The German Catholic Congress (Katholikentag), taking place May 13–17 in Würzburg, will include a workshop on May 14 entitled: “Planning Blessing Services with Trans* Individuals.” The Congress is one of Germany’s largest Catholic gatherings and includes more than 900 events. There is a strong presence of politicians, including Protestant President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Markus Söder, Ricarda Lang, Andrea Nahles, and climate activist Luisa Neubauer. On May 16, there will be a homosexual worship service (“Queer-Gottesdienst”) under the title “Life is colorful – diversity in the Church?!” in the Augustinerkirche. Other official program events include: - Bible workshop: “Reading the Bible queerly: Why God is a fan of diversity” - When queer believers encounter the Church - From murder mystery dinners to escape games: discovering queer traces in the Bible through playful methods - Queer in the climate crisis: vulnerability and empowerment — also in Europe …More
Wed May 13, 2026 - 12:48 pm EDTWed May 13, 2026 - 1:15 pm EDT (LifeSiteNews) — A CIA whistleblower testified before the U.S. Senate that despite CIA scientific analysts’ repeated conclusions that a laboratory leak was the most likely origin of COVID-19, those conclusions were buried, softened, or withheld from Congress while the public was told to trust a different story. Speaking to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday morning, current senior CIA operations officer James Erdmann III provided shocking testimony alleging that the nation’s top intelligence agencies collaborated in promoting a false narrative concerning the origins of COVID-19 and that Dr. Anthony Fauci was at the heart of the coverup. “Intentional or not, the Intelligence Community’s actions resulted in coverup, wasted resources, and a failure to properly inform policymakers,” said Erdmann. “Public health policy would have been very different had the American public been made …
Prevost received a tapestry depicting an idol of an African pagan god. You must watch the videos. However, Michael Hichborn—a good but naive Catholic—calls upon Robert Prevost—a Marxist, apostate, and gay activist—to condemn and dissolve the WMPM group—which supports this radical communist movement—and to repair the damage caused.
The talk of a Catholic revival spurred by a surge in adult conversions is misplaced, writes Matthew Schmitz in FirstThings.com (May 12). Conversions show no signs of offsetting the broader decline of Catholic life in the United States. Schmitz points to statistics. In 2000, 2.6 million American children attended Catholic schools. By 2025, that number had fallen to 1.6 million. In 2001, more than a quarter-million Catholic weddings took place in the United States; by 2024, there were only around 107,000. Infant baptisms have also collapsed: more than one million infants were baptized in the Church in 2001, compared with fewer than half a million in 2024. "Catholicism" in Service of U.S. Political Interests At the same time, Schmitz argues that while the Church is shrinking institutionally, Catholic ideas and language are allegely shaping public debate in America. Discussions about immigration, war, political authority, and moral responsibility are now often conducted using Catholic concepts …More
Today, Leo XIV has appointed Father Emilio Biosca Agüero, 61, as the new bishop of Venice, Florida. Biosca's parents are both Cuban. He speaks Spanish and Tok Pisin. The Venice diocese covers most of southwest Florida. Monsignor Biosca is a member of the Pittsburgh-based Capuchin Franciscan Friars. He served for over two decades in Papua New Guinea (1994-2006) and Cuba (2007-2019). His public profile is almost entirely defined by immigration ministry. Since 2019, he has been the pastor at the parish of the Sacred Heart in Washington, D.C., one of the city's historic immigrant parishes located five kilometres from the White House. The congregation is predominantly Latino, particularly Salvadoran, but also includes Haitians, Brazilians and Vietnamese Catholics. Under Fr Biosca, the parish expanded ministries for illegal immigrants well beyond pastoral care, including immigrant accompaniment, attending court hearings, legal support, covering rent and legal fees. Several of his parishioners …More
A BLESSED FEAST OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA TO YOU! On this 109th anniversary of Her first apparition, May 13, 1917, The Fatima Center staff wishes you, dear devotee of Our Lady of Fatima, a blessed feast day! Appearing “more brilliant than the sun,” Our Lady announced to Lucia dos Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto, God’s Will to save the world in these times through devotion to Her Immaculate Heart. “To whomever embraces this devotion,” She added, “I promise salvation. These souls will be dear to God, as flowers placed by Me to adorn His Throne.” God’s timing is always perfect. Thus, we do well to reflect upon why Our Lady appeared when She did, and not at some other time in world history. God’s ways are inscrutable, deep, and far beyond man’s understanding. While faith and meditation may give us insights into His solicitous wisdom, we men can never presume to exhaust the ways of Divine Providence. Nevertheless, in honor of Her feast day, we offer the following …
Keir Starmer was hit with more resignations today after attempting to brush aside calls to step down at a toe-curling Cabinet meeting. Ministers Jess Phillips and Alex Davies-Jones declared they had lost confidence in the PM as his grip on power loosens further. The intervention came after members of his top team - said to include Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood - privately urged him to make a graceful exit in the wake of disastrous local elections. But Sir Keir effectively dared his rivals to move against him this morning, telling the weekly gathering in No10: 'The Labour Party has a process for challenging a leader and that has not been triggered. 'The country expects us to get on with governing. That is what I am doing and what we must do as a Cabinet.' Health Secretary Wes Streeting, regarded by Sir Keir's dwindling band of allies as being behind the coup, was present to hear the stark message. However, Sir Keir is said to have immediately moved on to the Iran war. According to …
