Traditional Latin Mass celebrated in Kerala, India. On October 2, Fr. Melvin Watts FSSP, celebrated the Latin Mass at the Poor Clares’ Convent in Ernakulam, Kerala. He is a priest with family roots in Kochi and Kottayam, who holds a German passport. Fr. Watts, a former banker, visited his ancestral homeland during his annual vacation. The Mass was offered for the cloistered nuns and faithful, with the permission of Archbishop Joseph Kalathiparambil of Verapoly.
On the Feast of the Guardian Angels, the Extraordinary Form of the Latin Mass was celebrated in the Adoration Chapel of the Convent of the Poor Clares in Ernakulam, Kerala. Rev. Fr. Melvin Watts FSSP, a German priest of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter and a former banker with family roots in Kochi and Kottayam, is currently visiting his ancestral homeland during his annual vacation. During his visit, he had the joy of offering the Traditional Latin Mass for the cloistered nuns and the faithful gathered for the celebration.
Dominic Auricchio was facing a frightening health challenge when he says the Virgin Mary appeared beside his bed and told him everything would be OK. Later, doctors found that the mass in his brain had shrunk significantly. The NJ teen and his mother share their story on “America Right Now.”
"Our mother, the Church, is going through an unprecedented time of trials. There is a hostility going up to the high ranks of the administrative power of the Church. And yet, in view of this situation, as true Catholics, we should not fall into an attitude of anger, bitterness and despondency. Through the current interior trials, the Church is being purified. Christ will overcome his enemies who managed to occupy influential positions within the Church. The faithful and the little ones in the Church pray day and night with the voice of the psalmist: 'Behold, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep' — Psalm 121." — Bishop Athanasius Schneider speaking this evening at this year's Catholic Identity Conference in Pittsburgh.
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa of Jerusalem has expressed his condolences following the deaths of two Palestinian Christian women in an Israeli air strike on Gaza City. “With deep sorrow and grief,” the Patriarch mourned Maysa Khader Ibrahim Abu Daoud (Ayyad) and Mary Hafez Michel Najjar (Abu Daoud). The two women, who were mother and daughter, were killed in the strike on the night of October 2. On behalf of the Patriarchate, its clergy and faithful, Cardinal Pizzaballa extended his “deepest condolences” to the families of the two women and to Gaza’s Christian community. He prayed that their relatives and loved ones might find comfort, strength and hope in their loss. The funeral was held on Saturday, October 3, at the Greek Orthodox church St. Porphyrius in Gaza. They had sheltered at the Catholic church Holy Family during the war. #newsQnztxwkjwm
LiveLeak A 102-year-old woman died (October 2), and about 90 people were rescued after a flash flood hit Madrigueras, Albacete, Spain. Over 140 to 150 liters per square meter fell in a matter of hours, overwhelming local drainage systems. Water flooded homes and shops, and cars were swept along the streets.
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Diane Montagna said at the Catholic Identity Conference in Pittsburgh on October 3 that Leo XIV has shown he can overturn decisions made by Pope Francis — but so far largely on administrative and financial matters. What about things that matter “much, much more”? “Does Pope Leo have the light, the will, and the courage” to reverse the “draconian restrictions” on the liturgy imposed through Traditionis Custodes and the “ongoing revolution” of the Synod on Synodality, Montagna asked. “Or does he feel beholden to those who elected him or to those who surround him?” While Leo repeatedly speaks of unity, Montagna asked “what he wants unity with.” “Does he want uniformity with the ideologies of the past pontificate, or will he allow us to return to the idea of reform in conformity with tradition?”
Leo XIV only reversed Francis' course on financial or administrative matters, not on matters much more important, such as liturgy or faith,' said Diane Montagna at the CIC.
For Bishop Schneider, any acceptance of the Second Vatican Council as a whole is a compromises the integrity of the Faith : “These are two key points that the FSSPX cannot accept, because they would compromise the integrity of the faith.”
Humanly speaking, Bishop Schneider doesn't see Leo XIV reversing Francis' course. The celebration of the Pontifical Mass at the end of October in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore - instead of St. Peter’s Basilica - can be described as a “consolation prize,” Bishop Athanasius Schneider told Gloria.tv (video below). It is “sad,” he said, that these Catholics are not allowed to celebrate Mass in St. Peter’s. At the same time, Santa Maria Maggiore is the most important Marian church in Christendom. Both Pius V - who codified the traditional Mass for all time - and Francis - who restricted it - are buried there. Bishop Schneider intends to pray with the faithful for liturgical peace and for the traditional Mass to be celebrated again without restrictions. Asked whether Leo XIV might reverse Francis’ course, Schneider replied: “Humanly speaking, I don’t think so. But there is still God.” The pilgrimage will pray for Leo XIV, asking God to grant him many graces. Schneider calls the suppression …More
Hope he's right: " Amid all their wanderings and vicissitudes of life, though dismembered and dispersed, like sheep without a shepherd, over the surface of the globe, the children of Israel have never forgotten or neglected the sacred duty of praying for their deceased brethren."
‘Purgatory’ by J. Sadlier; 1886; Chapter I – ‘CARDINAL GIBBONS ON PURGATORY.…’; pages 51; part III [Saint Catherine of Genoa – XV-XVI Century AD; born: Genoa, Republic of Genoa/ died: Genoa, Republic of Genoa; Aged 62-63; mystic, known for her work among the sick and the poor] CARDINAL GIBBONS ON PURGATORY. I have already spoken of the devotion of the ancient Jewish Church to the souls of the departed. But perhaps you arc not aware that the Jews retain to this day, in their Litany, the pious practice of praying for the dead. Yet such in reality is the case. Amid all their wanderings and vicissitudes of life, though dismembered and dispersed, like sheep without a shepherd, over the surface of the globe, the children of Israel have never forgotten or neglected the sacred duty of praying for their deceased brethren. Unwilling to make this assertion without the strongest evidence, I procured from a Jewish convert an authorized Prayer-book of the Hebrew Church, from which I extract the …More
A 102-year-old woman died (October 2), and about 90 people were rescued after a flash flood hit Madrigueras, Albacete, Spain.