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Sedevacantist Bishop Michael Mary Excommunicated

Bishop Hugh Gilbert of Aberdeen, Scotland, declared Fr. Michael Mary Sim, 72, Superior of the Transalpine Redemptorists, excommunicated on July 25.
After publically embracing the religion of sedevacantism in May, he was found guilty of schism. Although the consecration as Sedevacantist bishop took place on the same day the diocesan judgment was published, Bishop Gilbert clarified that the canonical trial had been completed before the ceremony and therefore did not include the new offense in its verdict.
Bishop Gilbert stated that Fr. Michael Mary was found guilty on multiple ecclesiastical charges, the most serious being schism: "As a result, he is declared to be excommunicated, dismissed from ecclesiastical office, and prohibited from the celebration of Mass or the other sacraments."
The diocese said the Vatican's competent dicasteries had been informed throughout the process.
Bishop Gilbert also noted that the penalties could be lifted should Fr. Michael Mary sincerely repent and seek …المزيد

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طرد الأسقف «السيديفاكانتي» مايكل ماري من الكنيسة

أعلن الأسقف هيو جيلبرت من أبردين، اسكتلندا، في 25 يوليو، حرمان الأب مايكل ماري سيم، البالغ من العمر 72 عامًا، رئيس رهبانية «الريديمبتوريست» عبر الألب، من الكنيسة.
وبعد أن أعلن علنًا اعتناقه مذهب «الكرسي الشاغر» في شهر مايو، أُدين بتهمة الانشقاق. وعلى الرغم من أن رسامة الأسقف «الكرسي الشاغر» جرت في نفس اليوم الذي نُشر فيه الحكم الأبرشي، أوضح الأسقف جيلبرت أن المحاكمة الكنسية قد اكتملت قبل إقامة المراسم، وبالتالي لم تتضمن الحكم الجريمة الجديدة.
وصرح الأسقف جيلبرت بأن الأب مايكل ماري أُدين بعدة تهم كنسية، أخطرها الانشقاق: «ونتيجة لذلك، أُعلن حرمانه الكنسي، وعُزل من منصبه الكنسي، ومُنع من إقامة القداس أو الأسرار المقدسة الأخرى».
وأفادت الأبرشية بأن الدوائر المختصة في الفاتيكان قد أُبلغت طوال سير الإجراءات.
وأشار الأسقف جيلبرت أيضًا إلى أنه يمكن رفع العقوبات إذا تاب الأب مايكل ماري توبة صادقة وسعى إلى المصالحة مع الكنيسة.
وأصدر تعليماته إلى المؤمنين في أبرشية أبردين بعدم التعامل مع تلك الجماعة.
ترجمة الذكاء الاصطناعي

Regnum Dei

Calling All Humanity...
This is Very Important to Watch. To resist the MIND CONTROL , they been using for all especially with the attack on our FAITH...
Information conformity.. MIND CONTROL
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download this and watch avoid this kind of Control... they are used now worldwide against your will.... Resist it, cover yourself with the Precious Blood of Jesus and in the Name of Jesus and Mary, Root in Faith in our Holy Apostolic Traditional Catholic Church Teaching... God Bless...
This is use all the time against us... Resist the synodality because they are againt the Utimate Teaching of our Saviour Jesus Christ... it's getting Narrow and Narrow as we are bombared with this... Cancel your MindControl TV. and Resist this Group Mind Control.
Keep your Strong FAITH to our Lord Jesus Christ, 2000 years, In Traditional HOLY AND APOSTOLIC CATHOLIC FAITH .

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Anthony November

1)“There is no crisis in the Church” 2) “There is no crisis in the church” 3) “There is no crisis in the Church” 4) …

Instaurare Omnia in Christo

That's what you call a follower. Always wants to be part of the crowd and fit in. With a weak mind who can't think, for themselves and to avoid problems with them. That's a real pity. The only time you would ever see me following anyone was when I couldn't talk my friends out of something. So I would go to watch over them to try and stop any problems or protecting them. A friend of over 60 years just mentioned that to me last night in an email.

