org: Daily Homilies | Catholic Parents Online Rumble: rumble.com/user/CatholicParentsOnLine Twitter: x.com/CatholicPa42753 For access to a library of talks by Fr. Robert Altier, go to: podia.com To order Fr. Altier's book, God's Plan for Your Marriage, go to the website: God's Plan For Your Marriage Book – God's Plan … An Exploration of Holy Matrimony from Genesis to the Wedding of the Lamb by Father Robert Altier.
Today, Leo XIV has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Michele Autuoro, 59, of Naples as the new Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento, Italy. He was mentored by the pro-homosexual Cardinal Domenico Battaglia of Naples, who is famous for washing the feet of homosexuals and allowing liturgies including transvestites. "Todos, todos, todos" Talking to LaPorzione.it in November 2024, Monsignor Autuoro praised the Francis’ Church. Some quotes from this interview: - “The Church is a great construction site — the construction site of the Synod.” - “The Synod is not a conclusion, it is only a beginning.” - “There is a great desire for change.” - “The Church has only one mission: to reach everyone.” - “The Church is a banquet offered to all peoples, where everyone must sit and no one must be excluded.” Migration / anti-border rhetoric During his time as director of Missio (2013–2018), he campaigned in favour of illegal immigration and criticised "walls and closed borders". During the “Liberi di …Okuninzi
Would You Trust Pete Hegseth With $1.5 Trillion of Your Money? May 13, 2026, 5:02 a.m. ET Credit... By Noah Shachtman nytimes.com/…5/13/opinion/hegseth-pentagon-milita… Mr. Shachtman, a contributing Opinion writer, is a longtime national security reporter.nytimes.com/…5/13/opinion/hegseth-pentagon-milita… Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth recently asked Congress for a staggering amount of money: $1.5 trillion. That’s a more than 40 percent increase from last year’s also incomprehensible Pentagon budget and the equivalent of the annual revenues of Amazon, Google’s parent company and Apple combined. Technically, officially, Mr. Hegseth’s $1.5 trillion was a budget request, and it had thousands of pages of figures and line items to go with it. But what’s even more astonishing than its size is that it wasn’t really a budget, not in the way you or I would think of it. The word “budget” ordinarily implies picking among options, living within your means. Earlier military budgets, even …Okuninzi
Today, Leo XIV has appointed Father Emilio Biosca Agüero, 61, as the new bishop of Venice, Florida. Biosca's parents are both Cuban. He speaks Spanish and Tok Pisin. The Venice diocese covers most of southwest Florida. Monsignor Biosca is a member of the Pittsburgh-based Capuchin Franciscan Friars. He served for over two decades in Papua New Guinea (1994-2006) and Cuba (2007-2019). His public profile is almost entirely defined by immigration ministry. Since 2019, he has been the pastor at the parish of the Sacred Heart in Washington, D.C., one of the city's historic immigrant parishes located five kilometres from the White House. The congregation is predominantly Latino, particularly Salvadoran, but also includes Haitians, Brazilians and Vietnamese Catholics. Under Fr Biosca, the parish expanded ministries for illegal immigrants well beyond pastoral care, including immigrant accompaniment, attending court hearings, legal support, covering rent and legal fees. Several of his parishioners …Okuninzi
Today, Cardinal Tucho Fernández, soft porn author and Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued a statement on the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X. The text reads: “Regarding the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X, we reiterate what has already been communicated. The episcopal ordinations announced by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X do not have the corresponding papal mandate. This act constitutes ‘a schismatic act’ (John Paul II, Ecclesia Dei, n. 3) and ‘formal adherence to schism constitutes a grave offense against God and entails the excommunication established by the law of the Church’ (ibid., 5c; cf. Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, Explanatory Note, August 24, 1996). The Holy Father continues to pray that the Holy Spirit will enlighten those responsible for the Priestly Fraternity of Sts Pius X so that they may reconsider the their grave decision.” #newsTtiovyfbhg
What Prevost seeks is loyalty to himself—not to Christ. As if Prevost actually cared about a schism against Christ and the Church! This is the very same man who recognizes a heretical, schismatic woman—disguised as a bishop—as a priest, and who tells Muslims that the mosque—where they deny the Most Holy Trinity to worship the false god Allah—is a sacred place. Spin us another yarn; we won't believe you. This very enemy of God and of the Church, who defies God’s natural law to promote the sacrilegious and apostate pseudo-blessing for sodomite concubines—with the complicity of all the priests, bishops, and laity who recognize this apostate, schismatic, and heretical worshiper of Pachamama as Pope.
And this on the May 13th. Remember TC was issued on the feast of Our Lady of Mount Camel. Devil realy cannot help himself and must show his hate of Blessed Virgin.
