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| Jean Madiran [1980]: Interesting Revelation Concerning John XXIII |
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Posted by: Stone - 04-23-2026, 10:46 AM - Forum: In Defense of Tradition
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Interesting Revelation Concerning John XXIII, Jean Madiran – ITINÉRAIRES November 1980
La Porte Latine [Machine translated from the French - emphasis mine]
Despite a few contrary appearances he had generously cultivated, notably when he was nuncio in Paris, John XXIII was in reality an admirer of Marc Sangnier and a disciple of the Sillon.
A revelation? Yes. As Henri Rambaud used to say, the true "unpublished" is… the printed word — that which went unnoticed at the time of its publication.
The letter from Nuncio Roncalli reproduced below had already been published in 1965 in Ernest Pezet's book: Chrétiens au service de la cité, de Léon XIII au Sillon et au MRP (NEL). It had passed unnoticed, at least by us. It has now been republished in L'âme populaire, the still-living organ of the "Catholic Sillon" founded by Robert Pigelet in 1920, in its 60th year, issue 571, August–September 1980.
This letter was addressed by Nuncio Roncalli to Mme Marc Sangnier on June 6, 1950, on the occasion of Marc Sangnier's death. Its content and significance far exceed a simple message of condolence, as will be seen:
Quote:"Paris, June 6, 1950
Madame,
I had heard Marc Sangnier speak for the first time in Rome around 1903 or 1904, at a meeting of Catholic Youth. The powerful fascination of his words, of his soul, had enchanted me, and I keep of his person and his political and social activity the most vivid memory of my entire priestly youth.
His noble and great humility in accepting later, in 1910, the admonition — moreover quite affectionate and benevolent — of the Holy Pope Pius X, gives in my eyes the measure of his true greatness.
Souls capable of remaining as faithful and respectful as his of the Gospel and of the Holy Church are made for the highest ascents that secure earthly glory before contemporaries and posterity, to whom the example of Marc Sangnier will remain as a teaching and an encouragement.
On the occasion of his death, my spirit was greatly comforted to see that the most authoritative voices to speak in the name of official France came together, unanimously, to wrap Marc Sangnier as in a mantle of honor, in the Sermon on the Mount. No more eloquent tribute and praise could be rendered to the memory of this distinguished Frenchman, whose contemporaries knew how to appreciate the clarity of a profoundly Christian soul and the noble sincerity of his heart."
By the magical effect of a kind of implicit "reinterpretation" of texts — which foreshadows the marvels that the conciliar evolution would achieve in this domain — Marc Sangnier and his Sillon thus received from the "holy Pope Pius X" nothing other than a "quite affectionate and benevolent admonition"; no memory remains of any error that had been condemned, of any teaching that had been formulated against the Sillon. The only "teaching" that the future John XXIII recalls in this connection is that of… Marc Sangnier himself!
No doubt Saint Pius X recognized in the leaders of the Sillon "elevated souls, superior to vulgar passions and animated by the noblest enthusiasm for the good"; but he also declared: "We have had the sorrow of seeing our warnings and reproaches glide off their elusive souls." The people of the Sillon are "swept along a path as false as it is dangerous." The Sillon "builds its city on a theory contrary to Catholic truth and distorts the essential and fundamental notions that govern social relations"; it "sows erroneous and pernicious ideas"; it has "a false idea of human dignity"; "its spirit is dangerous and its education harmful"; and henceforth "it forms nothing more than a miserable tributary of the great movement of apostasy organized in all countries."
Who would suspect this, reading Roncalli's soothing reinterpretation? Who could suppose that in reality, in his Letter on the Sillon, Saint Pius X had doctrinally defined and denounced that RELIGIOUS DEMOCRACY which, half a century later, through the so-called CONCILIAR EVOLUTION, would draw ecclesiastical society into IMMANENT APOSTASY?
Moreover, in 1950 Nuncio Roncalli enjoyed recalling that he had been "fascinated" and "enchanted" by Marc Sangnier: a memory that remains "the most vivid of his entire priestly youth."
The same Nuncio Roncalli, with other interlocutors, managed to pass himself off rather as an admirer and disciple of Cardinal Pie — we have precise testimony of this. Unhappy John XXIII, of whom Abbé Berto had said that terrible thing: "He is a skeptic."
A skeptic, yes; but not, for that reason, impartial between doctrines, or indifferent before them. Like all skeptics by temperament, he actively inclined toward the anti-dogmatic; the modernists; the Sillonists. His admiration for Cardinal Pie was a pretense — or let us say: a protocolar respect, which he played skillfully. His heart was with the Sillon.
