Saint Lydia of Philippi | The First Christian Convert in Europe | Feast Day August 3 Today, the Church honours Lydia of Philippi, whose feast day is celebrated on August 3. Saint Lydia lived during the 1st century AD and was originally from Thyatira, where she worked as a successful merchant selling expensive purple cloth, a luxury fabric often associated with royalty and wealth. While living in Philippi, Lydia regularly gathered with others for prayer. One day, Paul the Apostle arrived and preached the Gospel beside a river. The Acts of the Apostles tells us: "The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what Paul was saying." (Acts 16:14) Lydia believed the Gospel, was baptised along with her household, and warmly invited Paul and his companions to stay in her home. Her house soon became one of the very first meeting places for Christians in Europe, making Lydia an important figure in the spread of Christianity across the continent. Saint Lydia demonstrates that evangelisation is …More
From Failure at EWTN to Vatican Communication Reform? This morning, Leo XIV received the new Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication, the divorced Zionist Maria Montserrat Alvarado, in audience. During his pontificate, Leo XIV has met the current Prefect, Paolo Ruffini, only rarely and has not held private audiences with other senior Vatican communications officials, including Matteo Bruni, Andrea Tornielli, and Andrea Monda, seeing them only at public events. Alvarado will officially take office in November. Last year, her effort to consolidate EWTN's international news operations under a single EwtnNews.com platform did not achieve its intended goal. The project remained English-only and failed to become the successful international news site originally envisioned.
60 million Muslims in Ceuta have left supermarkets and shops looted... invasion of homes, hundreds of terrified women, and the closure of the free movement area (Schengen) applied by Italy to Spain. They've also allowed us to see an immense majority of Muslim males with good phones and a real attempt at Islamization through illegal migration. They voted for leftists, this is what you get in Spain
A video of Moroccan soldiers beating an illegal migrant near the border with Ceuta has gone viral. Several violent clashes in the area have taken place over the past few days
Spain’s Largest Wildfire Forces Augustinian Nuns to Evacuate Historic Monastery | SG News A devastating wildfire is sweeping across the Spanish province of Ávila, forcing the evacuation of the Augustinian Sisters of the Monastery of the Conversion in Sotillo de la Adrada. The blaze has burned more than 120,000 acres, making it one of the largest wildfire emergencies Spain has faced in recent history. As firefighters continue battling the flames under extreme weather conditions, the sisters have found temporary refuge at the Saint Ildefonso Convent in Talavera, where they continue to pray for all those affected. In response to the crisis, the Diocese of Ávila has opened its seminary and retreat houses to shelter displaced families, parish priests, and others forced to flee their homes. Stay Updated with @SGNEWS-SG – Faith, Society & Global Christian Perspective
In Ceuta, hundreds of migrants have been relocated to the beach closest to the CETI (Temporary Immigrant Stay Centers). “Most of the people remaining here are from sub-Saharan Africa, from countries like Sudan, Mali, Eritrea, and Somalia.” Video: RTVE
"The La Razón report should nevertheless be treated with caution...La Razón presents the alleged papal involvement in the January document as a significant revelation. Yet the suggestion that Cardinal Roche would have produced and circulated such a document without the knowledge or approval of the Pope is difficult to sustain... " "The background of the article’s author should also be considered when assessing its presentation. José Beltrán, who wrote the La Razón report, is director of Vida Nueva, a Spanish Catholic publication generally associated with a more progressive ecclesial outlook and which has historically taken a critical view of movements attached to the Traditional Latin Mass. That does not invalidate the reporting, and the claims should be judged on their evidence rather than the author’s personal or editorial background...." "There is also a question of consistency between La Razón‘s interpretation and other indications of Pope Leo XIV’s approach. The report portrays the …More
Leo XIV approved Cardinal Arthur Roche's text against the Traditional Latin Mass, reaffirming Francis' Traditionis Custodes, reports LaRazon.es on August 2. The text was distributed to about 170 cardinals at the January 7 consistory. Key phrase: "This newspaper has been able to confirm that the cardinal distributed the text at the request of Leo XIV and therefore with the Pope's approval of its contents." According to the newspaper, Cardinal Roche and officials from his dicastery drafted the document at the Pope's request. Leo XIV then personally reviewed it. "He did not change a single comma," Vatican sources said, adding that "the distribution of the document to the cardinals was intended to make the new Pope's position on this issue visible." The one-and-a-half-page document defended Traditionis Custodes, describing Tradition as a "living river" rather than a static preservation of past forms. It claimed that the Novus Ordo is fully consistent with authentic Tradition. Picture: Arthur …More
