A drone show lit up the night sky over Lourdes on Sunday, forming sacred images and the motto of Pope Leo XIV’s visit: “So that the world may have life.” Earlier in the evening, Leo XIV joined Lourdes’ famous torchlight procession, walking among tens of thousands of candle-carrying pilgrims — a different approach from his predecessors, who presided over the procession from a terrace.
Drones lit up the night sky over Lourdes on Sunday, September 27, bringing Pope Leo XIV’s torchlight procession to a spectacular close. The drones formed images of the Virgin Mary, a dove and cross, along with the motto of the Pope’s visit to France: “Pour que le monde ait la vie” (“So that the world may have life.”)
"We don't use gendered language about God here, for good reason....'He' 'Father' 'Lord' 'He' 'Him' 'He'- I couldn't even hear his message." PCUSA 'pastor' explains how she couldn't hear another man's preaching because she was too upset/ distraught by the use of male pronouns.
False religions are “fruitful” and “guardians of life” – Leo XIV Leo XIV claimed a “fruitfulness of religious traditions” that is in service of peace and fraternity. Speaking today in Metz at an interreligious gathering, Leo XIV quoted his predecessor Pope Francis who wrote, “Dialogue between the followers of different religions does not take place simply for the sake of diplomacy, consideration or tolerance… ‘the goal of dialogue is to establish friendship, peace and harmony’.” Leo added using the plural: “Religions are guardians of life, for they affirm its sacred value”. Addressing those gathered, Leo XIV concluded his speech by thanking them for their “closeness and presence.” “May the infinite goodness and wisdom of God accompany us and teach us to live ever more fully as his children and as brothers and sisters to one another.” #newsKugkmyzhpo
M ROSA in English – made available to an international audience as a sample of the content of the magazine *M ROSA* (dedicated to the Virgin Mary), published by the Magnificat Slovakia association. Dear friends, I ask you to share this issue, as the greatest battle - the apocalyptic struggle of the Virgin Mary against Satan - is beginning. Anton Selecký, Editor-in-Chief.
Homily Tuesday, September 29, 2026 Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 From David's vision: "Myriads of myriads stood before God." To stand before God, to live in him, to receive his love—this is the grace and joy of being a child of God. John 1:47-51 "You are the Son of God!" Let us remain united to the Lord, and we will see clearly. Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.
AI ON GOOGLE SAYS THE POPE COULD RECONCILE THE MAINLINE CHURCH WITH THE TRADITIONAL THEOLOGY OF THE ST. BENEDICT CENTER IN NH : VC2 IS FEENEYITE AI SAYS: The Alignment with St. Benedict Center: This approach would vindicate the St. Benedict Center's decades-long position. It would maintain the theological possibility of the votum baptismi (satisfying the Council of Trent) while completely eliminating the practical, loose ecumenism that traditionalists oppose. · The Contrast with Mainstream Academic (Wikipedia) Narratives: For secular historians and mainstream commentators (represented by Wikipedia's consensus), such a papal declaration would be viewed as a dramatic "traditionalist shift" or a narrowing of post-Vatican II pastoral theology. Mainstream scholars view the current era as operating on a presumption of God's broad, visible mercy working through other communities—an understanding this hypothetical decree would explicitly dismantle. By moving the entire debate of the baptism …More
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Leo XIV stood up for reporters as Trump’s White House shut them out. When CNN’s Christopher Lamb raised his colleagues’ treatment, Leo replied: “I am very happy that here you are all welcome.”
Pope Leo reportedly responded to a liberal journalist about Trump’s CNN ban that he is ‘very happy that here you are all welcome, and good coverage, I think, is very important.’
Well staged: Macron attends Papal Eucharist. Having alledgely planned to attend none of Pope Leo XIV's liturgies, President Macron has suddenly “rearranged his diary” to attend the Papal Eucharist in Metz. The cathedral is located in the department of Moselle, which is not governed by France’s 1905 laicist law. It was part of Germany when the law was adopted, and it still operates under the Alsace-Moselle concordat system. Macron is now contributing to the wave of enthusiasm generated for Leo XIV. Some journalists framed Macron’s initially announced absence from Leo XIV’s papal liturgies as a deliberate snub. They linked it to reports that the Vatican had declined opportunities for additional private time between Macron and the Pope.
Élysée says Macron has “rearranged his diary” to attend papal Mass at Cathedral in Metz, which is in Moselle, which, being German at the time, is not covered by the 1905 laïcité law, allowing Macron to cash in on ‘le feeling’ generated by Leo visit.
The gospel for the ordinary form on September 27 said the one who changed his mind and did God’s will when asked even though he originally said no comes to mind here.
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