Most striking is the calm audacity with which Nuncio Roncalli allowed himself to speak of Saint Pius X's letter on the Sillon, "reinterpreting" it in such a way as to strip it of all its moral and doctrinal significance. Let one reread that letter Notre charge apostolique of August 25, 1910, and one will immediately perceive to what extent the manner in which Nuncio Roncalli speaks of it manifests a total effrontery.
In 1950, the substitute Jean-Baptiste Montini treated the encyclical Humani generis of Pius XII in exactly the same way: an account of this is found in one and the other of the two books Jean Guitton devoted to Paul VI. I had analyzed this phenomenon in detail on the occasion of the first volume: in issue 128 of ITINÉRAIRES, December 1968, pages 154 to 159. I did not name Montini; I examined his remarks and characterized them by understatement as "inattention to texts" and "gratuitous reverie," judging that my commentary "would currently change nothing at all and would find its natural place in its own time, with hindsight and in an already historical perspective."
Since Montini's name did not appear, my analysis attracted little attention. One may refer to it today, after Jean Guitton's second work on Paul VI, which has confirmed the authentic tenor and brazen audacity of Montini's remarks from 1950.
That was September 8. Roncalli, June 6 of the same year. The occasion of the one and the other text was different. The substance, the intellectual method, was identical. Such, then, were the hands into which the Church Militant had fallen.
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| Vatican plans October conference on Amoris Laetitia as synodal implementation advances |
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Posted by: Stone - 04-22-2026, 09:13 AM - Forum: Vatican II and the Fruits of Modernism
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Vatican plans October conference on Amoris Laetitia as synodal implementation advances
The General Secretariat of the Synod approved an implementation roadmap for 2026,
with June and October gatherings set to advance the controversial synodal process worldwide.
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Synod on Synodality members during the 2023 season, in the Paul VI Hall, Vatican City
Michael Haynes
Apr 22, 2026
VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — The Vatican has approved plans for two major gatherings tied to the Synod on Synodality’s implementation, including a conference on the family in light of Amoris laetitia – Pope Francis’ 2016 controversial document challenging the teaching on Communion for the divorced and “remarried.”
On April 17, the General Secretariat of the Synod convened online and approved the general structure of a draft document for the implementation phase of the Synod on Synodality, while also announcing two forthcoming meetings – one from June 23-25 and another from October 7-14 – intended to prepare “continental evaluation assemblies” planned for early 2028 and to facilitate future consultation with bishops worldwide “on the theme of the family in the light of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Amoris laetitia.”
Details of the program were officially announced by the General Secretariat of the Synod and the Vatican’s official press organ, L’Osservatore Romano, only three days after the meeting, on April 20.
The online meeting was opened with a moment of prayer led by Sister Nathalie Becquart, undersecretary of the General Secretariat of the Synod, rather than by Secretary General Cardinal Mario Grech, who was present at the event.
Soon after, Grech outlined the next steps in the synodal process. First, Grech announced a meeting from June 23 to 25 “to prepare the continental evaluation assemblies scheduled for the first quarter of 2028.”
Pope Leo XIV will take part in one session of the proceedings.
The participants will include a representative of the Council of the Patriarchs of the Eastern Churches, the presidents of the continental episcopal conferences, and the presidents of two national episcopal conferences, namely those of the United States and Canada.
These “continental evaluation assemblies” are expected to be meetings in which participants will assess whether and how the synodal process has been implemented in their respective regions of the world, in order to understand how to correct or further develop what has been done so far.
These meetings will take place almost simultaneously with the extraordinary consistory that Pope Leo XIV has planned in Rome for June 26-27, during which the cardinals are expected to discuss issues of particular interest to the Pontiff, including the liturgy, the governance of local Churches, evangelization, and the Church’s “synodal conversion.”
Grech then announced the next step in the program of synodal implementation. As Pope Leo XIV had already announced on March 19, a conference will be held in the Vatican from October 7 to 14 with the presidents of the bishops’ conferences from around the world to determine how to implement family pastoral care in the light of Amoris laetitia.
Preparations for the event have been entrusted by the Pope to the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, with a request for “organizational and methodological support” from the General Secretariat of the Synod. The dicastery is led by Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, one of the most active exponents of Bergoglianism, and known – among other things – for having publicly praised Father James Martin’s 2017 book calling for the building of bridges with LGBT communities.
It is not clear whether the presidents of regional, national, and/or continental episcopal conferences will take part.
