Video Captures Cathedral Collapse: A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Colombia on August 10. In Manizales, the earthquake caused significant damage to the city’s Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary. Dramatic video shows the massive cathedral shaking violently as part of one of its domes collapses. The historic neo-Gothic building is one of the most recognizable landmarks in Manizales. More than 160 people have been reported dead, while rescue operations continue across the affected regions.
Colombia: la Catedral de Manizales, gravemente afectada por un terremoto de magnitud 7,4 Las imágenes son impactantes: bajo la violencia de los fuertes temblores, varios elementos de las torres de la Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Manizales se desprenden y caen. Uno de los monumentos católicos más emblemáticos de Colombia ha sufrido graves daños a causa del potente terremoto que sacudió el oeste del país el lunes 10 de agosto.
Israel is silent as Moscow seeks answers about a dual citizen of Russia and Israel. Missing since landing at Ben Gurion Airport last wee. Israeli authorities have remained silent on the fate of Russian-Israeli historian Artyom Kirpichenok, days after his reported detention and despite Moscow seeking answers about his whereabouts. Kirpichenok, 51, is a dual Russian-Israeli citizen, journalist, and Middle East expert known for his writings on Zionism and criticism of Israel’s policies toward Iran and Palestine. He reportedly disappeared on August 2 shortly after landing at Ben Gurion Airport on a flight from Yerevan. Kirpichenok reportedly sent his family a brief message saying “arrived” at 10:41 am, but his phone and social media activity ceased shortly afterward. Reports citing Israeli police say he passed through passport control at Ben Gurion before disappearing. Colleagues said he had traveled to Israel for an academic conference and had a return ticket for August 8. International …Mer
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna and president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference attended the private funeral of Italian singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini in Pavana on Saturday. He delivered an address, published on Avvenire.it (August 8), in which he practically canonized the self-described agnostic. Guccini, 86, had described himself as an “agnostic possibilist.” Zuppi, who was his friend, recalled that the singer had once told him he wanted the cardinal present at his funeral. Addressing Guccini directly, Cardinal Zuppi imagined what the deceased might now be seeing: “We do not know precisely … what you see: the fullness of that light which, in reality, you had already sensed from here and which you were able to glimpse in the poignant and infinite beauty of life.” Cardinal Zuppi portrayed Guccini’s agnostic doubt positively, as an honest search for truth. “Doubt was your way of standing before things without cheating, with integrity,” he said. “You never stopped asking and listening.” …Mer
SAINT JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL - August 12 (1572-1641) Jane Frances de Frémyot was placed under a worldly-minded governess at 16 years old. She sought refuge by offering herself to the Mother of God like many saints. When a Protestant who lacked character sought her hand in marriage, she refused him. She later married Baron de Chantal, who gave her the home and the heart of a truly Christian man. Two of Jane's children and a dearly beloved sister died; and in the full tide of prosperity, her husband was killed during a hunting accident. Friends urged her to remarry, but she retired to her father-in-law's estate. On March 19, 1609, she affectionately bade farewell to her family and relations and entered religious life. Alban Butler's translation of Acta Sanctorum states, "Her 15-year-old son used every entreaty and endearment to induce her not to leave and at last flung himself across the door of the room. In an agony of distress, she passed over him to the embrace of her aged and disconsolate …Mer
Saint of the day | Jane Frances de Chantal, Saint |August 12 Communication channels of Magnificat TV, evangelizing project of the Franciscans of Mary: Website: Últimas noticias | Magnificat.tv Facebook: Log in or sign up to view. Jane Frances of Chantel Jane Frances Fremiot de Chantal Giovanna Francesca de Chantal Memorial 12 August 18 August (United States) 13 December (monastery of the Visitation in Moulins, France) 12 December (from 1970 to 2001) 21 August (the date of the founding of her Order; from 1769 to 1969) Profile Born to the nobility, the daughter of the president of the Parliament of Burgundy who raised her alone after the death of her mother when Jeanne was 18 months old. Married in 1592 at age twenty to Baron de Chantal. Mother of four. Widowed at 28 when the Baron was killed in a hunting accident and died in her arms. Taking a personal vow of chastity, she was forced to live with her father-in-law, which was a period of misery for her. She spent her free …Mer
