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Vittorio Messori confirms Benedict XVI has been placed incommunicado by the VaticanAuthorized English Translation (For Links in original Article marked with “HERE” see article above)As we have already said, on the anti-papal coup suffered by Benedict XVI, this is the first, extraordinary “participatory investigation” in the history of journalism . There are so many inputs, reports, information, documents that have come from simple readers, good Catholics who do not accept to see their Faith and their Church destroyed under the globalist agenda, without doing anything. In this regard, anyone with suggestions or information can write to codiceratzinger@libero.it : we will...

A Catholic priest from Cincinnati pleaded guilty on Thursday to raping a 10-year-old altar decades ago, one day before the jury was to be selected for his trial. The Rev. Geoff Drew, 59, was reportedly emotionless at his court appearance when he was directly addressed by his victim, now in his 40s.

Pope Francis celebrates five openly Marxist organizations: ‘You are…a veritable invisible army’'You are, as I said in the letter I sent you last year, a veritable invisible army; you are a fundamental part of that humanity that fights for life against a system of death,' Pope Francis told a number of openly professed Marxist groups in a video published on the Vatican News YouTube Channel. The text below is the script for the video report.(Lepanto Institute) A few weeks ago, the Lepanto Institute produced a report showing the direct connections the Vatican has with an international Communist organization called the...

The Catholic world is abuzz with news that a prominent Anglican Bishop converted to Catholicism. Michael Nazir-Ali, the retired Anglican Bishop of Rochester, England, and once close to being tapped as the Archbishop of Canterbury, was received into the Catholic Church on the Feast of St. Michael (September 29). Needless to say, many Catholics were excited by the news.However, some Catholics were upset by Nazir-Ali’s conversion, while others were perplexed.Who’d be upset? Well, if the reports are true, it sounds like some high-ranking Vatican officials did not support Nazir-Ali’s swimming the Tiber. They considered it a “setback to ecumenism” and...

Following his recitation of the Angelus with the pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis addressed the subject of the COP26 'climate change' conference currently being held in Glasgow, Scotland.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) – In his Sunday Angelus address Pope Francis asked the Church to pray so that the assembled global leaders at the COP26 climate conference might hear the “cry of the earth” and “of the poor.” The Pontiff did not mention any moral crisis. Following his recitation of the Angelus with the pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis addressed the subject of the COP26 “climate change” conference currently...

The Lepanto Institute released a new video report, exposing the celebration and promotion of militant communists in a Vatican event initiated by Pope Francis. The report focuses on the organizations and speakers that were celebrated in a video produced by the Vatican for the fourth annual World Meeting of Popular Movements (WMPM). According to the WMPM website, the purpose of the meeting "is to create an 'encounter' between Church leadership and grassroots organizations working to address the 'economy of exclusion and inequality' by working for structural changes that promote social, economic and racial justice." But many of the organizations participating...

In an age of “cafeteria Catholics” who pick and choose which church doctrines they will adhere to and which they will ignore, an age where we have a Pope Francis, who would have us pray for the oceans and invites Amazonian “priests” and their fertility gods into the Vatican, it was refreshing to see a Catholic priest speak truth to power and tell a craven Catholic politician that abortion-on-demand is a moral evil opposed by the Catholic Church and to approve of it means you are unworthy of receiving the Sacrament of Holy Communion. You cannot be personally opposed to...

[Catholic Caucus] Francis Remote Slapped In The Face. Catholic World Approves.Keep scratching, you fool ...Let us forget, for a moment, the immense stupidity of Italians having to go around with a piece of cloth on their mouth, perhaps even thinking that this will stop the flu. Yeah, right. Let us focus, instead, on the massive participation to the Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage. This is not only a demonstration of love for the Mass of the Ages. It is also, whether the guy likes it or not, a slap in the face of the Evil Clown.This guy thinks he can remake everything...

Days ahead of the opening of the 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, a group of faith institutions joined the growing movement to divest from fossil fuels. The group includes 72 institutions — 36 of them Catholic — with assets of more than $4.2 billion. Salesian Father Joshtrom Kureethadam, coordinator of Ecology and Creation at the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, welcomed the announcement during an Oct. 26 video conference organized by leading divestment proponents. The Vatican and Pope Francis have become increasingly vocal about shifting investment funds from fossil fuels toward clean energy alternatives. In...

'(I)sn’t traditional burial disrespectful to God’s good, green earth?'DUBUQUE, Iowa (LifeSiteNews) – The Catholic Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, has written to urge the faithful to reject “traditional burial methods” in favor of liquifying a corpse in order to be less “offensive” to the earth and environment. Archbishop Michael Jackels made the argument in a letter dated October 20 entitled “Alternatives to traditional burial methods.” Making reference to the “two people” who die every second worldwide and the 2.5 million who die annually in the United States, Jackels declared that this “makes burial practices a significant environmental issue.” 'Liquify’ bodies to...

