Il cardinale Dominique Mathieu, della diocesi iraniana di Teheran-Ispahan, ha inviato un messaggio pasquale alla sua diocesi, poiché attualmente si trova a Roma: «Mi trovo lontano da voi, gregge a me affidato, separato dagli eventi della guerra, in attesa di ricongiungermi con voi. Eppure, nella Notte Santa, ho celebrato la Veglia Pasquale portandovi tutti nel mio cuore: lontano dal mio gregge, ma proprio per questo, in modo misterioso, vicino a ciascuno di voi. Mi sono ritrovato a celebrare, per così dire, sotto la cupola della Basilica di San Pietro, come segno della Chiesa universale, in comunione visibile con il Successore di Pietro e con l’intera Chiesa cattolica. Vicino al Pastore della Chiesa, eppure lontano dal gregge che il Signore mi ha affidato. Ma proprio questa condizione mi è data affinché io impari a vivere la distanza non come una separazione insormontabile, ma come un ponte che ci avvicina in Cristo. Nella comunione dei santi e nella grazia dei sacramenti, specialmente …More
Pillar Attacks Celibacy: "The Church, in my view, would benefit from serious conversation about [...] the possibilities for ordaining married men to the priesthood. It would benefit from real synodal discernment about whether celibate and married priests could — or should — thrive alongside each other in the Latin Church."
Kustód Svätej zeme poprel fámy, že Chrám Božieho hrobu je úplne uzavretý. Bratia františkáni pokračovali v každodennom slávení liturgických obradov v bazilike napriek obmedzenému prístupu pre veriacich a návštevníkov. Neistota však pretrváva v súvislosti s oslavami Veľkého týždňa a Veľkej noci, pričom rozhodnutia čakajú na prebiehajúce rozhovory s úradmi.
Christians in the Holy Land “have never faced anything like this” With yet another blow to regional stability, many Christians in the Holy Land believe it is time to leave.
It should be obvious that Trump hates Christians. All the US wars have severely impacted the Catholic communities in the Middle East. Can we not agree this is Bolshevik behavior! Not to mention all the benefits the Soviet Union is getting out of it!
Bishop Paolo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia, now promotes praying the Rosary for peace. A year ago he was rejoicing at the inauguration of a Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi, saying, "We need such a place, which is able to keep us in contact with God!"
Staff Writer February 25, 2026 Breaking Prominent Pentecostal pastor and evangelist Ted Shuttlesworth Jr. is stepping down from ministry (at least temporarily) after revealing that he’s been cheating on his wife and having “innapropriate conversations” with other women. Shuttlesworth is the co-pastor of Miracle Word Church in West Palm Beach, Florida, which he helms along with his wife. The author of nearly 20 books, he co-founded Miracle Word Ministries in 2010, which has grown into a multi-faceted organization with a physical church, online media, travel crusades, and educational programs. He is also the founder of Miracle Word University and hosts his own podcast show. Notably, Shuttlesworth comes from a “preaching dynasty” with more than a dozen close members of the family in full-time ministry. His father is Ted Shuttlesworth Sr., a prominent televangelist and revivalist who runs Faith Alive Fellowship. One of his uncles is Tiff Shuttlesworth and one of his cousins is Jonathan …
Eccellent on Flavius Josephus: The upshot of his analysis is that we may have to rethink a key line. In the traditional Testimonium Flavianum, the statement “He was the Christ” is the giveaway, so it was thought, that this couldn’t have been written by a non-Christian Jew like Josephus. The expression “a (mere) wise man” earlier in the paragraph fits Josephus’s likely view, but a declaration of messianic identity is out of place. But Schmidt notes that Latin and Syriac manuscripts of this passage don’t have the clear affirmation “He was the Christ” but instead the more doubtful “He was believed to be [Latin] / thought to be [Syriac] the Christ.” Given the early date of these renditions—AD 300s—and the unlikelihood that any Latin or Syriac Christian copyist would demote Jesus, it seems reasonable to conclude this was what Josephus wrote. In the Greek copying tradition, a single verb (legomenos, “called,” perhaps) appears to have dropped out, either by accident or intent.