Amoris laetitia, one of the most controversial documents of the Francis pontificate, represents a rupture within Church teaching by initiating a doctrinal shift in the way the moral standing of so-called “irregular” couples is assessed – couples cohabiting more uxorio, divorced and civilly “remarried,” and same‑sex “couples.”
As stated in L’Osservatore Romano, “the note [from the General Secretariat of the Synod] specifies that this is not a synodal assembly, but a consultation meeting of the Bishop of Rome with the presidents of the episcopal conferences.”
The third point of the meeting concerned the presentation and the approval “in its general structure” of a document drafted by the Jesuit Giacomo Costa, a consultant of the General Secretariat and special secretary of the XVI Assembly of the Synod, regarding the “path of implementation of the Synod.” The document will be published, after revision by the Ordinary Council, “by the beginning of the summer.”
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| Trump DOJ charges far-left Southern Poverty Law Center that targets traditional Catholics |
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Posted by: Stone - 04-22-2026, 09:05 AM - Forum: General Commentary
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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.
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Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks alongside FBI Director Kash Patel at a news conference at the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice building on April 21, 2026, in Washington, D.C.
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Apr 21, 2026
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (LifeSiteNews [slightly adapted, not all hyperlinks included from original') — 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.”
“The SPLC is manufacturing racism to justify its existence,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said. “Using donor money to allegedly profit off Klansmen cannot go unchecked. This Department of Justice will hold the SPLC and every other fraudulent organization operating with the same deceptive playbook accountable. No entity is above the law.”
“The SPLC allegedly engaged in a massive fraud operation to deceive their donors, enrich themselves, and hide their deceptive operations from the public,” FBI Director Kash Patel said. “They lied to their donors, vowing to dismantle violent extremist groups, and actually turned around and paid the leaders of these very extremist groups – even utilizing the funds to have these groups facilitate the commission of state and federal crimes. That is illegal – and this is an ongoing investigation against all individuals involved.”
Democrats criticized the indictment, with far-left U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal saying that the “Southern Poverty Law Center does incredibly important work” and that she “will continue to stand with them.”
The group is one of the largest public advocacy organizations in America, with an $822 million endowment and a $129 million revenue as of 2024 and financial backing from liberal mega-donors. The SPLC has long faced criticism for lavish salaries, allegations of sexual harassment and mistreatment of staff, and transferring hundreds of millions of dollars to offshore accounts.
Southern Poverty Law Center targets traditional Catholics, other conservatives
Founded in 1971 as a civil rights legal firm, the Southern Poverty Law Center has become known in recent decades for its radical leftist activism and for smearing mainstream conservative, Catholic, and other Christian organizations as “hate groups” for opposing homosexuality and transgenderism.
The SPLC’s “hate map” features prominent pro-family organizations such as Family Research Council, Alliance Defending Freedom, and Liberty Counsel alongside terroristic white supremacist groups like the Ku Klux Klan.
The notorious January 2023 FBI memo targeting “Radical Traditional Catholic ideology” and proposing “threat mitigation” of traditionalist Catholics notably cited the SPLC and its designation of nine Catholic organizations as “hate groups.”
The SPLC lists “anti-LGBTQ+” beliefs as one of the “extremist ideologies” that it tracks, along with “Racist Skinhead,” “Neo-Nazi,” and “Holocaust Denial” movements. The group associates “anti-LGBTQ+ hate” with the ideas that heterosexuality “is the only ‘normal’ sexuality” or that “gender can only be understood as either ‘male’ or ‘female’,” both of which Catholic teaching and the Bible uphold.
The SPLC also tracks “Radical Traditionalist Catholicism,” faulting so-called “radical traditional Catholics” for opposing “liberalizing reforms” after the Second Vatican II that “placed more power in the hands of laypeople” and claiming that “antisemitism is an inextricable part of their theology.”
Other organizations targeted by the SPLC include the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam), the American Family Association, Focus on the Family, the American College of Pediatricians, the Ruth Institute, now-defunct Catholic media outlet Church Militant, and Do No Harm, which opposes underage “gender transitions.” The group absurdly lists pro-parent organizations like Moms for Liberty as extremist “antigovernment groups.”
The Southern Poverty Law Center still denounces Turning Point USA as a “hate group” as well, even after a left-wing assassin murdered its founder, Charlie Kirk, in 2025.