Pope Francis had high praise for German Chancellor Angela Merkel Friday, predicting that she will “go down in history as one of the great leaders.” The pope said the Merkel administration constitutes “an interesting milestone in world politics and a call to women who feel a political vocation.” Asked about Merkel, who will soon step down as chancellor of Germany after 16 years, the pontiff praised her for her realistic approach to government, asserting she “is not a fanciful woman” because her ideals “become reality.” At the beginning of October, the pope and Merkel held their final meeting for 45...

The Diocese of San Bernardino says its opening Mass for the Synod on Synodality Oct. 17 sought to celebrate the California diocese’s rich cultural diversity and welcome those on the “periphery” of the Church. But the liturgy’s unusual pageantry, featuring liturgical dancers, a Native American prayer to the “four directions,” and the appearance at the end of Mass of a colorfully costumed figure that resembled traditional representations of an Aztec demon, has raised eyebrows and sparked criticism on social media. “Paganism in full bloom,” read one comment on YouTube. “This is an absolute disgrace to God and His Holy Church,”...

Addressing Radical Leftists, Pope Francis Demands Global Tyranny to Enforce a Return to Medieval AusterityPope Francis offers his services as chaplain to our Oligarchy. Pilgrims at the Vatican display the pagan fertility goddess, Pachamama, which Pope Francis venerated during church services in Rome.In case anyone was still fooling himself on the subject, Pope Francis is not “apolitical,” not a figure who “transcends left and right.” In fact, I’m driven to ask if he is really a Christian leader of any kind. Having helped to edit one of his books and followed his statements for years, I don’t know what religious...

Pope Francis’ restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass appear to be unpopular among regularly practicing Catholics, but most American Catholics have not even heard of the changes, a survey reports. “Catholics who attend Mass weekly are both more likely to be aware of the new restrictions and more inclined to oppose them than Catholics who attend less frequently,” the Pew Research Center, which conducted the survey, said Oct. 7 About 58% of Catholics who attended Mass weekly had heard about the restrictions. Regular Mass attendees were the most sceptical of the Pope’s move. Of these, 29% disapproved of the new...

Pope Francis released a video message advocating more left-wing politics on Saturday, in the latest attempt by the Vatican to reassure the world that Catholicism is on the side of social justice. The pope praised deceased felon George Floyd as a “Good Samaritan,” and provided a moral endorsement of violent BLM rioters. “Do you know what comes to mind now when, together with popular movements, I think of the Good Samaritan?” the Pope declared. “Do you know what comes to mind? The protests over the death of George Floyd. It is clear that this type of reaction against social, racial...

The US launched air strikes on Iranian backed militia in Syria and Iraq this evening... Tomorrow morning the next court hearing for two men arrested during Idaho's special legislative session last year as they tried to observe action on coronavirus related legislation... Crowds fleeing to the countryside of Bangladesh this weekend with a nationwide coronavirus lockdown set to start tomorrow. No one will be allowed to leave their homes unless it it an emergency... Darwin, Australia moving into a lockdown that will last at least 48 hours... Some coronavirus restrictions also in force for several days in and around Perth...

Two Roman Catholic churches burned in Canada and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett proclaims a "new outbreak" of COVID-19 but first... A British court could decide tomorrow whether a gravely ill two year old can be taken to Israel for treatment or be put to death... Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett asking people not to fly overseas and mandating masks at Ben-Gurion International Airport... New coronavirus restrictions rolled out in Moscow... The US government seizing news websites deemed "Pro-Iranian" and "Pro-Hamas (The group ruling in Gaza responsible for attacks on Israel)"... Portland police deciding to end traffic stops for motorists...

The Vatican has unveiled a 7-year “action platform” to generate environmental action, as suggested by the encyclical Laudato Si’. The “action program” was announced by dicastery for Integral Human Development on May 25, as the Vatican concluded a year devoted to the encyclical, which was published by Pope Francis in 2015. Pope Francis, who has strongly urged concrete action to support his encyclical, said that such initiatives are needed in the face of “an ecological crisis without precedent.” In a statement welcoming the Laudato Si’ Action Platform (LSAP), he said that the earth “that hosts us suffers as a result...

Today, 36 faith institutions from 11 countries announce their divestment from fossil fuels. It comes from institutions in Brazil, Argentina, India, the Philippines, Uganda, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Ireland, the UK and the United States. Today’s announcement comes from Anglican, Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian and Baptist institutions, among others. The group includes the Church in Wales, with more than £700 million ($975 million) of assets under management, which voted to divest from fossil fuels at its Governing Body meeting in April. It also includes the Diocese of Bristol and the Diocese of Oxford, the first Church of England dioceses to announce their...

A report by the Vatican's own newspaper reveals Pope Francis recently hung an image behind his desk depicting a naked Jesus Christ caressing his dead apostle Judas Iscariot. In an article titled "Judas and the Scandal of Mercy," L'Osservatore Romano dedicated the first three pages of its edition the day before Good Friday to a makeover of the disciple who betrayed the Son of God at the Passover. The author of the lead editorial, Andrea Monda, said the paper chose this year to honor the "most tragic and unsettling" figure of the Gospel.