Archbishop Aldo Cavalli, 79, a former Apostolic Nuncio and the Apostolic Visitor for the parish of Medjugorje, administered Confirmation to two young Irish Travellers in the Adoration Chapel in Medjugorje, reports David Murgia on IlSegnoDiGiona. According to pictures, the women wore inappropriate short white pyjamas. Murgia says the outfits reflect festive dress customary in the Irish Traveller community. He claims to have verified the circumstances through multiple sources and that the photographs are authentic.
Archbishop Aldo Cavalli, Apostolic Nuncio and appointed as a special apostolic visitor for the parish of Međugorje, while administering the sacrament of confirmation. Source: MEDJUGORJE, ABITI PROVOCANTI DURANTE LE CRESIME? …
Around 100 motorcyclists gathered with their bikes for a an Open Air Eucharist at the Madonna del Lago church in Castel Gandolfo last Sunday. The annual gathering is led by parish priest and motorcyclist Rev. Tadeusz Rozmus, known as “Don Biker.” During the Novus Ordo, prayers were offered for riders, their families and those killed in road accidents. The bikers then rode in procession through Castel Gandolfo to join Leo XIV for the Angelus. The Pope gave them a special greeting, welcoming the motorcyclists attending their “traditional annual gathering.”
The Anglican St. Paul’s Cathedral in London has entered a four-year partnership with Fabric, one of the city’s best-known nightclubs. Fabric will stage contemporary music events inside the cathedral through 2030. The first concert is scheduled for October 29. The artist has not yet been announced. St. Paul’s says the program aims to attract new visitors and introduce them to the cathedral through music and culture. The partnership follows earlier performances by RY X and Patti Smith.
La cathédrale anglicane Saint-Paul de Londres, toujours pleinement affectée au culte, s’associe pour quatre ans à Fabric, célèbre discothèque londonienne, afin d’organiser des "événements musicaux" sous son dôme
Chris Jackson Sep 05, 2026 Anthony Abbate: Chairman of the Fence A tuxedo, a microphone, a theological crisis, and one very comfortable fence. New Catholic satire song is now live on YouTube. There are men who take a position. There are men who change positions. And then there are men who build a very nice house directly on the fence, install a microphone, order a cocktail, and begin explaining why everybody on either side has gone too far. That brings us to “Chairman of the Fence.” Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I’m Anthony Abbate. I host a show called Avoiding Babylon. Every week I tell you the men running Rome hate Tradition. Then I call you crazy for questioning whether they’re Catholic. Now, let’s all remain calm. [Verse 1] I say Rome persecutes the ancient Mass; The SSPX defends what Rome attacks. I toast Marcel Lefebvre for saying no, And hail the SSPX for doing so. But ask if Rome’s hierarchy has the right to rule, I call you a “sede moron” and a fool. I lay out all the …More
I just went out of arguments in a dispute with a good friend about the actual situation of Saint Peter's Holy See. This singed satire came just in time like a charm!
Today, Leo XIV joked with children at the Vatican’s annual Family Day for employees and their families. “How much is six-seven?” he asked, while making the hand gesture from the viral “6-7” meme. He then answered 13 - turning the deliberately meaningless meme into 6+7. Teenagers followed with another slang: “Papa, can you say ‘aura’?” Leo looked puzzled and repeated: “Aura?” - prompting more laughter. Online, “aura” refers to someone’s coolness, charisma or presence. Young people jokingly give or take away “aura points” depending on what someone does.
Pope Leo XIV makes a dad joke to kids about 6-7, saying “how much is 6 + 7? It’s 13.”
Today, Pope Leo XIV received Archbishop Georg Gänswein, 70, in an audience, amid renewed speculation that Benedict XVI’s longtime secretary could soon be appointed Apostolic Nuncio to France. It was Gänswein’s third meeting with Leo XIV: the first came during the Pope’s gathering with apostolic nuncios in June 2025, followed by a private audience on December 12, 2025. Monsignor Gänswein serves as Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Pope Francis appointed him to the diplomatic post in June 2024, ending roughly a year in Freiburg without an official assignment following the death of Benedict XVI. In recent months, Vatican observers have speculated that Gänswein could be transferred to the Apostolic Nunciature in Paris. Asked about the possibility at a public appearance in Ravensburg in July, Gänswein declined to confirm the speculation. #newsYgnllwgzqu
Natural wealth is always pursued for the sake of something else (e.g., health, comfort, survival). It is a means to fulfill human nature, not the end of human life.
St. Thomas Aquinas asks whether human happiness can consist in wealth. In everyday terms, he is examining whether having money and possessions can be what truly fulfills us and makes us happy, or whether happiness must be found in something deeper and more lasting than material goods.
The International Theological Commission's new document presents panentheism as an 'interpretive framework' for understanding God as 'intimately present in every aspect of reality'. It explicitly contrasts this with classical theism. @Gaetano Masciullo argues that this positive portrayal of panentheism obscures the Catholic distinction between Creator and creation and risks normalising pantheistic theology.