British Catholic Prime Minister Andy Burnham is "a non-Catholic Catholic kind of guy", UK-based writer Steven Tucker argues on August 7 on CrisisMagazine.com. Burnham has absorbed a specifically left-wing, Liverpool strain of Catholic Social Teaching that is socialism in disguise. Main points: Archbishop Derek Worlock (1920–1996) of Liverpool had a significant influence on Burnham during his youth. As an altar boy, Burnham played tapes of Worlock's sermons in which he criticised the central government for neglecting the North West. Burnham considered the "vast majority" of staff at his Catholic schools to be Labour supporters who encouraged him in that direction. In 2012, Burnham said that "what I used to read in the catechism - the realisation of it on Earth - was the Labour Party'. He has campaigned, voted and marched for homosex "marriage", homosex adoption and gender policies. He has even supported male access to women's facilities. While mayor of Manchester, he took part in a city …Mer
The Vatican's reasoning for the ban on lay preaching is "not entirely consistent," Bishop Peter Kohlgraf of Mainz told Katholisch.de on August 11. "The letter from the Prefect for Liturgy states that only the priest celebrating Mass may preach. But taken to its logical conclusion, that would mean a concelebrating priest or an assisting deacon shouldn't be allowed to preach either." Lay Preaching Is No Problem In the Diocese of Mainz, occasional lay preaching has become an established practice and Bishop Kohlgraf has no intention of changing that. In some parishes, "it is customary for laypeople to preach," he said. "If I hear about it, I won't take disciplinary action or impose canonical sanctions." "Denunciations" Are a Problem Bishop Kohlgraf is concerned that the directive from Rome could encourage "denunciations": "There are people who report liturgical violations straight to the bishop and write directly to me. That happened before too - individual people would complain to me - but …Mer
"The letter from the Prefect for Liturgy states that only the priest celebrating Mass may preach. But taken to its logical conclusion, that would mean a concelebrating priest or an assisting deacon shouldn't be allowed to preach either." Even a blind squirrel will find a nut every once in a while. So the Prefect for Liturgy is careless to the point of being goofy. But what self-respecting Catholic, much less a bishop, can use this for an excuse?
Bishop Peter Kohlgraf of Mainz criticised the Vatican’s June 17 ruling upholding the ban on lay preaching at Mass as “not entirely coherent”. He noted that lay preaching has become common practice and said he would neither intervene nor impose canonical sanctions.
Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in as president of Colombia on August 7 in a ceremony reflecting his Catholic faith. Succeeding left-wing President Gustavo Petro, he took the oath at Santiago de Cali University, accompanied by his wife, their four children, and members of his government team. An image of Our Lady of Fatima stood prominently on the stage. De la Espriella concluded by asking God to bless his children and declaring: “Everything for the homeland… Stand firm for the homeland! Long live Christ the King!”
Kolumbiens neuer konservativer christlicher Präsident verkündet bei seiner Vereidigung als Präsident „Lang lebe Christus der König“. @SGTnewsNetwork @Qanalwwg1wga Mäckle macht gute Laune
Little Audrey Santo: Fr. Peter Joyce on Her Life, Miracles, & Sainthood Cause "Surrounded by family love, she spent 20 years, 24/7, in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament." Fr. Peter Joyce joins CatholicTV to share the extraordinary story of Little Audrey Santo. How can profound physical suffering become a vessel for extraordinary divine grace? Father Peter Joyce from the Diocese of Worcester steps into the studio to share the life story and canonization efforts for Little Audrey Santo (1983–2007). Fr. Joyce details the tragic swimming pool accident in Worcester, Massachusetts, and subsequent medical overdose that left four-year-old Audrey with akinetic mutism. Rejecting institutionalization, her devoted family brought her home, where Bishop Timothy Harrington granted rare permission to reserve the Blessed Sacrament in her bedroom. For two decades, Audrey lived in the constant presence of the Eucharist, drawing thousands of pilgrims, reports of miraculous healings, and unexplained …Mer
Today, Pope Leo XIV received Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk, 73, of Utrecht, in audience. AdVaticanum.com reported that the audience comes amid renewed attention to the cardinal’s health. Cardinal Eijk was absent from both extraordinary consistories convened by Pope Leo XIV this year, in January and June, with his absence from the June gathering reported as health-related. His health problems stretch back more than two decades. In 2001, while serving as Bishop of Groningen, he suffered a brainstem infarction. One of its lasting consequences was severe facial pain. On March 2, 2020, the Archdiocese of Utrecht published excerpts from a letter Cardinal Eijk had sent that day to members of pastoral teams. The letter concerned treatment he had undergone abroad for the facial pain caused by his 2001 brainstem infarction. Cardinal Eijk wrote: “I never made public statements about this facial pain, because I wanted to prevent people from sparing me because of it and from being reluctant to call …Mer
