Franciscan Father Francesco Patton wrote the meditations for tonight's Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum in Rome with Pope Leo XIV. Fr Patton served as Custos of the Holy Land from 2016 to 2025. On April 1, he told VaticanNews.va that the inspiration comes from "current reality" and that the meditations are meant to inspire political "change". The Vatican press office published the text today. Traditionally a penitential and contemplative devotion, the Via Crucis is repurposed here as a vehicle for contemporary socio-political reflection. The text shifts from the Passion of Christ to war, refugees, human trafficking, surveillance, deportation, the media, the economy, prisons, hostages, and crackdowns on protests. Notably absent, however, are abortion, euthanasia, and gender ideology. One acclamation reads: "For migrants, the displaced, and refugees: Comfort us, O Mother." In the first station, the meditation talks about political and economic power "to start or end a war… the power …وڌيڪ
Mark 16:15-16; He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned.”
Peace through war? Exactly: more conflict, more bloodshed. It’s war pig Graham’s logic. US-Israel-Iran war | @geopolitics_prime Geopolitics Prime | Iran War Updates
19K views · 895 reactions | Have you watched Gentleman Jack? If you have watched the hit TV show, then I’m sure you instantly recognised this beautiful Manor House. Today, April 3rd, is the birthday day of Anne Lister. On this day in 1791. She lived until 1840 and died in Georgia. | Great British Architecture Have you watched Gentleman Jack? If you have watched the hit TV show, then I’m sure you instantly recognised this beautiful Manor House. Today, April 3rd, is the birthday day of Anne Lister. On this day in 1791. She lived until 1840 and died in Georgia.
Hegseth Says U.S. Troops Are Fighting for Jesus. The Pope Disagrees. In sharp contrast to the Trump administration’s calls for Christian prayers for the war effort, Pope Leo XIV says military domination is “entirely foreign to the way of Jesus Christ.” nytimes.com/2026/04/03/world/middleeast/pope- … April 3, 2026 Pete Hegseth, the U.S. defense secretary, has asked the American people to pray “every day, on bended knee” for a military victory in the Middle East “in the name of Jesus Christ.” Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pontiff, has a starkly different take on what should be done in Jesus’s name. In a homily during a Mass on Thursday morning before Easter, the pope said that the Christian mission has often been “distorted by a desire for domination, entirely foreign to the way of Jesus Christ.” Since the United States and Israel began bombing Iran in late February, the pope has consistently called for an end to the violence and a return to dialogue to resolve the conflict. …وڌيڪ
Synodality in Action: During the Holy Thursday liturgy, Bishop Michael Martin of Charlotte, North Carolina, delegated the foot-washing ritual to lay men and women. The Eucharist was at the Jesuits' church. Bishop Martin participated in the ritual himself, but he also allowed members of the laity to perform much of the optional Mandatum.
Brian Williams on Twitter: Meanwhile in Charlotte, Bishop Martin delegated the washing of feet on Holy Thursday to lay men and women. +Martin did participate to some degree, but at this Jesuit parish where he chose to celebrate Holy Thursday, the laity assumed the role of the clergy for much of the (optional) mandatum.
Disgraceful. Yet, his mockery of this holy practice will only drive alert and thoughtful Catholics away from the Conciliarist religion back to the authentic Catholic religion offered exclusively by the SSPX.
“None of us carries any weapons. We carry nothing but kindness, goodness, love and prayer.” Father Pierre El Rahi... ...murdered by Jewish soldiers after refusing to leave his flock in a Christian village in southern Lebanon.
Jackson Hinkle - BREAKING: PRO-IRAN Iraqi militias just DESTROYED a British Ca... BREAKING: PRO-IRAN Iraqi militias just DESTROYED a British Castrol oil warehouses in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan …
Pray for his change of heart, that they will trip over their own deceit, that there be more rebellion among the ranks against this, or that they will loose quickly in God's Mercy. Something. Easter may be the time.
Acts of the Apostles 10,34a.37-43. Peter proceeded to speak and said, "You know what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached, how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and (in) Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree. This man God raised (on) the third day and granted that he be visible, not to all the people, but to us, the witnesses chosen by God in advance, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commissioned us to preach to the people and testify that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead. To him all the prophets bear witness, that everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name." Psalms 118(117),1-2.16ab-17.22-23. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, …وڌيڪ
Albert Pike Demonic plan prince of this world Masonic Temple in the making China Russia USA of Europe NATO this three headed trinity of destruction playing with Iran like cat with a mouse . Out of ashes of Petro dollar will come NWO. China and Russia not enemies of NWO but part of the foundation Social Credit -China Religion -Russia/ Pope among equals Money - NATO (Europe USA) Capital Jerusalem Just a thought
So what happens when we refuse to see the truth….what is truth asks Pilate…there is truth..in this case it is Russia who is trying to make peace, not agitate for war….Are we so blind that we cannot see….
