"We have damaged the liturgy," said Cardinal Robert Sarah in a video interview with Le Figaro Idées (April 2). "It is too noisy. Too noisy. As if we were celebrating ourselves." He warned against reducing worship to mere "conviviality", insisting that a more sober liturgy celebrates the greatness of God. Cardinal Sarah also said: "Today, we practically never speak about salvation," and cautioned that "if the Church does not speak about the soul and what will happen to it after death, then it fails in its mission."
«L’Église a abimé la liturgie de la messe. Elle est trop bruyante ! C’est comme si on se célébrait nous-même. C’est devenu un moment convivial, alors que nous sommes là pour adorer Dieu, il faut une liturgie qui adore Dieu. On ne parle plus du salut et de l’âme !», se désole le cardinal Robert Sarah dans Le Club Le Figaro
Canadian Miriam Lancaster, 84, went to a hospital in Vancouver late March with severe back pain. She told EWTN that before any tests or diagnosis, a doctor offered assisted suicide: “The very first thing she said to me was: ‘I would like to offer you MAiD.’” She had come for treatment and responded: “No, thank you.” Lancaster added that her husband had previously been told the same and had replied: “There is no way that we are going to take measures to end our life. That is in the hands of the Lord.” A few years later she gave the same response.
When Miriam Lancaster went to the hospital for severe back pain, she was stunned to be offered euthanasia instead of real care. In this conversation, she shares how that moment exposed a terrifying shift in our culture: suffering patients are being treated as problems to “solve,” not persons to love. She says, her husband had also been offered assisted su*cide a few years earlier as well. From a Catholic perspective, Miriam’s story is a stark reminder that every life—especially when it’s fragile, disabled, or in pain—is precious, unrepeatable, and entrusted to us by God, not the state or the medical system. Her witness challenges us to build a society that offers compassion, accompaniment, and authentic palliative care, never a lethal injection disguised as “dignity.”
Cristina Siccardi aliandika katika Corrispondenza Romana kumhusu Padre wa Italia Lorenzo Milani (+1967), ambaye katika kaburi lake Papa Francis alifanya ziara ya kibinafsi huku akimwita Milani "Mtumishi wa kipekee wa Injili", "Namshukuru Mungu kwa kutupatia makasisi kama Padre Milani." Milani alihusika katika majaribio ya shule yaliyoipelekea shule hiyo kuwa kama ukombozi wa walio maskini, wala sio kama mahali pa kutubu. Hivyo basi ishara za Kikristo na Picha takatifu zilitolewa na msalaba kutoweka kutoka kwenye madarasa hayo kwa njia halali. Barua yake ya Lettera a una professoressa ("Barua Kwa Mkuu Wa Shule") ilitumika kama manifesto ya maandamano ya Kikomunisti ya wanafunzi mnamo mwaka wa 1968 na kuchangia katika kuanguka kwa marekebisho ya Shule nchini Italia. Mnamo mwaka wa 1954 wakati ambapo Milani alihamishwa na kupelekwa kwenye paroko ya Barbiana iliyokuwa na waumini 100, alimwandikia mama yake "ilikuwa dhahiri kwa yeyote , kuwa nilizuiliwa huku kama shoga na mzushi, ambaye …Zaidi
Examine Your Heart: Where Do You Resist? The suffering of the Lord and the martyrs challenge the notion that God would never allow suffering. We must conform ourselves to God’s will, even when it contradicts our own desires, as exemplified by Jesus’ prayer in the garden. By examining our own betrayals and rebellions against God’s teachings, we can find grace and strength to embrace our crosses and follow Him. Fr. Altier is a Priest at Holy Trinity Parish in South St. Paul: Home | Holy Trinity Parish You can also find Fr. Robert Altier’s homilies and talks on: catholicparents.org: Daily Homilies | Catholic Parents Online Rumble: rumble.com/user/CatholicParentsOnLine Twitter: x.com/CatholicPa42753 For access to a library of talks by Fr. Robert Altier, go to: podia.com To order Fr. Altier's book, God's Plan for Your Marriage, go to the website: God's Plan For Your Marriage Book – God's Plan … An Exploration of Holy Matrimony from Genesis to the Wedding of the Lamb by Father Robert …Zaidi
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Paola Fanelli on April 1 as Director of the Directorate for Personnel of the Holy See, a role within the Secretariat for the Economy. She takes over responsibility for personnel policy across Vatican dicasteries. There is no public record of her expressing views on Catholic teaching. She brings a background in organizational change and human resources. Her institutional background is rooted within BNL BNP Paribas (banking). Notably, she took part, as a BNL representative, in a closed-door think tank in 2018 organized by UNICEF Italy. Fanelli's position has, because of its unique weight, a somewhat unusual history. On March 6, 2020, the Holy See Press Office announced that such an office had been established, in a reform effort backed by Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich. But the next day, the same office clarified that it remained merely a proposal under consideration. The idea stalled at the time, amid internal resistance and broader reform turbulence. With …Zaidi