Long before Dachau or the gulag, revolutionary France created a system designed to make Catholic priests die “without noise.” Near Île-Madame, 829 priests were starved and tortured on prison ships—then erased from history. This is the forgotten story of their martyrdom, faith, and astonishing forgiveness
Journals Celestial Law Journal Celestial Law Journal is a scientifically reviewed journal published by the Islamic Family Law Study Program, Faculty of Islamic Religion, Sunan Giri University, Surabaya, Indonesia. Published twice a year in April and October. Journals are research articles (quantitative or qualitative research approaches), literature studies or studies that are seen as contributing to the development of Law and Fiqh. View Journal Current Issue SUNAN GIRI: Jurnal Kajian Keislaman Journal title SUNAN GIRI : JURNAL KAJIAN KEISLAMAN Initials jkk Abbreviation jkk Frequency Biannual (June & December) DOI ISSN 2302-125X Editor-in-chief Aris Nurullah Web https://journal.unsuri.org/ Publisher Fakultas Agama Islam Universitas Sunan Giri Surabaya Citation Analysis Google Scholar Subject Area; Category Islamic Studies, Islamic Law, Islamic Education Discipline Islamic Studies View Journal Current Issue Journal of Economics and Islamic Business Journal of Economics and Islamic Business …
Kompliment aus dem falschen Mund: Die Männer, die Papst Leo XIV. zu Bischöfen macht, sind nach Meinung des emeritierten Bischofs von Münster "wirklich Hirten".
Introduction The first words of a new pope are always read for signals. Pope Leo XIV told the cardinals plainly in his first address to the College, “I would like us to renew together today our complete commitment to the path that the universal Church has now followed for decades in the wake of the Second Vatican Council. Pope Francis masterfully and concretely set it forth in the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium.” Pope Leo praised his predecessor for being “a humble servant of God and of his brothers and sisters,” and called on the Cardinals to “take up this precious legacy and continue on the journey,” expanding on several fundamental points from the late pope’s exhortation: “the return to the primacy of Christ in proclamation (cf. No. 11); the missionary conversion of the entire Christian community (cf. No. 9); growth in collegiality and synodality (cf. No. 33); attention to the sensus fidei (cf. Nos. 119-120), especially in its most authentic and inclusive forms, such …
Nigerian police have CONFIRMED that 177 Christians were KIDNAPPED from their churches last weekend .The confirmation comes after the police originally DENIED that the kidnappings had occurred. They have since denied the denial, calling it a 'measured response'
V Kurmin Wali v nigérijskom štáte Kaduna ozbrojenci 18. januára počas nedeľných bohoslužieb zaútočili na tri kostoly a uniesli približne 177 kresťanov. Hoci obyvatelia únosy okamžite nahlásili, nigérijské úrady ich najprv popreli. Po nátlaku verejnosti polícia únosy potvrdila a uviedla, že bezpečnostné sily boli nasadené na hľadanie obetí.
Em Kurmin Wali, no Estado de Kaduna, na Nigéria, homens armados atacaram três igrejas durante os cultos de domingo, em 18 de janeiro, e raptaram cerca de 177 cristãos. Embora os residentes tenham comunicado imediatamente os raptos, as autoridades nigerianas começaram por negar a sua ocorrência. Após pressão pública, a polícia confirmou os raptos e disse que as forças de segurança tinham sido enviadas para encontrar as vítimas.
The Holy See is expected to announce a date for the beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen in the coming weeks. The Emmy-winning American prelate is known for his catechetical television programmes from the 1950s and 1960s.
This will be great. I was reminded recently that with the elevation of someone to sainthood, there should be a proliferation of graces including miracles.
