Cattelan's banana is business not art
Cattelan's banana is not art, it is just a product that is worth a lot not because of its quality, but because of its author. All this tells us that art has nothing to do with this banana, but only business. Art is the communication of beauty and instead that banana is just a luxury product.
With Trump, Americanism may soften in the US and move to Europe
What remains of the condemnation that the Church under Leo XIII made of Americanism understood as a doctrine of the primacy of efficientism over contemplative life? Trump's victory could lead to a revision of Americanism in liberal style, which will take root more and more in Europe and... in the Vatican.
Daily Compass Annual Celebration Day: Persevering in the faith
Perseverance in faith are concrete faces of the people who renew their encounter with Christ every day, whether they live in a monastery or struggle daily in the world. That is what we saw and experienced on September 28 at the Daily Compass Conference.
Christ’s burial Shroud caught between X-rays and artificial intelligence
Curiously, two years after it’s publication, numerous media outlets decided to spread the news about research published in 2022, that dates the sacred linen Shroud to the time of Jesus. The media and social media boom that ensued, confirms the “Face” never ceases to attract attention.
Never say 'Crusaders'. RAF surrenders to cancel culture
A historic British aviation squadron, the RAF's 14th Squadron, has to change its name: Crusaders is now considered offensive to Muslims. Yet no-one understands why enlistments have plummeted.
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...
Chesterton turns 150, an antidote against rampant evil
On 29 May 1874, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, the great Catholic author who wrote the reasons for the Faith in his novels, was born in London. Today he is more relevant than ever, a real medicine for the soul.
Denatality emergency, South Korea becomes 'sterile’
The fertility rate has dropped to 0.72 children per woman, the lowest in the world, despite substantial economic incentives. The president announces a new ministry to combat the birth rate crisis.
Eurovision 2024, Satanism dished out live on TV
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Blasphemous exhibition in bishop's church. And they call it art
An exhibition by a local artist in the diocesan museum church in Carpi, is provoking indignation due to its blasphemous paintings of Jesus, Mary and Magdalene. The Daily Compass has seen the works and the exhibition guide admits they are provocative. The diocesan curators are accused of passing off sacrilege for sacred art. Bishop Castellucci is called to respond.
Alert: TV series "Hazbin Hotel" promotes demons
A cartoon ("for adults") where the inhabitants of hell are the victims of an "evil" heaven in a diabolic reversal of good and bad. The International Association of Exorcists warns of the risks of normalising evil.
Freemasonry wants a "mea culpa", Catholic Church commits examination of conscience
Not only Cardinal Coccopalmerio's proposal for a "permanent round table" of confrontation between the Church and Masonic lodges: at the meeting in Milan, Bishop Staglianò shatters the doctrinal approach and clears the way for openness in the name of Mercy.