Homosexual activist who tried to massacre Family Research Council cited SPLC
The SPLC’s propaganda has led to violence against conservatives, including a near-massacre in 2012, when homosexual activist Floyd Lee Corkins II entered the headquarters of Family Research Council with a semi-automatic pistol and nearly 100 rounds of ammunition, seeking to “kill as many people as I could” and smear Chick-fil-A sandwiches on their faces.
Corkins, who previously considered bombing FRC’s headquarters, told FRC guard Leo Johnson “I don’t like your politics” and then shot him in the arm, though Johnson managed to disarm him and force him to the ground.
Corkins had identified FRC as a “hate group” through Southern Poverty Law Center’s website and planned to attack other pro-family groups condemned by the SPLC.
“Southern Poverty Law lists anti-gay groups,” he admitted. “I found them online, did a little research, went to the website – stuff like that.”
The LGBT activist said he hoped the shooting would “make a statement against the people who work in that building … and with their stance against gay rights.” Indeed, Corkins “would have almost certainly succeeded in committing a massacre of epic portions” had Johnson not stopped him, prosecutors said.
Corkins was later convicted of terrorism and sentenced to 25 years in prison, but the Southern Poverty Law Center has continued to brand Family Research Council as a “hate group” due to its faith-based rejection of homosexuality and gender ideology.
James Hodgkinson, the leftist who shot then-House Republican Whip Steve Scalise and sought to kill dozens of GOP congressmen at a baseball practice in 2017, had also liked the Southern Poverty Law Center on Facebook.
The SPLC has nevertheless enjoyed a close relationship with the federal government under Democratic administrations. The DOJ invited the SPLC’s co-founder – who was later fired for “inappropriate conduct” – as a speaker, and the FBI listed it as a “resource” during part of the Obama administration. The Biden DOJ listed the SPLC as an “extremism” consultant in 2021.
However, Trump’s FBI severed all ties with the group last fall, saying it had become “a partisan smear machine.”
Numerous Christian conservatives persecuted due to SPLC
Big Tech companies, including Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Amazon, have partnered with the SPLC as well, using it to flag so-called “hate groups” and remove or restrict them on their platforms.
The SPLC’s designation of Alliance Defending Freedom – one of the world’s largest conservative legal organizations – as a “hate group” led to its removal as an AmazonSmile charity in 2018. “We rely on the Southern Poverty Law Center to determine which charities are in certain ineligible categories,” Amazon said at the time.
Southern Poverty Law Center similarly prompted GuideStar to label 46 conservative organizations, including FRC, as “hate groups” and led financial companies like Mastercard, Visa, GoFundMe, Patreon, and Vanco to cut off donations to pro-family organizations and critics of Islam, as LifeSiteNews has reported.
Hyatt Hotels, Eventbrite, and video platform Vimeo have additionally blacklisted groups denounced by the SPLC.
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| SSPX Announcement of New Bishops Confirmed for June |
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Posted by: Stone - 04-21-2026, 09:53 AM - Forum: The New-Conciliar SSPX
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BREAKING: SSPX Announcement of New Bishops Confirmed for June
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Don Davide Pagliarani, (Source: The Fatima Center)
Rorate Caeli | April 21, 2026
Via the most reliable of sources, confirming agreement by both Don Davide Pagliarani, Superior General of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), and Father Fullerton, District Superior for the US, the names of the new bishops to be consecrated for the Society on July 1st at Econe will be announced in June.
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| Is This a Leaked List of the SSPX Bishops to be Consecrated? |
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Posted by: Stone - 04-21-2026, 09:51 AM - Forum: The New-Conciliar SSPX
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Is This a Leaked List of the SSPX Bishops to be Consecrated, or a Hoax?
The date seems to be suspicious.
Radical Fidelity | Apr 10, 2026
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About four hours ago an image appeared online, that is claimied to be an official list of the SSPX priests who will be consecrated as bishops on June 1.
The French document at first glance seems to have an air of officialdom, but the date in the bottom corner suggests it might have been a hoax.
Here is an AI translation of the document:
Quote:“Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X
FSSPX
COMMUNIQUÉ
FROM THE GENERAL HOUSE
Following the information already communicated concerning the holding of episcopal consecrations within the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X on July 1st, the Superior General now wishes to make known the names of the priests called to receive episcopal consecration.
After careful reflection and consultation with his Council, Father Davide Pagliarani, Superior General of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X, has designated the following priests to be consecrated bishops in the service of the Fraternity and the souls entrusted to its apostolate:
Father Daniel Themann
Father Bernard de Lacoste Lareymondie
Father Gabriele d’Avino
Father Christophe Legrier
These consecrations are intended to ensure the continuity of the apostolate of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X and the transmission of the Catholic priesthood according to the Tradition of the Church, for the good of souls and in the service of the Holy Church.