Josh and Wayne Gilliam have been arrested on child sex abuse charges. Per X bio, they have five sons and were "married" in 2020. The last child at least was acquired at the hospital. Note: sexual predators can procure surrogate babies with no background checks. Josh's charges: -First-degree sexual exploitation of a minor -First-degree statutory sexual offense -Indecent liberties with a child Wayne's charges: -Two counts of first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor -One count of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor It's not yet known if "their boys" were among the victims.
LILLINGTON, N.C. (WNCN) — Two men are behind bars after cyber tips from the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation accused them of child sex crimes, according to the Harnett County Sheriff’s Office. According to the sheriff’s office, investigators received a number of tips through the Internet Crimes Against Children database, which said 39-year-old Joshua Lee Gilliam and 39-year-old Ronald Wayne Lynch Jr. were in possession of child sexual abuse material. A search of Gilliam and Lynch Jr.’s house on Linda Baucom Lane in Erwin saw deputies seize multiple electronic devices, the sheriff’s office said. A search of those devises lead to both men being charged. Court records show Gilliam and Lynch Jr. are being charged with first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. Gilliam faces additional charges of first-degree statutory sexual offense and indecent liberties with a minor. Lynch Jr. faces an additional charge of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. Gilliam received no …
May the power of the Lord overshadow him and make him every wit whole. Raise him up, Lord, by your healing virtue, we pray. We desperately need him in this dark hour.
Our Lady’s prayers are so powerful! e.l.f Cosmetics co-founder Deacon Scott Borba will be ordained a priest on May 23, 2026, in the Diocese of Fresno, California. Deacon Borba is a former esthetician, actor, model, author, and singer who gave up his multimillion-dollar career to answer a call to the priesthood. He spent over 20 years working in the health and beauty industry, and donated all of his wealth to charity after answering a lifelong call to the priesthood at the age of 42. According to Angelus News, Borba said God called him to the priesthood at the age of 10, but he “accepted late.” He also told his conversion story to yourcentralvalley.com in a 2019 interview, explaining that “God has blessed me with everything under the sun.” Borba said he asked God to allow him to fulfill multiple dreams, to which he felt the Lord say “yes.” “He not only blessed me with blessed me with money, and awareness, and just every business I had, he allowed me to have success with it,” Borba …
Obey Your Enemies What Scripture says about corrupt shepherds should end the schism debate The schismatics have a story they tell about themselves. The hierarchy has grown so corrupt, so faithless, so brazen in its departures from tradition, that faithful Catholics have no choice but to separate. Extraordinary times demand extraordinary measures. When Rome fails, the remnant must act. It is a compelling story. It is directly contradicted by Jesus Christ. Matthew 23 opens with one of the most extraordinary commands in the Gospels. Our Lord turns to the crowds and announces: “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat; so practice and observe whatever they tell you.” Full stop. No asterisk. No escape clause reading unless the corruption becomes sufficiently grave. Obey them. Who were these men He commanded obedience to? Read the rest of the chapter. Whitened sepulchres. Sons of hell. Men who devoured widows’ houses, shut the kingdom of heaven against the faithful, and were about …Okuninzi
Not always simple. Whats the answer when two different Popes teach opposing doctrine or teach in direct opposition to scripture? Should young seminarians have obeyed when Cardinal McCarrick instructed them to sleep with him in his beach house bed?