Msemaji wa Papa Francis, Padre Antonio Spadaro SJ alihusisha na utata; katika jarida la La Civiltà Cattolica kwenye nakala ambayo hutizamwa sana "misimamo mikali ya Kievanjelisti na kulifanya Kanisa Katoliki lenye umuhimu mkuu nchini Marekani". Kabla ya kuchapishwa La Civiltà Cattolica husahihishwa na Vatikani. Mwanahabari Robert Royal aliandika kwenye mtandao wa thecatholicthing.org kuwa hofu kuu ya nakala hiyo ni "kuwa ushirikiano wa Wakatoliki na Waevanjelisti katika vita dhidi ya utamaduni ni lengo la kuifanya Marekani nchi iongozwayo na viongozi wa kidini. Alitoa maoni kuwa, "Kwa kawaida mnayaskia madai hayo kutoka kwa [mtandao wa uavyaji mimba] planned parenthood au vikundi vya kutetea haki za shoga au wasomi wenye misimamo mikali. Sio kutoka kwa Vatikani." Royal anaona kwa kweli "kitu kama uongozi unaochipuka wa kidini nchini Marekani"' uitwao " uongozi wa kidini wa uhalisia wa kingono ambao hauwezi kuvumilia utangamano wa matabaka tofauti ya kijamii au wapinzani" Picha: …Zaidi
On 1 April, Pope Leo XIV appointed Monsignor Daniel Meagher as Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia. He had been an auxiliary bishop in Sydney since 2021, holding senior governance roles, including that of vicar general. He enjoys working with the homeless and "being close to people on the margins". Former lawyer – knows words and laws Born in 1961 and trained in economics and civil law, he worked as a lawyer. He then studied theology in Sydney and at the Gregorian University in Rome, before being ordained as a priest in 1995. Pope Francis appointed him a bishop in 2021. Participating in and Praising Pagan Ritual Monsignor Meagher took part on May 31, 2023 oin the launch of the so-called 'Reconciliation Action Plan' (RAP). This is a programme used in Australia to promote reconciliation with indigenous peoples. At the launch, a pagan smoking ceremony was led by a man of the Anēwan and Kamilaroi peoples. According to CatholicWeekly.com.au, Bishop Daniel Meagher explained that "purification …Zaidi
Low IQ fanboys. This is what your church wants. Basically man-children. When tradition has been completely erased, there is no need for memory. Everything is transient and juvenile. There is nothing eternal, and thus there is no peace, only disturbance, like a churning adolescence.
Wanaharakati wa Pro-life duniani kote wanamkashifu Papa Francis kwa kukadirisha uavyaji mimba kwa kuulinganisha na masuala ya haki za kijamii kama vile uhamaji na umaskini. Katika Mahimizo yake ya Kichungaji Gaudete et Exsultate, 101, Francis anadai kwamba maisha ya watu ambao wanateseka ni "takatifu" sawa na maisha ya watoto wasio na hatia huku akipuuza ukweli kuwa kuteseka na kuuawa sio sawa katika njia yoyote ile. Huku akiendelea na mbinu yake ya kupindukapinduka Kadinali Gerhard Müller a akizungumza na mtandao wa lizikosoa sauti hizi NcRegister.com (Aprili 21). alidai kwamba ni "bila shaka vibaya kumjumuisha Francis kama mtangazaji wa itikadi za tamaduni mbaya za kifo". Lakini ni ukweli kwamba Francis alimtunuku mnamo mwaka wa 2017 mwanasiasa Mholanzi Lilianne Ploumen, mwnezaji mkali wa propaganda za uavyaji mimba, na Daraja la Upapa la Mtakatifu Gregory. Nchini Italia huwapendekeza watu kama vile Emma Bonino ambaye, licha ya kutokuwa daktari wa afya, alitekeleza uavyaji mimba …Zaidi
On Holy Thursday, Leo XIV washed and kissed the feet of 12 priests in the Lateran Basilica. In his homily, he remembered his predecessor: "As Pope Francis once remarked: 'This is a duty that comes from the heart. I love it. I love it and I love doing it, because that is what the Lord has taught me to do.' He was not speaking of an abstract imperative or a formal, empty command, but rather expressing his heartfelt obedience to the charity of Christ, the source and model of our own charity."
Il Giovedì Santo, Papa Leone XIV lava i piedi a 12 sacerdoti.
I am glad Pope Leo XIV has carried out the washing of the feet in a traditional, more dignified and proper way. But, I just don't get this "kissing the feet" thing. The Gospel of St. John tells us Jesus washed the feet of His Apostles, it says nothing about kissing them. I have seen this kissing before and I find it cringey! It comes across - to me - as one-upping Our Lord Jesus, a kind of false humility (like the Francis) or virtue-signaling! Personally, I have never kissed feet during the washing of the feet. In the past it was done (or had the possibility of been done) at a separate ceremony. Now days in many places the whole thing is abused and a bit of a circus. The only feet I'd kiss are the crucified feet of our Lord Jesus Christ. Laudetur Iesus Christus!