On 17 March (St Patrick’s Day), a liturgical dance was performed during the Eucharist at Clonard Monastery in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Girls from a local dance school processed the offertory gifts to the altar and sprang around it.
To commemorate St. Patrick's Day, the Church of Clonard Monastery in Belfast invited eight dancers to prepare the altar for Mass (March 2026)
We already saw this pattern in my June 23, 2025 piece, Bread Without Doctrine: Leo XIV’s Corpus Christi and the Vanishing Reality of the Eucharist, where I reported that Leo had been turning Eucharistic theology into a language of solidarity, distribution, and communal sharing rather than sacrifice and supernatural reality. What happened in Douala on April 17, 2026 was a second offense, cleaner and blunter than the first. In his homily at Japoma Stadium, Leo said that “the multiplication of the loaves and the fish happened while sharing: that is the miracle.” That sentence does not merely stress charity flowing from the miracle. It relocates the miracle itself. The wonder is no longer Christ’s sovereign act over nature. The wonder becomes the crowd’s social behavior. Bread appears, in effect, because people finally learn to stop clutching and start sharing. Christ becomes less the divine Lord who multiplies and more the moral facilitator who teaches redistribution. This was not a …
April 20th - Saint of the Day: Saint Agnes of Montepulciano, Dominican Abbess & Mystic A teenage abbess. A mystic. A miracle worker. A Dominican saint whose body was said to remain incorrupt. Saint Agnes of Montepulciano is one of those saints that sounds almost unreal until you realize the Church has been honoring her for centuries. She entered religious life as a child, led a convent while still incredibly young, founded a monastery, and became known for deep Eucharistic devotion, mystical visions, miraculous healings, and astonishing holiness. One of the wildest stories tied to her life is that she raised a drowned child back to life through her prayers. Another is that after her death, pilgrims flocked to her tomb because of miracles and the sweet fragrance said to surround her relics. Even Saint Catherine of Siena loved her deeply. Saint Agnes reminds the Church that holiness does not need a spotlight. Hidden prayer, real humility, and total surrender to Jesus …More
Hl. Agnes von Montepulciano - Gedenktag katholisch: 20. April gebotener Gedenktag im Dominikanerorden Äbtissin in Montepulciano * um 1268 in Gracciano-Abbadia bei Montepulciano in Italien † 20. April 1317 in Montepulciano in Italien Agnes aus der wohlhabenden Familie Segni trat im Alter von neun Jahren - angeblich gegen den Widerstand ihrer Eltern, die für sie ein weltliches Leben im Reichtum planten - ins Kloster der Sorelle del Sacco, der Bettelschwestern in Montepulciano ein. Von dort wurde sie wegen ihrer besonderen Frömmigkeit schon mit 15 Jahren zusammen mit ihrer Meisterin Margarete nach Proceno entsandt, wo sie ein neues Kloster gründete. Aufgrund besonderer päpstlicher Erlaubnis wurde sie die erste Äbtissin des neuen Klosters, das schnell ob seiner strengen Einhaltung der Ordensregel Bekanntheit erlangte. Auf Bitten aus ihrer Heimat kehrte sie nach Montepulciano zurück und gründete dort 1306 ein neues Kloster, dem sie zunächst die Augustinerinnenregel gab und in dem sie …More
On Sunday, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski of Łódź, Poland, met with the faithful of the Roman rite at the Chapel of All Saints in Łódź outside of the liturgy. Cardinal Krajewski said he was happy that Catholics could attend Mass in the Roman rite at three locations within the Archdiocese of Łódź. He added that ten priests have been assigned to this pastoral ministry of the Latin Mass under Rev. Paweł Markowski's responsibility. Cardinal Krajewski served as Papal Almoner from 2013 to 2026. On 12 March 2026, Pope Leo XIV appointed him Archbishop of Łódź. The cardinal was renowned for his activism on behalf of transvestite prostitutes, having organised several lunches for the 'poor' with Pope Francis to which he invited dozens of transvestites. #newsZfmceyuwqp
