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  • Vatican Denies Pope Francis Called for Ukraine’s Surrender

    03/10/2024 9:51:34 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 47 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/10/2024 | Thomas D Williams PHD
    ROME — The Vatican Press Office said Saturday evening the pope’s call for Ukraine to raise the “white flag” did not refer to surrender but rather the “courage to negotiate.” “I think that the strongest one is the one who looks at the situation, thinks about the people and has the courage of the white flag, and negotiates,” Francis said during a recent interview with Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), a portion of which was published Saturday morning. The pontiff’s words were widely understood to refer to Ukraine’s surrender, drawing a fierce reaction from Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba.
  • Vatican sponsors youth guide promoting ‘values’ of ‘heretical’ interfaith Abu Dhabi document

    02/23/2024 6:49:20 AM PST · by Roman_War_Criminal · 3 replies
    Life Site News ^ | 2/20/24 | Emily Mangiaracina
    The Vatican is sponsoring the creation of a “guide” to promote the “values” of the Abu Dhabi document on human fraternity — which has been described by a faithful prelate as “a betrayal of the Gospel” — to youth across the world. The Vatican recently announced that 11 university students of various religions selected for the “Human Fraternity Fellows program for the promotion of intercultural and interreligious harmony” have been tasked with creating a “practical guide to solidarity solutions” based on the Abu Dhabi document. The guide aims to “brin(g) the values” of the document “to young people, starting with...
  • Pope Francis cancels meetings because of breathing difficulties, Vatican says

    11/27/2023 5:00:06 PM PST · by dynachrome · 33 replies
    nbc ^ | 11-27-23 | Claudio Lavanga and Patrick Smith
    Pope Francis postponed a series of meetings because of a lung inflammation and breathing difficulties, the Vatican said Monday morning. Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office, said in an emailed statement that a CT scan ruled out pneumonia but added that doctors had inserted a cannula to provide antibiotics. The pope lost part of a lung following an illness some 50 years ago. Francis, the first pope from the Americas, turns 87 next month and has battled ill health for years, canceling multiple engagements and appearing in public in a wheelchair. But Bruni's statement stressed: "The Pope’s condition...
  • The Pope invited 44 so-called transgender people to the Vatican

    11/23/2023 8:08:32 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 12 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 11/23/2023 | Andrea Widburg
    I do not like Pope Francis. While he’s been staunch on abortion, when it comes to many other things, he’s worked hard to have the Church Eternal bend to the ideas of leftism. This isn’t surprising given that he’s a product of the communist Liberation Theology movement that swept the Latin American church when he worked there, but the fact that it’s not surprising doesn’t mean we should like it. Most recently, Francis has seemingly been trying to normalize so-called transgenderism. His latest push in that direction occurred when he invited a busload of 44 so-called transgender people to the...
  • A Masonic leader was at Vatican environmental conference to promote depopulation, world gov’t

    11/03/2023 1:49:55 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 39 replies
    Life Site News ^ | 10/31/23 | Steven Mosher
    The Sixth forum of the “Laudato Si’ Communities” was held in Verona, Italy, earlier this month. This is a series of meetings devoted to propagating Pope Francis’ views on what is called “the climate emergency.” This latest affair was called “Doubling the Commitment.” This was a reference to Francis’ new exhortation, Laudate Deum, in which he warns us that the end is near, both for “our suffering planet” and, by extension, for us. He struck the same note in his opening video message to the Verona meeting, warning that it’s “a very difficult time” and that “within 30 years the...
  • New law propels gay rights in Mexico - (Coahuila moves boldly with civil unions as nation watches)

    03/05/2007 11:29:59 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 23 replies · 854+ views
    San Diego Union - Tribune ^ | 3/5/07 | S. Lynne Walker - Copley News Service
    SALTILLO, Mexico – Gabby and Ana are in love. So are Marco Antonio and Juan Carlos. Under a sweeping new law allowing same-sex couples to form civil unions, they are planning to turn their love into a legal commitment. Legislators in the dusty northern border state of Coahuila have stunned Mexico by giving same-sex couples property and inheritance rights long reserved for married heterosexuals. It is a first for this predominantly Roman Catholic country, a measure so swift and so bold that it surprised even the gay community. All of a sudden, gay rights are on the national agenda. Since...
  • The 1978 Investigation into Vatican Freemasonry, pt. II

    09/28/2023 8:37:03 AM PDT · by ebb tide · 10 replies
    One Peter Five ^ | September 25, 2023 | Caterina Lorenzo-Molo
    The 1978 Investigation into Vatican Freemasonry, pt. IIAbove: Albino Luciani, John Paul I.Read part I here.Some light at the end of the tunnel shone with the more positive reception of Archbishop Gagnon’s evidence, with the next Pontiff, John Paul I. The new Holy Father did not waste time and did not put off Gagnon’s request to present his report. Unlike the previous Pontiff, the new Holy Father cut to the chase and said what needed to be said, after seeing Gagnon’s evidence:Freemason bishops? Any Catholic—lay or cleric—who enters Freemasonry, incurs automatic excommunication. Canon 2335.The following are more excerpts to illustrate...
  • The 1978 Investigation into Vatican Freemasonry: Discovering the Smoke of Satan