The Superior General entrusts these future bishops to the prayers of priests, religious, and the faithful. He earnestly asks that the rosary and sacrifices be offered for these priests called to a particularly grave responsibility in the Church, as well as for the Holy Father and for the good of the whole Church.
Menzingen, April 1st, 2026”
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This is a developing story.
NB: This has yet to be confirmed or verified. At this point this is just an internet rumor. - The Catacombs
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| 1983 photo shows future Pope Leo marching in communist-organized peace rally in Rome |
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Posted by: Stone - 04-21-2026, 09:39 AM - Forum: Pope Leo XIV
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1983 photo shows future Pope Leo marching in communist-organized peace rally in Rome
Italian left-wing activist Luca Casarini posted the 1983 image of then-Fr. Prevost at a communist-backed rally,
suggesting the new Pope has not ideologically ‘changed direction.’
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Fr. Robert Prevost (right) joins a 1983 communist party-led peace protest in Rome, Italy
Apr 20, 2026
(LifeSiteNews) — A newly unearthed photograph taken in Rome in 1983 shows a young Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, participating in a left-leaning mass demonstration against NATO missile deployment.
On April 14 Luca Casarini, an Italian left-wing activist known for his role in the “no-global” movement and, more recently, for his work in migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean, posted an image on his Facebook profile showing a young Father Robert Prevost during a peace march. Several news outlets have since picked up the story.
“You’ve come a long way, brother Robert. But you haven’t changed direction,” Casarini commented in his post.
On October 22, 1983, during a large march for peace held in Rome against the installation of NATO Cruise missiles in Comiso, Sicily, and across Europe, a young Prevost – not long ordained and engaged in studies in canon law – was photographed among a group of members of the Augustinian order carrying a sign reading, “Giovani agostiniani per la pace” (“Young Augustinians for Peace”).
The protest, which drew close to a million participants, took place amid heightened Cold War tensions and widespread mobilization for nuclear disarmament, and was organized by a broad coalition of pacifist groups and political organizations, including the Italian Communist Party (PCI), the Italian Communist Youth Federation (FGCI), and peace committees active at NATO bases.
The black-and-white image, which has recently circulated widely on social media platforms, shows Prevost in the front row of demonstrators. According to sources, the photograph was taken by Gianni Novelli, a Stigmatine priest known for his involvement in the Base Christian Communities and for his leadership within Cipax, the Interconfessional Center for Peace.
Novelli played a prominent role in ecclesial networks associated with non-violence and peace activism, and became a leading figure of the so‑called “Catholic dissent” initiative after the Second Vatican Council. After leaving his religious order, he devoted himself to pacifism in an ecumenical sense.
The Base Christian Communities (in Spanish: comunidades de base), which had emerged in the 1960s and 1970s in Italy and Latin America, played a role in fostering grassroots engagement on left-leaning social and political issues. These communities were later viewed with particular interest by Pope Francis.
The unearthed image was first published a decade later, in 1993, in the Italian magazine Mosaico di pace, within a feature dedicated to Christian commitment to non-violence. At that time, the photograph was presented as part of a broader reflection on the involvement of Catholic groups in peace movements during the Cold War period.
Decades after it was taken, the photograph gained public attention again. According to the same sources, in November 2025, Archbishop Giovanni Ricchiuti, national president of Pax Christi, presented a copy of the image to Pope Leo XIV during an official meeting.
The demonstration in which Prevost participated formed part of a wider movement opposing the deployment of Euromissiles in Europe in the late 1970s and ‘80s. The installation of Cruise missiles at Italy’s Comiso air base had become a focal point for international protest, drawing activists, religious figures, and political groups into coordinated action. The Rome rally represented one of the largest such mobilizations in Italy and in the world during that period.
However, the global mobilization against the missiles was part of a broader international landscape of opposition to the Cold War – often encouraged by the USSR, which included pro‑peace propaganda aimed at undermining the U.S. nuclear strategy directed against Russia.
It is perfectly possible Prevost may have taken part more for peace and nuclear disarmament rather than for the organizer – the communists. However, it still appears naïve on his part largely because the organizers were part of the Italian Communist Party (notoriously a cell of the USSR, directly financed with Kremlin funds).
In particular, the Italian Communist Party operated – as historians now widely acknowledge – as a Soviet propaganda outpost. The pacifism promoted by the Russians also served the purpose of internal disruption and of slowing the deterrence efforts of the NATO bloc.
