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[Catholic Caucus] Vatican bishop says John Lennon’s atheist anthem ‘Imagine’ is ‘most beautiful song in the world’The president of the Pontifical Academy of Theology argued that Jesus agreed with Lennon in opposing a God for whom one ‘must kill or die.’ The president of the Pontifical Academy of Theology has sparked outrage among Catholics after praising John Lennon’s Imagine, calling for the abolition of any religion “for which I must kill or die,” and attributing to Jesus doctrines condemned by the Church.On May 18, a short video featuring Italian Bishop Antonio Staglianò went viral on Instagram. In the video, Staglianò...

Catholic schoolgirls visit mosques, wear hijabs as part of Fratelli Tutti-inspired field tripA Catholic school in Australia shared a picture of students all wearing Islamic head scarves at a mosque for an ‘Interfaith Reflection Day,’ which also included trips to Hindu temples. Catholic girls wearing hijabs in mosqueCatholic schoolgirls in Australia visited two mosques and two Hindu temples as part of a field trip inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical Fratelli Tutti.Tenth grade students at Star of the Sea College in the Melbourne suburb of Gardenvale “explored” the supposed “importance of dialogue, understanding, and human fraternity across religious traditions,” the school...

Hundreds of UK-based Iranian Christians and others attended a special choral evensong at St Paul’s Cathedral on Saturday, held in solidarity with the people of Iran... The service included a prayer read by Shirin Ward, the daughter of the Rt Revd Hassan Dehqani-Tafti (1920-2008), the first Persian Anglican Bishop in Iran, alongside prayers from Iranian church leaders, reflections, and music by Sir James MacMillan... “We commend before God the suffering of a people, and the longing for peace, justice, and human dignity for all, remembering especially today Christians in Iran, and the yearning of hope, our sorrow and our gratitude,...

[Catholic Caucus] Synodality: The New ReligionYes, this image really came from the Vatican’s Synod websites.The revolution in the Catholic Church is more widely recognised than ever, and as two books written about it reveal, the only real questions are: when it began, and whether you are for or against it.My face when I see “Synodality”I have been reading two books about Synodality, one from the SSPX - and one from within the Holy See. If you are interested in the crisis in the Church today, I would strongly recommend you read them both.Every week on Faith and Reason I have...

In recent months, at least 20 Yemeni Christians have been arrested for the crime of following Christ... Far more than a crackdown on religious minorities, they demonstrate a growing Christian presence in Yemen significant enough to provoke a response from various ruling entities, including the Houthis... Even secular human rights sources have noted the arrests of Yemeni Christians in recent months in Houthi-controlled areas. Human Rights Watch and ministries in contact with Christians in Yemen confirm that arrests have been made, with some believers confirmed to be in Yemeni prisons while others have simply disappeared. This acknowledgment itself is significant....

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Pope Leo holds ‘multi-faith prayer’ with far-left Chicago mayor who celebrated ‘Abortion Provider Day’Pope Leo met with radically pro-abortion, pro-LGBT Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson and reportedly discussed Trump’s immigration policy, slavery reparations, and the Iran war.Pope Leo XIV on Thursday met in a private audience with radical Chicago Democratic mayor Brandon Johnson, during which they reportedly discussed ICE raids in the city, slavery reparations, and the Iran war, but not key moral issues such as abortion and LGBT ideology, both of which Johnson supports.While the Vatican has not disclosed what was discussed during the May 28 meeting, Johnson, a far-left...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Leo authorizes bishops to remove superiors of autonomous monasteriesCatholic podcaster Ryan Grant called the new canon law rule ‘one the most revolutionary changes in the history of the Church.’Pope Leo XIV on Thursday issued a new regulation allowing a diocesan bishop to dismiss the major superior of an autonomous monastery.The Vatican rescript, signed by Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, grants the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life “the authority to authorize the competent diocesan Bishop to issue the decree of dismissal,” according to the document Rescriptum ex Audientia Sanctissimi.Catholic podcaster Ryan...

[Catholic Caucus] Leo XIV Authorises Bishops to Dismiss Monastic SuperiorsIn a Rescriptum ex Audientia Sanctissimi approved on March 25 and published on May 28, Leo XIV introduced a new procedural faculty concerning the governance of religious institutes and monasteries.The measure grants the Vatican Congregation for Religious the authority to permit a diocesan bishop to dismiss the superior of a monastery under canon 699 §2 of the Code of Canon Law.The Dicastery is led by Sister Simona Brambilla, Prefect, and Sister Tiziana Merletti, Secretary.The rescript is signed by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State. It also notes that Pope Francis had...

