French dioceses face a worsening vocation crisis, despite claims of improvement in seminary recruitment, Laurent Dastros writes on July 9 on Substack.com. Dastros notes that, as of 2026, three French dioceses - Aire-et-Dax, Le Puy-en-Velay, and Le Havre - have gone between 12 and 14 years without a diocesan priestly ordination. Carcassonne et Narbonne ended a 19-year gap in 2025 with the ordination of a 51-year-old candidate. Annecy and Rodez could join this list next year if they continue without new ordinations. Longer-Term Picture Dastros calculates that between 2011 and 2026, only three dioceses recorded a single diocesan priestly ordination: Carcassonne et Narbonne, Rodez et Vabres, and Pamiers, Couserans et Mirepoix. Based on the assumption that priests remain in active ministry for approximately 50 years, he estimates that, if current trends continue, each of these dioceses could eventually have only about three native diocesan priests. He further identifies seven dioceses that …ច្រើន
Isaiah 7:1-9 "Take care you remain calm and do not fear." Even in the face of difficulties, let us remain in the joy and peace of God. Matthew 11:20-24 "Woe to you!" Sadness and misfortune usually arise when we stray or others stray from the Love… of God. Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.
A decline in religious vocations has prompted the Jesuits in the United States and Canada to restructure the way they train future members of the pro-homosexual order. The Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States has announced that it will reduce the number of its novitiates from five to two by 2028. This decision was communicated in a letter dated 9 July and signed by the superiors of the conference's five provinces. Under the new arrangement, one novitiate will be located in Detroit, Michigan, serving the USA Midwest, USA East and Canada provinces, while the second will remain in Culver City, California, serving the USA West and USA Central and Southern provinces. Each facility is expected to accommodate up to 30 novices. "Running five novitiates takes an awful lot of high-quality Jesuit personnel," Fr. Joseph Daoust, SJ, superior of the Detroit Jesuit community, told DetroitCatholic.com on July 10. "Each novitiate requires three to four experienced Jesuits dedicated to …ច្រើន
‘I am disenchanted with the hierarchy of the Church of England.’ Chaplain Bernard Randall says it has been a seven-year battle to clear his name after he was unfairly dismissed for delivering a sermon on identity politics and transgenderism.
On 28 June, the closing day of Munich "Pride" weekend, the Cathedral of Munich, Germany, hosted its first Christopher Street Day (CSD) Youth Liturgy. The liturgy included scripture readings, prayers, music and personal blessings. The event was organised jointly by the Cathedral Parish, the Catholic youth organisation BDKJ, and the Queer Pastoral Ministry of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. The organisers of the 'Catholic' cathedral service also participated in the Munich homosex march. BDKJ members marched carrying a large rainbow banner bearing the words 'Love is no sin'. They also carried a large orange banner depicting Jesus Christ with the slogan 'Jesus would dance with us at CSD!'. Both banners displayed the BDKJ logo to identify them as part of the organisation's official participation in the homosex march. Picture: AI, #newsXyryhufnmj
The Roman Rite Revived a Church Planned for Demolition: The church St. Francis de Sales in St. Louis, Missouri, was facing demolition after its parish closed in 2005. Instead, then-Archbishop Raymond Leo Burke of St. Louis entrusted it to the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest. The Roman rite has been celebrated ever since. Today, the church regularly attracts more than 700 worshippers each Sunday, many of whom are young adults and families.