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Today's Transalpine Redemptorist Consecration: Validity, Succession, and Schism

Today, Fr Michael Mary, superior of the sedevacantist Transalpine Redemptorists in Scotland, will be consecrated as an alleged bishop. Katholisch.de traced the long and tangled succession lines of schismatic bishops, focusing primarily on the lines of Marcel Lefebvre (1905-1991) and Pierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục (1897–1984). Here are the key points:.
Lefebvre line (FSSPX)
Among the different splinter groups, only the SSPX has significant size.
In 1988, Lefebvre consecrated Alfonso de Galarreta, Bernard Fellay, Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, and Richard Williamson as bishops. All four later consecrated additional bishops.
In 1991, Tissier de Mallerais consecrated Licínio Rangel for the Priestly Union of St. John Mary Vianney, Brazil.
Rangel and his community reconciled with Rome in 2002 and became an Apostolic Personal Administration. The same year Fernando Arêas Rifan became Rangel's coadjutor, but he was consecrated by Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos, with Rangel serving only as co-…المزيد

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Percy Franklin

I used to wonder how the consecration requested by Our Lady of Fatima, in unison with all the Bishops of the world could ever take place since bishops are all over the place with their beliefs. Then I realized as these bishops ascend to heresy, they are no longer bishops so it may end up being some sede, bishops, SSPX and a few good sons of the church left in the NO. There is the manageable number.

Jeffrey Ade

Yep always knocking down Roman Catholics with uncertainty about there validity. Never hear that about the NO bishops.

In Principio

‘The excellence of this practice of devotion’ ~ ‘The Secret of Mary’ – Saint Louis de Montfort – ‘The interior constituents…; Chapters III; points 53-59; part III; pages 11-12

[Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort; XVII-XVIII Century AD; born: Montfort-sur-Meu, France/died: Saint-Laurent-sur-Sevre, France; (aged 43); Founder; Spiritual Writer]
4. The effects that this devotion produces in a faithful soul
53. Experience will teach you much more about this devotion than I can tell you,
but, if you remain faithful to the little I have taught you, you will acquire a great richness of grace that will surprise you and fill you with delight.
54. Let us set to work, then, dear soul, through perseverance in the living of this devotion, in order that Mary's soul may glorify the Lord in us and her spirit be within us to rejoice in God her Saviour. Let us not think that there was more glory and happiness in dwelling in Abraham's bosom - which is another name for Paradise - than in dwelling in the bosom of Mary where God has set up his throne. (Abbot Guerric)
55. This devotion faithfully practised produces countless happy effects in the soul. The most important of them …المزيد

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Credo .

O Holy Ghost, I offer Thee the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, His most Precious Blood, the sorrowful, humble, pure, obedient and Immaculate Heart of Mary, to repair for all my offenses and negligence's. I consecrate myself unreservedly to Thee and I place all my trust in Thee. ~ Amen. (Universal Living Rosary)

In Principio

"59. We are given reason to believe that, towards the end of time and perhaps sooner than we expect, God will raise up great men filled with the Holy Spirit and imbued with the spirit of Mary. Through them Mary, Queen most powerful, will work great wonders in the world, destroying sin and setting up the kingdom of Jesus her Son upon the ruins of the corrupt kingdom of the world. These holy men will accomplish this by means of the devotion of which I only trace the main outlines and which suffers from my incompetence."

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Leo XIV Appoints Seven New Members to the Apostolic Signatura

Today, Leo XIV has appointed seven new Members (judges) of the Apostolic Signatura. The new Members are:
- Conservative Archbishop Salvatore Joseph Cordileone of San Francisco (United States);
- Conservative Bishop Krzysztof Nitkiewicz of Sandomierz (Poland);
- Archbishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru, former Secretary of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts;
- Bishop Edward M. Lohse of Kalamazoo (United States); former Signatura official
- Fr. Eduardo Baura de la Peña, professor of canon law at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Opus Dei);
- Fr. Gianpaolo Montini, professor of canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University;
- Fr. Ulrich Rhode, S.J., professor of canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
The appointments replace Members whose five-year mandates, conferred in June 2021, have now concluded. Among those completing their service are Cardinals Joseph Tobin, Mario Grech, and Gerhard Ludwig Müller.
German Jesuit Fr. Ulrich Rhode is the only appointee …المزيد

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Kangaroo court.

