Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim sees a Catholic “springtime” in Norway. In an interview with Aleteia.org on 14 October, he said Catholicism is “no longer quite so marginal” and must assume its role “at the heart of society” to “form, guide and help” it. He also criticized empty rhetoric: Words must express “a reality, a truth, and not simply hot air.” Bishop Varden urged Catholics to listen to the Holy Spirit, whose patience is “astonishing and sometimes shocking.” Above all, he called for renouncing the deeply rooted human desire “to take ourselves for God.” Norway's registered Catholic population has grown from 46,440 in 2006 to 168,220 in 2025, with much of the increase driven by immigration, particularly from Poland and Lithuania.
Mgr Erik Varden : "Nous devons renoncer à nous prendre nous même pour Dieu." Moine cistercien et évêque de Trondheim, en Norvège, Mgr Erik Varden vient de publier deux ouvrages qui illustrent chacun à leur manière la fécondité de la vie cachée. Il revient pour Aleteia sur sa conversion au catholicisme, le réveil spirituel de la Norvège et la puissance de la vie intérieure. Plus d'informations sur : aleteia.org Pour nous soutenir et faire un don, rendez-vous sur : Faire un don à Aleteia - Soutenir Aleteia
“Depending on all these factors, the pope will also adjust his pontificate, if it needs to be adjusted,” Cardinal Pietro Parolin told reporters in Rome, hours after visiting the 71-year-old pontiff at Gemelli Hospital. Parolin said the Nov. 6 to 17 journey to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru “will depend on the doctors.” The Vatican has not said what stage the cancer is in, or whether the lymph nodes removed during Tuesday’s operation were clear.
El número dos de León XIV dijo que el Papa “podría ajustar” su pontificado y que los médicos decidirán si viaja
Archbishop Bernard Longley of Birmingham, UK, has granted in-principle permission for two celebrations of Mass according to the medieval Sarum Use in his archdiocese. In a letter dated 6 October, the Archbishop approved the proposal, subject to further written permissions from the celebrating priests and those responsible for the venues. The Sarum Use is a medieval form of the Roman Catholic liturgy that developed in Salisbury, England, in the 11th century. Its name comes from Sarum, the Latin name for Salisbury. Similar to the Traditional Latin Mass, it has distinctive prayers, chants, vestments and a liturgical calendar. The Masses could take place in 2027.
Two Latin Masses will be permitted in the Birmingham Archdiocese. (We need permanent Masses...)
Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim, Norway, wrote on October 15 about the Vatican’s Amoris Laetitia conference. Regarding Holy Communion for adulterers, he stated: “Concerning ‘irregular’ relationships, I find our Catholic communities normally embrace these maturely and well. It can be liberating for persons in such situations to be in a setting where their ‘irregularity’ is acknowledged, not relativised.” He cited the allegedly “many” faithful he knows who seek a blessing at Communion Sunday after Sunday, aware they cannot receive the sacrament. Such prolonged “sacramental exile” can prepare a homecoming: “Christ gave us his rigorous commandments to educate us and to liberate us from ourselves.”
