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[Catholic Caucus] Italian judge upholds blasphemy case against archbishop, painter of sacrilegious exhibitModena Archbishop Erio Castellucci, painter Andrea Saltini, Father Don Carlo Bellini and a laywoman were charged with contempt under the Italian penal code for vilifying a religion in a place of worship or in a public place through insulting objects.Editor’s note: WARNING – The details of this article are disturbing and scandalizing. LifeSiteNews has chosen not to publish any of the images described.An Italian judge refused to dismiss a case brought against the Archbishop of Modena for outraging the religious feelings of a group of faithful Catholics.Dr. Andrea...

A rare fifth-century amulet depicting a Biblical demon slayer may corroborate missing scripture that claimed King Solomon had power over evil.The 1,600-year-old bronze pendant, found in Turkey, featured imagery of Solomon defeating the devil with the ancient Greek inscription, 'Our Lord defeated the devil.'Solomon, the son of King David, was the focus of a chapter written between the 1st and 5th centuries AD, but it was not accepted into the canonical Bible due to its emphasis on magic and demonology.Titled 'Testament of Solomon,' the book begins with the Archangel Michael gifting Solomon a magical ring to summon, interrogate and control...

A British online retailer has pulled a line of LGBTQ merch mocking Christians after receiving a wave of complaints and backlash. Former brick-and-mortar mainstay and now online-only retailer Debenhams decided to carry a line of merchandise from Grindcore, an alternative clothing brand. Late last week, one of their shirts went viral online, drawing enough complaints from Christian and conservative groups that the retailer pulled the shirt from its digital shelves. The purple shirt, which retailed for around $50, had the caption “A Gay in a Manger’ and featured LGBTQ-themed rainbow lights emitting from baby Jesus, suggesting the Lord was queer...

Union Theological Seminary held a “Drag Communion” event in their chapel, featuring drag performers presiding over the Lord’s Table while attendees were invited to dress in drag or any other “fabulous” way they saw fit. The event promised to explore the “queerness” of the Last Supper and other so-called “deep questions,” all while reducing the sacred act of Communion to a flamboyant costume party hosted by LGBTQ activists Marge Erin Johnson and Chad Manley. Participants were encouraged to strut into the chapel as though the Lord’s Supper were some cabaret sideshow in need of an audience. This is a spiritual...

God Tier Level Trolling, the nomination of Matt Gaetz for AG https://youtu.be/jUyVUWJwUTk

70 years old and I've never seen or heard of anything like him. Trump may not be human.

Priest slams plan for ‘Amazon rite,’ says Pope Francis ‘is not the master of the Holy Mass’‘The Pope can no more invent a new Mass than he can invent a new Gospel, and Francis can no more ban the old Mass than he can ban one of the books of Holy Scripture!’ Father Joachim Heimerl writes. In the near future, a new rite of the Mass is to be introduced for Amazonia with the Pope’s approval, which, as is to be feared based on previous experience, will contain or at least adapt pagan elements of indigenous culture.This is actually a...

The “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence,” according to Catholic Vote, is “a vile anti-Catholic organization.” Their motto is “Go and sin some more” and they use the cross for pole dances. The group satirizes Catholic beliefs for the sake of activism. They mock Easter Sunday with a Hunky Jesus/Foxy Mary contest. According to the Catholic League, they hold “Midnight Confessional Contests” awarding the “hottest confessions.”

Paris Blasphemy: What Took the Vatican So Long to Respond?COMMENTARY: The Vatican’s brief Aug. 3 statement in the wake of the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremonies culminated a disjointed seven days.It was a very strange week for Vatican communications. The week after the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremonies ought to have been comparatively easy for Vatican communications to handle. When there is a global denunciation of anti-Christian blasphemy, it ought to be simple for the Vatican to add its voice. But instead, the Holy Father kept silent for eight days, and only released a tepid statement on a Saturday evening in the...

[Catholic Caucus] The Vatican got almost everything wrong in its weak response to the Olympic blasphemyThe ceremony was not merely an offense against Christians; it was an offense against God. What the Vatican handled as a breach of good manners was in fact a deliberate blasphemy, a violation of God’s first commandment.(Catholic Culture) — What’s wrong with the Vatican statement on the Olympic blasphemy? Nearly everything.Start with the timing. More than a week passed between the opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics and the release of the tepid Vatican response. During that week thousands of people had expressed their shock...