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تنصيب أسقف جديد في نيو مكسيكو: «جئت لأستمع قبل أن أُعلِّم»

بعد عامين من شغور منصب أسقف الأبرشية، تم تنصيب الأسقف خوسيه غوادالوبي توريس كامبوس، البالغ من العمر 66 عامًا، في 22 يوليو، ليصبح ثالث أسقف لإيكاتيبيك في المكسيك. تضم الأبرشية 1.5 مليون كاثوليكي وحوالي 100 رعية.
توريس كامبوس، وهو من مواليد ليون في ولاية غواناخواتو، كان حتى ذلك الحين أسقف مدينة سيوداد خواريز، وقد مارس خدمته الرعوية على طول الحدود الشمالية للمكسيك على مدى السنوات الإحدى عشرة الماضية. وتظهره العديد من الصور على الإنترنت وهو يرتدي ملابس مدنية. وقد عيّن ليو الرابع عشر مدافعاً صريحاً عن الهجرة ومفكراً رعوياً يدعو إلى «التقارب» و«المرافقة».
اشتهر الأسقف توريس باهتمامه بالمهاجرين، بما في ذلك إقامة قداس في وسط نهر ريو غراندي الحدودي. كما كان ملتزمًا بالعمل الاجتماعي.
خلال حفل التنصيب، وصف الأسقف توريس أسلوب الخدمة «السينودسي» الذي سيمثله قائلاً: «أتيت برغبة صادقة في الاستماع قبل الكلام، والفهم قبل اتخاذ القرار، والمحبة قبل الطلب. أريد أن أكون أسقفًا قريبًا من الناس، وراعيًا لا يخشى الاقتراب من معاناة البشر، وأبًا يضمن ألا يشعر أحد بالوحدة أو النسيان أو الاستبعاد من محبة الله أو …المزيد

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Munich Liturgical Controversy Goes Around the Globe: Many Catholic media outlets across the globe - in English, French, Polish, Spanish, Italian, etc. - are reporting on the latest liturgical abuse from the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. The case centers on a Mass for the feast of St. Mary Magdalene, where Auxiliary Bishop Wolfgang Bischof delivered a "dialogue homily" together with laywoman Theresia Reischl, despite the Holy See's recent reaffirmation that the homily during Mass is reserved to an ordained minister. The celebration also featured liturgical dancing and balloons, further fueling criticism.

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Woman gives joint homily with German bishop despite Vatican ban

In an apparent direct violation of the Holy See’s prohibition, a lay-woman gave a joint sermon during Mass in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising this week. Marking the feast of St. Mary Magdalene on Wednesday, the auxiliary bishop of one of Germany’s most populous and prominent archdioceses delivered a “dialogue sermon” with a woman during the feast-day Mass. Bishop Wolfgang Bischof joined with the head of the Archbishop's Women's Commission, Theresia Reischl, to deliver a joint sermon during the liturgy in St. Michael’s church in Munich.

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Father Karl A Claver

Vatican 2, it is because of you, nothing is true, the main church is through.

steack

Bishop Aguer about novus ordo " This and other.. emptied seminaries and covents…

Gilberto Beneventi

Muslims don’t take over and block streets to pray in Qatar, Dubai or even Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam. It’s illegal and considered disruptive. They only do it in the West to assert dominance.

