Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a report on April 15 stating that the 2018 agreement between China and the Vatican has helped the Chinese government to increase pressure on underground Catholics. It has called on Pope Leo XIV to review or repeal the agreement and to press China to end the persecution. One priest cited by HRW was denied access to banking, phone services, and passports. Furthermore, there is a de facto ban on religious practice for persons under 18.
(PerMariam) — The watchdog agency Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned that the controversial 2018 deal between China and the Vatican has “helped the Chinese government to pressure underground Catholic communities to join the official church.” According to a detailed new report issued by HRW, the Chinese state is only increasing its persecution of underground Catholics, and is doing so aided by the framework of the 2018 deal between Beijing and the Holy See regarding the appointment of bishops. “The 2018 Holy See-China agreement on bishops has helped the Chinese government to pressure underground Catholic communities to join the official church,” HRW wrote on April 15. Image produced via AI. Having been signed in 2018 on a provisional basis, the secretive Sino-Vatican deal’s specific details remain undisclosed: a peculiar air of mystery surrounds them. It has since been renewed a number of times, most recently in 2024 for a period of four years. The agreement is believed to recognize …
[Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich – XVIII-XIX Century AD; Flamschen, Holy Roman Empire/Dulmen, German Confederation; Mystic; Stigmatist, Writer] “II. THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION 1.0 JOACHIM AND ST. ANNE MEET BENEATH THE GOLDEN GATE. It was a warning from on high that had led Joachim into the Holy Place, and it was by a similar inspiration that he was brought into a subterranean passage which belonged to the consecrated part of the Temple and ran under it and under the Golden Gate. I have been told what was the meaning and origin of this passage when the Temple was built, and also what it was used for, but I have no clear recollection of this. Some religious observance relating to the blessing and reconciliation of the unfruitful was, I think, connected with this passage. In certain circumstances people were brought into it for rites of purification, expiation, absolution, and the like. Joachim was led by priests near the slaughtering-place through a little door into this passage. The …ਹੋਰ
"On their arrival at Nazareth, Joachim, after a joyful meal, gave food to many poor people and distributed generous alms. I saw how full he and Anna were of joy and fervor and gratitude to God when they thought of His compassion towards them; I often saw them praying together with tears. It was explained to me here that the Blessed Virgin was begotten by her parents in holy obedience and complete purity of heart, and that thereafter they lived together in continence in the greatest devoutness and fear of God. I was at the same time clearly instructed how immeasurably the holiness of children was encouraged by the purity, chastity, and continence of their parents and by their resistance to all unclean temptations; and how continence after conception preserves the fruit of the womb from many sinful impulses. In general, I was given an overflowing abundance of knowledge about the roots of deformity and sin.”
The Superior of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X (FSSPX), Father Davide Pagliarani, commented on the July 1 episcopal consecrations in an in-house interview with LaPorteLatine.org. Key lines. - The episcopal consecrations… are not a rebellion, but the response to a cruel necessity. - Cardinals Gerhard Müller, Robert Sarah, and other bishops suffer from a typically modern malaise: an inability to reconcile the demands of faith with those of canon law, leading to a kind of paralyzing dichotomy. - The FSSPX holds that these principles must not simply be juxtaposed, but hierarchized - one subordinated to the other. - The ‘rigorous’ canonists still consider the FSSPX schismatic — this is how one must understand the statements of Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke. - Bishop Athanasius Schneider has shown great courage and freedom of speech… his support will go down in history. - I thank Bishop Joseph Strickland for his message full of strength, clarity, and courage. - Bishop Vitus Huonder,…ਹੋਰ
On April 16, 2026, in Lahti, Finland, British conductor Matthew Halls accidentally struck the soloist’s 1780 Guadagnini violin with a wide arm gesture The instrument, valued at around $1M, flew to the ground
The First Lady of Equatorial Guinea, Constancia Mangue, appeared in outfits featuring images of Pope Leo XIV during his visit. At the airport reception, she wore a light blue suit adorned with multiple portraits of the Pope. At a later official event, she wore a green dress with large portraits of Leo XIV on the front.
Protokoll: Wenn man den Papst trifft, zieht man sich schwarz an. Afrika: Ja, vergiss es. Wir machen Papstmode. Die First Lady von Äquatorialguinea trug heute ein grünes Papstkleid.
On the return flight to Rome today, Pope Leo XIV was asked about the decision of Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich, Germany, to enforce "blessings" for homosexual couples in his archdiocese. Leo XIV replied: "First of all, I think it’s very important to understand that the unity or division of the Church should not revolve around sexual matters. We tend to think that when the Church is talking about morality, that the only issue of morality is sexual. And in reality, I believe there are much greater, more important issues, such as justice, equality, freedom of men and women, freedom of religion, that would all take priority before that particular issue. The Holy See has already spoken to the German bishops. The Holy See has made it clear that we do not agree with the formalized blessing of couples, in this case, homosexual couples, as you asked, or couples in irregular situations, beyond what was specifically, if you will, allowed for by Pope Francis in saying all people receive blessings. …ਹੋਰ
Weak….weak as water. O for the voice of a strong, stern, fearless and uncompromising Holy Father, who, as a faithful Shepherd, would reprove and rebuke sin in the Church and cleanse her of iniquity wherever it is found.