The photo can also be found among the images preserved in the historical archive of the Italian Communist Party. Alongside the Augustinians (see here), members of several other religious orders – such as Franciscans and Jesuits – also took part in the event. The demonstration, held in those days also in other important European cities such as London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Bonn, brought together people of all religions and political orientations, though it was clearly oriented in an anti‑NATO direction.
The Magisterium of the Catholic Church teaches that socialism in all its forms, including communism, is infallibly condemned. As Pope Pius XI stated in his 1937 encyclical Divini Redemptoris: “Communism is intrinsically wrong, and no one who would save Christian civilization may collaborate with it in any undertaking whatsoever. Those who permit themselves to be deceived into lending their aid towards the triumph of Communism in their own country will be the first to fall victims of their error.”
Luca Casarini was personally invited by Pope Francis to take part in the Synod on Synodality held at the Vatican from October 4 to 29, 2023, as one of the lay guests with the right to speak but not to vote. His presence was both highly symbolic and controversial.
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| ‘Mirror of the Blessed Virgin Mary’ by St. Bonaventure |
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Posted by: Stone - 04-20-2026, 09:45 AM - Forum: Our Lady
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‘Mirror of the Blessed Virgin Mary’ by St. Bonaventure
Chapter III, ‘THE MEANINGS OF THE NAME MARY’ pages 13-15; part 2
[Saint Bonaventure – XIII Century AD: Civita di Bagnoregio, Papal States/Lyon, Kingdom of Burgundy-Arles; (aged 52-53);
Cardinal, Bishop, Doctor of the Church, Seraphic Doctor, Teacher of the Faith, Writer, Philosopher]
Taken from here.
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Image: Cosimo Rosselli ~ ‘Madonna and Child Enthroned with Angels, St Nicholas and St Anthony the Abbot’
“First consider that Mary is a most pure star by living purely and without sin. Therefore doth Wisdom say of her: "She is more beautiful than light, than the sun, and above all the arrangement of the stars, and being compared to light, she is found more pure." Some read here, "before" instead of "more pure," but either phrase is fitted to our Star. For Mary is indeed prior, or before, that is, she is most worthy, most great; Mary is purer than the sun, and the stars, and the light. For both in dignity and purity she surpasses the sun, the stars, and the light, yea, even every spiritual and angelic creature, of whom it is said: "God divides light from darkness," that is, the angels who stood firm from those who fell. Mary is prior to and purer than this angelic light. Hence Saint Anselm exclaims: "O Blessed among women, who surpassest the angels in purity, and the saints in piety!" Behold how Mary is a most pure Star by the purity of her life.
Secondly, consider that Mary is a most radiant star by emitting eternal light and bringing forth the Son of God. For she is that star of whom it is said in Numbers: "A star shall rise out of Jacob, and a rod shall arise in Israel." The rod is the Son of God, who is the ray of Mary, our star; this is that ray of whom it is sung: "As the ray of a star." St. Bernard says: "A ray from a star does not diminish its brightness, neither does the Son of the Virgin lessen the virginity of His Mother." O most truly blessed, O most truly radiant Star, Mary, whose ray has penetrated not only the world, but also Heaven, and even hell, as St. Bernard says: "She is that glorious and beautiful Star arisen out of Jacob, whose ray illuminateth the whole world, whose splendor shines forth in the highest, and penetrates even into hell." As Mary was a most pure star, by living most purely, so is she a most radiant one, by bringing forth the Son of God.
Thirdly, consider that Mary is a most useful star, by guiding us to our heavenly country, by leading us through the sea of this world to the grave of her Son, as to the gates of Paradise. She is as that radiant star which led the Magi most surely to Christ. Mary is that star which in the waves of the present life is most necessary to us. St. Bernard says: "Turn not away thine eyes from the splendor of this star, if thou wilt not be overwhelmed by storms. If the winds of temptation arise, if thou strikest on the rocks of temptation, tribulation, look upon the star, call on Mary." Therefore, lest thou shouldst be submerged in the sea of this world, follow the star, imitate Mary. It is the safest of paths to follow her, as St. Bernard says: "Following her, thou strayest not, praying to her, thou shalt never despair; thinking of her, thou shalt never err; if she upholdeth thee, thou shalt not fall; under her protection thou shalt not fear; if she is thy guide, thou shalt not grow weary; with her favor thou shalt attain thy end; and so in thyself thou shalt experience how truly it is said: And the name of the virgin was Mary."
