National Trust, Treheinif, on the Treginnis Peninsula in Pembrokeshire, southwest Wales, UK. Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0 <>, via Wikimedia Commons The National Trust used to be one of the United Kingdom’s most treasured institutions. Along with the BBC and the Anglican Church, it represented the cultural embodiment of Orwell’s ‘deep, deep sleep of England.’ But, as with these other stately bodies, it seems to have yielded to the diktats of the same progressive Stasi who stalk the corridors of all the public organisations. The Trust is, by some way, the largest and most significant heritage and nature conservation charity in Britain. Its possessions include stately homes, castles, archaeological and industrial monuments, gardens, parks, and nature reserves. It receives its funds from a multiplicity of sources, including government departments, local authorities and, notably, directly from the public through the National Heritage Lottery Fund. However, it is currently facing censure …
Pope Leo XIV announces April 11 peace vigil at St. Peter’s In his first Easter message to the city and the world, the pontiff urged those with weapons to lay them down.
El Papa convoca una vigilia de oración por la paz el próximo sábado El Papa anunció este domingo, tras celebrar la Misa de la Pascua de Resurrección, la convocatoria de una vigilia de oración por la paz que, según dijo, se celebrará el próximo sábado 11 de abril en la Basílica de San Pedro. hmtv
Pope Leo XIV Announces April 11 Peace Vigil VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV announced Sunday that he will lead a prayer vigil for peace on April 11 at St. Peter’s Basilica, using his first Easter urbi et orbi message to make a forceful appeal for an end to war and a renewed embrace of dialogue. In a departure from the traditional Easter survey of major international flashpoints, Leo focused his message on the spiritual roots of peace, presenting Christ’s resurrection as the answer to a world wounded by violence, hatred, and indifference. “Easter is the victory of life over death, of light over darkness, of love over hatred,” the pope said. Yet it is also “a victory that came at a very high price”: Christ “had to die — and die on a cross — after suffering an unjust condemnation, being mocked and tortured, and shedding all his blood.” Leo said the strength behind Christ’s triumph over death was not worldly power but divine love. “This strength, this power, is God himself, for he is love …More
A forensic study has rejected long-standing claims of an organised network of 'stolen babies' in Spain during the second half of the 20th century. Conducted by five forensic geneticists from the National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences (INTCF), the research was published in March. What did the "narrative" claim? The 'stolen babies' narrative, which gained widespread attention in the 2000s and 2010s, alleged that, during the Franco era and beyond (1950s–1990s), newborn babies were systematically taken from their parents in hospitals. Mothers were told their babies had died, while the children were allegedly given to other, regime-loyal families - sometimes for money. The narrative described a coordinated network involving medical staff, hospital administrators and religious institutions, including Catholic institutions. Advocacy groups and reports have claimed that up to 300,000 babies were stolen. The first religious figure to be formally investigated was Sister María …More
This is the dangerous and threatening language that U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social just hours ago: A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran! Is this the language of a sane president of any nation? Who asks God to bless the very people he wants to kill? Only a demented person could do that. It's desperate words a madman. Who is actually been doing for "47 years (the) extortion, corruption, and death?" Here's a comment made online that best up the insanity that is coming in both words and action from …
Vice President JD Vance attends a press conference in Budapest, Hungary, on April 7. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) U.S. strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island do not represent a change in American strategy, Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday, as a U.S. official separately told Reuters the additional strikes on military targets did not impact oil infrastructure. The official, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, described at least some of the strikes as targeting sites that had been previously struck before and said the attack occurred in the early morning hours of Tuesday. Vance, speaking separately in Budapest, said the strikes were not a change in U.S. strategy, with the Trump administration confident that it can get a response from Iran by 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time in negotiations to end the conflict. A satellite image shows an oil terminal at Kharg Island, Iran, on February 25. (Planet Labs PBC via Reuters) President Donald Trump is demanding Iran forswear nuclear weapons …
Epstein in Paris: How a Sex Offender Hustled for Access to France’s Elite Jeffrey Epstein spent his last days of freedom in Paris, meeting with influential figures. It was a playbook he used everywhere he lived to stamp a veneer of respectability on a life of sordid criminality. nytimes.com/…/world/europe/epstein-paris-france- … In his last days as a free man, busy in his part-time home of Paris, Jeffrey Epstein did not appear like someone who dreaded a legal reckoning. There were meetings with architects and interior decorators. A dinner with Norwegian diplomats. Appointments with a Russian French mathematician and a Kuwaiti former official. It was a Paris sojourn like countless others for Mr. Epstein, whose every-other-month visits since the early 2000s had been a mix of restless networking, real estate shopping and, according to testimony gathered by French prosecutors, systematic sex trafficking. It was a playbook used by Mr. Epstein in every place he lived: From Manhattan to …More
Bishop Robert Barron has spoken out against criticism of his appearance at last week's White House Easter Lunch: 'In regard to the event at the White House, I had absolutely no control over what the other ministers said. My own contribution was focused on Jesus and the events of Holy Week--and I prayed for the country and that the President would govern according to God's will. To draw the conclusion that I am some mindless supporter of the MAGA movement is a calumny'
Yet he is standing there like a buffoon with his hands apart. He could have held his hands together and eyes closed like Trump. It is time to stop giving these wolves posing as shepherds a free pass.
