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Leo XIV Promotes Archbishop Who Backed Vaccine Mandates and Praised Bad Bunny

Today, Leo XIV has appointed Monsignor Eusebio Ramos Morales, 73, until now Bishop of Caguas, as the new Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
He was ordained a priest in 1983 after completing studies in philosophy and theology in Puerto Rico, Mexico, the United States and Rome.
He has served as a parish priest, seminary rector, professor of dogmatic theology, Bishop of Fajardo-Humacao from 2008 to 2017, and Bishop of Caguas since 2017.
In 2024, he became President of the Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference.
The Puerto Rican bishops adopted one of the world's most restrictive implementations of Traditionis Custodes (2021), ending all Masses in the Roman rite on the island.
Hard-line COVID vaccine policy
In August 2021, Bishop Ramos signed the Puerto Rican bishops' pastoral instruction declaring that COVID vaccination was a "moral duty", that Catholic conscience objections were not recognized, and that priests and deacons were forbidden from issuing religious exemption letters …More

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Birds of a feather...

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There wasn't much wiggle room, because the bishops of Puerto Rico are bad—or very bad. The Bishop of Mayagüez is far worse.

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VACCINE MAFIA.

Vaccine Mafia: Pfizer's Former Chief Toxicologist Proves How Toxic Substances Were Unlawfully Sold to Us as a Solution for COVID-19
Former Pfizer chief toxicologist Helmut Sterz presents a critical examination of the development, approval, and global rollout of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines—particularly those produced by Pfizer/BioNTech. The Vaccine Mafia details the failure of pharmaceutical companies, regulatory authorities, politicians, and international organizations to follow established scientific and ethical standards during the pandemic. Drawing on the author’s decades of experience in pharmaceutical toxicology, Sterz reveals the many ways the vaccines’ inadequate or omitted preclinical safety testing put the world’s population at risk.
Vaccine Mafia: Pfizer's Former Chief …
Sterz demonstrates how “emergency” approvals allowed manufacturers to bypass long-standing international guidelines governing toxicity testing, especially with regard to reproductive and cancer risks. They also …More

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In Italy, the Knives Are Out for the World’s Oldest Bank
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Founded in 1472, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena has survived wars, pandemics and By Bernhard Warner
Visuals by Patrick Junker
Reporting from Siena, Italy
Aug. 1, 2026
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Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena is the world’s oldest bank. It has survived the rise and fall of the Medici, regional and world wars and its own near-death experiences — including a 5.4-billion-euro bailout in 2017 and a derivatives scandal that made the lender a byword for mismanagement.
But under Luigi Lovaglio, the chief executive, who was recruited by the Italian government in 2022 to engineer a turnaround, Monte dei Paschi has grown into one of Europe’s healthiest financial institutions. Now, it’s a takeover target.
Sitting in Palazzo Salimbeni, the bank’s fortresslike 14th-century headquarters in Siena’s historic center, Mr. Lovaglio reflected last week on the bank’s latest challenge. The …More

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AI on x agrees that LG 8, 14 16 are invisible cases and newspaper reports do not imply that they are invisible cases in Vatican Council II

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Vatican II Rational Reading Supports SSPX
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Vatican Council II supports the traditionalists, the newspapers must note: apology due to the SSPX
06.08.2026 Vatican Council II supports the traditionalists, the newspapers must note: apology due to the SSPX Yesterday I posted an e-mail to the editor of the daily Il Messaggero, Rome, telling him that the media reports on Vatican Council II are irrational and not rational, dishonest and not honest, political and non apostolic and non magisterial. They are schismatic. I mentioned that when Vatican Council II is interpreted rationally it is dogmatic, ecclesiocentric and traditional and this was not told to Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre and Fr. Leonard Feeney of Boston. They were allowed to remain excommunicated even though the Council was ecclesiocentric. Pope Benedict, Pope Francis and Pope Leo have not disclosed this …More

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Belgian Trappist abbey closes after 65 years amid vocation decline

Belgian Trappist Sisters Close Their Abbey

The Trappist sisters of Notre-Dame de Brialmont Abbey in Tilff, in the Diocese of Liège, Belgium, celebrated a Eucharist of thanksgiving on 25 July before leaving the abbey after 65 years at the site.
The Eucharist was celebrated by Bishop Jean-Pierre Delville of Liège together with Dom Xavier Frisque, abbot of Orval and the superior responsible for the Brialmont community.
Only six sisters remain in the community. The Order announced in February 2026 that the abbey would close because of the sisters' advanced age, declining numbers and the absence of new vocations.
Pope John Paul II paid a private visit to the abbey in 1985.
The Diocese of Liège said a new ecological, social and spiritual project for the site is being developed in partnership with Orval Abbey and other local partners.
Picture: © Diocèse de Liège, #newsPhcrwrveaq

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I gazed into the visions of the night...

