Sorry, the Olympic ceremony did stage Last Supper parody
The blasphemous ‘Last Supper’ at the opening ceremony of the Olympics, gives rise to a counter attack starting with the denial of any association with Leonardo's masterpiece. But the arrangement of the characters, even with the inclusion of Dionysus, is manifest. And the reference to van Bijlert is a home goal...
Jesuit magazine makes absurd parallel between Biden-Benedict XVI resignations
Jesuit Michael O'Loughlin, in an article in America, compares Biden's renunciation to run for the White House with Benedict XVI's renunciation of the Petrine ministry. Not only the parallel doesn’t hold due to the evident differences in situations and persons, it’s an insult to Pope Ratzinger.
Zuppi, the queer cardinal
At the Giffoni Film Festival, dedicated to children and the youth, the president of the Italian bishops exalts the queer family the ‘commune’ in which all family roles are deconstructed, with the declared aim of destroying the natural family. Such serious affirmations are something the cardinals should take this into account in the next Conclave.
Communauté Saint-Martin, too many priestly vocations annoy Rome
The reason for the forced ‘accompaniment’ imposed on the French community enjoying a boom of seminarians amid the general desert of vocations appears due to the Holy See finding the elevated numbers worrisome: too many priests and too many conservatives who risk infecting half of France.
Church crisis favours false St Athanasius pretenders
Today's ecclesial crisis resembles, in some ways, that caused by the Arian heresy. But the parallel between St Athanasius and some of today's schismatic prelates does not hold up: the holy bishop of Alexandria, exiled several times, defended the faith and at the same time remained obedient to Rome.
Biden’s exit puts Harris “gamble” under scrutiny
Biden has endorsed his vice-president to replace him for the nomination. A choice that represents continuity. But until now she is noted only for her support for abortion and her failure in the one task entrusted to her: resolve America’s illegal immigration problems.
Switzerland, Catholic website offers church list for ‘gay blessings’
The Swiss organisation ‘Alliance for Catholic Equality’ has published a list of parishes willing to ‘bless’ irregular and same-sex couples. Few priests are listed, but the Fiducia supplicans drift continues to make headway.
Deaconesses, Pope shields behind Jesuitical preface
Women at the altar: five authors explore the question, including an Anglican “bishopess,” at least two of whom argue for female priests. The Pontiff pens the introduction but plays safe using ambiguity.
Double standards: environmentalists ignore $600 million wedding pollution
The Indian billionaires Anat Ambani e Radhika Merchant, not only celebrated the wedding of the year, but also the most polluting. $600 million spent, thousands of planes and unbridled opulence. Silence from those who constantly accuse only the West of “consuming the planet's resources.”
China bans "Taiwan" and "independence" word combination
Approved new guidelines severely punish up to the death penalty anyone, including abroad, who asserts Taiwan's independence or its entry into international organizations.
Bishop Tremolada: "Mary, Mystical Rose, she’s the beauty needed today"
From the writings of Pierina Gilli one immediately grasps "a certain spirituality of beauty, a fundamental characteristic of the Blessed Virgin." The prophetic significance of the devotion of the three roses for the consecrated and Mary's motherhood towards the sick. The Daily Compass interviews the Bishop of Brescia, Pierantonio Tremolada.
NATO summit puts Europe on warpath
The balance of the Atlantic Alliance summit seems to confirm the West's inclination to seek military confrontation with Russia and that of the United States' to leave Europe increasingly weak politically, militarily, socially and economically.
