Why Iran Could Choose to Escalate the War nytimes.com/…/03/opinion/trump-empowers-iranian-e… Oct. 3, 2026 By Nicholas Kristof Opinion Columnist In early March, nine days after starting his war with Iran, President Trump held a news conference to crow about his “military success, the likes of which people haven’t seen.” “We’re winning very decisively,” he claimed, and “the result will be lower oil prices.” Peter Navarro, a White House senior counselor, wrote an essay in March explaining why: “Iran War Will Lower Energy Prices.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in April announced “a historic and overwhelming victory” that had rendered Iran “combat-ineffective for years to come.” Instead, Trump’s Iran war should be taught for decades as a model of how not to conduct either war or foreign policy. It’s an example of how hubris can swamp a presidency and lead it to military solutions for difficult global problems — and, in the process, make everything worse. Now Trump finds himself stuck in …Okuninzi
Leo XIV “largely continues the post-conciliar revolution,” Edward Pentin said October 3 at the Catholic Identity Conference in Pittsburgh. “Pope Leo… is very much a continuity figure, continuing the post-conciliar course mapped out by Pope Francis,” Pentin said. While Leo has “changed the tone for the better,” his improvements remain “largely symbolic and small scale.” Pentin said he has “often heard in recent months in Rome” that many around Leo “helped him get elected precisely so he might continue the revolution.” On Leo XIV’s emphasis on unity, Pentin said the pontificate has avoided many “neuralgic issues” by “essentially not talking about them.” He added that “what is unacceptable among the Church’s leadership is fidelity to the Church’s doctrine and tradition”. Pentin said some call Leo XIV’s priority a “false peace and false unity,” and cited two anonymous Roman priests warning against unity through silence about error.
Edward Pentin on Leo XIV at the CIC conference: Leo XIV continues Francis's work with a better style.
St. Catherine of Siena and the Reverence Due to Priests In this inspiring reflection, we explore the powerful messages God gave to Saint Catherine of Siena—a Doctor of the Church and one of the greatest mystics in Catholic history. Through her divine revelations, God reminded the faithful never to judge, criticize, or scorn His priests, no matter their human weaknesses. Saint Catherine’s writings in The Dialogue reveal a profound truth: the dignity of the priesthood comes not from the man himself, but from the sacred office he holds in Christ’s name. This video uncovers her heavenly conversations, where God speaks with tenderness yet firmness about the sacredness of His chosen servants, calling us to prayer, humility, and reverence for the priestly ministry. Join us as we reflect on Saint Catherine’s timeless message—a call to pray for priests, to trust in God’s justice, and to love His Church with purity of heart. @Boanerges Boanerges I am leaving a video or the dialogue of Saint …Okuninzi
The part of the faithful, God tells St. Catherine, is to weep over the sins of clergy who do not follow God’s will, and to call upon His mercy for them.
At the same time, He laments the many sins of faithless clergy, including promiscuity, lying with prostitutes, selling graces, usury, gluttony, avarice toward the poor, vanity in seeking high offices, greed for worldly riches, and, as He tells St. Catherine, many more sins far worse than what He describes. He tells her how abominable these sins are in His sight, and how deeply these ministers offend Him. Yet He makes it clear to St. Catherine that His people must give reverence to His priests no matter how sinful the priests may be, and leave the judgment to God
Daily Scripture Readings | 4 October 2026 | 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) Book of Isaiah 5,1-7. Let me now sing of my friend, my friend's song concerning his vineyard. My friend had a vineyard on a fertile hillside; He spaded it, cleared it of stones, and planted the choicest vines; Within it he built a watchtower, and hewed out a wine press. Then he looked for the crop of grapes, but what it yielded was wild grapes. Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard: What more was there to do for my vineyard that I had not done? Why, when I looked for the crop of grapes, did it bring forth wild grapes? Now, I will let you know what I mean to do to my vineyard: Take away its hedge, give it to grazing, break through its wall, let it be trampled! Yes, I will make it a ruin: it shall not be pruned or hoed, but overgrown with thorns and briers; I will command the clouds not to send rain upon it. The vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel …Okuninzi
27. Sonntag im Jahreskreis - Erntedanksonntag Buch Jesaja 5,1-7. Ich will singen von meinem Freund, das Lied meines Liebsten von seinem Weinberg. Mein Freund hatte einen Weinberg auf einer fruchtbaren Höhe. Er grub ihn um und entfernte die Steine und bepflanzte ihn mit edlen Reben. Er baute in seiner Mitte einen Turm und hieb zudem eine Kelter in ihm aus. Dann hoffte er, dass der Weinberg Trauben brächte, doch er brachte nur faule Beeren. Und nun, Bewohner Jerusalems und Männer von Juda, richtet zwischen mir und meinem Weinberg! Was hätte es für meinen Weinberg noch zu tun gegeben, das ich ihm nicht getan hätte? Warum hoffte ich, dass er Trauben brächte? Und er brachte nur faule Beeren! Jetzt aber will ich euch kundtun, was ich mit meinem Weinberg mache: seine Hecke entfernen, sodass er abgeweidet wird; einreißen seine Mauer, sodass er zertrampelt wird. Zu Ödland will ich ihn machen. Nicht werde er beschnitten, nicht behackt, sodass Dornen und Disteln hochkommen. Und den Wolken gebiete …Okuninzi
Italian Archbishop celebrates priestly ordination wearing sandals without socks. On 14 June 2026, Archbishop Paolo Giulietti of Lucca, Italy, ordained Emanuele Martinelli and Samuele Ghiselli to the priesthood at the Cathedral of San Martino in Lucca. Photographs of the ceremony show Archbishop Giulietti presiding in liturgical vestments while wearing sandals without socks.
