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[Catholic Caucus] Appeal for a Worldwide Crusade of Prayers for the Upcoming ConclaveMay the Lord in His infinite mercy look upon the prayers, tears and sacrifices of all true Catholics who love our Mother Church, who in these days humbly and confidently implore the infinite Mercy of God to grant us a new Pope, who burning with the zeal for the glory of Christ and the salvation of souls, will “strengthen the brethren in faith” (Luke 22:32), being uncompromisingly faithful to his name and duty as Successor of Peter and Vicar of Christ on earth.May through a new Pope, burning...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Schneider urges Pope Francis to ‘retract’ texts undermining the faithWith Pope Francis having now left the hospital, the Kazakhstan bishop said that he must make every effort to 'rectify some confusions and some ambiguities which were made in his pontificate and which he himself made.'Bishop Athanasius Schneider has urged Catholics to pray for Pope Francis that he might “retract” certain documents and statements which have “undermined the clarity” of the faith.With Pope Francis having recently returned to the Vatican on Sunday after spending 38 days in the Gemelli hospital for bilateral pneumonia, many of his close supporters...

[Catholic Caucus] EXCLUSIVE: Bishop Schneider believes a pope will one day celebrate Latin Mass in St. Peter’s again‘This celebration of the Mass, I call it the Mass of the ages, is indestructible, and a pope cannot destroy it, no matter how hard he tries,’ Bishop Schneider said.Pilgrimage on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Summorum Pontificum, at Saint Peter's Chair, Rome, September 16, 2017.Bishop Athanasius Schneider said that a pope will someday celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) in St. Peter’s Basilica again.In an interview conducted in German with LifeSiteNews journalist Andreas Wailzer, Bishop Schneider discussed the importance of...

The “real weapon against tyranny is free speech,” actor, comedian, and author of the new book You Can Do It!: Speak Your Mind, America, Rob Schneider, said during an interview on Breitbart News Saturday. “The idea … really, is there seems to be a contraction of free speech, and it’s happening, whereas even the government has been proved that they’re violating Americans’ First Amendment rights, you know. Thank God for Elon Musk, who exposed what happened to Twitter,” he said, touching on the collusion between tech companies and the U.S. government. They were working, he continued, to “silence Americans who...

My Capitol office was vandalized yesterday in a vile act of hate in which the posters of the more than 100 people still held hostage in Gaza (including 8 Americans) were ripped from the wall, shredded and tossed across the hallway. Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL) said on Friday that posters outside his Capitol Hill office that featured pictures of hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza were vandalized a day earlier in what he called a “vile act of hate.” “My Capitol office was vandalized yesterday in a vile act of hate in which the posters of the more than...

A group of around 40 pro-Palestinian protesters descended upon Democrat Rep. Brad Schneider’s (D-IL) north suburban Chicago area home in the early morning hours on Saturday, worrying neighbors and causing the police department to step up patrols in the neighborhood. Neighbors reported being shocked when the protesters began making noise and shouting slogans at around 3 a.m. on Saturday morning. A group of around 40 pro-Palestinian protesters descended upon Democrat Rep. Brad Schneider’s (D-IL) north suburban Chicago area home in the early morning hours on Saturday, worrying neighbors and causing the police department to step up patrols in the neighborhood....

No arrests made after anti-Israel protest held outside Highland Park, Illinois home of Congressman Brad Schneider in early hours of the morning, waking up residents... Video with link to X

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Schneider blesses the construction of traditional Carmelite monastery in FloridaSister Loretta-Maria is founding an autonomous monastery to pray for priests and for the world within a community under the Carmelite rule, without the threat of suppression by any diocese or the Vatican.HIGH SPRINGS, Florida (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Astana, Kazakhstan, blessed ongoing efforts to establish a traditional Carmelite monastery in Florida, independent of any diocese.“The desire of the Sisters is to serve the Holy Roman Catholic Church as an autonomous monastic community for the greater glory of God, the salvation of souls, and the safekeeping...

Actor Rob Schneider, who recently converted to Catholicism, announced he’s working on a new film about the Shroud of Turin. A printing (right) and a negative (left) of the Shroud of Turin. Photo Credit: אסף.צ, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons If you are unfamiliar with The Shroud of Turin it is believed to be the burial shroud that wrapped the body of Jesus Christ after his Crucifixion. In 1988 a carbon dating test that was done on the shroud cast doubt that the Shroud was authentic. According to Schneider the film will focus on research done by Shroud expert Joe...

[Catholic Caucus] A Catechism to Save Biden’s SoA Catechism to Save Biden’s SoulFor any who may need a catechism refresher, Biden’s statements on the House floor would qualify as grave external violations of the First and Fifth Commandments. They contain irreverence, scandal, and moral cooperation in murder.In the span of a few brief centuries, what was once an uncharted wilderness has risen to become the single most powerful nation on earth: the United States of America. This great nation is currently governed by a President who claims to be Roman Catholic: a tenure of Church–State relations that should have been...

The Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider is under investigation from the Secret Service after statements he made online Thursday against President Joe Biden and his son Hunter. The federal agency charged with protecting POTUS, the Vice President and their immediate families, as well as major political candidates and high level government officials, have opened the probe, according to Deadline. As Breitbart News reported, Schneider called for the public execution of Biden, saying the commander in chief should to be “publicly hung” for treason. The actor also called for Hunter Biden to be executed.