At a time when much of Europe’s ecclesial discourse on migration focuses almost exclusively on humanitarian assistance and social integration, Bishop Antonio Suetta of the Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo has issued a strikingly direct challenge to Catholics: welcoming migrants without sharing the Gospel is ultimately an incomplete form of charity. In a pastoral letter published on May 24 for Pentecost and titled No Greater Love, the Italian bishop argues that Christians betray their mission if they provide migrants with food, shelter and legal assistance while remaining silent about Jesus Christ. The document, unusual in tone within today’s European ecclesial climate,...

Ten Oddities from Leo XIV’s Encyclical on AI1. Leo XIV explicitly or humorously said that the single language before the tower of Babel was a lack of diversity. §10: “Let us avoid the ‘Babel syndrome’ … the uniformity that levels differences; the claim of a single — even digital — language…”2. From the 224 footnotes, Pope Francis is cited 55 times.3. At the press conference, Leo XIV said that the Church and the US tech company ‘Anthropic’, will walk together to "find the way for humanity."4. The encyclical includes lots of personalist philosophy, including the erroneous idea of an “infinite”...

[Catholic Caucus] Traditional Marian Franciscans in UK to be dissolved despite growthThe Marian Franciscan friars, who celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass, faced opposition from a new bishop in the Diocese of Dunkeld and indicated that they will relocate and join another association.The Priests of the Association of the Family of Mary Immaculate and St. Francis, better known as the Marian Franciscans, will be dissolved on the last day of May and will no longer exist as an association of the faithful.The friars, who celebrate both the Traditional Latin Mass and the Novus Ordo Mass, have indicated that they will relocate...

Very short video everyone. This youtuber found a Coca-Cola Kiosk that will let you personalize your Coke can with everything...everything except "Jesus". "Buddha Loves (you)", "Allah Loves" and "Satan Loves" are okay just not "Jesus"

[Catholic Caucus] Swiss bishops ‘strongly reject’ conversion therapy for homosexual, ‘transgender’ individualsThe Swiss bishops claimed that practices aiming to change someone’s sexual inclination or gender identity ‘contradict the dignity of the person as the image of God’ in scandalous comments.The Swiss Bishops’ Conference (SBK) announced Tuesday that it is “strongly” opposed to conversion measures which seek to align one’s sexual inclination or “gender identity” with one’s God-given sex.The Swiss bishops issued their statement in support of a conversion measure ban for children and young adults that has been proposed in the Swiss Parliament. As the bill explains, conversion measures, which...

Masses of pilgrims in Saudi Arabia threw pebbles at a large pillar in a symbolic ritual on Wednesday, one of the final days of the Hajj as Muslims around the world started celebrating the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha. Pilgrims in Mina, Saudi Arabia, at the annual Islamic pilgrimage chanted “Allahu akbar,” or God is great, while throwing pebbles in a ritual seen as a symbolic stoning of the devil. The act also is seen as a symbol of rejecting evil and a commemoration of the Prophet Ibrahim’s rejection of temptation when the devil tried to dissuade him from submitting...

Pope Leo XIV published his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, May 25, warning that artificial intelligence (AI) and other technological advances pose moral challenges that could reshape humanity’s understanding of truth, work, relationships, and human dignity.“Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together,” the encyclical, subtitled “On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence,” opens.Pope Leo signed the encyclical May 15, the 135th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical Rerum Novarum,...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Schneider backs urgent appeal asking Pope Leo XIV to support SSPX consecrationsThe petition says Pope Leo 'may do much to avert a hardening of divisions in the Church and a practical separation of good and faithful Catholics' should he support the July 1 consecrations.Bishop Athanasius Schneider has backed a petition urging Pope Leo XIV to support the Society of St. Pius X’s (SSPX) upcoming consecration of bishops so that the traditional priestly society will not be considered excommunicated by the Vatican.“We humbly ask Your Holiness to grant the Society of St. Pius X your blessing, the pontifical...

Vincent Gelot, director of L’Œuvre d’Orient in Lebanon…described the difficult reality facing Christians in southern Lebanon as being “caught in a vice” between Hezbollah militants attempting to use their villages to launch attacks across the border and Israeli military operations that have left homes, schools, and convents destroyed or occupied. “It is their very existence that is at stake,” he said... Gelot stressed that many of these villages date back to the time of Christ…

President Donald Trump issued an official proclamation establishing a national "Shabbat 250" initiative as part of Jewish American Heritage Month. He called on Jewish Americans to observe a national Sabbath from sundown on Friday, May 15, to nightfall on Saturday, May 16, 2026, to honor the 250th anniversary of American independence.

After losing in its attempt to force a Christian family to worship at the transgender altar, Washington’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families has surrendered. The state agreed to a permanent injunction that means families are not required to enforce the state’s embrace of gender ideology when they take in foster care children, according to Just the News. “DCYF is prohibited from denying foster family home license applicants, or licensed foster parents seeking renewal of their license, a full license consistent with the requests of the applicant/licensee or attaching any conditions or restrictions to the license solely because of their...