"The Gospel of Jesus Christ is an end in itself," Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim, Norway, told OsvNews.com on 11 May during a trip to the USA. "Any attempt to instrumentalise the Gospel for a subsidiary purpose, whether cultural, ideological or political, is suspect." He warned against "any attempt to brandish Christianity void of the message and presence of the Wounded and Risen One". And: "Any presentation of Christianity that abstracts the scandal of the Cross, or that uses the Cross perversely as a weapon with which to strike others, is veering towards heresy or even blasphemy." However, the main focus of the interview is psychology, not religion. Some of his main points are: - absolutizing our own experience - immersed in my own experience - the drama of my existence - learn to live with my wound - being wounded is the human norm - a remembrance of healing - living enclosed in ourselves - shut myself off - a new way of being human - a human life is a drawn-out affair Picture: …Okuninzi
What ever you did to least of my brethren you did to me. Corporal and spiritual acts of mercy its all in the Baltimore catechism . Stop the navel gazing
“O Legionário”, São Paulo, May 14th 1944 by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Nearly 30 years ago, the first worldwide conflagration was moving toward its decline. With the initial impetus of the Teutonic invasion contained, the French set about reconquering lost territory. For high-level politicians and military observers, the final result of the struggle was no longer in doubt. The entire strategy of the Germans was based on the hope of the blitzkrieg’s triumph. The first toss of the dice met with immense possibilities. But it was the only one. The Germans had lost. As for the Allies, it was just a question of time. Although on the battlefields the struggle remained white hot and German cannons thundered near Paris, financiers, sociologists, and politicians had already begun to murmur behind the scenes about how they would organize the postwar world. Their private whispering held far greater significance than the public clamor of the cannons. On the battlefields, a war that in essence had …Okuninzi
BlackBetty @BabyD1111229 How to Make Ivermectin at Home Recipe ~ recirculating because of Hantavirus. Live your life. The natural homemade ivermectin recipe is simple. To make natural ivermectin at home, you need the following ingredients: • 1 tsp dried sweet wormwood leaves (Artemisia annua) or common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) • 30 drops of wormwood tincture • 1 cup of hot water • raw honey (optional) Scald 1 tsp of sweet wormwood herb in a cup of boiling water and steep the tea for 10 minutes. To boost the beneficial healing properties of the sweet wormwood tea, add 30 drops of wormwood tincture. It will taste rather bitter, which is normal (the liver loves bitter herbs), so you can sweeten it with raw honey to taste after it has cooled down a bit. You can drink 2 cups of this warm tea daily, one in the morning before breakfast and the other in the evening, before dinner. How to Make Ivermectin at Home - 100% Natural …
Bishop Athanasius Schneider criticized the Final Report of Study Group No. 9 on homosexuality in an interview with Diane Montagna on May 12. The report - published by the Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops, an organ of the Holy See - has "stooped to promoting the propaganda of a global sexual ideology". Thus, the Holy See is “collaborating with lobbyists in a true revolt against God’s work of creation.” Salami Tactics to Declare Homosexuality Acceptable Monsignor Schneider recalls that the legitimization of homosexuality was already on the agenda at Pope Francis’ first Synod on the Family (2015). This culminated in the promulgation of Fiducia Supplicans (2023): “Fiducia Supplicans is a mockery of common sense. It speaks of the possibility of blessing homosexual couples, not officially and liturgically, but spontaneously. According to the document, the object of the blessing is the homosexual couple, and not their relationship. But being a ‘couple’ is derived precisely from the …Okuninzi
The supposed catholic gay apologists hold a completely illogical position. Masturbation is a sin, fornication with the opposite sex is a sin but yet somehow unnatural homosexual acts are not sinful. Or they legalize all sex acts saying that the 6th and 9th commandments are no longer in force. Lust has blinded their judgment.
Good Bye Good men book sounded the alarm ages ago Seminaries been hot bed of homos for decades Randy Engel rite of Sodomy nothing new Paul VI rumor has it picked his Paul name from his Barber Catholic Priest Father John O'Connor: A Prophetic Speech youtube.com/watch?v=NMviIO0cO2U
Excellent analysis and diagnosis of the anti-humanist challenges presented by Artificial Intelligence - by Russian philosopher and political analyst Alexandr Dugin
Archbishop Josef Grünwidl of Vienna, Austria - a proponent of female ordination and married priests who was appointed in autumn 2025 - spoke with Leo XIV on Monday about what he called “reform topics”. Talking to VaticanNews.va on 12 May, he declined to provide further details. During the audience, Monsignor Grünwidl wore a copy of Pope Francis' pectoral cross. The design is associated with Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago (+1996), who was accused of homosexually abusing seminarians and was known for hosting pyjama parties with young priests. When asked about his stance on blessings for same-sex couples, Monsignor Grünwidl said he was “very happy” with the homosexual pamphlet ‘Fiducia Supplicans’. He added that blessings “in a very simple form for irregular couples” should and could be possible. According to Archbishop Grünwidl, the German church is taking a “more direct path”. He continued: “I believe that the course begun by Pope Francis — reaching out to people who ask …Okuninzi
Paul White Gold Eagle @PaulGoldEagle Update! Alcatraz is set to become the new Guantanamo—the military is preparing the island, and plans for the prison's construction have now been revealed. Military teams are preparing to deploy to Alcatraz Island in the coming weeks to transform the historic prison into a high-security detention center. This marks the creation of a new Guantanamo on American soil. President Trump has signed an executive order authorizing the budget for the entire project, covering everything from construction to operations. The facility’s cells will accommodate up to 500 detainees, featuring thick reinforced concrete structures, electronic locking systems, ubiquitous CCTV surveillance, and biometric scanners at every entrance. The individual cells—each equipped with independent climate and sound control systems—are specifically designed for the globalist elites who have undermined American jobs, advocated for open borders, and pushed policies detrimental to the …Okuninzi