    09/28/2023 8:09:08 AM PDT · by ebb tide · 5 replies
    One Peter Five ^ | September 21, 2023 | Caterina Lorenzo-Molo
    The 1978 Investigation into Vatican Freemasonry: Discovering the Smoke of SatanIn its foreword, Murder in the 33rd Degree by Father Charles Murr, stipulates that since 1738 with Pope Clement XII’s encyclical, Eminenti Specula, the church’s condemnation of Freemasonry had remained the same, best expressed in the 1917 Code of Canon Law, Canon 2335: “Those giving their name to masonic sects or other associations of this sort that machinate against the Church or legitimate civil powers contract by that fact excommunication simply reserved to the Apostolic See.” The author of the foreword, an unnamed, “friend and brother priest,” concludes, “Thus, if...
  • The Pagan Necropolis Under Vatican City | 9:52 | toldinstone | 415K subscribers | 119,158 views | September 1, 2023

    09/04/2023 5:40:59 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 20 replies
    YouTube ^ | Garrett Ryan, Ph.D as toldinstone
    Beneath the floor of St. Peter's Basilica, an ancient Roman cemetery holds the secret to the origins of Vatican City.The Pagan Necropolis Under Vatican City | 9:52toldinstone | 415K subscribers | 119,158 views | September 1, 20230:00 Introduction0:47 Excavations begin1:36 The Vatican before Christianity2:35 The Vatican Necropolis4:07 The Trophy of Gaius5:04 Constantine's Basilica6:12 Shrines and high altars7:30 The bones of St. Peter?
  • Vatican Slams ‘Inhuman’ U.S. Southern Border Fence

    08/23/2023 7:43:37 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 92 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 08/23/2023 | THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.
    ROME — The Vatican newspaper has slammed the U.S. for its southern border fence with a frontpage article decrying “that inhuman wire.” The L’Osservatore Romano piece is accompanied by a large photo of a young woman and a child attempting to crawl through the midst of razor wire, presumably in an effort to enter the United States illegally. “The suffering of the migrants who try to get through the barriers placed between Mexico and the United States,” reads the caption.
  • Vatican’s New Doctrine Czar: I Am Not ‘a Soros Spy’ in the Church

    07/11/2023 7:46:13 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 17 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 07/11/2023 | THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D
    ROME — Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, the newly appointed prefect of the Vatican’s doctrinal office (DDF), insisted in a recent interview he is not a Freemason or a “Soros spy infiltrated in the Church.” The progressive Archbishop Fernández told Crux, an online U.S.-based Catholic news outlet, that insinuations that he is a Soros plant looking to advance a New World Order are “pure fantasies.” As Breitbart News reported, on July 1 Pope Francis announced the elevation of Archbishop Fernández, his longtime friend and ghostwriter, to the post as head of the Vatican’s powerful doctrinal office.
  • Pope Francis Hosts Bill Clinton, Foundation Head Alex Soros

    07/05/2023 6:10:11 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 39 replies
    Catholic News Agency ^ | 7/5/23 | Kevin J. Jones
    CNA Staff, Jul 5, 2023 / 15:10 pm Pope Francis met with former U.S. President Bill Clinton in a private audience at the Casa Santa Marta papal residence on Wednesday. Clinton’s delegation included several prominent Americans, including Alex Soros of the Open Society Foundations. Clinton, who now focuses his efforts on philanthropy and public affairs, had visited Albania July 3-4 and received from the Albanian prime minister a public gratitude medal for his support of Albania and for NATO's intervention in the Kosovo War, the news site Euractiv reports. Soros, son of the billionaire financier and philanthropist George Soros, accompanied...
  • On World Refugee Day, Pope Francis Urges Action; Companies Pledge to Hire Refugees

    06/27/2023 6:19:28 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 10 replies
    The National Catholic Register ^ | 6/20/23 | Peter Pinedo
    To mark the day, Pope Francis urged continued prayer and action, and multinational companies, including Amazon and Microsoft, pledged to collectively hire more than 250,000 refugees in Europe.June 20 is World Refugee Day, a day established by the United Nations to promote awareness of the estimated 27.1 million refugees displaced by violence and conflict across the globe. To mark the day, Pope Francis urged continued prayer and action, and multinational companies, including Amazon and Microsoft, pledged to collectively hire more than 250,000 refugees in Europe. In a tweet Tuesday, Francis said he was “thinking of Christ present in so many...
  • Why Is The Vatican Investigating A Conservative Bishop In Texas?