Why Bishop Schneider citing St. Thomas More at Cambridge University was so historicWith Bishop Schneider’s visit to Cambridge University, the quiet yet undaunted heroes of English Catholicism were raised to prominence once again. On November 24, an historic occasion took place in Cambridge University, when a prominent member of the Catholic hierarchy delivered a lecture of university grounds highlighting the role of conscience in society and citing the example of English martyr St. Thomas More.Addressing a full crowd – including this LifeSiteNews correspondent – in the Department of Politics and International Studies, Astana’s auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider delivered a lecture...

[Catholic/Orthodox Caucus] EXCLUSIVE: Don’t blame young if they turn to tradition in age of confusion, says SchneiderWhenever one prepares to meet people of high moral stature or rank, there is always a temptation to consider them also in physically grandiose terms. Britain was fooled by the media into thinking the late Pope Benedict XVI was the “Panzer Kardinal”, or “God’s Rottweiler”, and expected a personality to match only to discover, during his 2010 visit to the UK, a man whose gentleness and shyness served to conceal the inner steel of fidelity to the Gospel and a clarity of thought sharper...

[Catholic Caucus] A Catechism to Reclaim CatechismsAn ever-expanding mushroom cloud of doctrinal madness presently afflicts the Church, but a new catechism promises a sure sign of hope for the future.In apparent answer to the recent papal prolepsis calling for “a courageous cultural revolution” in Catholic theology, the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has formally adopted the categories of “transgender persons” and “homosexual persons.” While vats of ink will be spilled on both counts, faithful Catholics continue to pray for an end to the ever-expanding mushroom cloud of doctrinal madness presently afflicting the Church. In the meantime, it...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland’s removal is ‘a blatant injustice’ says Bishop Schneider‘The deposition of Bishop Joseph E. Strickland signifies a black day for the Catholic Church of our day,’ wrote Bishop Schneider.Editor’s Note: The following is the official English statement from Bishop Athanasius Schneider, auxiliary of Astana, Kazakhstan, in response to the news that Pope Francis has removed Bishop Joseph Strickland from his Diocese of Tyler. A Spanish version can be found here. (LifeSiteNews) –– “The one charge which is now sure to secure severe punishment is the careful keeping of the traditions of the Fathers.” These words of St....

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Schneider: Future popes will thank Bishop Strickland for his fidelity to the Catholic faith'Dear Bishop Strickland, thank you, that you are resolved 'to serve the Lord, and not the time,' Bishop Schneider wrote in a newly released personal letter to Bishop Strickland.Editor’s note: Bishop Joseph Strickland has shared with LifeSiteNews a letter sent to him by Bishop Athanasius Schneider encouraging and thanking him for his witness to the Catholic faith. Bishop Schneider says that it is because of this faith that Bishop Strickland is now threatened with being removed from his diocese in Tyler, Texas, but insists...

Shortly before he was traded to Denver, Russell Wilson lost a power struggle in Seattle. That’s the word from TheAthletic.com, which reports today that Wilson asked Seahawks ownership to fire both head coach Pete Carroll and General Manager John Schneider in February of 2022. Weeks after that, the Seahawks traded Wilson to the Broncos. Carroll and Schneider remain in their jobs a year later. The report also says that Wilson wanted the Seahawks to hire Sean Payton as their head coach if they fired Carroll. Payton is now the coach of the Broncos, so Wilson got his wish a year...

[Catholic Caucus] Schneider: Enemies of the Church Rule The VaticanBishop Athanasius Schneider discovered the Roman Mass only after Summorum Pontificum (2007), he told @cjm-media and Gloria.tv (interview recorded on November 17 below).He explained that in the Roman Rite "I am actually only a servant" because every gesture and every step are prescribed in a very precise way.His then Archbishop Jan Paweł Lenga, 72, of Karaganda knew that Schneider was celebrating the Roman Mass but showed no interest for this.When Lenga resigned and returned to Poland in 2011, a priest offered to teach him to celebrate Mass and Lenga accepted. After...

Cardinal Burke and Bishop Schneider Restate Concerns About Restrictions on Traditional LiturgyVATICAN CITY — Cardinal Raymond Burke has questioned the basis of papal-led efforts to restrict and eventually eliminate the traditional Latin Mass, while Bishop Athanasius Schneider has said the “millennium-old treasure” cannot be destroyed, as it is the work of the Holy Spirit.The cardinal and bishop kindly shared their comments as part of a talk I gave the Latin Mass Society in London on Oct. 21.As concerns deepen over this pontificate’s new restrictions regarding the traditional liturgy, Cardinal Burke said that “to the degree that reason and sound...

Former “Zoey 101” star Alexa Nikolas claims Dan Schneider would demand to participate in each one of her costume fittings when she was just 12 year old. Nikolas, now 30, alleged on “Real Pod” Wednesday that the famed Nickelodeon creator, 56, would sit on the other side of a “curtain” in her fitting room until she came out. “Whenever I had wardrobe fittings, [Schneider] always had to be in them,” Nikolas claimed. “Thank God there was a curtain, but he was literally [sitting] on [a] chair right outside of the curtain.”