August 3rd - Saint of the Day: Saint Aspren of Naples, Bishop The Saint You Pray To For Headaches Saint Aspren of Naples, feast day August 3rd, has one of the most underrated stories in Church history. A sick man with no future meets Saint Peter, the Apostle chosen by Jesus, passing through Naples on his way to Rome. One healing later, Aspren is baptized, transformed, and consecrated as the FIRST bishop of Naples. His faith came directly from the man who walked with Christ. In this story you will discover: The friend who brought Peter to his sickbed and changed history The famous altar where people still rest their aching heads today The wild Italian tradition connecting his name to aspirin How his 2,000 year old church ended up inside the Naples Stock Exchange His life proves that God builds His Church through ordinary people who say yes. Read the full story and meet a new saint every day at HolyManna.blog
3. August – Heiliger des Tages: Der heilige Aspren von Neapel, Bischof Der Heilige, zu dem Sie bei Kopfschmerzen beten Der heilige Aspren von Neapel, dessen Gedenktag der 3. August ist, hat eine der am meisten unterschätzten Geschichten der Kirchengeschichte zu erzählen. Ein kranker Mann, der keine Zukunft mehr sah, begegnete dem heiligen Petrus, dem von Jesus berufenen Apostel, der auf seinem Weg nach Rom durch Neapel reiste. Nach einer Heilung wurde Aspren getauft, verwandelte sich und wurde zum ersten Bischof von Neapel geweiht. Sein Glaube stammte direkt von dem Mann, der mit Christus gelebt hatte. In dieser Geschichte erfährst du: Der Freund, der Petrus ans Krankenbett brachte und Geschichte schrieb Der berühmte Altar, an dem noch heute Menschen ihre schmerzenden Häupter anlehnen Die skurrile italienische Tradition, die seinen Namen mit Aspirin verbindet Wie seine 2000 Jahre alte Kirche schließlich in der Börse von Neapel landete Sein Leben beweist, dass Gott …More
On Sunday at around 1:00 a.m., six Jewish Israelis attacked the entrance to the Saint James Monastery in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem. They took turns spitting at the monastery entrance. When they noticed an Armenian woman filming the incident from her home,
Our Lord eliminated the justification from race through the Sacraments. He is the Messiah, Lover of mankind. Beginning with the humbling of Jacob after his stealing the birthright.
The Antilles Episcopal Conference has published a Pastoral Letter on Sexual and Gender Identity on the 26 July. They state that, “We must resist narratives that suggest the human person is a self-made project, detached from biological reality or moral order. The human body is not an accessory to identity.” The Antilles Episcopal Conference further stated that, “Sex is not a spectrum. It is a binary reality, inscribed in our nature, affirmed by biology, and upheld by faith.” And that: “A person may say, ‘I feel like a woman’ or ‘I feel like a man,’ but such feelings, however sincere, do not define reality. To feel like a woman is not to be one. Feelings are not facts.”
The Antilles Episcopal Conference published a Pastoral Letter on Sexual and Gender Identity on 26 July (full text below). Main quotes. - We must resist narratives that suggest the human person is a self-made project, detached from biological reality or moral order. - The human body is not an accessory to identity. - The confusion of our times - driven by ideologies that detach the body from identity, treat desire as destiny, and blur sexual difference - compels us to offer the light of the Gospel and the wisdom of Christian anthropology. - The body is not a barrier to identity but a revelation of it. It is through our male or female embodiment that our unique personhood and our capacity for relationship are revealed. - It is a scientific fact, not a social construct, that human beings are sexually dimorphic. - Sex, then, is not arbitrarily 'assigned' at birth; it is determined at conception through the presence or absence of the SRY gene. If activated, the gene initiates the development …More
Trailer | Fr. Ripperger on How the Devil Attacks Your Family Satan and his demons are targeting your family—but his attacks are often far more subtle than most Catholics realize. Exorcist Fr. Chad Ripperger explains why the devil's primary strategy is often not dramatic possession, but subtle attacks on our thoughts, perceptions, and relationships. Drawing from Sacred Scripture, years of experience as an exorcist, and the wisdom of the saints, he reveals how resentment, distorted assumptions, and the loss of daily self-sacrifice slowly erode marriages and family life—and what Catholics can do to resist these attacks. He also highlights God's providence, the purpose of suffering, spiritual discipline, the reality of the occult, and how to achieve holiness in a world increasingly marked by spiritual conflict. Use Coupon Code CGS50 to get 50% off any work of Spiritual Warfare at TAN Books: Books - Topic - Spiritual Warfare - Page 1 - TAN … Special recommendations: The Liber Christo …More