"Pope Leo XIV held regular direct calls with President Emmanuel Macron in an effort to slow France’s euthanasia bill ahead of his forthcoming visit to the country"
The newly appointed Bishop Christian Würtz of Eichstätt, Germany, expects further debate over priestly celibacy, he told Br.de on July 12. On Tuesday, Pope Leo XIV appointed him from auxiliary bishop of Freiburg to the diocesan bishop of Eichstätt. During Germany's Synodal Way in 2022, he voted in favour of "blessings" for homosexual concubines and the "ordination" of women-clergy. When asked about his predecessor, Msgr. Gregor Maria Hanke, who voted against those Synodal Way documents, Bishop Würtz said: "I think it goes too far to conclude from that that there are fundamental differences between him and me." He described the different beliefs as "factional disputes." Instead, he said, the focus should be on "what unites us": "That is also an important aspect of synodality - listening to one another, walking together, and learning from one another." When it came to the topic of priestly celibacy, Bishop Würtz said: "This will certainly be a question that continues to occupy us in the …ច្រើន
Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh REP. CHIP ROY ERUPTS AND HE NAILED IT! "PAUSE IMMIGRATION! Just STOP IT! Stop ALL immigration!" "The United States Supreme Court, manufacturing out of thin air, a complete ABOMINATION of a ruling by the Chief Justice, suggesting that you can simply become a citizen from being born on dirt, thereby validating the abhorrent practice of baby factories and moving people here to be born to be able to become a citizen, leaving us under no choice but to do what we must do to say, pause immigration!" "Because if it's going to be exploited for people to come here when they're pregnant, to allow somebody who's working for the Chinese Communist Party and to come here and have children to become American citizens and then have our laws exploited like they were into the previous administration." "It is why this Congress should act to pause all immigration, this Congress should act immediately to codify what the president has been doing to close the loopholes under asylum …ច្រើន
Spanish Archbishop Rejects Opposition to Mosque: Archbishop José Ángel Saiz Meneses of Seville addressed the proposed mosque in the city at a press conference on Friday. He cited Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 16 of the Spanish Constitution, and Vatican II's Dignitatis Humanae, emphasizing that religious freedom is both a universal and constitutional right. He added that these rights must be exercised in accordance with state, regional, local, and municipal law. His remarks come as Seville City Council has postponed a decision on the mosque's building permit while seeking additional technical and legal reports following objections from the political party Vox.
Los obispos que hace no mucho hablaban de la ‘Prioridad del Evangelio’ contra posiciones políticas, ahora hablan de “constitución” y “libertad religiosa” frente a la construcción de macromezquitas y centros médicos que hablan de ‘Prioridad musulmana’.
‘Burning children alive’: Russia releases files on WWII-era Ukrainian massacres of Poles The UPA insurgents behind the ethnic cleansing campaign in Volhynia are hailed as heroes in modern-day Ukraine Russia declassifies WWII files on massacres of … Israel responds to viral PHOTO of tortured Palestinian Rights groups say that a picture of a blindfolded and semi-naked detainee confirms testimonies of alleged war crimes in Gaza Israel confirms photo of blindfolded and … Warhawk US Senator Lindsey Graham dies The Republican lawmaker passed away at the age of 71, his account on X has said He famoulsy called for the asasination of Russian President Vladimir Putin after the esclatation of the Ukraine coflict in February 2022. During an appearance on Fox News, the senator cited historic examples of plots to kill famous political leaders, including Julius Caesar and Adolf Hitler. “Is there a Brutus in Russia? Is there a more successful Colonel Stauffenberg in the Russian military? The only way …ច្រើន
What rubbish. The SSPX is not in schism. The Vatican hierarchy are the schismatics. They can worship pagan idols in public, allow Chinese consecrations without papal approval, promote synodal heresy, ratify adultery, bless schismatic Anglican false bishops, but somehow the SSPX are the bad guys? I don’t think so Father Murray. You are WAY off the mark.
13.07.2026 POPE LEO AGREES WITH ME: AG 7 IS ALIGNED WITH EENS . LG 16 IS NOT AN EXCEPTION FOR EITHER. VC2 IS DOGMATIC (AG 7/EENS) AND ECCLESIOCENTRIC (AG7/EENS). Pope Leo is aligned doctrinally with the SSPX General Chapter Statement 2012. ONE QUESTION The pope would agree with the traditionalists. He has to be asked only one question. His reply will be “Yes”. Pope Leo simply has to be asked, “Does Lumen Gentium 16 (being saved in invincible ignorance) refer to a hypothetical and invisible case in 2026?” He will reply, “Yes”. Ask any cardinal the same question .The answer will always be, yes. Ask even a non Catholic or non Christian the same question. The answer will be an obvious-yes. He cannot meet or see someone now in Heaven saved without faith and baptism and instead in invincible ignorance. A journalist would clarify, , “Holy Father, when Vatican Council II refers to being saved in invincible ignorance ( I.I ) and the baptism of desire (LG 14), the reference is to a hypothetical …ច្រើន
Catholics should be able to articulate when liberation theology, an error according to Catholic teaching, crosses over to sovereignty and the right to self defense. And vice versa.
Café Catholicism: Parishes Are Upping Their Coffee Game: Coffeehouses aren’t a nice added extra for a Catholic parish, but rather an essential, one priest told the Register.
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