Andy The Gabby Cabby @gabby_cabby REALITY CHECK Last night’s London fireworks weren’t just a celebration — they were messaging. England was quietly redefined. England was blurred into the “United Kingdom.” England is a country. The UK is a statutory political union — not a nation. When people don’t know the difference, power fills the gap. Identity is softened. Consent is manufactured. This wasn’t accidental. And it wasn’t harmless. Most people were never taught this. Watch the breakdown. Share if this made you stop and think.
During the deadly New Year’s Eve fire at a crowded ski bar in Crans-Montana, one survivor shared a powerful testimony. She said that a friend of hers had become trapped and could not find a way out. He sat down where he was and held a cross in his hand. According to her, the flames never touched him. "The fire just avoided him. There were flames all around, but not on him. " He later escaped alive. Although officials have not verified the details, the woman described what she witnessed as a miracle.
Une femme présente lors de l'incendie d'un bar de ski en Suisse affirme avoir été témoin d'un miracle : les flammes auraient complètement épargné son ami, qui s'était assis, une croix à la main, lorsqu'il s'est retrouvé piégé. « Un de mes amis ne pouvait pas sortir, alors il s'est simplement assis et a tenu sa croix dans sa main. Le feu l'a épargné. Les flammes ne l'ont pas touché. Elles l'entouraient, mais ne l'ont pas atteint. »
Puts Make-Up On, Then Ignored Ukraine's Desperate Questions In Meeting? New details are raising eyebrows about Trump’s defense chief and a critical Ukraine meeting. Reports suggest Pete Hegseth focused on optics — even applying make-up — before a high-stakes encounter, then failed to give Ukraine clear answers as the war with Russia grinds on. As Kyiv pressed for honesty on U.S. military support, silence and nods reportedly replaced commitments. Critics say the moment exposes deeper questions about leadership, priorities, and America’s direction on Ukraine under Trump’s watch. Hindustan Times A New York Timesdeep dive alleges that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth donned makeup for a February meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart during which he seemed much more concerned with his appearance than policy. The Times published a comprehensive story about the Trump administration’s handling of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on Tuesday in which it suggested that Hegseth began his tenure …More
Italian newspapers like Pope Francis interpret Vatican Council II irrationally and not rationally The Italian newspapers Avennire, Il Messaggero etc, like Pope Francis and the Vatican, choose anirrational premiseto interpret Vatican Council II and to producean artificial rupture with Tradition.I choose arational premiseand sothe conclusion is traditional. Then Reuters and the Associated Press state that Vatican Council II is a revolution and a new revelation in the Church. It is the false premise which they use which creates a non traditional and schismatic conclusion. Here are citations from some newspapers. They must admit that they made an objective mistake. Teologia. Entusiasmo e amarezza: il Concilio Vaticano II visto da Congar Filippo Rizzi sabato 13 gennaio 2024 Entusiasmo e amarezza: il Concilio Vaticano II … 1962-2022. Vaticano II, un concilio del futuro anche 60 anni dopo. Intervista a Zuppi giovedì 6 ottobre 2022 avvenire.it/…presidente-cei-tv2000-60-anni- … 60…More
Remarkable Transformation: St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church in Ames, Iowa, has undergone a transformation from its 1972 modernist design to create a more sacred space. In the early 2000s, the original narthex was demolished in preparation for the renovation. Although a new narthex was completed in 2005, the church renovation itself did not proceed at that time. In early 2023, the priest of St. Cecilia's commissioned a renovation project with three main objectives: to increase the amount of natural light, to harmonise the church with the existing narthex and to incorporate sacred art and furnishings. Explore the before-and-after images.
Before and After: St. Cecilia's Catholic Church in Ames, Iowa
Home » Architecture » Before and After: St. Cecilia's Catholic Church in Ames, Iowa One of the architects at SVPA Architects, an architectural firm based in West Des Moines, lowa, recently reached out to LAJ to inform us of a recently completed a renovation at St. Cecilia's Catholic Church in Ames, lowa -- a church that was only rededicated this past July 24th (the photos here predate that please note, hence why there are no altar cloths or candlesticks upon the altar). They have provided us with the following detailed background about the church and the project in question: St. Cecilia's current church and parish hall was originally built in 1972 in a modernist style.. There was very little in the way of liturgical art, the altar and other sanctuary furnishings were movable, the tabernacle was located off the central axis, and the narthex was dimly lit... In the early 2000s the original narthex was torn down with the intent to build a new narthex and a new church in a second phase.…
Looks like random discarded "stuff" in someone's basement. The flattened spirituality of priests is well represented in that horrible excuse for "liturgical art".
"THE FAKE REFORM DESTROYING THE CHURCH!" LINK: youtube.com/watch?v=sue_hMQPzH0 LIFESITE Professor William A. Thomas delivers a sobering analysis of the moral and spiritual unraveling of the West, tracing its roots to humanity’s rebellion against God and the Church’s retreat from truth. He critiques the rise of doctrinal ambiguity, the silence on sin and hell, and the emotionalism driving today’s “synodal” experiments. Thomas warns that modernism, relativism, and Marxist ideologies are being repackaged as reform, while in reality they are eroding catechesis, doctrine, and Catholic identity. He urges a return to the clarity of apostolic teaching, devotion to Our Lady of Fatima, and the sacred liturgy.
