@_naosejasparva “Yup”? Where did you learn to speak English? New Jersey? 🙃
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Ioannes Crux
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Ioannes Crux
@Cineres1
New Jerseyan of Lusitanian heritage. Catholic. Benedictine oblate aspirant.
New Jersey Katılım Mart 2019
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I once attended a TLM by chance and didn't walk out wanting more of it (I actually walked out a bit disappointed. Were the prayers at the foot of the altar the Last Gospel supposed to be unheard by the average layperson???)
That Catholic Guy 🇻🇦@Catholic_bro
What’s the most “controversial” Mass take you have?
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@_naosejasparva Wow!! I think that was the mass that was posted all over social media!! Do they still have the tlm at Sao Nicolau or just at Conceicao Velha now?
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@DecreviD2BC @IrishCathNews And still don’t if attending the traditional mass or a Byzantine rite Divine Liturgy.
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@IrishCathNews We said absolutely nothing for centuries when receiving communion.
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Is it ever acceptable to say something other than 'amen' when receiving Communion?
irishcatholic.com/is-it-ever-acc…
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@_naosejasparva I don’t live in Portugal and I’m not familiar with Portuguese news media other than limited exposure to tv news when I visit, but is there a news media (print, online or tv network) that is generally balanced and not heavily skewed to the left?
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@Cineres1 publico.pt/2026/04/29/mun… they even dare to call it a stain among his words 🙄
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Converts who come into Catholicism and object when you criticize the Pope just have no idea about the amount of irreverence American Catholics have. They know Irish drunks, Italian gangsters - they know all about coverups of gay molesting priests. This is an institution with all the corruption you find in institutions. Newcomers arrive with some polished notion in their heads. It’s just not that - it’s an outfit that has lasted a long time, has a lot going for it - but has dealt with nonstop corruption and filth - Pope Benedict XVI himself used the word ‘filth’ to describe things that have go on with abuse and in seminaries.
So criticism has always been there, should always be there - and if it had been more respected, there might not even have been a German monk tacking theses on a wall in 1517.
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Today, Mrs. Sarah Mullally - who thinks she is the Archbishop of Canterbury - pretended to give a blessing in the Clementine Chapel, in the crypt of the Vatican Basilica. It is the chapel closest to the tomb of Saint Peter.
As if that were not bad enough, there is a Catholic Bishop there pretending to receive the “blessing”. Saint Thomas More, pray for us.
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@BaldwinIVofJer @cath_menarion This has long been happening in places in Europe too! Especially Southern Europe where the Catholic faith was strongest.
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Rural Catholicism is in trouble because rural places are in trouble. They are all shrinking with fewer and fewer young families and kids because there are no jobs paying a liveable wage. This isn’t a problem the Church can solve, to be honest.
𝙷𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚖𝚊𝚗@shagbark_hick
In many, many places, rural Catholicism is simply going to die. There will be more and more places where there is no feasible way to fulfill one's Sunday obligation, no Priests, no Parish life of any kind. Devout people will travel far distances for Holy Week; lukewarm Catholics will give up the Faith entirely. I can draw no other conclusion from what I am seeing here. Just yesterday our Priest announced that over 50% of our Diocesan Parishes are operating at a financial loss. Vocations are still nowhere near sufficient to keep all of our Parishes open. Though conversions are lately booming at historical levels, and many fallen away Catholics are returning to the Church by the tens of thousands -- there will be a "lag" between this newfound vitality and the reality on the ground. Rural areas will be ground zero for the changes ahead. I have no idea how to plan for this. Are we to congregate in cities? Should we move to be near the Cathedral? What if the Diocese merges or closes? Are we to accept a descent into living in "mission territory," where we might see a Priest and go to Mass monthly at best? Are we to prepare ourselves to drive further and further distances to receive the Sacraments? There are no easy answers here. But I think it's time for our Bishops to be realistic about what the situation really is, and to help the faithful prepare for it.
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Meditation for Lent: The story is told of the monk in the Egyptian desert who was at prayer, and a scorpion came and wrapped itself around his ankles, but he did not lower his hands till he had finished all his usual prayers, and because he loved God more than himself, he was not harmed.
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I'll be meditating and doing an examination of conscience on my prayer life based on this father of the desert story found in the Philokalia. To provide a context, desert fathers or monks would pray standing (posture of attention) and with hands raised high ( see psalm 140 , septuagint). So the beautiful story is told of a holy monk who was at prayer, and a scorpion came and wrapped itself around his ankles, but the monk did not lower his hands till he had finished all his usual prayers, and because he loved God more than himself, he was not harmed. Have a holy and fruitful Lent.
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@Favillez I’m on volume 2! But thank you for sharing this inspirational feat of yours!
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I don't even know when I started... 2008 maybe? But yesterday this journey finally ended!
Lord Jesus Christ, only son of the living God, have mercy on me, a Sinner.
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Ecquis vestrum habet librum cuius titulus est "Inscriptiones, orationes, epistulae" ab Antonio Cardinali Bacci conscriptum?
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@TheStaad Don’t you get all confused between Spanish and Italian? I’m a native Portuguese speaker and I always confuse the two.
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I’m studying four languages: French (which I’ve spoken for decades but need refreshing), Spanish, Italian and Latin
Of these four, my least favorite is Spanish, but it is by far the most useful where I live. My favorite is Italian. So, to keep my motivation up, I always make myself do my daily Spanish lesson before I allow myself my daily Italian lesson
Spanish is dinner, but Italian is dessert
And Latin ties them all together
I know I sound like a nerd, but this is so much fun
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@MichaelPTKelly Excuse my ignorance but where exactly are these places?
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Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Ger Nash of Ferns Diocese as Apostolic Administrator of Ossory Diocese, from 3pm today when Bishop Niall Coll is installed in Raphoe Diocese. Bishop Nash will continue to serve as Bishop of Ferns.
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When Jesus visits you in the Blessed Sacrament, it's a reminder of his deep love for you.
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Claims that a bishop whom Francis nominated as a cardinal but who then mysteriously refused the honour has now been ordered to resign his see by Rome.
Caminante Wanderer@CaminaWanderer
Definitivamente, Francisco ha sido uno de los personajes que más daño ha infligido a la Iglesia en el último milenio. Un altro enigma del pontificato di Francesco: “rinuncia” di Mons. Syukur alla Diocesi di Bogor: blog.messainlatino.it/2026/01/un-alt…
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America is about to learn the hard way that great powers who betray their allies don’t stay great for long
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