Mons. Giulietti (Lucca) e la nuova moda “scalza” dei Vescovi alle ordinazioni
@maria divine mercy And everyone else who believes in this fake seer, should read this well.
It's amazing Catholics are still following this fraud. Maria Divine Mercy was exposed in 2015 as Irish businesswoman Mary Carberry, who made millions of dollars in profits on her so-called visions of Jesus and Mary.
“In those years,” says satan, “I will make many revelations. (I.e.,False revelations through apparitions that are actually demonic.) It will be impossible to expose my language. I will imitate all too well the words of Christ and His revelations. By loading these souls, I want a lot of pious priests to be lost, to mislead them deeply into all these things. I also want to lose many souls (the same way) who are not priests. (Other religious and the laity.) If I can not lose these souls, I will (make them) lose their reputation at least, I will make them charges of heavy slander, I will make them denounce up to the point of counsels of human laws.” A possible interpretation of this text: in the years when satan creates great confusion in the Church, he will cause many false apparitions to occur to mislead even the zealous and faithful with high sounding mysteries. It will be difficult to tell the difference between a false message from the true ones as satan will mimic how Our Lord and …Okuninzi
many of her prophecies came to fruition And many have not. 1. They take our very own prophecies and use them against us. Most of the time with a twist of their own beliefs. 2. It is said, most do it for money, fame and attention. 3. Some "maybe" mentally ill. This is what Priests have said and come to the conclusion. Which I already knew and saw many years before any Priest started to warn us against them. If I can see those things, I wonder all the time why others haven't. It doesn't seem good in the end that they easily fall for such lies from such people. You will do what you want. Whether it is to keep going off on our Religious, or following these fake seers. There is nothing I can do for such stubbornness and pride in a person. Not just you but for all who refuse to listen, read and learn. We have a lot of bad religious. Both men and women. I would think by now, most know this. Even those in the protestant no mess have woken up. GOD and ONLY GOD can help them. But mainly through …Okuninzi
US Bishop attends smudging ceremony. On July 11, the Diocese of Raleigh hosted its first multicultural celebration honoring St. Kateri Tekakwitha - the first North American Indigenous saint - at Holy Cross Church. The gathering included discussions, music, and indigenous dances. Richard Duran, a member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe from Arizona, led a smudging ceremony, which the diocese described as sharing cleansing smoke “as an act of prayer and spiritual connection.” Bishop Luis Rafael Zarama was present and drew laughter when he said he would dance with his heart, not his body, because dancing to music can frustrate him. Smudging has nothing to do with St. Kateri. She left her indigenous community and moved to the Christian Mohawk community at Kahnawake, where she could freely live her Catholic faith.
The bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina participated over a shamanistic “smudging” ceremony to celebrate St. Catherine “Kateri” Tekakwitha, who rejected her native Mohawk religion. Pascua Taqui tribe member Richard Duran led the congregation of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Durham in a “smudging” ceremony in July. Smudging is a shamanic ritual that involves burning herbs and resins to “cleanse” a space of negative energy.
The last letter from Fr Gruner April 30, 2015 Message from Fr. Gabriel Amorth to Fr. Nicholas Gruner Father Gruner's Newsletter - March 12, 2015 (Feast of Saint Gregory the Great) I recently returned from Rome, where I went to attend the February installation of the new cardinals. But while I was there something unexpected happened, something soul-shaking that I did not expect! I spoke with Father Gabriel Amorth, the world's most famous living exorcist. His words shook me as few things ever have! Father Amorth told me that we have but a Short-Time left before the chastisements predicted by Our Lady of Fatima begin to rip our world apart in ways we can hardly imagine! How Long? Less Than 8 Months! Father Gabriel Amorth told me that unless the consecration of Russia is performed as our Lady had asked that by the end of October 2015, the dark prophecies of Fatima may well come to pass any day after that! Why did Father Gabriel Amorth tell this to me? So that Our Lady's Apostolate will raise …Okuninzi
I pray every midnight 3 Our Fathers as The Blessed Mother told us to do and plead with GOD The Father to destroy all evil. Then I say an extra Our Father separate from the first 3 we must say for The Consecration of Russia to The Immaculate Heart of Mary to be done and said as the Pope was ordered to do it. I have confidence that GOD'S Will be done. And everything will be done according to His Will. For His Glory and for the good of the people. I accept and I never worry that GOD'S Will and His Great Chastisement that the world has never seen before. Or what His Will be for me. As long as in the end there shall be one fold and one shepherd. The one thing I dream and think of a lot. I have to correct myself. I say the 3 Our Fathers when I am able to. Which is nearly every night. I just want to be totally honest about what I say or do.