Starmer musste weitere Rücktritte hinnehmen, nachdem er das Kabinett in Bedrängnis gebracht hatte, wo er den Zusammenbruch der Führung beiseite schob – und sich weigerte, Streeting zu sehen Lassen Sie sich Ihre Nachrichten bis 7 Uhr morgens direkt zustellen - Melden Sie sich KOSTENLOS für unseren neuen Morning Mail-Newsletter an Weitere Daily Mail auf Google anzeigen – Speichern Sie uns als bevorzugte Quelle Von JAMES TAPSFIELD, POLITISCHER REDAKTEUR FÜR GROSSBRITANNIEN Veröffentlicht: 07:46 BST, 12. Mai 2026 | Aktualisiert: 14:19 BST, 12. Mai 2026 E-Mail 233Aktien 7k Ansicht Kommentare Keir Starmer Heute kam es zu weiteren Rücktritten, nachdem man bei einer spannenden Kabinettssitzung versucht hatte, Rücktrittsforderungen beiseite zu schieben. Die Minister Jess Phillips und Alex Davies-Jones erklärten, sie hätten das Vertrauen in den Premierminister verloren, da sich sein Einfluss auf die Macht weiter lockere. Die Intervention erfolgte, nachdem Mitglieder seines Spitzenteams -…More
How is the Vatican addressing heretical German bishops who are proceeding with the formal blessing of homosexual unions? The National Catholic Reporter today reported: Dialogue between the Vatican and German bishops regarding the blessing of same-sex unions is ongoing, and it was too soon to talk about sanctions, said the Vatican secretary of state. Speaking to journalists in Rome May 6, Cardinal Pietro Parolin was asked if the Vatican intends to impose sanctions on the German bishops after the continued promotion of a handbook for blessing same-sex couples. “We are in dialogue on this point; it’s premature to say. It’s a decision that belongs to the pope, but we’ve already begun a dialogue, and I believe we can find a solution,” the cardinal said, according to the Italian news agency ANSA. How is the Vatican addressing the SSPX that is planning to ordain new bishops in order to continue its mission of preserving traditional Catholicism? According to LifeSite News, Pope Leo has …
Discouragement is the deep spiritual valley of our age. For Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the Holy Spirit’s light came only at dawn in a long dark night of the soul.
Q: Why do you think Catholics such as these wish to oppose what Courage does when the apostolate follows the Church’s teaching? Father Gannon: That question merits a very in-depth answer, but in short: In the last 60 years, we have seen a global attack on the Church’s moral teaching like never before in history. The revisionist moral theologies that emerged from the 1960s sought to revolutionize Church teaching to accommodate the secular culture of the so-called sexual revolution. St. John Paul II wrote clearly and decisively in Veritatis Splendor and the Catechism about the immutable nature of the moral law as directly tied to the anthropology of man and woman as the images of God. The personal struggles of man and woman in living the Gospel indicate the subjective experiences that must be pastorally treated with charity and forbearance, but also, as with a medical doctor, the truth of the remedy must be made clear. The call of all people to chastity and reverence for marriage as only …More
Father Brian Gannon argues how ‘intellectually dishonest’ document departs from Scripture and 2,000 years of Church teaching on human sexuality. The final report of the Synod on Synodality’s Study Group 9 has drawn widespread criticism since its publication last week — not least for what its authors wrote about Courage International. A respected and canonically approved Catholic apostolate, since 1980 Courage International has been providing spiritual support to men and women experiencing same-sex attractions who wish to live chastely according to Church teaching. In its critique of Courage, the report failed to include perspectives from anyone involved with the apostolate and erroneously claimed that its work involved so-called “reparative therapy.” “Since no Courage representative was involved in the process, the study group became problematic and seems to contradict what synodality intends: the greater engagement of all relevant voices,” said Father Brian Gannon, Courage …
Tsunami of filth has intoxicated the youth for decades while church sat back let it happen .1960 ended any Church opposition to Hollywood . Then trad Catholics wanted Bishops, Ratzinger shot it down through Machiavellian practices
May the power of the Lord overshadow him and make him every wit whole. Raise him up, Lord, by your healing virtue, we pray. We desperately need him in this dark hour.
Tue May 12, 2026 - 9:54 am EDTTue May 12, 2026 - 8:11 pm EDT (LifeSiteNews) — Don’t miss this special episode of The John-Henry Westen Show, where Michael Hichborn details his major investigative report examining the Vatican’s World Meeting of Popular Movements and its connections to Marxist, pro-abortion, and LGBT organizations. Hichborn argues that the initiative, launched under Pope Francis and continued under Pope Leo XIV, has brought openly socialist and communist organizations into close partnership with Vatican structures and local churches. Learn more about Pope Leo XIV’s recent praise for “popular movements,” his support for the World Meeting of Popular Movements, and concerns that these efforts are helping spread liberation theology and revolutionary political ideologies through Catholic institutions. Read Hichborn’s full report here. The John-Henry Westen Show is available by video via LSNTV onYouTube,Rumble,Banned, and righthereon my LifeSite blog. It is also …
“O Legionário”, São Paulo, May 14th 1944 by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Nearly 30 years ago, the first worldwide conflagration was moving toward its decline. With the initial impetus of the Teutonic invasion contained, the French set about reconquering lost territory. For high-level politicians and military observers, the final result of the struggle was no longer in doubt. The entire strategy of the Germans was based on the hope of the blitzkrieg’s triumph. The first toss of the dice met with immense possibilities. But it was the only one. The Germans had lost. As for the Allies, it was just a question of time. Although on the battlefields the struggle remained white hot and German cannons thundered near Paris, financiers, sociologists, and politicians had already begun to murmur behind the scenes about how they would organize the postwar world. Their private whispering held far greater significance than the public clamor of the cannons. On the battlefields, a war that in essence had …More