Today, Leo XIV appointed Monsignor Piotr Pytłowany, 57, as the new Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan. He is a fidei donum missionary priest of the Polish Archdiocese of Przemyśl. Kazakh Catholicism is small and deeply marked by Soviet persecution, particularly in Karaganda with a strong consciousness of the martyrs. Liturgical practice is pious and Communion in the hand forbidden. Monsignor Pytłowany has worked for decades within the tiny and very Catholic Kazakh hierarchy. Unlike Bishop Schneider, Pytłowany publicly embraced the 2022 Astana interreligious Congress with Francis and spoke - in language reminiscent of the Abu Dhabi fraternity approach - of Kazakhstan’s “beautiful diversity of religious confessions.” Background on Karaganda Karaganda is famous for its Catholicism, connected with Bishop Jan Paweł Lenga, 76. From 1991–1999, Bishop Lenga was Apostolic Administrator of the entire Kazakhstan. After Catholic structures were reorganized in 1999, he became Bishop of Karaganda until …Mer
Book of Ezekiel 9,1-7.10,18-22. Then he cried loud for me to hear: Come, you scourges of the city! With that I saw six men coming from the direction of the upper gate which faces the north, each with a destroying weapon in his hand. In their midst was a man dressed in linen, with a writer's case at his waist. They entered and stood beside the bronze altar. Then he called to the man dressed in linen with the writer's case at his waist, saying to him: Pass through the city (through Jerusalem) and mark an X on the foreheads of those who moan and groan over all the abominations that are practiced within it. To the others I heard him say: Pass through the city after him and strike! Do not look on them with pity nor show any mercy! Old men, youths and maidens, women and children--wipe them out! But do not touch any marked with the X; begin at my sanctuary. So they began with the men (the elders) who were in front of the temple. Defile the temple, he said to them, and fill the courts with the …Mer
Buch Ezechiel 9,1-8a.10,18-22. Gott, der Herr, schrie mir laut in die Ohren: Das Strafgericht über die Stadt ist nahe. Jeder soll sein Werkzeug zum Zertrümmern in die Hand nehmen. Da kamen sechs Männer vom oberen Tor, das im Norden liegt. Jeder hatte sein Werkzeug zum Zertrümmern in der Hand. Unter ihnen war auch ein Mann, der ein leinenes Gewand anhatte; an seinem Gürtel hing Schreibzeug. Sie kamen herein und stellten sich neben den Altar aus Bronze. Die Herrlichkeit des Gottes Israels schwebte von den Kerubim, über denen sie war, hinüber zur Schwelle des Tempels. Er rief den Mann, der das leinene Gewand anhatte und an dessen Gürtel das Schreibzeug hing. Der Herr sagte zu ihm: Geh mitten durch die Stadt Jerusalem und schreib ein T auf die Stirn aller Männer, die über die in der Stadt begangenen Greueltaten seufzen und stöhnen. Und ich hörte, wie er zu den anderen sagte: Geht hinter ihm her durch die Stadt, und schlagt zu! Euer Auge soll kein Mitleid zeigen, gewährt keine Schonung! Alt …Mer
On 27 June, Bishop Czesław Kozon of Copenhagen, Denmark, conferred the Sacrament of Confirmation according to the Roman Rite at the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP) apostolate in Recklinghausen, Germany.
Firmung im alten Ritus mit Bischof Czeslaw Kozon, Bischof von Kopenhagen. FSSP Recklinghausen Katholisch am Niederrhein
Every 29 June, within St Peter’s Basilica, one of the most striking Catholic traditions returns. The vesting of the statue of Saint Peter, including the cope and the tiara.
On 4 August, Peruvian essayist Santiago Roncagliolo, in a lengthy interview with Daniel Titinger, described Leo XIV's behind-the-scenes methods as Bishop Robert Prevost of Chiclayo, Peru. According to Roncagliolo, Prevost quietly built coalitions, divided opponents, managed information, and preferred discreet political action to public confrontation. Roncagliolo is broadly sympathetic to Leo XIV. "As a character to narrate he was a nightmare. He has no phrases, no scenes, no gestures. You ask the sources: 'What did Prevost say at that dramatic and crucial moment?' 'Nothing, I think'.'" Weakening Opus Dei from Within Interviewer Titinger described Prevost as "a Trojan horse": "He understands the adversary, doesn't confront him openly, but disables him from within. He's always quiet; that's why he wasn't well known." Roncagliolo does not reject the characterization and discusses Prevost in those terms. He also explains how Prevost weakened Opus Dei: "Prevost divided Opus Dei. He offered …Mer
INTEL Round table with Scott Ritter, Larry Johnson and Pepe Escobar on Judging Freedom. We can not allow America to become Israel. To give them our INTEL and become one state. Handed over to the enemy as if we didn't matter. What is the truth with Iran. With our weapons, oil, gas and fuel. And how can trump lie right in our face and not care how he deceives Americans. Does Iran know how low we are on everything? The danger we are in with oil reserves at the danger point and how low we are on weapons? Where are they on Ukraine and Russia? What is their plan with them? We are watching the death of Ukraine today. And what about Putin? How is he doing in all this? They will discuss these things and they will expose the lies and exactly how much trouble America is in. INTEL Roundtable - Weekly Wrap - 7-AUG w/ Larry Johnson, Pepe Escobar, & Scott Ritter --- Washington Post: March 5, 2014 Henry Kissinger on Ukraine. ---