A Embrun, dans les Gaules, saint Marcellin, premier évêque de cette ville. De la férie : messe du deuxième dimanche après Pâques Sanctoral Saint Marcellin d’Embrun, Evêque Avec saint Dominus et saint Vincent, il était venu d’Afrique pour évangéliser les Alpes françaises. Il construisit à Embrun une église qu’il fit consacrer par saint Eusèbe de Verceil qui lui conféra le sacre épiscopal. On raconte beaucoup de miracles opérés durant son vivant. Il fut surtout soucieux de combattre l’arianisme et dut souvent s’enfuir pour échapper aux fonctionnaires impériaux chargés de l’arrêter. Cet illustre apôtre de l’Embrunais est cité avec éloge dans tous les martyrologes. Il part d’Afrique du Nord avec deux compagnons, Vincent et Domnin, dans le désir d’évangéliser la Gaule païenne. Après un séjour à Rome, sur le conseil du pape, tous trois s’arrêtent à Verceil auprès de l’évêque Eusèbe qui leur demande de porter l’Évangile dans la région d’Embrun. Marcellin est l’âme …
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Año Jubilar para conmemorar el 750 aniversario del patronazgo de San Jorge La localidad alicantina de Alcoi, perteneciente a la archidiócesis de Valencia, inicia un Año Jubilar extraordinario – reconocido y concedido por la Santa Sede- para celebrar el 750 aniversario del patronazgo de San Jorge, que se desarrollará del 23 de abril de 2026 al 23 de abril de 2027. hmtv
Today is the 120th anniversary of the prodigies witnessed at Saint Gabriel's College when Our Lady came to support her children during a time of severe persecution. April 20, 1906, Our Lady of Quito, Queen of Equador, pray for us.
Sept. 2, 2025 Mission of Divine Mercy Message in our Time God the Father Message: He is Not Mine September 2nd, 2025 God the Father.“He is not Mine.” (This Message was dictated to Sister in Spanish, and this is her translation into English. NOTE: The footnotes are not dictated by God. They are added by Sister. Sometimes the footnote is to help clarify for the reader Sister’s sense of the meaning of a certain word or idea, and at other times to better convey the sense of God’s or Our Lady’s tone when They spoke.) Write, Florecita. What shall I write?1 What I command exclusively, and exclusively what I command.2 Write that soon you will see portents in the sky and on the earth and in the seas.3 Do not be deceived. The devil has power to deceive and to cause superficial [apparent] portents that amaze My children, and – letting themselves be swayed by what they see – allow confusion and doubt to enter into their hearts.4 Children, this is why I lead you along the arduous path of a strong …More
The Hormuz Letter - BREAKING: The IRGC Navy is publicly calling Iran’s Foreign Minister A... BREAKING: The IRGC Navy is publicly calling Iran’s Foreign Minister Araghchi an "idiot" on international maritime Channel 16, broadcasting that the Strait of Hormuz "is still closed" and "we will open it by the order of our leader Imam Khamenei, not by the tweets of some idiot." x.com/HormuzLetter/status/2045533058946720162/vid…
April 20 Saint Marcellinus Bishop of Embrun († 374) Saint Marcellinus was born in Africa of a noble family; with two other Christians desiring to evangelize Gaul, Vincent and Domninus, he went to Pope Saint Damasus. The young men were sent to Eusebius, bishop of Verceil, who encouraged them for their mission and announced to them that they would have much to suffer. The three were ordained, and Marcellinus was consecrated bishop of Embrun by Eusebius and the bishop of Valencia. The gift of miracles fortified the preaching of Marcellinus at Embrun, in a region bordering on the Alps, while his companions continued their labors at Digne. Saint Domninus was later consecrated bishop of Digne by Saint Marcellinus, and energetically protected his flock from the errors of Arius; eventually Saint Vincent succeeded him there. Marcellinus built at Embrun a chapel in which he passed his nights in prayer, after laboring all day in the exercise of his sacred calling. By his pious example, as well as …More
James Martin in leaked audio: There has been a “step forward,” not a full change in doctrine. Martin points to Fiducia Supplicans, approved under Pope Francis. It allows priests to give non-liturgical, spontaneous blessings to same-sex couples. These are not marriages and not formal ceremonies. Recognition of “goodness” in these relationships. He emphasizes that the Church is beginning to acknowledge positive elements (love, commitment, faith) in same-sex couples. Change is gradual, not revolutionary. The Church is “moving,” but slowly. What may seem minor in Western countries is very controversial globally, especially in parts of Africa, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. Pastoral shift driven by real people. The growing visibility of LGBTQ individuals (family members, parishioners) is pushing the Church to engage more compassionately and realistically.