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The name "Fatima" in Portugal originates from the Arabic feminine name Fátima, linked to a Moorish princess who converted to Christianity during the Reconquista
In 1916, during the apparitions at Fatima, the children, Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta, were instructed by the Angel of Peace to bow their heads to the ground and pray. They were taught to repeat the prayer: "My God, I believe, I adore, I hope, and I love Thee. I ask pardon for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not hope, and do not love Thee." We Catholics are ask to bow our head to the ground also
Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, I adore Thee profoundly, and I offer Thee the Most Precious Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of the same Son Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for all the outrages, sacrileges, and indifference by which He Himself is offended. And by the infinite merits of His Most Sacred Heart and through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of Thee the …المزيد

Father Karl A Claver

Some Catholic theologians believe that Mohammad was a mini anti-Christ. He took beliefs from several different religions and then concocted his own.

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Polish President Pardons Woman in High-Profile Free Speech Case: Polish President Karol Nawrocki pardoned in April 2026 Weronika Krawczyk, ending a widely debated free speech case. Krawczyk, a mother of three from the Starogard Gdański area (Pelplin diocese, near Gdańsk), was convicted over online posts warning other women about a gynecologist who, she said, had misdiagnosed her unborn son with Down syndrome and repeatedly urged her to have an abortion. Her son was born healthy in 2016. Krawczyk also refused a court-ordered apology to the doctor. The pardon lifted the order to publicize the verdict and the obligation to apologize. Her case had received support from pro-life and Catholic organizations, including Catholic Action in Poland and Bishop Ryszard Kasyna of Pelplin.

O sprawie pani Weroniki Krawczyk słyszała chyba cała Polska.
Kobieta została skazana tylko za to, że odradziła na forum internetowym korzystanie z usług ginekologa, który chciał zabić jej nienarodzone dziecko.
Lekarz ten proponował jej aborcję, twierdząc, że dziecko urodzi się z zespołem Downa. Ostatecznie urodziła zdrowego synka, a lekarz nie poniósł żadnej odpowiedzialności karnej. Pani Weronika natomiast została ukarana za opinię, w której wyraziła sprzeciw wobec jego działań.
Sąd w Gdańsku skazał kobietę na 60 godzin prac społecznych oraz karę finansową, a także zobowiązał do przeprosin. Ponieważ nie wyobrażała sobie możliwości przeproszenia abortera, który chciał zabić jej dziecko, groziło jej realnie więzienie.
Za Weroniką Krawczyk wstawiły się liczne środowiska pro-life, a później również biskup diecezji pelplińskiej. Jako matka trójki dzieci, w tym jednego z niepełnosprawnością, także ze względu na ich dobro wnioskowała do Prezydenta RP o ułaskawienie.
Znają już Państwo szczęśliwe …المزيد

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CatMuse

As it is not an offence there is nothing to pardon of course. The president needs to sort out the miscarriage of justice issue involved.

Diana Pfeffer

The Kathryn Krick phenomenon raises questions for Christians ➡️ The images are striking. Devotees overcome with emotion enter trances, waiting for hours to meet Kathryn Krick, leader of the 5F Church in Los Angeles, who presents herself as an "apostle"

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Just another nauseatng snake oil salesman exploiting some suffering innocents, except this time stuffed into a captivating red top.

john333

Seizure of stupidity

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Leo XIV Promotes Archbishop Who Praised Abu Dhabi Document: "Culmination of Sincere Dialogue"

Today, Pope Leo XIV has appointed Lebanese Archbishop Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis, 58, as the Holy See's new Permanent Observer to the United Nations in New York.
A Maronite priest and canon lawyer from Beirut, El-Kassis has served in the Vatican's diplomatic corps since 2000.
He had spent eleven years (2007–2018) in the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State.
Career in Muslim-Majority Countries
Francis appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan in 2018.
In 2023, he became the first resident Apostolic Nuncio to the United Arab Emirates.
In 2024, Francis expanded his responsibilities by naming him Nuncio to Yemen and Apostolic Delegate for the Arabian Peninsula.
At the UN, he now succeeds Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, 68, from Milan. Leo XIV had appointed him as the Nuncio to the USA in March.
Ecology as Priority
During the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), held in Dubai in 2023, El-Kassis told Vatican News that religions have "a big role to play" in …المزيد