Here you can see clearly whom is he serving. NO pope ever speaks such leftist political language without any authority whatsoever about those who are the newmakers of the newrules in the newchurch.
Bergoglio died in final impenitence, without publicly rectifying his rebellion against God and the Church; on the contrary, Prevost, Tucho, and their henchmen, by celebrating and perpetuating his apostate and heretical legacy, confirm Bergoglio’s impenitence. Prevost mocks Heaven by approving the cause for the beatification of a depraved apostate who allowed indigenous children to touch his genitals. Prevost obstinately persists in denying Hell and Purgatory, and shows no shame whatsoever in defending another inhabitant of Hell—just as he has done with Judas the traitor.
Trump DOJ charges far-left Southern Poverty Law Center that targets traditional Catholics: The Southern Poverty Law Center, which was cited in an infamous Biden administration memo targeting Latin Mass Catholics, faces a federal indictment for bank fraud and other crimes.
Tue Apr 21, 2026 - 7:25 pm EDTWed Apr 22, 2026 - 4:44 pm EDT MONTGOMERY, Alabama (LifeSiteNews) — The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced an indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), one of the most powerful left-wing activist groups in the U.S., on 11 counts of bank fraud and other crimes. The infamous nonprofit “secretly funneled more than $3 million in donated funds” to members of the Ku Klux Klan, the National Socialist Party of America, and other extremist organizations as part of investigations into the groups, the DOJ said on Tuesday. The SPLC failed to tell donors that it was using their money “to fund the leaders and organizers of racist groups at the same time that the SPLC was denouncing the same groups on its website,” according to the agency. The DOJ said that the SPLC “opened bank accounts connected to a series of fictitious entities” to cover up the scheme and “made a series of false statements related to the operation of the accounts.” A grand …
23.04.2025 THE ARCHBISHOP OF MILAN AND THE SSPX WERE NOT THERE AT THE MILAN MEETING : VATICAN COUNCIL II RATIONAL IS CONSERVATIVE 1. Pope Leo and the SSPX are in schism with the Magisterium of the 16th century on extra ecclesiam nulla salus, with no exceptions. The Council of Florence 1442 also did not mention any exceptions for EENS. 2. Pope Leo and the SSPX are in schism with the times of Augustine and Aquinas, on the Creeds (Nicene, Athanasius and Apostles). They interpret LG 16 as being a physically visible case. 3. Pope Leo and the SSPX are in schism on the Catechisms. There is a rupture with Tradition. In the Catechism of Pope Pius X, 29Q is not an exception for 24Q and 27 Q for me as it is for them. 4. For Pope Leo and the SSPX ‘the passages in red’ contradict ‘the passages in blue’ but not for me. The passages in red (AG7, LG 14 etc) are hypothetical cases and not explicit examples of salvation outside the Church. So they do not contradict EENS and the blue orthodox passages …ਹੋਰ
Mocking the biblical Jesus Christ, the Marxist apostate Robert Prevost recited the *Regina Caeli* before an image of a black woman with a black baby on her back. Prevost celebrated a Marxist, inculturated "Mass" at the Malabo Stadium, before an image of a Black "Virgin" and a Black, Marxist "Baby Jesus." Equatorial Guinea. The Marxist Prevost—while promoting a false Black Christ—has the cynicism to proclaim himself the successor of Peter. Note that Prevost also failed to denounce the Islamization through which the impostor Muhammad de-Christianized Africa—and, by means of the sword, compelled many to apostatize and worship the false god Allah. Black Lives Matter activist calls for …
Note that Prevost also failed to denounce the Islamization through which the impostor Muhammad de-Christianized Africa—and, by means of the sword, compelled many to apostatize and worship the false god Allah.
In Soloviev’s work *Three Dialogues*, the description of the Antichrist as an ecumenist, pacifist, and environmentalist also notes that he draws people to himself by telling each person exactly what they want to hear—much like politicians who employ demagoguery to deceive the masses. Prevost profanes the Church in order to validate Muslims, while simultaneously—whenever it suits him—donning the guise of a sheep and preaching a gospel that stands in contradiction to his own actions.
The Feast of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, formerly known as Feast of Our Lady of Victory and Feast of the Holy Rosary is celebrated on 7 October in the General Roman Calendar. 7 October is the anniversary of the decisive victory of the combined fleet of the Holy League of 1571 over the Ottoman navy at the Battle of Lepanto. Yes, today is the anniversary of the victory of the Battle of Lepanto against Suleiman the Magnificent. It is also the Feast of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary instituted to celebrate the thousands of sailors of the Papal Navy and the Catholic League praying the rosary together to obtain a miracle before the battle and the resulting decisive Catholic victory. We owe our existence today to the Papal Navy and their miraculous victory at the Battle of Lepanto obtained through the intercession of Our Lady of the Rosary. Why Did the Pope Need A Navy? The Papal Navy was founded by Pope Leo IV to defend the Papal States citizens against coastal Islamic piracy, raids …ਹੋਰ
It was actually Italy that sent a new crucifix to replace the one destroyed by an IDF soldier. Papal Nuncio Paolo Borgia visited the church in Debel to bless the corpus before it was installed on the cross by Italian UNIFIL forces. The Israeli replacement is actually quite small in comparison, as can be seen in the image below.