“Concerning ‘irregular’ relationships, I find our Catholic communities normally embrace these maturely and well.” — Bishop Erik Varden on the Vatican’s ‘Amoris laetitia’ meeting
Archbishop Vigano exposes Pope Francis/Bergoglio's deception: The deception consists in making coincide the two terms evangelization and proselytism. Bergoglio, with deceit, played on this identification, attributing to the mandate to evangelize the odious characteristics of proselytism: arrogance, violence, lack of respect for the other. Scripture tells us: Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of he Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. [Matthew 28:19], Then he said to them, “Go forth into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned. [Mk 16:165-16]
Mgr Vigano dans SPES CONTRA SPEM réagit au texte « Un chemin d’espérance » des Dicastères pour la Doctrine de la Foi, pour l’Unité des Chrétiens et pour le Dialogue Interreligieux publié pour l'anniversaire de Nostra aetate. Et non est in alio aliquo salus. Nec enim aliud nomen est sub caelo datum hominibus, in quo oporteat nos salvos fieri. Act 4, 12 Habere non potest Deum patrem qui Ecclesiam non habet matrem. S. Cyprianus, De unitate Ecclesiæ, 6 Préambule : une date qui accuse La Note Un chemin d’espérance, rédigée pour le soixantième anniversaire de Nostra Aetate, porte la signature des Cardinaux Fernández, Koch et Koovakad. Léon XIV l’a approuvée et en a ordonné la publication. Elle est datée du 16 septembre, mémoire des saints Corneille et Cyprien. Je ne sais pas si les exégètes se sont aperçus de l’ironie : saint Cyprien est le Père qui a donné à l’Église la formule salus extra Ecclesiam non est. Il a enseigné que ne peut avoir Dieu pour Père celui qui n’a pas l’Église pour Mère…Lokwengentiwe
Saint of the Day: October 16 - Saint Gall, Abbot Also known as Callo Chelleh Gaaech Gallen Gallo Gallonus Gallunus Gallus Gilianus Memorial 16 October Profile Younger brother of SaintDeicola. Studied at Bangor Abbey under SaintComgall of Bangor and SaintColumba. Bible scholar. Priest. One of the twelve who accompanied SaintColumbanus to France and helped found Luxeuil Abbey. He followed Columbanus into exile in 610 and then to Austrasia, where he preached with little success around Lake Zurich, and near Bregenz. Illness forced Gall to leave Columbanus‘s party in 612, though some say the leader suspected Gall of malingering, and imposed a penance on him, which Gall faithfully observed, of not celebrating Mass during Columba‘s life. When he recovered, Gall lived as a hermit on the Steinach River, attracting disciples. Saint Gall Monastery occupied this site, becoming a center of literature, the arts, and music, though legend to the contrary, Saint Gall did not…Lokwengentiwe
Saint of the Day: October 16th - Saint Gall, Abbot. Butler'sLIvesoftheSaints A.D. 646 Among the great number of eminent disciples which Saint Columban left imitators of his heroic virtues, none seems to have been more famous than Saint Gall. He was born in Ireland soon after the middle of the sixth century, of parents who were conspicuous both for their piety and for their riches, and the rank which they held among the nobility. By them he was offered to God from his birth, and by their care was educated in the great monastery of Benchor, under the direction of the holy abbots Saint Comgal and Saint Columban. Studies, especially of sacred learning, flourished in this house, and Saint Gall was well versed in grammar, poetry, and the holy scriptures. When Saint Columban left Ireland, Saint Gall was one of those twelve who accompanied him into England, and afterwards into France, where they arrived in 585. They were courteously received by Sigebert, the pious king of Austrasia and Burgundy …Lokwengentiwe
The shooting comes amid continuing concerns over gun violence at US schools. In August 2025, a gunman opened fire on children attending Mass at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, killing two students, aged eight and ten, and injuring 17 other people before taking his own life.
Leo XIV-appointed bishop wants women to preach at Mass. Bishop Beat Grögli of St. Gallen, Switzerland, has defended the practice of women delivering homilies at Mass, although canon law defines the homily as an inherent part of the liturgy. Kath.ch reported on October 8 that Bishop Grögli told a group of women that this prohibited practice had existed in his diocese for nearly 50 years. He suggested that reversing the practice would be incomprehensible. Grögli described the theological arguments against women preaching as “weak,” adding: “Honestly, I have never understood them.” He considers “the female perspective in preaching an enrichment.” Asked whether his position constituted disobedience, he pointed to ongoing discussions with Rome. Canon 767 §1 reserves the homily at Mass to priests and deacons. The Vatican's 2004 instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum states that lay homilies at Mass cannot acquire legitimacy through longstanding custom. Pope Leo XIV appointed Grögli Bishop of …Lokwengentiwe
And the Lord said: Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 32But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren
When you love our Lord you don’t think if it is Novus Ordo or Tridentine, you welcome Him like this child did. * * * * "Oh dear Lord, make new saints throughout the world, give us the sound desire to melt in Your Love, and make us little before You." Amen * * Servant of God, Manuel Fodera, pray for us! Amen.
