Franciscan Father Francesco Patton wrote the meditations for tonight's Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum in Rome with Pope Leo XIV. Fr Patton served as Custos of the Holy Land from 2016 to 2025. On April 1, he told VaticanNews.va that the inspiration comes from "current reality" and that the meditations are meant to inspire political "change". The Vatican press office published the text today. Traditionally a penitential and contemplative devotion, the Via Crucis is repurposed here as a vehicle for contemporary socio-political reflection. The text shifts from the Passion of Christ to war, refugees, human trafficking, surveillance, deportation, the media, the economy, prisons, hostages, and crackdowns on protests. Notably absent, however, are abortion, euthanasia, and gender ideology. One acclamation reads: "For migrants, the displaced, and refugees: Comfort us, O Mother." In the first station, the meditation talks about political and economic power "to start or end a war… the power …'Besdal
IRAN WAR: Bridges, Electric Power Plants Next /Lt Col Daniel Dav is & Robert Barnes How many times does he have to say it's all about the oil? Not only from him but from his administration. One former Military Officer even saying on live tv. We will go in and take anything we want. How sick and evil that is. Iran was no threat to anyone. including us. They say we are doing it to free the people of Iran. No one asked for his help. They don't need his help. Nor do they want it. Now they are all united and standing firm against two lying, evil beasts. And dragging us into their evil war with people who didn't want to harm anyone. People who live in peace with many other religions. Getting along and helping each other. Maybe that's what they hate about Iran. The same reason why they hate Russia!
Well the "ONLY" good thing coming out of this evil war against Iran is how I have watched trump get thrown off the pedestal he and his base put him on. Time and time again. Now the whole world knows we are far from the greatest and most powerful Military at all. Nor the wisest. At least I get to see him get knocked off his pedestal he and his base put him on. Time and time again. So much for all he needs is 48 hours to do the job. In and out he said. And now over two months and getting worse every day. And no end in sight.
In Mailand setzen sich vier zeitgenössische Künstler mit der Kreuzigung von Hans Memling auseinander Vom 19. Februar bis zum 17. Mai 2026 findet im Museo Diocesano Carlo Maria Martini in Mailand eine Veranstaltung statt, die die Renaissance und die Gegenwart in einen Dialog bringt. Der Schwerpunkt der Ausstellung ist HANS MEMLING. Die Kreuzigung. Vier zeitgenössische Künstler um ein Meisterwerk: das berühmte Tafelbild von Hans Memling (Seligenstadt, ca. 1435/1440 - Brügge, 1494), datiert zwischen 1467 und 1470, aus dem Museo Civico di Palazzo Chiericati in Vicenza. Die von Valeria Cafà, Giuseppe Frangi und Nadia Righi kuratierte Ausstellung bietet einen Vergleich zwischen der visuellen und spirituellen Kraft des flämischen Werks und den Werken von Stefano Arienti, Matteo Fato, Julia Krahn und Danilo Sciorilli, die eigens für diesen Anlass in Zusammenarbeit mit der Casa Testori geschaffen wurden. Die Ausstellung steht unter der Schirmherrschaft der Stadt Mailand, mit PwC …'Besdal
At the start of the Good Friday liturgy commemorating the Passion of the Lord, the Pope prostrates himself before the altar as all kneel in silence. He then prays: "Remember your mercies, O Lord, and with your eternal protection sanctify your servants, for whom Christ, your Son, by the shedding of his Blood, established the Paschal Mystery, Who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen."
Low IQ fanboys. This is what your church wants. Basically man-children. When tradition has been completely erased, there is no need for memory. Everything is transient and juvenile. There is nothing eternal, and thus there is no peace, only disturbance, like a churning adolescence.
World Christian Community Jeremiah James Strange Trumpet Sounds Heard Around the World… No One Has an Answer.... People from multiple countries have recorded these eerie sounds coming from the sky. Scientists struggle to explain it… yet many say it sounds exactly like something described in Scripture. What do YOU think is happening? Have you ever heard anything like this before? …
Watch till the end. ( 8:42 seconds or less)l. A Christian civilian. Killed by a foreign strike near his home. Buried by his Muslim neighbors. This is the Iran they don't show you. In a country the world calls divided by religion, Muslims carried their Christian brother to his final rest. Not because of politics. Not because of propaganda. Because that is who they are. We filmed his memorial service—the grief, the unity, the shared humanity. This video is not about war. It is about what survives war: faith, dignity, and the bonds that no bomb can break. Watch. Share. Remember his name: *"Avanes"* IRAN War: When Muslims Wept for a Christian
Day by Day Saint Richard of Chechester is widely remembered today for the popular prayer ascribed to him: Thanks be to Thee, my Lord Jesus Christ For all the benefits Thou hast given me, For all the pains and insults Thou hast borne for me. O most merciful Redeemer, friend and brother, May I know Thee more clearly, Love Thee more dearly, Follow Thee more nearly.