04/20/2026 Entire blog as a free PDF eBook. A crime that goes unspoken. That is the title of a film on the YouTube channel “Wbrew Cenzurze.” Not all of you have children of your own, but I hope that each of you can imagine the immense tragedy experienced by parents whose children have been brutally murdered for political reasons. Every child killed is a crime against humanity. Regardless of the parents’ nationality, religion, skin color, or beliefs. We must always oppose this. What is a child at school to blame for when some scumbag fires rockets at that school? Forty minutes later, a second rocket was fired to kill those who had rushed to the aid of the suffering children. Then a third. Can such acts still be called war, or is this not simply brutality? I have already shown in a previous post who fired these rockets. I will show these criminals once again. “Take note of these two criminals. Leigh R. Tate, the commander, and Jeffrey E. York, the first officer of the USS Spruance, who …
During Mass, a priest asks the Lord to “take Donald Trump” during a prayer. The entire congregation starts laughing. “We pray for peace. We pray for Donald Trump, the Lord will take him.”
Novus Ordo: This is Fr. Christopher Ginnelly, parish priest for the Church of the Holy Family in Ballycroy, praying for the death of Donald Trump. The audience starts laughing.
If they clapped in support that would be the decider. Sometimes people laugh in shock at statements they are not comfortable with. It’s a very common reaction in Ireland. The priest's words are a scandal and I would imagine not a few of his congregation know it.
Blessed John Finch - April 20 Memorial 20 April Profile Yoeman farmer. Raised in a family with Catholic and Protestant members, he was able to closely observe each side; John became a strong and faithful Catholic. Marriedlayman. His home became a center for covert missionary work, and he hid and harboured priests. Parish clerk and catechist. On Christmas1581 he and Father George Ostliffe were ambushed and arrested. Finch was kept prisoner in the house of the Earl of Derby, alternately tortured and offered bribes to get information about covert Catholics; the authorities spread the story that he had turned in Father George himself, was taking refuge with Derby, and was voluntarily giving up the name of every Catholic he knew. John spent time in the Fleet prison, Manchester, and in the House of Correction, spending months in dungeons, being dragged by his heels to Protestant churches. He and three priests were brought to trial for their faith in Lancaster on 18 April …More
Blessed John Finch (April 20) catherineweeks Memorial 20 April Profile Yoeman farmer. Raised in a family with Catholic and Protestant members, he was able to closely observe each side; John became a strong and faithful Catholic. Marriedlayman. His home became a center for covert missionary work, and he hid and harboured priests. Parish clerk and catechist. On Christmas1581 he and Father George Ostliffe were ambushed and arrested. Finch was kept prisoner in the house of the Earl of Derby, alternately tortured and offered bribes to get information about covert Catholics; the authorities spread the story that he had turned in Father George himself, was taking refuge with Derby, and was voluntarily giving up the name of every Catholic he knew. John spent time in the Fleet prison, Manchester, and in the House of Correction, spending months in dungeons, being dragged by his heels to Protestant churches. He and three priests were brought to trial for their faith in Lancaster…More
Regnum Dei ‘Lancaster’s Catholic Martyrs’ Blessed James Bell (d 1584) Bell was born in Warrington and became a priest during the reign of Queen Mary but conformed under Elizabeth and served as an Anglican minister for 20 years. He returned to Lancashire in 1579 and was reconciled to the Faith in 1581. In January 1584, he was arrested and taken to Manchester, then brought to Lancaster for trial. He was executed on 10th April 1584. Blessed John Finch (d 1584) John Finch was a yeoman farmer from Eccleston, near Chorley. He was raised a Protestant but after his conversion he helped to conceal priests in his home and to act as their guide about the county. He was betrayed while on such a mission and was arrested by the Earl of Derby. He was tortured and then spent three years in prison before coming to trial at Lancaster. He was executed on the same day as Bell. Blessed Robert Nutter (1557-1600) Fr Robert Nutter, who came from Burnley, was sent to the Tower of London after his arrest in …More