Der neue Potsdamer Garnisonkirchturm ist durch Farbschmierereien beschädigt worden. Die Polizei sei darüber am Neujahrstag informiert worden, teilte die Polizei am Freitag mit. Vor Ort sei auf der Rückseite des Bauwerks ein zwei Meter langer Schriftzug in roter Sprühfarbe festgestellt worden. Ein politisch motivierter Hintergrund könne nicht ausgeschlossen werden. Auf der Vorderseite des 2024 eröffneten Turms seien schwarze drei Meter lange Streifen und ein weiterer kleiner blauer Schriftzug festgestellt worden. Sicherheitsmitarbeiter hätten zudem mitgeteilt, dass sie auf der außenliegenden Plattform abgebranntes Feuerwerk und Glasflaschen gefunden hätten, hieß es weiter. Es werde davon ausgegangen, dass sich bislang unbekannte Personen vermutlich über die Feuertreppe illegal Zugang verschafft und auf der Plattform Feuerwerkskörper abgefeuert haben. Die Kriminalpolizei ermittle wegen Sachbeschädigung und Hausfriedensbruch. (epd)
2 priests attacked in Nigeria Editor's Note: Armed bandits broke into a Nigerian parish residence at 2:30 AM yesterday and attacked two priests, the Lagos-based Vanguard reported. One of the priests, Father Chris Pever, underwent surgery after suffering an arm fracture. The attack took place in Mararaba, a town in Nasarawa State.
The article argues that Christmas cannot be separated from the Cross. Bishop Joseph E. Strickland emphasizes that the joy of Christ’s birth is real and profound, but it is not sentimental or comfortable—it already contains the reality of sacrifice, suffering, and redemption. Jesus did not come to make life easier, but to save humanity, and salvation always has a cost. By reflecting on figures like Saint Stephen, Saint John, and the Holy Innocents, the article shows that from the very beginning, Christ’s coming provoked sacrifice, fidelity, and even martyrdom. Their lives reveal that true Christian joy is not avoidance of suffering but faithfulness to Christ, even when it demands everything. Strickland warns that modern Christianity is tempted to soften or avoid the Cross in favor of comfort, consensus, or emotional reassurance. But when the Cross is removed, faith becomes shallow and powerless. True Christmas joy flows from accepting the full meaning of the Incarnation: following …More
The Lord is Nigh 1. "This day you shall know that the Lord will come and save us, and in the morning you shall see His glory." The motif of the liturgy of the day is expectation. Tomorrow is to be the day of fulfillment. 2. Tomorrow you shall see His glory with your bodily eyes, in reality and truth. "You shall find the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger" (Luke 2:12). Near His crib, in silent prayer and adoration, you will find His virgin mother. There, too, you will find, silent and absorbed in prayer, the blessed Joseph. Silent night, holy night! There you will find the child, nestling in the forbidding straw, deprived of all comforts which an ungrateful people might have given Him. "He came unto His own, and His own received Him not" (John 1: 11). We shall see Him also with the eyes of faith. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.... And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us (and we saw His glory, the glory as it …More
Fri Dec 12, 2025 - 3:56 pm EST (LifeSiteNews) — A priest in the Cathedral of San Isidro in Argentina blessed two lesbian women dressed as brides, a traditional missionary priest reported. “In the chapel where the Tabernacle is, at 6.15 pm, there was a blessing of two lesbian women dressed as brides,” Father Joao Silveira shared on Twitter. Yesterday in the Cathedral of Buenos Aires: “In the chapel where the Tabernacle is, at 6.15 pm, there was a blessing of two lesbian women dressed as brides. I told the priest: One thing is accompaniment, but we can’t consent to sin, much less bless it. He replied: It’s pastoral.” — Father João Silveira (@joaosilveiraaa) December 11, 2025 “I told the priest: ‘One thing is accompaniment, but we can’t consent to sin, much less bless it.’ He replied, ‘It’s pastoral,’” Fr. Silveira said. He did not identify the priest who gave the blessing. “Heartbreaking. This Pastor is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. He needs catechism 101 and sent on a retreat for …