Mary is also interpreted illuminatrix or lightgiver. For this virgin was wonderfully illuminated by the presence of the Lord, according to that word of the Apocalypse: "I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great power, and the earth was enlightened by the glory of him.... The Son of God is the Angel of Great Counsel; the earth illuminated by the glory of Him is Mary, who, as she was illuminated by His grace in the world, is now illuminated by His glory in Heaven, that, being thus illuminated, she may become a lightgiver in the world and in Heaven. Therefore, we must consider that Mary, the illuminated, is a light-giver by her example, her benefits, and her rewards. She giveth light by the example of her life, by the benefits of her mercy, and by the rewards of her glory.
Mary is the light-giver by the example of her most luminous life. For it is she who by her glorious life giveth light to the world. She it is whose glorious life enlightens all the churches. She is the lamp of the Church, enkindled by God for this very purpose that by her the Church might be enlightened against the darkness of the world. Let the Church, therefore, pray, let the faithful soul pray: "For Thou lightest my lamp, O Lord, my God, enlighten my darkness." The Lord hath lit this lamp most radiantly, and by this light he puts to flight the darkness of our souls. St. Bernard felt this when he said: "O Mary, by the magnificent example of thy virtues thou stirrest us up to the imitation of thee, and thus dost enlighten our night. For he who walketh in thy ways, walketh not in darkness, but has the light of life."
Secondly, consider how Mary is light-giver by the benefits of her gracious mercy, by which so many in the night of this world are spiritually illuminated, as the Israelites in olden days were by a pillar of fire, according to the Psalm: "Thou didst lead them forth in a pillar of cloud." Mary is to us a pillar of cloud, for she protects us like a cloud from the fiery heat of the divine indignation. She also protects us from the heat of diabolical temptation, as it is also said in the Psalm, "He spread a cloud."
Mary is a pillar of fire. What would become of us wretched beings, so full of darkness, in the light of this world, if we had not so lucid a lamp, so luminous a pillar ? What would become of the world without the sun ? St. Bernard says: "Take away this lightsome body, the sun, what will give light to the world, and where is day? Take away Mary, this Star of the Sea, and what remains save an enveloping cloud, the shadow of death, and the densest darkness?" Thou hast seen how Mary is a lightgiver by her most transcendently luminous life, thou shalt now see how Mary is an illuminatrix by her most resplendent mercy.
Thirdly, consider that Mary is also illuminatrix by her most resplendent glory, which illuminates the whole of Heaven, as the sun doth the world, according to Ecclesiasticus: "The sun giving light hath looked upon all things, and full of the glory of the Lord is his work" (XLII, 16.) The work of the Lord is full of His glory; the most excellent work of the Lord is Mary. This work, as it was full of the grace of the Lord in this world, is full of the glory of the Lord in Heaven. Thus, therefore, Mary, giving light by her glory, hath looked upon all things, because through all the angels and all the saints she spreadeth the illumination of her glory. What wonder if the presence of Mary illuminates the whole of Heaven, who also doth illuminate the whole earth? For St. Bernard saith . "The presence of Mary lights up the whole world, and the very heavenly country itself glows more brightly from being irradiated by the splendor of that virginal lamp." So thou seest how Mary is illuminatrix by her light-giving life and also by her resplendent glory.”
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| Tribal Leader Makes Case for Polygamy in Cathedral - Leo XIV Remains Silent But Catholics React |
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Posted by: Stone - 04-18-2026, 01:00 PM - Forum: Pope Leo XIV
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Tribal Leader Issues Polygamy in Cathedral - Leo XIV Remains Silent But Catholics React
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gloria.tv | April 18, 2026
On April 16, during the visit of Pope Leo XIV to Bamenda, Cameroon, Fon Fru Asaah Angwafor IV, the tribal leader of the Mankon community, spoke about polygamy. He made the remarks during an interreligious peace meeting in the cathedral.
He is the hereditary "king" of the Mankon people and rules over culture and spiritual tradition. He presides over pagan rites, such as important funerals and ancestral ceremonies. During these events, he wears ceremonial attire alongside elders. He also identifies as 'Catholic'.
In his speech at the cathedral, the tribal leader stated that 'some cultural practices continue to pose challenges' and cited polygamy as an example.
He expressed gratitude that, within the framework of the 2023 and 2024 Synod, African bishops had been tasked with conducting a study on polygamy and its place in the life of the Church.
The tribal chief went on to say that adulterers in polygamous relationships should be able to fully integrate into the Church without being 'judged or rejected'.
Leo XIV did not respond.