Daniel 7:13-14
And I saw, coming on the clouds of heaven,
one like a son of man.
He came to the one of great age
and was led into his presence.
On Him was conferred sovereignty,
glory and kingship,
and men of all peoples, nations and languages became his servants.
His sovereignty is an eternal sovereignty
which shall never pass away,
nor will His empire ever be destroyed.

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The Tangled Tale of the Tate Brothers
Over the past decade, the Tate brothers have built a global empire around pornography, hypermasculinity and overt misogyny. At the same time, they have been repeatedly accused of assaulting and trafficking women. A Times investigation found that as their legal troubles mounted, the Tates found powerful allies in the family and administration. Megan Twohey, who has been covering the story, explains just how important those alliances became and why they are now starting to unravel. Guest: Megan Twohey (Megan Twohey - The New York Times) , an investigative reporter for The New York Times.

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A research study conducted by Vatican expert Francesco Capozza reveals that more than 65% of the current College of Cardinals knows nothing of Latin, has never studied it, and does not understand it. Will Latin continue to be the universal language of the Church?

65% of Cardinals Know No Latin – Lack Any Real Qualifications

Over 65% of the current College of Cardinals does not know any Latin, writes Francesco Capozza, Vatican journalist for IlTempo.it, on Facebook (August 4): “This is the extremely serious legacy of Bergoglio (Pope Francis), who has given the Church cardinals who are ignorant, lacking any real qualifications or merit, and unaware that Latin is the official language of the Church.”
The figure sounds plausible, but Capozza does not publish any documentation to support it. He says he conducted research over several months and consulted seminaries, universities, religious congregations, and others.
Capozza adds that most of these cardinals do not even speak English, but only their native language.
He concludes: “This is the Church of today, and if Leo XIV does not clean house, the outcome will be an even greater disaster than the previous twelve years.”
Picture: © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk, CC BY-NC-ND, #newsSnhijpopfh

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Pope Saint Felix III ~ Not to oppose error is to approve it; and not to defend truth is to suppress it; and indeed to neglect to confound evil men...

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Yell it from the housetops!

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St. Padre Pio ~ Jesus in life does not ask you to bring with Him the heavy cross, but a small piece of His Cross.

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Leo promotes a bishop who is an opponent of the traditional Mass and who allowed another bishop to mock Cardinal Burke.

Pope Leo has appointed Bishop Eusebio Ramos Morales of Caguas as the Archbishop of San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 2024, this bishop allowed the Bishop of Mayagüez—67-year-old Ángel Luis Ríos Matos—to mock Cardinal Raymond Burke during a conference on "synodality" held on September 8 in the Diocese of Caguas.
Referring to Francis, Msgr. Ríos spoke against the "liturgical vestments" and "lace" that Francis himself uses.
He projected images of Cardinal Burke wearing a cardinal's hat and a *cappa magna*. Msgr. Ríos said: "Look how beautiful this is. I should have covered his face—for those who know him."
The bishop encouraged the audience to "laugh," and he joined in the laughter himself. Ríos then addressed Bishop Eusebio Ramos, who was present at the talk and joined in the mockery.
Jokingly, Bishop Ríos said: "Don't you have one of those capes, Eusebio?" The audience and Bishop Ríos laughed again.
Bishop Ríos continued his act, suggesting: "As a Synod gift, they should have a cape made for …More

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Novus Ordo Goes to the Dogs: On 26 June, a video of a Eucharistic celebration at the Santo Domingo Savio parish in Villavicencio, Colombia, went viral after two dogs started howling along with Rev. Carlos Mario Peña Lopera as he sang a hymn. The dogs, Simón and Luna, are strays that the priest took in and who now regularly accompany him at Eucharists, often sitting near the altar. According to Rev. Peña Lopera, Luna had not previously joined in the howling alongside Simón. The priest continued the hymn without interruption.

Dos perros que acompañaban al sacerdote durante la eucaristía protagonizaron un inesperado momento al unirse, a su manera, a los cantos de la misa.

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I love dogs and have/had several as pets - but they DO NOT belong at Holy Mass (guide dogs - who care for those with various ailments & are trained to behave - excepted).