Argentine Father Carlos Miguel Buela, who died in 2023, had long been under suspicion of alleged sexual abuse of seminarians.
Vatican: late IVE founder Carlos Miguel Buela responsible for homosexual offences. The Vatican has publicly addressed the long-running case of Argentine priest Carlos Miguel Buela, founder of the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE). The case began formally in May 2020, when Cardinal Santos Abril y Castelló established a Special Penal Tribunal to examine allegations against Buela. After hearing the accused, his lawyer and numerous witnesses, the tribunal issued its judgment on 20 July 2021. It found that Buela had committed offences against the sixth commandment in relation to five male members of the Institute. Buela appealed. A Special Penal Tribunal of Appeal was subsequently constituted and conducted additional investigations, including further testimony from Buela and witnesses proposed by his defence. On 30 March 2023, the appellate judges deliberated and voted to confirm the first tribunal’s finding concerning the five cases. Before the appellate judgment could be formally drafted …Okuninzi
Advocate General Laila Medina at the European Court of Justice has issued an opinion in a Belgian case that could have wider implications across the EU for how churches handle requests to erase baptismal records under the GDPR. She concluded that everyone has “in principle, the right to have his or her personal data erased from the baptismal register where the controller fails to demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject.”
A friend and faithful reader, Bill Wendell, alerted me today that Fr. Benedict Groeschel died on this date in 2014. This is the last of three posts I wrote about him.
Confirmed: Pope Leo XIV has appointed Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, 60, as Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto. The move brings Gambetti’s tenure as Archpriest of St Peter’s Basilica, Vicar General for Vatican City and President of the Fabric of St Peter to an end. His successor at the Vatican has not yet been announced. Cardinal Gambetti's years in the Vatican were marked by repeated controversies, many of which were brought to public attention primarily by SilereNonPossum.com. The investigation was based on documents, photographs, videos and testimony. Among other issues, SilereNonPossum reported favouritism in personnel appointments - including the hiring of people personally connected to Gambetti. Other scandals included controversial expenditure, costly events and projects, and concerns over the maintenance and management of the Basilica. Cardinal Gambetti succeeds Archbishop Bruno Forte, whose resignation Pope Leo XIV has accepted. The transfer comes after months of rumours that …Okuninzi
The Feminist narrative is crumbling...here’s why For decades, feminism promised empowerment — but what if much of what we were told was never true? In this video, I break down five of the biggest lies of modern feminism — the ones that shaped an entire generation’s beliefs about happiness, success, love, and identity. These ideas were sold as liberation, but they’ve left many women more anxious, overworked, and unfulfilled than ever before. We’ll look at why these lies spread so easily, how culture and media reinforced them, and what we lost when we replaced partnership with power and meaning with validation. If you’ve ever felt like something about modern womanhood doesn’t add up — this is the video that connects the dots. Chapters Introduction and Lie no. 1 - 00:00 Lie no. 2 - 3:07 Lie no. 3 - 4:35 Lie no. 4 - 7:00 Lie no. 5 - 10:18 Conclusion - 12:20
Canadian Orthodox church burned to the ground on "truth and reconciliation" day, destroying priceless icons and stained glass. More than 130 Canadian churches have burned since 2021.
Monsignor Gilles Wach, founder and prior general of the traditionalist Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest (ICRSP), has been an honorary member of the Rotary Club Firenze Valdisieve for years. Medias-Presse.info highlights Rotary publications from both 2014 and 2024 describing Monsignor Wach as an honorary member, including on occasions when the club was received at the ICRSP seminary in Gricigliano. In 1950, the Holy Office issued a decision, approved by Pope Pius XII, forbidding Catholic clergy from joining Rotary Clubs or attending their meetings. Catholic authorities at the time cited concerns including religious indifferentism and Masonic or anticlerical influences. Medias-Presse.info asks: how does Monsignor Wach reconcile his Rotary affiliation with the tradition his Institute professes to uphold?
Diabolical disorientation. Saint Lucia of Fatima says it: Diabolical disorientation. Saint Matthew 24:24 says it: ...insomuch as to deceive (if possible) even the elect.
Long-distance love isn't for everyone... because loving also means learning how to wait. There are relationships where you can't see the person you love every day. You can't hug them when you've had a difficult day, accompany them to an impromptu dinner, or show up at their door when you simply need to feel them close. And yet, you choose to stay. Long-distance love requires patience, but above all, it requires trust. Because when you can't share every moment, you have to learn to trust in what exists even when you can't see it. There are days when the absence feels heavier. Days when you wish you could have them close, hear their voice without depending on a screen, hold their hand, walk together, or simply sit beside them without needing to say anything. And yes... there are also moments when you miss even the smallest things. But loving from a distance doesn't mean waiting forever. It means having a shared purpose, clear agreements, and the willingness to build something that can one …Okuninzi
Join us as we reflect on Saint Catherine’s timeless message—a call to pray for priests, to trust in God’s justice, and to love His Church with purity of heart.
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