"I know many bishops, and almost all of them — mostly from Western Europe — tell me that they also want to ordain married men," said Bishop Johan Bonny of Antwerp in an interview with Katholisch.de on 2 April. In March, he announced his intention to ordain married men as priests by 2028. "I have not yet heard a Catholic bishop tell me, 'Even if the Pope gives me the possibility, I will not ordain married men.' They know this in Rome as well." Bishop Bonny worked in the Vatican for eleven years and is familiar with the different interests at play: "In Rome, they understand the situation here, and I know bishops and cardinals who support this solution, at least in Western Europe." He believes that the ordination of married men as priests is "a great necessity". "The consensus is there." Until the 1960s, a diocese such as Antwerp's had almost 1,500 active priests, as well as several hundred more who were retired. Now, the diocese has fewer than 100 priests, half of whom come from abroad. …وڌيڪ
All star wrestling the NWO creating a new order out of control chaos Star link in place, digital currency ,depopulation on tracked ,best not least one world religion paganism is being cooked up {golden calf} Social credit BRAVE NEW WORLD
Heimlich beschlossen? Diese Wehrpflicht Regel betrifft plötzlich MILLIONEN Männer! „Wurde hier still und leise ein Gesetz geändert, das Millionen Männer in Deutschland betrifft? In diesem Video geht es um eine kaum beachtete Änderung im Wehrpflichtgesetz – mit möglichen massiven Auswirkungen auf die Reisefreiheit. Müssen Männer jetzt wirklich eine Genehmigung einholen, wenn sie länger als drei Monate ins Ausland wollen? Ist das nur Bürokratie – oder ein echter Eingriff in grundlegende Freiheiten?“ youtube.com/watch?v=j4jBGHv9Eow JETZT abonnieren und nichts mehr verpassen: Eva Herman Offiziell
"By the word of His majesty He has set up all things, and by a word He can overturn them." Saint Clement "Let us fix our eyes on Christ's blood and understand how precious it is to His Father, for poured out for our salvation it has brought to the whole world the grace of repentance." Saint Clement [again] "In order that the mission entrusted to them might be continued after their death, [the apostles] ... designated such men and made the ruling that likewise on their death other men should take over their ministry." Saint Clement "Grant to them, Lord, health, peace, concord, and stability, so that they may exercise without offense the sovereignty that you have given them." Saint Clement
Why I never understood the Benedict resignation: "Our Apostles also knew, through our Lord Jesus Christ, that there would be contention over the bishop's office. So, for this cause, having received complete foreknowledge, they appointed the above mentioned men, and afterwards gave them a permanent character, so that, AS THEY DIED, other approved men should succeed to their ministry." Saint Clement, Bishop of Rome, Letter to the Corinthians, Chapter 44. First Century
Easter – A - Second Reading - Colossians 3:1–4 – Seek what is above where Christ is. Letter to the Colossians 3,1-4. Brothers and sisters: If you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Think of what is above, not of what is on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ your life appears, then you too will appear with him in glory. denicemay
White privilege doesn't exist coming from a white privileged person! LOL! Oh and I guess the fact that slavery and white privilege, which are in the blood of the US, suddenly goes away with affirmative action.
John Kiriakou: "In all the years I was in the CIA, every time an Israeli Prime Minister came to the United States... they would say 'please bomb Iran.' And every President would say no... until this President."
Well, it's true. He's not the only one who has said any of those things. Just look at all the times that bibi has begged and pleaded, lied and threatened about Iran having a nuclear bomb. Yet it was confirmed by many, they didn't have any such thing. Not in the process. Not two weeks away. Not ready to use them. None of those lies were true. Yet he kept at it for decades. Even the democrats didn't fall for that trick. But it took trump and his administration to bomb them and obey their masters in Israel.
Catholic Italian author Vittorio Messori, 84, died on Good Friday in Desenzano, Italy. One of his most influential works was The Ratzinger Report, which was based on an interview with Joseph Ratzinger conducted in 1984. The book evaluated the Church's condition following the Second Vatican Council. Messori also collaborated with Pope John Paul II on the book Crossing the Threshold of Hope. In it, the Pope wrote that Jesus Christ is the unique Saviour of humanity and that Christianity contains the fullness of revealed truth. Throughout his career, Messori was renowned for his loyalty to the Church, coupled with his intellectual independence. #newsKlrgxiolhj
Fullness vs the truth no salvation outside the Church (un willful ignorance today is hard to come by.) BVI and JPII turned there backs on the oath against modernism which they took and wared against anybody who kept it ie (sspx and the like) the Oath The Oath Against Modernism - Papal Encyclicals
Watch till the end. ( 8:42 seconds or less)l. A Christian civilian. Killed by a foreign strike near his home. Buried by his Muslim neighbors. This is the Iran they don't show you. In a country the world calls divided by religion, Muslims carried their Christian brother to his final rest. Not because of politics. Not because of propaganda. Because that is who they are. We filmed his memorial service—the grief, the unity, the shared humanity. This video is not about war. It is about what survives war: faith, dignity, and the bonds that no bomb can break. Watch. Share. Remember his name: *"Avanes"* IRAN War: When Muslims Wept for a Christian