    06/26/2023 9:14:39 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 7 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | 06/26/2023 | Kate Anderson
    A Texas bishop with a history of conservative activism and criticism of Pope Francis received a Vatican-ordered “visitation” that ended on June 23, but the reasons behind the investigation remain uncertain. An apostolic visitation is a rare procedure that can be invoked by the Vatican to review a diocese’s leadership and can lead to disciplinary action, according to the Catholic News Agency. A spokesperson for the Tyler Diocese confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation that the meeting with Bishop Joseph Strickland had taken place but declined to comment on whether Strickland’s public comments on social issues and the Pope...
  • Artist responsible for "Piss Christ" guest of Pope in Vatican

    06/25/2023 5:41:56 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 27 replies
    Catholic Conclave ^ | June 24, 2023 | Catholic Conclave
    Artist responsible for "Piss Christ" guest of Pope in Vatican This week the Pope welcomed artists to the Sistierne Chapel, reminding them that true beauty inspires the desire for God, and renders glory to Him, for the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of the Vatican Museums’ Collection of Modern Art by Pope St. Paul VI.One of them was Andres Serrano. There is nothing beautiful about his work.He is notorious for "Piss Christ", a photo of a crucifix submerged in his own urine which was destroyed by protestors in 2012, only for the a restored/or replaced version to be sold at...
  • John Kerry Meets Pope Francis at the Vatican for a Fourth Time

    06/23/2023 6:24:50 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 25 replies
    Catholic News Agency ^ | 6/19/23 | Courtney Mares
    Rome Newsroom, Jun 19, 2023 / 07:45 am Pope Francis met with U.S. President Joe Biden’s climate envoy John Kerry on Monday in what was Kerry’s fourth official private meeting with the pope. The 79-year-old American politician was the first government official to have a private audience at the Vatican with Pope Francis since his release from the hospital. Kerry is in Europe this week to participate in French President Emmanuel Macron’s Summit for a New Global Financing Pact and the One Planet Sovereign Wealth Funds’ Annual CEO Summit in Paris, according to the U.S. State Department. At the time...
  • Archbishop Gänswein questioned as a witness in Vatican trial. Judge says that Archbishop will soon be leaving Rome.

    06/13/2023 4:05:31 PM PDT · by Gillibrand1 · 3 replies
    Catholic Conclave | 14/06/2023 | CG
    Sistine Chapel choir trial, Gänswein questioned as a witness Examination of about an hour in the second hearing of the trial for the management of funds to the German archbishop, for years secretary to Benedict XVI, about the behaviour of the defendants Palombella and Nardella, then director and administrative director of the Choir of the Musical Chapel, entrusted to his responsibility as Prefect of the Papal Household. Next hearing on 26 July.
  • World Resources Institute and St. Peter’s Basilica Announce New Phase in Partnership to Lower the Basilica’s Carbon Emissions

    06/12/2023 6:49:29 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 6 replies
    ROME, ITALY (May 15, 2023) — At the Vatican City, a World Resources Institute (WRI) delegation and His Eminence Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, Vicar General for the Vatican City State and President of the Fabric of Saint Peter, announced a new phase in their partnership to work jointly toward net-zero emissions goals for the Saint Peter’s Basilica, one of the most iconic Catholic cathedrals in the world, attracting over 10 million visitors a year. The two organizations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in September 2022 to work together to develop and implement actions aimed at making the Saint Peter’s...
  • No Meeting with Papal Envoy on Putin’s Schedule for Now — Spokesman

    06/06/2023 6:13:58 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 1 replies
    TASS ^ | 6/5/23
    An informed Vatican source earlier told TASS that a trip to Moscow by Italian Cardinal Zuppi, president of the Italian Bishops' Conference, was being preparedMOSCOW, June 5. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has no plans for now to meet with papal envoy Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday. "At the moment [there is] no [meeting with the cardinal on Putin's schedule]; we will inform you if it is penciled in," the Kremlin spokesman said. "We know that he heading first to Kiev, and then he will provide further information," Peskov said when asked if Moscow...
  • Thirty Nobel Winners to Gather in St Peter’s Square for Human Fraternity Event

    06/06/2023 6:27:09 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 10 replies
    Vatican News ^ | 6/5/23 | Tiziana Campisi
    The World Meeting on Human Fraternity, to be held in St Peter’s Square on the 10th June, will bring together artists, young people, charity workers, and Nobel peace prize winners from across the world.To make the word “fraternity” resound, worldwide, from St Peter's Square. This, Cardinal Mauro Gambetti explained on Monday morning during a press conference held in the Holy See Press Office, is the objective of 'Not Alone', the World Meeting on Human Fraternity that will be held in the Vatican on the 10th June, and in which Pope Francis will also take part. Inspired by the Pope’s encyclical...