Priest Remains at Altar as Earthquake Shakes Bogotá Chapel: A priest remained at the altar as an earthquake struck during the Consecration at a Mass in the Roman rite at the Chapel of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Bogotá on August 10. The altar server and congregation also remained in place as the church and hanging lamps shook. The Mass continued throughout the tremor.
This is how the priest and faithful attending the Traditional Latin Mass reacted when an earthquake struck in the midst of the Consecration. The footage was recorded at the Chapel of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Bogotá.
Hegseth Is Pressed to Clarify Lawyer’s Role in Promotion Decisions Representative Jason Crow asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to explain statements about his special adviser’s influence following a New York Times repor nytimes.com/…/13/us/hegseth-jason-crow-military-p… By Greg Jaffe Reporting from Washington Aug. 13, 2026, 6:01 a.m. ET Representative Jason Crow, Democrat of Colorado, pressed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a letter released on Thursday to clarify his earlier statements about whether his personal lawyer influenced key military promotions. During a hearing in April, Mr. Crow asked whether Timothy Parlatore, a lawyer who has represented Mr. Hegseth and President Trump, was working on behalf of senior military officers being considered for promotions by Mr. Hegseth. Mr. Hegseth said that Mr. Parlatore, who is also his “special adviser” at the Pentagon and a Navy reservist, had no role in choosing senior military leaders. “He doesn’t represent anyone,” Mr. Hegseth …More
CHAPTER 11 - Christianity established -Third and fourth Persecutions - First and second Centuries - CATECHISM OF PERSEVERANCE - COURSE THIRD - AN HISTORICAL, DOCTRINAL,MORAL, AND LITURGICAL EXPOSITION OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION Translated from the French of Mgr Gaume by REV. F. B. JAMISON ....Download, print, and above all share !to be continued...(integral)
Today, Bishop Emeritus Christopher Saunders, 76, of Broome was convicted of 13 homosexual offences against two young Indigenous men in Western Australia. A jury in the District Court of Western Australia found Saunders guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault and one count of sexual penetration without consent. The jury acquitted him on six other charges. The offences for which Saunders was convicted occurred between 2008 and 2019, while he was serving as Bishop of Broome. Saunders was also convicted of offences against a second man, including sexual penetration without consent. The jury deliberated for approximately seven hours before returning the verdicts. Earlier in the trial, the judge instructed the jury that it was not necessary to return verdicts on seven charges and to disregard them because there was insufficient evidence to convict. Saunders pleaded not guilty to the charges and denied the allegations. He did not give evidence during the trial. He is due to face a sentencing …More
CHAPTER 12-Christianity established-Fifth and sixth Persecutions-Second Century - CATECHISM OF PERSEVERANCE - COURSE THIRD - AN HISTORICAL, DOCTRINAL,MORAL, AND LITURGICAL EXPOSITION OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION Translated from the French of Mgr Gaume by REV. F. B. JAMISON ....Download, print, and above all share !to be continued
Steve Ray shares how he discovered the Beauty of Catholic Church| On the Spot | Shalom World News After nearly three decades of its publication, Steve K Ray’s book on his conversion story, ‘Crossing the Tiber’, is still on the top-selling list. In Shalom World’s program ‘On the Spot’ Steve Ray, renowned Catholic Apologist, Author and Speaker, opens up about his conversion to Catholic faith, the challenges he had to undergo after conversion including the initial rejection from his and his wife’s parents, and their life of faith filled with grace. While you watch his sharing, his words, “We have discovered the best kept secret in the world by becoming Catholics” would resound in your ears, inspiring you to discover the divine beauty of the Catholic Church just as he experienced.
OF THE CAUSES OF SIN, IN PARTICULAR - EVIL HABITS, i.e. VICES AND SINS (QQ[71]-8 - First Section - Summa Theologica - Thomas Aquinas...Download, print, and above all share !to be continued
Third fall: On 28 October 1958, the conclave2 came to an end – a false conclave, let us repeat, since within it there was already a Pope who had joined the ranks of the cardinals to elect another pope! Obviously, this second pontiff can only be false, since the Holy Spirit had withdrawn from the conclave two days earlier during the forced and invalid abdication of the true Pontiff. We have now reached the final fall, which took place between 5.22 pm and 6.20 pm on Tuesday 28th, when the cardinals, together with the true Pontiff, pledged allegiance to the usurper: this is an act of apostasy, the consequence of which is that the true Pontiff ipso facto loses his office. The result is that on 28 October 1958 at 6.20 pm, the Catholic Church no longer had a Pope: the realisation is terrible and the consequences manifold. (Source: first comment)
August 13th - Saint of the Day: Saint Maximus the Confessor, Monk & Defender of the Faith Imperial Secretary, Byzantine Monk, Theologian & Defender of the Faith He was silenced by an empire. The Church still hears him 1,400 years later. Saint Maximus the Confessor went from the emperor's right-hand man to a simple monk, and then to the most dangerous man in the Byzantine Empire, all because he refused to accept a heresy about Jesus Christ. In this Saint of the Day feature, you'll discover: Why an 80-year-old monk terrified the most powerful ruler on earth The trial transcript where he told his judges, "Even if the whole universe holds communion with the Patriarch, I will not" The brutal price he paid: his tongue, his right hand, and exile to the mountains of Georgia How the Church vindicated everything he taught just 19 years after his death on August 13th, 662 The tradition of three miraculous lights burning over his lonely grave His teaching on the two wills …More
13.08.2026 PROGRESSIVISTS AND TRADITIONALISTS TODAY USE IRRATIONAL CUSHINGISM TO INTERPRET THE CREEDS, COUNCILS AND CATECHISMS: UNDERSTANDING LIONEL ANDRADES VISIBLE-INVISIBLE DISTINCTION To understand Lionel Andrades you must make the invisible-visible distinction, you must be aware of it when reading Vatican Council II and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You must understand in general that the blue orthodox passages in Vatican Council II are not contradicted by the red hypothetical passages. So the blue conservative passages are aligned with the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus, the Athanasius Creed with no exceptions mentioned in Vatican Council II etc. Once this is clear, invisible cases of CCC 847-848 (invincible ignorance etc) do not contradict CCC 845-846 ( outside the Church no salvation). CCC 1257 does not contradict itself when it states that the Church knows of no means to eternal beatitude other than the baptism of water and also says ‘God is not limited to the Sacraments’. …More