However, some of the faithful in attendance reacted with boos.
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| Cardinal Fernández says Pope Leo XIV is continuing Francis’ legacy, not undoing it |
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Posted by: Stone - 04-17-2026, 10:57 AM - Forum: Pope Leo XIV
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Cardinal Fernández says Pope Leo XIV is continuing Francis’ legacy, not undoing it
Cardinal Fernández pushed back on claims of a hard break with the direction of Pope Francis,
saying Leo XIV has asked bishops ‘to continue to receive the magisterium of Francis.’
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Apr 16, 2026
VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Senior Vatican Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández has said Pope Leo XIV is continuing the legacy of Pope Francis.
On April 13, Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, stated in an interview given to Italian newspaper Il Giornale that it is inaccurate to claim Pope Leo XIV intends to overturn his predecessor’s pontificate, emphasizing instead continuity through specific initiatives and teachings promoted within the Church. The interview marked the approaching first anniversary of Pope Francis’s death, on April 21.
“Every pope has his own personal style and priorities, but to say that Pope Leo wants to erase what was done during the pontificate of Francis is dishonest,” Fernández said.
According to the Argentine cardinal, “One year later, Francis is not yet underground,” and his legacy is more relevant than ever. Pope Leo XIV asks the entire Church to “follow the lesson of humility” that Francis would have imparted with his life and his papacy.
When asked about “a decision or a text” by Francis that, according to Fernández, “changed the way of living the Church,” the cardinal replied: “The fact of applying the hierarchy of truth not only to ecumenism, but to all preaching and evangelization.”
The so-called “hierarchy of truth” is a theological interpretation of the Decree on Ecumenism Unitatis Redintegratio of the Second Vatican Council (no. 11), according to which all the truths of the Catholic faith derive from the same divine source, but not all would have the same weight in relation to the core of the Gospel.
Unitatis Redintegratio asserts that “the whole doctrine must be clearly presented in its entirety” and that “nothing is more foreign to ecumenism than that false irenicism, which distorts the purity of Catholic doctrine and obscures its genuine and precise meaning.” Moreover, the decree recalls that, “When comparing doctrines it should be remembered that there exists an order or hierarchy in the truths of Catholic doctrine, by reason of their different relation to the foundation of the Christian faith.”
In the traditional sense, this means that Catholic dogmas proceed from the fundamental articles of the Creed as conclusions proceed from their premises.
In the neo-modernist sense, adopted by Francis, this concept has been interpreted to mean that some truths would be fundamental and necessary, others less so. This interpretation was condemned under the name of “latitudinarianism” by Pope Pius IX in his 1864 encyclical Quanta cura and in the Syllabus of Errors.
According to what Francis wrote in Evangelii Gaudium, the Church should not “be obsessed with the disjointed transmission of a multitude of doctrines,” but should focus on what is “more beautiful, greater, more necessary”: the kerygma, the Christian proclamation, which – according to the late pope – reduces to the fact that “God loves all men.”
In this sense, Francis extended the concept of the hierarchy of truths, applying it not only to relations with non‑Catholics but also to relations among Catholics themselves.
Amid the interview, Fernández decried “traditionalist groups” who he said “resist” Pope Francis’s “condemnation of the death penalty.” Even with this, regarding the danger of erasing or forgetting what was taught by Francis, the cardinal said there would be no risk under Leo:
Quote:Pope Leo has expressed in various ways the need to continue to receive the magisterium of Francis. For example, to us cardinals, before the consistory, he asked us to read Evangelii gaudium again, and then invited us to reflect on its application. Now he has convened the presidents of the Episcopal Conferences to resume the reception of Amoris laetitia. Certainly, for those who rejected all his teaching or for those who received it only in appearance, [Francis’s] pontificate will have been only a bad parenthesis (forgetting the hermeneutic of continuity).
However, the concept of a “hermeneutic of continuity” developed by Pope Benedict XVI serves to avoid a reading of the Second Vatican Council as a rupture with respect to the standing Tradition. Fernández, instead, employed the expression in a different way, that is, to describe a supposedly necessary pastoral continuity and magisterial direction between Francis and Leo.
Again, according to Fernández, the point from which to begin again in order to communicate the faith anew in a secularized society would be “the experience of a friendship with Christ that enlightens, offers meaning, with the certainty of being loved.” The concept of experience and feeling as foundations of religious life, superior to faith and Tradition, are among the fixed points of modernism, as set forth and condemned by Pope Saint Pius X in the encyclical Pascendi Dominici gregis (1907).
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