SAINT MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE - October 16 Apostle of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1647-1690) St. Margaret of the Visitation Order was an apostle of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She was born in Lhautecour, France, on July 22, 1647, to Claude Alacoque and Philiberte Lamyn. She showed intense love for the Blessed Sacrament and preferred prayer over amusement. After her first communion at age 9, she secretly practiced severe corporal mortifications until paralysis confined her to bed for four years. After recuperating, she made a vow to the Blessed Virgin to enter religious life and was immediately restored to perfect health. Claude Alacoque's death and a relative's injustice plunged St. Margaret's family into poverty. She found greater consolation in the Blessed Sacrament, where she sensed Jesus' presence and protection. At 17 years old, her family recovered its property and her mother persuaded her to socialize. St. Margaret believed her childhood vow was no longer binding; until she returned …Lokwengentiwe
Saint Margaret Alacoque 10-16 realcatholictv SAINT MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE Virgin (1647-1690) Religious of the Visitation Order. Apostle of the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, born at Lhautecour, France, 22 July, 1647; died at Paray-le-Monial, 17 October, 1690. Her parents, Claude Alacoque and Philiberte Lamyn, were distinguished less for temporal possessions than for their virtue, which gave them an honourable position. From early childhood Margaret showed intense love for the Blessed Sacrament, and preferred silence and prayer to childish amusements. After her first communion at the age of nine, she practised in secret severe corporal mortifications , until paralysis confined her to bed for four years. At the end of this period, having made a vow to the Blessed Virgin to consecrate herself to religious life, she was instantly restored to perfect health. The death of her father and the injustice of a relative plunged the family in poverty and humiliation, after which more than …Lokwengentiwe
LiveLeak Paramore singer Hayley Williams shouted “Fuck ICE” and “Free Palestine” during her performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. The remarks came during her performance of “Ice in My OJ” as Williams raised her middle finger to the crowd.
Pope Leo Walking, Celebrating Mass as Doctors Await Crucial Biopsy Results | SG News Pope Leo XIV is making steady progress at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital following successful surgery for lung adenocarcinoma, according to the latest updates from the Vatican. The 71-year-old Pope underwent surgery on October 13 to remove the lower lobe of his right lung after doctors detected a small, localized nodule during recent medical examinations. His doctors now say postoperative recovery is proceeding as expected. Blood tests and a chest X-ray carried out after surgery produced results within the expected range for this type of operation. Pope Leo has begun walking around his hospital room, resumed eating normally and started respiratory physiotherapy — an important part of recovery following lung surgery. The Holy Father has also returned to prayer and liturgical life. The Vatican confirmed that Pope Leo concelebrated Holy Mass in a specially prepared room on the hospital’s 10th floor. He has also …Lokwengentiwe
GOD certainly is Great! This is just one of the many people I watch who help the poor, homeless, veterans and whomever they can. There are even some who mow lawns for those ready to face hundreds or thousands of dollars in fines. Ready to have their home taken and so many more good people who really care for others. Thank you to everyone who came together to show David and his 3 children, LOVE. If it wasn’t for you, this wouldn’t be possible. You provided him the opportunity to work full-time jobs, donations to help provide his family a home, the funding to help support their transition and future, and lastly reminding David the power of HOPE. Lastly, thank you to Michael Rapino for reaching out and being willing to provide David a job to work with his team at Live Nation and helping ease his transition. Michael also has 3 children so this story deeply resonated with him, he texted me and was more than willing to offer a helping hand to David and his 3 children. Be kind and love always …Lokwengentiwe
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Paramore singer Hayley Williams shouted “Fuck ICE” and “Free Palestine” during her performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
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