Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) spoke from the pulpit at a Catholic church this week, co-opting the authority of the Church to accuse conservatives of making Catholics “turn against … our trans brothers and sisters and neighbors and siblings.”
No wonder Charley Kirk would not convert to Catholicism.
Leo XIV wants the Church to be an "open house" where "everyone has a place".
Today, Pope Leo XIV published his video message for October. The prayer intention, using the usual buzzwords, is about mental health ministry, calling on the Church to listen without judging and support those who are suffering.
The key phrase is: "May your Church be an open house, a safe space where everyone has a place — a community that accompanies and never excludes; that listens without judging; and that draws near without fear."
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Christ said if you do not renounce certain things than you cannot be His disciple.
US priest affiliates with FSSPX, canonical proceedings started.
Rev. Philip Conklin, 38, a priest of St. Paul and Minneapolis, has affiliated with the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X (FSSPX), and his archbishop has initiated a canonical process against him.
It will presumably see the priest declared excommunicated.
Archbishop Bernard Hebda wrote on September 30 in the archdiocese’s newspaper: “After confirming with Father Conklin that he does not intend to cease this affiliation, I have felt compelled to commence a canonical process to clarify the situation and his status.”
Rev. Conklin was ordained a priest by Archbishop Hebda relatively recently, on May 25, 2024.
In March 2026, he went on a six-month leave of absence to discern his priestly vocation.
There are some interesting biographical details. Before entering seminary, he trained as a pilot, served for six years in the U.S. Air Force as an air traffic controller, and subsequently worked as a civilian air traffic contractor at …
It appears that any priest who is loyal to traditional Catholicism will face severe penalties. But liberal, heretical and immoral clerics will be advanced.
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I never knew this. Thank you for teaching me something new today.
When one's faith in God is quite low or nonexistent he will build ugly churches.
Unknown ~ If they are okay with losing you, then stop fighting for them.
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Bishop Johan Bonny of Antwerp, Belgium, is pressing ahead with his plan to ordain married men in 2028.
Several married candidates are already being prepared for possible ordination. “I trust that an appropriate regulation can be found by the end of the synodal process in autumn 2028,” Bishop Bonny told Herder Korrespondenz, according to katholisch.de (September 28).
Bonny warned that it would be “a fatal blow to the credibility and implementation of the entire synodal process if no regulation were reached by then.”
Bishop Bonny also expressed confidence in Pope Leo XIV and his approach to the needs of local Churches.
“Like a good father, he knows what his children need, and that is not the same everywhere or for everyone,” Bonny added.
He also mentioned that he went to Rome in June with the backing of the Belgian Bishops’ Conference. “Before my visit to the two dicasteries in Rome, the president of the Belgian Bishops’ Conference gave me a letter in which the Bishops’ Conference supports …
It aint gonna work. A priest is already totally occupied with his priestly duties as well as his prayer life. He does not have time to take care of a family. Being the son of a physician, my father was frequently called out at mealtime to deal with emergencies. A priest must sacrifice and devote all his energies in serving God.
When he saw a bum on the street, St. Vincent said, 'There but for the grace of God go I.'
St. Olga of Alaska ~ God can create great beauty from complete desolation and nothingness.
God is omnipotent. He can do all and everything.