Categorized Under: World News
Mourning the Last Christian Clergy in Artsakh
The world continues to mourn the exit of all Armenian Christians from their ancestral home of Artsakh. On Oct. 11, the last photo of the last clergy of Dadivank was posted on X. Dadivank is an ancient Armenian apostolic monastery bordering on the disputed region of Artsakh. Read more
Global Day of Jihad on Friday, Oct. 13
The Palestinian Hamas terror group is calling on Muslims worldwide to stage a "Day of Jihad," or holy war, on Friday, Oct. 13. Hamas is referring to the day as "Al-Aqsa Flood" Friday, the name of the operation in which it murdered more than 1,200 Israelis, wounded roughly 3,000, and kidnapped over 100 just days ago. Read more
Population Collapse Worse Than Climate ‘Crisis’
A Central European politician is pushing a pro-family agenda to fight the worldwide problem of population decline, a battle she argues is more serious than climate change. Hungarian president Katalin Novák has been taking her message to the world stage in her efforts to fight population collapse at national levels. In a recent interview with TV Tokyo, she touted her government's broad family support system that eases the financial strains on couples wishing to bear children. Read more
Maltese Parish Launches Masses for Same-Sex Couples
Feeling emboldened by Pope Francis' response to questions from five cardinals on same-sex blessings, a parish in Malta is launching Masses for homosexual and heterosexual couples. A poster published by the parish of Maria Regina in Marsa, a city in south Malta, announced that beginning Oct. 15, it would begin monthly Eucharistic services for "couples" every third Sunday of the month at 11 a.m. Read more
Did Celebrity Nun Out Vatican’s Doctrine Czar as Gay?
A celebrity Argentine nun who is a close friend of Pope Francis has implied that the Vatican's doctrinal czar may be homosexual. "I believe that he [Pope Francis] has taken steps that have never before been taken. This, up until now, the pope has received and is a friend of gays, of trans; he is giving them a voice," Sr. María Lucía Caram Padilla told television presenter Jorge Javier Vázquez. Read more
Pope Blasts Climate Change Critics in New Eco-Decree
Painting a doomsday scenario, Pope Francis has released an apocalyptic apostolic exhortation on climate change, which excoriates skeptics and ridicules scientific data contesting climate alarmism. Calling for globalist bodies to be "endowed with real authority" to address the problem, Francis said he felt compelled to challenge those who have "chosen to deride" the "facts" of climate change, because of "certain dismissive and scarcely reasonable opinions that I encounter, even within the Catholic Church." Read more
Pope Francis Opens Door to Blessing Same-Sex Unions
In what could be a historic watershed, some believe Pope Francis has opened the door to blessing the union of homosexual couples in the Roman Catholic Church, which calls into question a ban on same-sex blessings issued by his own doctrinal watchdog in 2021. Francis has also indicated that the question of women's ordination and Anglican orders, authoritatively ruled on by previous popes, could be open to further study, although, according to the pontiff, the Church's prior pronouncements on these issues "must be adhered to by all." Read more
Cardinals Target Synod, Blitzing Francis With ‘Dubia’
Five Catholic cardinals have submitted a set of five dubia (Latin for "doubts") to Pope Francis that question the direction of the Synod on Synodality. Cardinals Walter Brandmüller, Raymond Burke, Joseph Zen, Juan Sandoval Íñiguez and Robert Sarah are seeking clarity on the issues of doctrinal development, the blessing of same-sex unions, the authority of the Synod on Synodality, women's ordination and sacramental absolution. Read more
Exposing a Religious Community’s Depraved History
The Loyola Community, an organization associated with a now-notorious priest and artist, has come under scrutiny owing to allegations of sexual and spiritual abuse. In a series of articles published this week, 7Margens, an independent organization based in Lisbon, Portugal, explored how the women's religious institution, which the ex-Jesuit and artist Fr. Marco Ivan Rupnik helped establish, was "flawed from the start." Read more
Expert Rejects Claim Linking Sex Abuse to Gay Priests
A leading expert and founding member of Pope Francis' council on clerical sex abuse of minors is rejecting claims linking the clerical sex abuse crisis with homosexual priests or mandatory celibacy. Fr. Hans Zollner, dean of the Institute of Anthropology at the Jesuit-run Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, insists that "sexual abuse arises above all from an abuse of power that someone takes advantage of." Read more
Priest Busted for Drugging, Raping, Filming 5 Women
A Spanish priest arrested for sedating, raping and filming five women, had been cleared to attend World Youth Day and participated in the Lisbon event with a contingent of young people representing the diocese of Málaga. Police began investigating Fr. Francisco Javier Cuenca Villalba, the son of a former Poor Clare cloistered nun, after his live-in lover reported him to the Family and Women's Services Unit (FOEN) in Melilla, a Spanish autonomous city located on the eastern coast of Morocco. Read more
Pro-Life Prayer Warrior Exonerated
West Midlands Police in England have apologized to a charity volunteer who was arrested twice in the past year for silently praying near an abortion mill. The police confirmed that no charges will be filed against her. Read more
Viagra Overdose Ends Gay Priest Orgy With Rent Boy
A Polish bishop is urging his priests to offer acts of reparation after an orgy of homosexual priests ended with a male escort suffering a heart attack from a Viagra overdose. Police and ambulance services forced entry into the sex party organized by Fr. Tomasz Zmarzły, editor of the Catholic weekly Niedziela Sosnowiecka, after the priest reportedly refused to let them in. Read more
Defying the ‘Globalitarian Misanthropists’
A German Member of the European Parliament recently made a resolute promise to the people and her colleagues by pledging unwavering support for freedom, democracy and the rule of law. Christine Anderson has vowed to persistently confront what she referred to as "globalitarian misanthropists." Read more
Vatican Spins Cardinal’s Abrupt Synod Cancellation
In a rare intervention, the Holy See Press Office has rushed to clarify that a top cardinal's abrupt withdrawal from the forthcoming synod is not due to Rome's recent exoneration of a celebrity predator priest. Cardinal Luis Ladaria Ferrer, the former prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, canceled his participation in Pope Francis' pet project just after the vicariate of Rome published a report casting aspersions on the excommunication of Fr. Marko Ivan Rupnik. Read more