This morning, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa of Jerusalem celebrated the Lord's Supper in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. He washed the feet of twelve friars. In his homily, he said: "There is a tension we cannot ignore: outside, the doors of the church of Holy Sepulchre are closed. War has turned this place into a refuge, an 'inside' cut off from an 'outside' weighed down by fear and strain. We are here, as within a womb of peace, while the world around us is being torn apart, and we wish we could change all of this."
Cardinal Pizzaballa today in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre: “We are in the place where a stone once sealed death. And yet today we are here to celebrate life. There is a tension we cannot ignore: outside, the doors of the Holy Sepulchre are closed. War has turned this place into a refuge, an “inside” cut off from an “outside” weighed down by fear and strain. We are here as within a womb of peace, while the world around us is being torn apart, and we wish we could change all of this. And yet, here and now, the Word of God places before us a gesture that overturns all our human ways of thinking."
kouji @yoyonofukuoka A post reposted by Japan’s Finance Minister Katayama. Japan’s major oil company ENEOS has succeeded for the first time in producing synthetic fuel (e-fuel) — made without using petroleum — from CO₂ in the air and water at its facility in Yokohama. The demonstration plant’s current production scale is still very small at 1 barrel per day (roughly the size of one drum), but the company aims to scale it up to 10,000 barrels per day by 2040. Although it is still at the experimental stage, this is drawing attention as a new fuel that could reduce dependence on petroleum. In the timeline we’re currently living in, the move away from oil appears to be beginning at the same time as the move away from the US dollar.
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Latin Patriarch Leads Good Friday Prayers in Jerusalem | Shalom World The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, led Good Friday prayers at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Friday, marking the Passion of Christ at the site of Jesus’ crucifixion and burial. The service unfolded under tight security, reflecting the wider tensions in the region, as Christian leaders sought to maintain sacred traditions at one of Christianity’s holiest sites. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa also presided over the Veneration of the Holy Cross within the sacred precincts of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. In a striking and somber departure from tradition, the faithful were absent, kept away by restrictions imposed by Israeli police in light of the ongoing war. Although Israel had earlier prevented the Latin Patriarch from celebrating Palm Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the ban was later reversed following an international outcry. The Cardinal blessed the entire …'Besdal
Heiliges Land feiert im Schatten des Krieges und ohne Pilger Heiliges Land feiert im Schatten des Krieges und … Die Spannung lasse sich nicht ignorieren, predigte der Lateinische Patriarch von Jerusalem, Kardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, zum Auftakt des sogenannten Triduums, das den Bogen spannt vom letzten Abendmahl über die Kreuzigung Jesu bis zur Auferstehung, im verschlossenen Inneren der Grabeskirche. "Der Krieg hat diesen Ort in eine Zuflucht verwandelt, ein 'Innen', das von einem 'Außen' abgeschnitten ist, das von Angst und Anspannung belastet ist. Wir sind hier wie in einem Schoß des Friedens, während die Welt um uns herum zerrissen wird, und wir wünschten, wir könnten all dies ändern", so das Oberhaupt der Katholiken im Heiligen Land. Die Hoffnung vieler Menschen im Heiligen Land, dass zu den hohen Feiertagen Frieden einkehrt und der Krieg endet, wurde enttäuscht.
Sulaiman Ahmed @ShaykhSulaiman BREAKING: Iran's FM Araghchi on the Strait of Hormuz: It is not in international waters. It is the internal waters of Iran and Oman. The strait is currently open and is closed only to those who are at war with Iran. For many of them, especially those from friendly countries, we have put arrangements in place so they can pass through the strait safely. Some countries have passed through the strait after reaching an agreement with Iran. The Strait of Hormuz can be a waterway of peace, enabling the calm passage of ships from all countries. x.com/ShaykhSulaiman/status/2039345578287550503
On Holy Thursday, Leo XIV washed and kissed the feet of 12 priests in the Lateran Basilica. In his homily, he remembered his predecessor: "As Pope Francis once remarked: 'This is a duty that comes from the heart. I love it. I love it and I love doing it, because that is what the Lord has taught me to do.' He was not speaking of an abstract imperative or a formal, empty command, but rather expressing his heartfelt obedience to the charity of Christ, the source and model of our own charity."
Il Giovedì Santo, Papa Leone XIV lava i piedi a 12 sacerdoti.
I am glad Pope Leo XIV has carried out the washing of the feet in a traditional, more dignified and proper way. But, I just don't get this "kissing the feet" thing. The Gospel of St. John tells us Jesus washed the feet of His Apostles, it says nothing about kissing them. I have seen this kissing before and I find it cringey! It comes across - to me - as one-upping Our Lord Jesus, a kind of false humility (like the Francis) or virtue-signaling! Personally, I have never kissed feet during the washing of the feet. In the past it was done (or had the possibility of been done) at a separate ceremony. Now days in many places the whole thing is abused and a bit of a circus. The only feet I'd kiss are the crucified feet of our Lord Jesus Christ. Laudetur Iesus Christus!