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مصنع الأساقفة «الذاتي»: أعلن الأب مايكل ماري، مؤسس ورئيس جماعة «الريديمبتوريستين عبر الألب» في بابا سترونساي، اسكتلندا، أنه من أنصار مذهب «الكرسي الشاغر» في 7 مايو. واليوم، تم تكريسه أسقفًا من أنصار مذهب «الكرسي الشاغر» ضمن سلالة «ثوك» المشكوك في شرعيتها. وقد أجرى «التكريس» الأسقف بيير روي، بمشاركة الأسقفين رودريغو ريبيرو دا سيلفا وفرناندو ألتاميرا بصفتهما «مشاركَي التكريس».

Today, Father Michael Mary, F.S.S.R., was consecrated a sede-bishop by sede-bishop Pierre Roy. The co-consecrators are sede-bishops Rodrigo Ribeiro da Silva and Fernando Altamira.

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Bishop Blocks Electronic Music Concerts in Church: On July 23, Bishop Alexandre de Bucy of Agen, southwestern France, barred an electronic music festival from using the Saint-Robert Church for concerts scheduled on August 7–9. The church is municipally owned under French law, but the bishop has authority over its religious use and the French law forbids a secular use of state-owned churches. Organizers had reportedly failed—for the fourth consecutive year—to seek permission from either the parish or the Diocese of Agen. Parish priest Rev. Gilles N'Goran condemned the planned concerts as a "profanation."

L’évêque d’Agen, Alexandre de Bucy, a interdit un concert de musique électronique dans l’église Saint-Robert, faute d’autorisation de la paroisse et du diocèse. Le festival, prévu du 7 au 9 août, était organisé pour la quatrième année consécutive sans consultation préalable. Le curé, le père Gilles N’Goran, a dénoncé le projet comme une « profanation ».

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Seidenspinner

Jane Allen was suffering from anorexia. She traveled to Colorado seeking treatment. Instead, her doctor offered assisted suicide — a prescription for death. Her father intervened just in time. Jane began to heal — eating again, tapering off morphine. The anorexia clinic dropped her, calling her a “liability.” When Jane chose life, her doctors walked away. Assisted suicide isn’t healthcare. It’s preying on the sick and vulnerable.

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Instaurare Omnia in Christo

Yes, communism which NON Russians brought to the people and killed tens of millions of CATHOLICS AND ORTHODOX. Some people ought to take out all the hate from their hearts and their lying and get rid of the ignorance they speak.
What was Sister Lucia concerned about? communism.
What does the Church teach? communism is a sin and evil.
Who did the Saintly Popes reach out to? The Russian Orthodox.
Who did the Russian Orthodox reach out to? Saintly Popes.
Who did most of those Saintly Popes and more condemned fiercely? protestantism.
The slaughterer of souls. And also the mind.
YES! The errors of Russia! But NOT of the Russian People! As the Church has said, taught and shown for centuries.

123jussi

More of Russias errors!

Pierre Henri

Andrew Bridgen
@ABridgen
Former PM Liz Truss discloses that those who speak against the approved narrative in Parliament are ostracised and cancelled and that a shadowy global elite led by the central bankers control all our senior politicians! From experience I know she is correct I know she is correct

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Karl Jürgen Schimpf

Genauso wird es in allen Ländern gemacht. WEF hat dies beschlossen. Die Covid -Impfung war eine der Abmachungen. Die Überflutung Europas mit Moslems und Menschen aus Afrika eine weitere Abmachung. Europa soll an die Wand gefahren werden, damit sich eine schnelle "Eine-Welt-Regierung" durchsetzen kann. Lest einmal die Agenda 2030 vom WEF.

Marie Mariéthoz

Merci pour DIEU. Saint Dimanche .

