eo XIV will not travel to the United States in 2026, the director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, said Sunday, denying circulating reports that the pontiff might make an apostolic trip to his native country. A U.S. visit had been anticipated by some American Catholics ahead of the country’s 250th anniversary of independence on July 4, 2026. At the same time, papal travel elsewhere is taking shape. Local church authorities in Africa have said Leo will visit several countries on the continent — with Angola and Equatorial Guinea among the destinations publicly confirmed by local authorities, and Cameroon also widely anticipated as part of the itinerary — with timing broadly described as after Easter.
Well - a Chip off the old block,
Francis did not travel to Argentina during his reign.
The first British Catholic healed in Lourdes.
February 11 - Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
Dear brothers and sisters, on February 11, we celebrate the Immaculate Virgin Mary who appeared in Lourdes. To further nourish our devotion to our Heavenly Mother and celebrate the power of her intercession, we would like to recall the 71st miracle recognized by Holy Mother Church on December 8, 2024.
Alessandro de Franciscis, head of the Office of Medical Records, commented on the event: "A sign of God's goodness in a world torn apart by war."
It was 1923. John Traynor, a British citizen from the metropolitan borough of Liverpool, a veteran of the First World War who had been paralyzed by his wounds and continually tormented by violent epileptic seizures, decided, against the advice of his relatives and friends, to make a pilgrimage to Lourdes accompanied by three of his fellow doctors.
He was driven by the faith that his mother, an Irish woman who died prematurely when he was still a child, had …More
Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 Years in prison for allegedly violating China’s national security law. Lead counsel of the international legal team,Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, added, “Today marks the final blow to the rule of law in Hong Kong. Sentencing Jimmy Lai – already aged 78 – to two decades behind bars is an affront to justice, and the culmination of over five years of malicious lawfare against a courageous, elderly British citizen and prisoner of conscience. Now that this sham trial is finally over, we call on leaders from around the world to speak with one voice in their demand for China to free Jimmy Lai so he can come home to his family in London at last.”
St. Padre Pio ~~~ Your tears were collected by the angels and were placed in a golden chalice...
Pray, Hope & Don't worry! St. Padre Pio. ~ "My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way that will lead you to God!" Our Lady of Fatima!
Prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe for the Conversion of the Americas and of the world. ~ O Holy Mary, Virgin Mother of God, who as Our Lady of Guadalupe didst aid in the conversion of Mexico from paganism in a most miraculous way, we now beseech thee to bring about in these our times the early conversion of our modern world from its present neo-paganism to the One, Holy, Catholic and apostolic Church of Thy Divine Son, Jesus Christ, starting in the Americas and extending throughout the entire world, so that soon there may be truly "one fold and one shepherd," with all governments recognizing the reign of Thy Son, Jesus Christ the King. ~ This we ask of the Eternal Father, through Jesus Christ His Son Our Lord and by thy powerful powerful intercession ~ all for the salvation of souls, the triumph of the Church and peace in the world. ~ Amen.
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Every rejection email said the same thing: "It was great to meet you, Collette, but at this time we feel you are not a good fit for our company."
Collette Divitto, a young woman born with Down syndrome, had graduated from Clemson University — completing a three-year program in just two — and moved to Boston, determined to build an independent life. She applied for job after job, at bakeries, offices, anywhere she could find openings. The interviews always seemed to go well. The rejection letters always followed.
After years of being told she wasn't "a good fit," Collette decided she was done waiting for someone else to give her a chance.
She baked a batch of her signature cookies — chocolate chip, rolled in cinnamon sugar — and walked into her local grocery store, Golden Goose Market, with a simple question: "Will you sell my cookies?"
They said yes. One hundred bags sold out in the first week. Collettey's Cookies was born.
When CBS Boston featured her story in 2016, orders flooded in …More
Strong message:-)
"If you find a roadblock, then find another road."
My favorite message is the following:
"Don't look for excuses, because that will make you part of the problem.
Look for the solution."
What happened to the Olympics...
Nothing. Olympics was imbued with neo-paganism right from the start. Kindly remember that in 4th century Christian emperor Theodosius banned the old Olympic games as pagan.
Pierre de Coubertin was himself anti-Christian
cf. e.g. Dreaming of Olympia
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Pope Francis ‘secret decrees’ undermined defendants’ rights in Cdl. Becciu trial, lawyers say
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The issue for me is that the court heard, again, the arguments from the defense concerning a now famous set of four rescripts issued by Pope Francis in 2019 and 2020, which essentially authorized the investigation into the Secretariat of State’s London property fiasco and led to the trial and conviction of Cardinal Angelo Becciu and others.
Defense lawyers again argued this week that these rescripts were somehow illegal secret laws which violated the right to due process for the defendants.
Now, I don’t dispute the right of defense lawyers to make what they see as the best case possible for their clients — and I am neither irritated nor surprised if the best argument open to them is, to any informed eyes, legally nonsensical, spurious, and bordering on obvious bad faith.
But what absolutely baffles me is that no one seems to be offering the obvious critique of this nonsense “secret laws” characterization of what Francis did.
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S è messo sotto i piedi tutti i comandamenti, chiamarlo papa è un'offesa al papato.
Unknown ~~~ She was hypersensitive. She was prone to explosive temper tantrums...
The Little Flower is a saint because she overcame her faults. She is a doctor of the Church because she shows us how we can overcome ours. No one who studies her life and writings can doubt that this little soul reflected the divine wisdom of God.
I do not know. She is a saint but she was proclaimed Doctor of the Church by a revolutionary Quran-kissing pope. So I am not convinced she is one.
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Karyna Shuliak, Epstein's last girlfriend: "They sacrifice children to Lucifer, it's an entire cult. Jeffrey got involved in their operations for financial reasons and to obtain kompromat, but he never participated in those rituals."