[Catholic Caucus] Dissident pro-LGBT group backed by Francis publishes op-ed defending Last Supper mockery at OlympicsNew Ways Ministry believes that Catholic bishops who are condemning the blasphemous Last Supper reenactment are acting out their 'distaste' for so-called 'queer culture' and showing a lack of understanding about drag.The managing editor of the heretical website New Ways Ministry believes that Catholic bishops who are condemning the blasphemous mockery of the Last Supper at this year’s Olympics are just acting out their “distaste” for so-called “queer culture.”Despite the fact that the Church has always condemned immodest clothing, as well as cross-dressing (Deuteronomy 22:5...

I'm not going to get into the details of the disgusting mockery of the Last Supper perpetrated by those responsible for the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Let it suffice to say that the blasphemous display was perfectly in keeping with the evil times in which we live. So I congratulate the Paris Olympics Committee for providing an unmistakable public proof of just how vulgar and odious French culture has become, and broadcasting it to the wide world. That said, there is a social media trope out there that maintains that the tawdry performance was not...

The Paris Olympic Ceremony: Not Simply Bad Taste, but an Act of War against Christian CivilizationAmong the many symbolic events of our time, the grotesque spectacle that opened the Paris Olympics on July 26, 2024, cannot simply be dismissed as a show of bad taste or a cultural provocation. It is the latest act of war against Christian Civilization that had one of its historical peaks in the French Revolution. At the center of the controversy over the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games was a choreography in which French DJ Barbara Butch, known for calling herself “fat, lesbian, queer,...

Many people, including Catholic bishops and numerous Christians throughout the world, have condemned the blasphemous event that took place during the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in Paris. As almost everyone now knows, there was a mocking display of the Last Supper where Jesus was portrayed as an obese female dressed in white. She was surrounded by a gaggle of drag queen “apostles,” and a young girl was also – we should worry why? – included in this hypersexualized and sacrilegious depiction. Amidst all the condemnations and claims of the display’s offensiveness, what has not been stated, even by...

The largest religion in the world today is Christianity with 2.4 billion followers, comprising 31% of the total population of the planet. In second place is Islam, with approximately 2 billion followers. Even though it is the largest religion in the world, Christianity is often attacked in the mainstream media and in popular culture. It happened again during a disgusting display at the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games is only the latest in a long series of vile attacks on God, the Catholic Religion and natural Morality by the antichristic elite that holds Western countries hostage. We had seen no less disconcerting scenes at the 2012 London Olympics, the 2016 inauguration of the Gotthard Tunnel, and the 2022 Commonwealth Games, featuring infernal figures, goats, and terrifying animals. The elite who organizes these ceremonies demand not only the right to blasphemy and the obscene display of the foulest vices, but even their mute acceptance by Catholics and decent people, who are...

[Catholic Caucus] Blackout in Paris – Light Continues to Shine on the Sacred Heart BasilicaOn Saturday evening, Paris experienced continuous rain and power outages in several districts. The day before, Paris hosted the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games, which mocked Christianity.As a fitting symbol of the light of Christ that can't be overcome by the darkness, the light continued to shine brightly on the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.This church was built as reparation for the sins of the Paris Commune.

Catholics, Others Respond to Mockery of Last Supper at Paris OlympicsBishop Barron said the blasphemous act was emblematic of a "deeply secularist postmodern society" that identifies Christianity as its enemy.A drag queen-led parody of the Last Supper featured during Friday’s opening ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Olympics has sparked a wave of incensed reactions and denunciations.One of the best known prelates of the Catholic Church in the United States, Bishop Robert Barron of Minnesota, called on Catholics to “make their voices heard” in response to what he called “the gross mockery of the Last Supper.”In a post on X, Bishop...

The 2024 Olympics in France opened Friday with a controversial ceremony featuring drag queens and what many described as homages to satanic symbolism, igniting a firestorm of negative reactions on Twitter. “This is crazy,” podcast host Clint Russell said in a tweet. “There are 2.4 billion Christians on earth and apparently the Olympics wanted to declare loudly to all of them, right out of the gate NOT WELCOME.” The infamous re-creation of Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper began with a woman in a blue dress and crown, making a heart sign with her hands in front of a DJ deck,...

[Catholic Caucus] Fatima shrine rules out removal of Rupnik mosaic amid growing pushback against his artThe decision by the Shrine of Fatima to unquestioningly preserve Fr. Rupnik's work comes as other Catholic sites are beginning to cover or remove the images. Authorities at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal have ruled out removing the mosaics made by discharged priest Father Marko Rupnik, though they have suspended use of his images in promotional materials. In a statement issued to OSV News and subsequently to LifeSiteNews, a spokeswoman for the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima provided clarity on...