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New Mexican Bishop Installed: "I Come to Listen before Teaching"

After two years of diocesan vacancy, on 22 July, Bishop José Guadalupe Torres Campos, 66, was installed as the third Bishop of Ecatepec, Mexico. The diocese has 1.5 million Catholics and around 100 parishes.
A native of León, Guanajuato, Torres Campos was until then the Bishop of Ciudad Juárez and has ministered along Mexico’s northern border for the last eleven years. Many pictures on the internet show him in civilian clothes. Leo XIV has appointed a vocal advocate of immigration and a pastoral ideologue of "closeness2 and "acocompaniment".
Bishop Torres became known for his focus on migrants, including celebrating liturgical abuses in the middle of the Rio Grande border river. He was also committed to social outreach.
During the installation, Bishop Torres described the “synodal” style of ministry he will represent: "I come with the sincere desire to listen before speaking, to understand before deciding, and to love before asking. I want to be a bishop who is close to the people, a …المزيد

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Father Karl A Claver

Parents teach their children first, and from that, the children learn to talk, and then the parents will listen.

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البابا ليو الرابع عشر يرقّي رئيس أساقفة أشاد بـ«وثيقة أبوظبي»: «تتويج للحوار الصادق»

عيّن البابا ليو الرابع عشر اليوم المطران اللبناني كريستوف زاخيا الكاسيس، البالغ من العمر 58 عامًا، مراقبًا دائمًا جديدًا للكرسي الرسولي لدى الأمم المتحدة في نيويورك.
والكاسيس، وهو كاهن ماروني وخبير في القانون الكنسي من بيروت، يعمل في السلك الدبلوماسي للفاتيكان منذ عام 2000.
وقد أمضى أحد عشر عامًا (2007–2018) في قسم العلاقات مع الدول التابع لأمانة الدولة.
مسيرته المهنية في البلدان ذات الأغلبية المسلمة
عينه البابا فرانسيس سفيرًا رسولياً لدى باكستان في عام 2018.
وفي عام 2023، أصبح أول سفير بابوي مقيم لدى الإمارات العربية المتحدة.
وفي عام 2024، وسّع البابا فرانسيس نطاق مسؤولياته بتعيينه سفيرًا لدى اليمن ومندوبًا رسولياً لشبه الجزيرة العربية.
وفي الأمم المتحدة، يخلف الآن المطران غابرييل جيوردانو كاتشيا، 68 عامًا، من ميلانو. وكان البابا ليو الرابع عشر قد عيّنه سفيرًا لدى الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية في مارس.
البيئة كأولوية
خلال مؤتمر الأمم المتحدة لتغير المناخ (COP28)، الذي عُقد في دبي عام 2023، صرح الكاسيس لـ«فاتيكان نيوز» بأن الأديان «لها دور كبير تلعبه» في معالجة التغير المناخي المزعوم الناجم …المزيد

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Former Convent in Versailles to Become Luxury Hotel

The French Ministry of the Armed Forces and the City of Versailles have announced on July 23 that the former Récollets Convent in Versailles will be converted into a luxury hotel.
Located less than 100 meters from the Palace of Versailles, the historic site is expected to reopen around 2030.
Built in 1684 during the reign of King Louis XIV, the convent was designed by architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart. It originally housed the Récollets, a reformed branch of the Franciscan Order. The monks lived in poverty, prayer, and preaching while serving the people of Versailles and the royal armies.
Following the French Revolution, the monks were expelled and the property was nationalized. The convent chapel was demolished in 1796, and the remaining buildings were successively used as a prison, military infirmary, army barracks, and administrative offices.
The French state will retain ownership of the property but will grant a long-term emphyteutic lease to a private operator responsible for restoring …المزيد

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Father Karl A Claver

More rotten and poisonous fruits of Vatican II.

قام Sven Christian Köhler بالمشاركة من Guntherus de Thuringia

The pope again appealed for peace and nuclear disarmament as Trump signaled that the U.S. would continue operations against Iran.
Der Papst appellierte erneut an den Frieden und die nukleare Abrüstung, während Trump signalisierte, dass die USA ihre Operationen gegen den Iran fortsetzen würden.
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Scapular

Leo it’s all in your hands, obey Our Lady of Fatima.

mccallansteve

Leo rejects war but wages constant war on the traditional faith. I see how it is.