A 17-year-old Dutch girl was killed by euthanasia after doctors concluded that she was experiencing “unbearable and hopeless psychological suffering”. Milou Verhoof died on 2 October 2023 after suffering from mental-health problems for years and undergoing repeated treatments. Her case was later examined by the Netherlands’ Regional Euthanasia Review Committees, which found that the doctor had complied with the country’s legal requirements for euthanasia. Because Milou was 17, her parents had to be involved in the decision-making process, although Dutch law did not require their consent. Her parents ultimately supported her "decision". The case later drew objections from fourteen doctors, mostly psychiatrists, who asked prosecutors to examine aspects of her euthanasia, including questions about her capacity to decide and possible influence from those around her. The case returned to the Dutch courts in 2026 after Milou’s parents sought the identities of those critical doctors. In September …Bivule
Procession of the SSPX in the Phlippines. Beautiful!
Prozession zu Ehren Unserer Lieben Frau vom Rosenkranz an diesem Sonntag, den 4. Oktober, in der Our Lady of Victories Church of the FSSPX in Manila (Philippinen)
Leo has several senior Vatican officials whose terms have expired or who are already beyond the normal retirement age. Cardinal Kevin Farrell is 77. Cardinal Marcello Semeraro is 78.
Edward Pentin: A respected priest in Rome "was incredulous that certain Vatican cardinals who will remain nameless are still in positions of authority."
Thousands of Canadians took part in the 36th annual Life Chain on October 4. Coordinated nationally by Campaign Life Coalition, the event brought participants to intersections and busy streets across Canada for an hour of quiet prayer and peaceful pro-life witness. Participants held signs including “Abortion Kills Children,” “Abortion Hurts Women,” and “Jesus Forgives and Heals.” Life Chain began in Canada in 1991.
Pervert Jesuit finally laicised after decades of abuse. The Society of Jesus has expelled Spanish priest Francesc Peris, 84, from both the clerical state and the Jesuit order. A canonical penal process found him guilty of sexually abusing minors over several decades. However, Peris is cared for in a Jesuit residence. The punishment was announced on October 5. It comes more than two years after Peris himself admitted abusing minors. On May 7, 2024, the Jesuits publicly disclosed that Peris had “recently” acknowledged sexually abusing minors as far back as 1972. Yet when questioned by secular authorities in a Barcelona criminal investigation in October 2024, he denied the particular allegation being investigated. Peris was never convicted by a Spanish criminal court. Proceedings against him were ultimately closed because the alleged offences were considered time-barred. Spanish media have identified more than 20 victims, both boys and girls, with allegations spanning more than three decades. …Bivule
"Catholics today fall in two groups. There are those who think the Church is experiencing an unprecedented springtime and those who have actually looked at the statistics."
Dutch Auxiliary Bishop Rob Mutsaerts of ’s-Hertogenbosch: “I do not have to spend very much time convincing this audience that there is a crisis. And indeed, if I were beginning by saying, ‘My dear friends, everything is going splendidly,’ I suspect that you would immediately check whether I have been replaced by an employee of the communications department of the Vatican. And perhaps this is already the first difficulty. Catholics today fall in two groups. There are those who think the Church is experiencing an unprecedented springtime and those who have actually looked at the statistics.”
German Bishops’ Conference president Bishop Heiner Wilmer says he will bring the “experiences” of homosexual couples to Rome for the Vatican’s Amoris Laetitia summit. Wilmer told katholisch.de that he prepared for the meeting, which begins tomorrow, by speaking with homosexuals and adulterers in a "second union". Pope Leo XIV has stacked the meeting’s additional invitees with several pro-homosexual cardinals, including Jean-Claude Hollerich, Blase Cupich, Robert McElroy, Joseph Tobin, Víctor Manuel Fernández, José Cobo Cano and Luis Antonio Tagle. Notably absent from Leo XIV’s 22 additional invitees are prominent critics of developments surrounding Amoris Laetitia, including Dubia Cardinal Raymond Burke and former Curia prefect Cardinal Gerhard Müller. Picture: Vatican Media, #newsQpfugegjsr
The President of the German Bishops Is Taking the “Experience” of Same-Sex Couples to the Vatican: On the eve of the Vatican meeting marking ten years of Amoris laetitia, Bishop Heiner Wilmer announces that he will bring the “experience” of same-sex couples into the discussions on marriage and family—despite the document itself explicitly rejecting any analogy between same-sex unions and marriage.
Now, let me get this clear, the Lord and Master, who these folks 'claim to serve', met with tax collectors, adulterers, and the like and he transformed them; he didn't meet them on the 'synodal path' and equivocate His teachings to meet 'their needs'. But these guys are showing the Master how He erred in His approach?!!!! Follow 'The Way', not the detours.