The Vatican’s International Theological Commission has just given a positive hearing to panentheism (the idea that creation exists “in God” so is also Divine).
Priests must continue to celebrate the traditional Mass ‘under the radar’ and, when necessary, openly defy the attempted prohibition of it, philosopher Peter Kwasniewski told Certamen.info. He underlined that lay Catholics who attend an FSSPX Mass because of their attachment to the old rite are “by no means schismatics.” But he simultaneously distances himself from a more strongly pro-FSSPX position: “If another opportunity of assisting at the old rite is already available in the same geographical area, it becomes harder to justify attending an SSPX chapel.” He points to the FSSPX’s “manifest canonical irregularity.”
Kwasniewski zu Certamen: Traditionis Custodes ist gescheiterte Gesetzgebung Rom hat sechs Bischöfe der Priesterbruderschaft St. Pius X. für exkommuniziert erklärt, und Kardinal Roche, der Präfekt für den Gottesdienst, hat jede Änderung an Traditionis Custodes öffentlich ausgeschlossen. Kwasniewski hält das Motu proprio für juristisch wie theologisch unstimmig. Kwasniewski: Rückkehr zum Frieden von Summorum … #katholisch#Kirche
Yet, he conveniently overlooks the Conciliar religion's "manifest authentic-Catholicism irregularities." If questioned, of course, Kwasniewski would disagree with a significant amount of the current Conciliar practices being winked at or promoted by the Conciliar popes, bishops and priests. I suspect that he wants to try to keep one foot in each camp so he can project himself as being a "Catholic" for all readers. "But because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold, not hot, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth."
Canada is defending its policy allowing transvestites to be housed in women’s prisons. A lawsuit cites 10 alleged sexual assaults and says female inmates’ rights were violated. Ottawa acknowledges the assaults but “wholly denies” the policy caused the harm. It says case-by-case risk assessments are sufficient and calls the policy an “ameliorative” measure for a disadvantaged group.
September 5th - Saint of the Day: Saints Peter Nguyễn and Joseph Hoàng, Martyrs They gave him one way out: step over the crucifix and walk free. He knelt down and kissed it instead. This is the true story of Father Peter Nguyễn Văn Tự, a Dominican priest hunted through the rice fields of Vietnam, and Joseph Hoàng Lương Cảnh, a 75-year-old doctor who healed the poor for free and baptized dying children in secret. Betrayed by a jealous neighbor. Chained together in prison. Executed side by side. But the wildest part? The old doctor prayed OUT LOUD for the emperor who condemned him. And what happened at the execution ground, the darkened sky, the crowds rushing to soak up their blood, the body ransomed back for 36 coins, is something you have to read to believe. Get the full story now at HolyManna.blog, where a new saint story drops every single day.
5. September – Heiliger des Tages: Die Märtyrer Petrus Nguyễn und Joseph Hoàng Sie boten ihm einen Ausweg an: über das Kruzifix steigen und frei gehen. Stattdessen kniete er nieder und küsste es. Dies ist die wahre Geschichte von Pater Peter Nguyễn Văn Tự, einem Dominikanerpater, der in den Reisfeldern Vietnams gejagt wurde, und Joseph Hoàng Lương Cảnh, einem 75-jährigen Arzt, der die Armen kostenlos heilte und im Geheimen sterbende Kinder taufte. Verraten von einem eifersüchtigen Nachbarn. Aneinandergekettet im Gefängnis. Seite an Seite hingerichtet. Aber das Unglaublichste daran? Der alte Arzt betete lautstark für den Kaiser, der ihn verurteilt hatte. Und was dann auf dem Hinrichtungsplatz geschah – der verdunkelte Himmel, die Menschenmassen, die herbeieilten, um ihr Blut aufzusaugen, der Leichnam, der für 36 Münzen freigekauft wurde – das muss man gelesen haben, um es zu glauben. Die ganze Geschichte gibt es jetzt auf HolyManna.blog, wo jeden Tag eine neue …More
The history class “The Catholic Intellectual Tradition” has become one of Yale’s most popular courses. Last spring, it attracted 85 students - up from just 13 a decade ago. The course explores two millennia of Catholic thought, from early Christianity and medieval mysticism to debates about war, philosophy and modern life. It has even reportedly attracted more students than long-standing Yale favourites such as “The Birth of Europe” and “The Roman Empire”. This boom comes at a time when universities are debating cuts to the humanities.
Motorcyclists Attend Mass and Receive Pope Leo XIV’s Greeting in Castel Gandolfo
September 5th - Saint of the Day: Saints Peter Nguyễn and Joseph Hoàng, Martyrs
This is the true story of Father Peter Nguyễn Văn Tự, a Dominican priest hunted through the rice fields of Vietnam, and Joseph Hoàng Lương Cảnh, a 75-year-old doctor who healed the poor for free and baptized dying children in secret. 
And what happened at the execution ground, the darkened sky, the crowds rushing to soak up their blood, the body ransomed back for 36 coins, is something you have to read to believe. 
Get the full story now at HolyManna.blog, where a new saint story drops every single day. 
