Imperium sine fine.

In other words, the Catholic, medieval understanding of society is being discovered by the "New Right." But for it to work, the project must be ordered around Catholic principles & assumptions, not Reformation/Enlightenment/Liberal ones. politi.co/4elB69n via @politico

Detalle: el Papa habla frente a la estatua “Carlos V y el Furor” : Representa a Carlos I de España y V del Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico como un César victorioso, sereno e imperturbable. A sus pies, un monstruo encadenado retorciéndose representa al "Furor", simbolizando la guerra, la herejía o la rebeldía sometidas por el poder y la razón del monarca. El simbolismo de la monarquía hispánica y de España es única en el mundo.

Leo XIV in address to the Spanish Cortes Generales (Parliament) and in front of abortion-obsessed Prime Minister Sánchez: “If life ceases to be recognized as a fundamental value, what future can our societies have? Can a community that leaves in the shadows the child not yet born, the elderly person, the sick, those who suffer in silence, or those who depend entirely on the care of others truly be called fully just? The defense of human life is not a matter of particular or confessional interest: it is a goal of civilization. Every human life must be recognized and safeguarded from conception until its natural sunset, in every circumstance of its existence. When this certainty grows dim, the most vulnerable are the first victims, and the law loses its deepest meaning: to serve and protect every person. For this reason, the moral greatness of a nation is manifested, above all, in its ability to accompany, protect, and love those lives marked by greater fragility."

Mormons and Catholics believe in two different Gods. Both call God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, but each means a totally different thing from the other. In Catholicism, God is three persons in one divine nature. God is immaterial and absolutely simple. In Mormonism, the three persons are distinct in substance and essence. They are made of material and exist in a material world. In Catholicism, God created everything ex nihilo (from nothing). He brings everything into existence, and all existence is contingent on him. God is the uncaused cause—the ultimate explanation of all things. In Mormonism, God does not bring all things into existence from nothing. Instead, he organizes eternally existing matter. This matter has existed forever, and all things, including god, are made by it. This should already suffice to show that Mormons worship an altogether different "god" from Christians, so Mormonism is not a type or denomination of Christianity. But setting aside that debate for the moment, there is a more fundamental question: is the Mormon view a sufficient explanation for why anything exists at all? It is not. Eternal matter cannot explain its own reason for existence, let alone existence itself. Only a theology where God is the very act of being can explain reality fully. Why? Continue reading below 👇

Pope Leo XIV has notably revived the use of the papal mozzetta, which Pope Francis had discarded during his papacy. The mozzetta is perhaps one of the more traditional clerical vestments worn by the pontiff. But what is its history and symbolism? ewtnnews.com/vatican/the-pap…

1 million turn out for pope's Mass in Spain and iconic procession abcnews.com/International/wi…

"By any measure, British monasticism was a civilization within a civilization, and its disappearance was not simply a matter of institutional change but of a comprehensive cultural rupture." rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/20…

‼️El Papa aprueba el decreto por el que serán beatificados 80 mártires de la Guerra Civil española. 67 eran sacerdotes, 3 religiosos carmelitas, 3 seminaristas y 7 laicos asesinados, por odio a la fe del Frente Popular, en el año 1936, durante la Guerra Civil.

I'm probably reading too much into it but it's pretty based of the Pope to declare a bunch of Catholics murdered by the Communists in the Spanish Civil War to be martyrs right before he goes to a Spain newly under a left-wing government.

First look image from Mel Gibson’s Resurrection of the Christ. Gibson’s Resurrection of the Christ delayed until May 6, 2027. “This film represents a major part of my life’s work, and it has demanded everything of me as a filmmaker and as an artist. This is far more than a film to me. It’s a mission I’ve carried for over 20 years to tell what I believe is the most important story in human history.” - Mel Gibson Image: Lionsgate.

Use it.

Within education & society, there is a serious threat to the traditional concept of respect for authority. For millennia, respect for authority was the norm, & was instilled in youth at home & schools. Today, ridiculing, questioning, even mocking authority is gaining acceptance.

Please offer a prayer for Deacon Redmond Tuttle who today will be ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. During my rector days at Notre Dame, our hall, Morrissey Manor, was blessed with 21 vocations to the priesthood and religious life. Redmond is now the third of that number to be ordained for the Church in Milwaukee. Other "Morrissey men" are presently ministering as priests with the Dominicans, Jesuits, Congregation of Holy Cross, the Fathers of Mercy and with the Dioceses of Ft. Wayne-South Bend, Cleveland, Covington, and Rockville Centre.

You often hear about a "decline" that was already happening prior to Vatican II. Stats show otherwise.

Cardinal Eijk: Why Synod Study Group 9’s Report Undermines Catholic Moral Teaching | National Catholic Register By elevating such testimonies without doctrinal commentary, the report effectively normalizes homosexual relationships within a Church context. ncregister.com/commentaries/… @NCRegister

"Another big change is how “secular” the party has become. Voters who say they have no religion have gone from 17% of Wisconsin Democrats in 2012-2014 to 39% today." jsonline.com/story/news/poli…

“Humanity is a part of nature, not above it.” Can’t have it both ways, liberals. If we are a "part of nature," then we must obey the *laws* of nature as well, & cannot fabricate a morality of individualism/voluntarism that runs contrary to human nature. thehill.com/blogs/in-the-kno…

"The first Christian service on our soil was a Catholic Mass." ncregister.com/commentaries/…

What are Milwaukee's most underrated attractions? Readers cast their votes jsonline.com/story/news/loca… via @journalsentinel