A Hungarian priest has apologised after criticising Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s Tisza party and its supporters. Rev. Zoltán Osztie made the remarks during a Eucharist in Feldebrő on 26 September. He described Tisza as an “unbelieving, immoral and traitorous” political force. He added that Christians who vote for the party “understand nothing” of the Gospel. The Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest criticised the priest’s comments. It claimed insulting or labelling people because of their political views is not in line with Christian teaching. Church authorities formally warned Rev. Osztie and asked him to remove the video of the sermon from parish websites and social media. He was also told to avoid similar statements in the future. On 6 October, Rev. Osztie apologised to those who felt personally offended by his words. However, he did not withdraw his criticism of Tisza. He said he had intended to criticise a political worldview rather than individual people and maintained that, in his …Bivule
Irish bishop backs cancellation of country singer’s concert in Catholic church. Irish Bishop Kevin Doran of Achonry and Elphin has backed the cancellation of a Christmas concert by country singer Nathan Carter inside St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Boyle. He explained that churches are sacred spaces, not concert venues or “disco settings”: “The important thing is to preserve the nature of the church and the sanctuary as a sacred space,” he said. The December 13 concert had been approved by a previous parish priest. Tickets were already on sale. Then, the new parish priest cancelled the event after taking charge of the parish this autumn. The Diocese has rules governing concerts in churches. Music need not be strictly liturgical, but it should be spiritual in character and compatible with the sacred nature of the building. Carter whined he was “extremely disappointed” by the cancellation. #newsZipxsameec
Another priest links up with SSPX, bishop removes faculties
Bishop James Beckman of Knoxville, Tennessee, has revoked the faculties of Fr David Mary Engo who has associated himself with the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X (FSSPX), “He is not authorized to exercise public priestly ministry anywhere within the Diocese of Knoxville.” David Mary Engo was ordained a priest in 1997 by then-Bishop Seán P. O’Malley of Fall River, the future Cardinal of Boston. His religious and community status has a somewhat complicated history. He was incardinated into the Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend in 2010, while simultaneously being excardinated from the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts. Engo founded a Franciscan community in 2009, professed perpetual vows, and served as the community’s Minister General. In May 2017, he resigned as Minister General and withdrew to a hermitage. By 2021, Engo was described by the Diocese of Knoxville’s newspaper as a Franciscan hermit living in the Diocese of Helena, Montana. Engo subsequently ministered in the Diocese of …Bivule
Who asked Pasquale Striano to seek information on some of the key figures in the future Becciu trial when that Vatican investigation, at least officially, did not yet exist? This is the question that resurfaces during the preliminary hearing on the so-called dossier case and opens a new chapter in the still unclear relationship between the former financier’s activities and the proceedings over the London property, which led, among others, to the first-degree conviction of Cardinal Angelo Becciu... ...The records show a series of database accesses by Striano in 2019 concerning people who would only later become involved in the Vatican investigation. Among them, in addition to Tirabassi, Mincione, Torzi, and Crasso, is also Cecilia Marogna. According to the defense, these checks date back to a period prior to the IOR’s complaint that formally initiated the investigation, which would later lead to searches in the Secretariat of State’s offices and, two years later, to the trial. This time …Bivule
Cardinal' Gambetti leaves behind ‘eco-friendly’ St. Peter’s that has lost its sacredness During Gambetti’s tenure, the statutes governing the Chapter of St Peter’s were substantially revised. The article says this reduced the number and role of canons, imposed five-year terms and retirement at 80, capped salary/pension at €1,800, and put the Chapter under the authority of the Fabbrica di San Pietro. It reports significant liturgical/operational changes at St Peter’s: fewer Masses, abolition of private Masses in side chapels, removal of the canons’ choir stalls from the presbytery, and changes concerning Latin liturgy. A rooftop bistro at St Peter’s has apparently been completed but, according to this article, had not yet opened as of October 2026. St Peter’s has undertaken energy-efficiency and climate-neutrality measures, apparently connected with a goal of reaching climate neutrality by 2030.
Musealización irrespetuosa y.caótica Devolverle el carácter sagrado a San Pedro, una basílica que, bajo la administración de Gambetti, aspiraba a ser climáticamente neutra y altamente eficiente en energía, pero que ha sucumbido a una musealización e irrespetuosa.caótica Entre la profanación por parte de los turistas y las distracciones de los fieles. El reemplazo del cardenal Mauro Gambetti como arcipreste de la Basílica de San Pedro solo tendrá sentido si su sucesor no continúa por el mismo camino que él siguió durante sus cinco años de mandato. Cinco años bastaron para romper ese equilibrio, que hoy evidencia claramente su fracaso en la percepción de la Iglesia del Papa. Tan solo cinco años, especialmente si todo se remonta a la reforma de los estatutos del Capítulo de San Pedro, que contribuyó a la degradación de esta valiosa institución, indispensable para garantizar el decoro y la dignidad de la basílica más importante de la Iglesia. Por este motivo, si el nombre que tiene en mente …Bivule