On this day, January 3rd, the Church celebrates the Most Holy Name of Jesus! The celebration was established eight days after the birth of Christ, when he was circumcised and named Jesus. Despite its origins being as old as Christianity itself, the devotion to the name of Jesus developed primarily from the 12th and 13th centuries onwards. The first references to devotion to the "Holy Name" can be found in the texts of Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1109) and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1153). However, the great "Apostle" of devotion to the Most Holy Name of Jesus is Saint Bernardino of Siena (1444). This Franciscan priest traveled throughout Italy preaching devotion to the name of Jesus, often as a means of reconciling rival families and factions. Saint Bernardino used to preach holding a tablet with the monogram IHS, formed by the first three letters of the name of Jesus in Greek (Iota-Epsilon-Sigma). Later, the abbreviation was also interpreted as the Latin acronym "Jesus Hominum Salvator …More
The Camino de Santiago has continued its record-breaking run, with the past pilgrimage year surpassing all previous highs. For the first time, more than half a million pilgrims completed the route and received their Compostela certificate. According to statistics from the Pilgrims’ Office in Santiago de Compostela, 530,987 people arrived at the shrine of the Apostle James. Women accounted for 53.4 percent of all pilgrims, outnumbering men by nearly 35,000. Spaniards once again formed the largest national group with 228,527 pilgrims, followed by visitors from the United States (43,980), Italy (26,680), and Germany (24,356). Even at the end of the year, the Camino remained busy: 257 pilgrims arrived on New Year’s Eve alone. The upward trend is expected to continue. Numbers are likely to rise again in 2026 and especially in 2027, when the next Holy Year will be celebrated, occurring whenever the feast of St. James on July 25 falls on a Sunday. #newsDxrrepeeox
03.01.2025 Pope FRANCIS, CARD. FERNANDEZ AND MSGR.KENNEDY INTERPRETED VATICAN COUNCIL II UNETHICALLY DURING THE VIGANO-SCHISM TRIAL: POPE LEO MUST CORRECT THE INJUSTICE Institutional dishonesty. Injustice against Vigano Obsolete- was the interpretation of Vatican Council II during the trial for schism of Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano. We can now interpret all Magisterial Documents rationally, with ‘therednot being an exceptionfor theblue’. Catholics, and Archbishop Vigano, are not obliged to interpret the Council deceptively, to produce liberalism. This is a legal issue. This is a concrete case of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), Vatican, interpreting subjective and unknown cases of Lumen Gentium 8,14,15,16,Unitatis Redintigratio 3, Nostra Aetate 2, Gaudium et Specs 22 etc, as being objective and known examples of salvation outside the Church and so alleged objective exceptions for the past exclusivist ecclesiology of the Church. The error can be verified in …More
Red Pill Dispenser - 9/11: A quarter of a century later and the government still can’t exp... 9/11: A quarter of a century later and the government still can’t explain how steel columns were launched outwards from the Twin Towers and impaled themselves into a building hundreds of feet away. …
People love saying “all religions lead to God” because it sounds polite, enlightened, and non confrontational, but the moment you slow down and actually think about what that claim means, it completely falls apart. If all religions lead to the same God, then truth no longer matters, contradiction no longer matters, and doctrine is just aesthetic preference. At that point, God is no longer Someone who has revealed Himself, but a vague spiritual concept you can project anything onto. And then you have to ask the obvious question: if all paths are equal, are we really saying that a blue-skinned Hindu deity with multiple arms, a trident, and an entirely different cosmology is just another costume God put on? Are we supposed to pretend this is just another “route” to the same destination, like choosing Waze instead of Google Maps? Because if that’s the case, then why not go further and say a Marvel-like character named Shiva leads me to God too? If doctrine doesn’t matter, history doesn’t …More
As the Archdiocese of Dubuque finalizes its "Journey in Faith" plan, Catholics in northeast Iowa are grappling with parish consolidations, fewer weekend Mass sites, and a shift toward evangelism amid priest shortages and declining attendance.
Pretty simple solution - Have Vespers Saturday night, and one Holy Mass on Sunday from 10:00am - 12:00 noon. Then have a pot luck lunch ( Like the Orthodox )
Cut the crap... the real problem is not enough priests - even with church attendance in single digits. Reduce Mass locations? That just means you "hope" people will care enough to travel to get to a N.O. Mass far from their locale so it will "look" full. But the decline is still happening! There is NO increase!!
“Our Bishop didn’t just close and sell our church. He swindled parishioners into paying for what turned out to be capital improvements to make the sale more lucrative,” wrote Kevin DiCamillo on CrisisMagazine.com on December 31. DiCamillo recounts the closure and sale of St. Raphael’s Parish in Niagara Falls, New York, describing what he believes was a serious breach of trust by Bishop Michael Fisher of the Diocese of Buffalo. In October 2023, Bishop Fisher visited the parish for a well-attended Eucharist and Confirmation. Shortly afterward, parishioners were informed that the bishop had ordered the church interior to be repainted. Families were asked to contribute roughly $250 each toward the project. They did so in good faith, believing the work was necessary for the parish’s continued life. Soon after the renovation was completed, however, rumors began circulating that the church would be closed. Those rumors proved true. In early 2024, St. Raphael’s was shuttered and later sold—…More
To be expected by an atheistic bishop (trust me, most of them are). Those of you who have seen my occasional comments know that I have extensive experience in the inner workings of the hierarchy, and that most of these bishops are atheists.
2 priests attacked in Nigeria Editor's Note: Armed bandits broke into a Nigerian parish residence at 2:30 AM yesterday and attacked two priests, the Lagos-based Vanguard reported. One of the priests, Father Chris Pever, underwent surgery after suffering an arm fracture. The attack took place in Mararaba, a town in Nasarawa State.