Paul White Gold Eagle @PaulGoldEagle THE WORLD'S OLDEST PAINKILLER. Five thousand years before Tylenol. Three thousand years before aspirin. Four thousand years before penicillin. The ancient Egyptians already had a medicine that killed bacteria, blocked pain, healed wounds, and reduced inflammation. They used it so much and valued it so highly that they stockpiled it in their royal tombs. Archaeologists have found myrrh resin in Egyptian burial chambers dated to 3,000 BC, still fragrant after five millennia. The Ebers Papyrus, written around 1,550 BC and considered one of the oldest medical texts in existence, lists myrrh in over 50 separate prescriptions. For infected wounds. For tooth pain. For mouth ulcers. For joint aches. For stomach problems. The Babylonians traded it across the entire ancient world. The ancient Chinese documented it in their medical texts over 2,000 years ago. King Solomon wrote about it in the Song of Solomon. Jesus was offered myrrh mixed with wine as a …More
Queen of Heaven, most blessed among women, who art crowned with the stars and clothed with the sun, look with favor, we pray, on these thy children who seek to glorify thy Divine Son. Graciously send thy defender, Michael, to protect all involved in this holy project from the attacks of Satan, and to preserve them from every spiritual and physical harm.
Fri Oct 17, 2025 - 8:00 pm EDTFri Oct 17, 2025 - 8:25 pm EDT (LifeSiteNews) — On this week’s episode of Faith and Reason, John-Henry Westen, Father Charles Murr, and Frank Wright discussed the prayer the cast and crew of “The Resurrection of the Christ” are reciting for protection while filming that Mel Gibson shared exclusively with LifeSiteNews. The panel also discussed Jim Caviezel being recast for the highly anticipated film, Pope Leo getting caught on a hot mic telling American bishops to raise their voices about immigration, Leo appointing Cardinal Blase Cupich to the Pontifical Commission of the Vatican City State, and more. Westen read a prayer Mel Gibson has shared with LifeSiteNews, which the cast, directors, producers, and entire crew of “The Resurrection of the Christ,” the much-anticipated follow-up to his 2004 film “The Passion of the Christ,” are reciting as they begin filming in Rome. The prayer invokes the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Michael the …
Hundreds of empty seats during Leo XIV’s Easter Vigil: Matt Butorac, a Catholic pilgrimage guide, reported on X that there were “hundreds of empty seats” during the Easter Vigil at St Peter’s Basilica. The screenshots, taken from a video he shared for "those claiming it was not empty", show the basilica during the baptisms. Butorac attributes this to ticketing issues and disorganised queues. However, shortly before the Eucharist began, entry was permitted without tickets and everyone was able to enter.
EMTY SEATS: Catholic Traveler had a video on X.com from yesterday's Easter Night Eucharist with Leo XIV. Screenshots (fair use)
@sp2 I see your point and you could be correct. The published pic on this site showed less than a dozen empty seats which were probably in the back of the church. Unfortunately, too many media-types on both sides of any issue are inclined to push a narrative rather than inform their readers.
@sp2 perhaps you should share with us the specific time-mark in the vid you posted where it contradicts the conclusion that there were “hundreds of empty seats” during the service. The posted vid appears to only capture the seating in the front of the church.
At least 7 Christians were killed when Islamist terrorists struck two churches during Easter Sunday services in Ariko community, Kachia LGA, Kaduna State, Nigeria, on April 5. Several people were abducted, while the Nigerian army later rescued 31 civilians. Reports indicate the attack targeted a Catholic and an evangelical church.
Nigeria: Islamic terrorists have attacked the Ariko community, Kachia LGA in Kaduna State. 7 worshippers have been confirmed killed with so many worshipers abducted.
Al Jazeera confirms the Trump administration's near total fuel blockade on Cuba is causing infant mortality to surge. Doctors are literally operating blind in the dark as life saving machines shut off. This is a deliberate crime against humanity.
Thank GOD at least Russia has sent them oil and gas. Over 100,000 tones first ship alone. Trump backed down from blocking Russia, but he backed off. Putin probably gave him a good speech on morals and GOD! Something trump doesn't know nor understand at all.