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Peter’s Pence Lawsuit Goes to Supreme Court After Six Years of Bishops’ Failed Appeals

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Peter’s Pence Lawsuit Goes to Supreme Court After Six Years of Bishops’ Failed Appeals

The Peter’s Pence class action lawsuit against the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) was originally filed in January 2020. The lawsuit alleges that USCCB routinely asks Catholics throughout the country to donate money to the annual Peter’s Pence collection to “help victims of war, oppression, natural disaster, or disease,” but the money actually goes into funds which invest in such ventures as luxury condominium developments and Hollywood movies. The Plaintiff claims the USCCB is liable under theories of common law fraud, unjust enrichment, and breach of fiduciary duty.
After 6 years of failed attempts to get the lawsuit dismissed, the USCCB and now filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari. A writ of certiorari is a legal remedy used to review the decisions of a lower court. A writ would allow the Supreme Court to examine the records of the case and determine whether the lower court’s decision was correct.
In their 52-page petition,…

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This poses the question about the USCCB - What else is not Kosher?
Fool me once - shame on you
Fool me twice - shame on me
Fool me three times - I'm a numb-skull

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Epstein Correspondence Mentions Vatican Bank And Benedict's Resignation

The recent release of emails and documents linked to Jeffrey Epstein by the U.S. Department of Justice includes speculation about the Vatican Bank IOR and Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation.
In a February 21, 2013 email to economist Larry Summers, Epstein suggested in his distorted view that the most significant change in the Vatican was not Benedict XVI’s resignation, but a leadership shift at the IOR. He claimed the Vatican’s sovereign status exempted the bank from Italian and European Union transparency rules.
The email referred to the removal of IOR president Ettore Gotti Tedeschi in May 2012 amid Italian investigations into alleged financial misconduct. Epstein wrote that 47 dossiers were found at Tedeschi’s home and that intercepted calls showed he feared for his safety due to his knowledge of Vatican financial matters. Epstein wrote that by late 2012, Tedeschi was cooperating with Italian authorities.
Epstein also noted that German lawyer Ernst von Freyberg was appointed president …More

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1. Podesta emails revealed by wiki leaks discussed the "Catholic spring" which was basically that the neutering of the Catholic Church had already been accomplished?
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2. Cardinal Pell was placed in charge of investigating the Vatican bank, and was falsely accused, he had to stand trial and found not guilty, and then his death was surrounded by unsolved anomalies?
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3. Pope Benedict appointed a small group to investigate the "lavender lobby" in the Catholic Church who handed him a completed 300 page report which has gone missing as soon as Bergoglio entered the picture with his stage name Pope Francis ?

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Replacing a local corruption with a global one.

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Following Spain’s mass amnesty, a large assault on Ceuta’s ‘crumbling’ border fence is imminent – Allah's Willing Executioners

Migrants storm border fence into Spain’s Ceuta enclave. Screengrab youtube
Spain’s Civil Guard officers’ association has warned that the border fence surrounding the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta is in a state of serious deterioration, with several sections in disrepair, allowing migrants to cross the barrier in less than 30 seconds.
In a statement cited by
Europa Sur, the Unified Association of the Civil Guard (AUGC) said recent storms in the Strait of Gibraltar, including Storm Kristin, caused parts of the double fence separating Ceuta from Morocco to collapse or loosen, leaving what it described as a border in a state of “collapse.”
Repair of the infrastructure has not been made a priority, and the damage has coincided with the mass amnesty offered by Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, to illegal immigrants, which experts warned has created a mass pull factor that is placing even more pressure on authorities protecting Spanish territory.
The association renewed …

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Father Paul Kramer with John Henry Westen of LifeSite News discuss the Fatima Messages and the beginning chatisement in 2026.

Father Paul Kramer with John Henry Westen of LifeSite News discuss the Fatima Messages and the beginning chatisement in 2026.
Fatima scholar predicts MAJOR SIGN: beginning of …

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"Hear what the wise man thinks of the hope of the wicked: "The hope of the wicked is as dust, which is blown away with the wind, and as a thin froth which is dispersed by the storm: and a smoke that is scattered abroad by the wind; and as the remembrance of a guest of one day that passeth by."(Wisdom v. 15.)."

‘THE ART OF DYING WELL’ by CARDINAL Saint BELLARMINE - ‘CHAPTER III ~ THE THIRD PRECEPT, WHICH IS CONCERNING THE THREE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES.’; pages 7-9

[St. Robert Bellarmine – XVI-XVII Century A.D.; Montepulciano, Grand Duchy of Tuscany/Rome, Papal States; (Aged 78); Cardinal; Rector; Professor; Doctor of the Church; Role in Giordano Bruno & Galileo cases]
“CHAPTER III ~ THE THIRD PRECEPT, WHICH IS CONCERNING THE THREE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES.
IN the last chapter we showed, that no one can die a good death, without first dying to the world.
Now we shall point out what he must do who is dead to the world, in order that he may live to God; for in the first chapter we proved, that no man can die well, without having lived well. The essence of a good life is laid down by St. Paul, in his first Epistle to Timothy, in these words: " Now the end of the commandment is charity from a pure heart, and a good conscience, and an unfeigned faith." (chap, i.) The apostle was not ignorant of the answer our Lord gave to one who had asked Him: " What shall I do to possess eternal life ? " He answered, “If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments …More

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Una Voce Asks Leo XIV for Concessions - in View of the FSSPX’s Consecrations

Una Voce International - the largest international association of lay Catholics associated with the Mass of the Roman rite - published a February 3 statement regarding the announced consecrations of bishops for the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X without a papal mandate. The statement was signed by Joseph Shaw (President, England), Monika Rheinschmitt (Vice President, Germany), and Andris Amolins (Secretary, Latvia).
They write about the announcement: "Our ardent wish, shared by many Catholics of goodwill, is for the canonical regularisation of the FSSPX, which would enable its many good works to bear the greatest possible fruit. This announcement indicates that this outcome is a more distant prospect than it has seemed for many years."
The group shares the FSSPX's goal of making the Church's ancient liturgy available as widely as possible.
Their main claim: "We know many Catholics able to attend the Traditional Mass with all the necessary permissions from the Church’s hierarchy,…More

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Abp Vigano: Personally, I pray that the Society soon recognizes that the absence of a true pope explains both the necessity and the disorder.

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"The group shares the FSSPX's goal of making the Church's ancient liturgy available as wide as possible."
WRONG!
"The SSPX's main goal is the formation of HOLY PRIESTS. These priests are given to the Church for the sanctification of souls by employing the means that the Church has always used:
1- The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, specifically the 'Mass of all Time'.
2- The preaching of..."

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CATECHISM OF PERSEVERANCE : AN HISTORICAL, DOCTRINAL,MORAL, AND LITURGICAL EXPOSITION OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION Translated from the French of Mgr Gaume by REV. F. B. JAMISON - COURSE FIRST - CHAPTER 50 - .Preparation for the Messiah - History of the Machabees: (A.C. 170.)...Download, print, and above all share this Bread of Life (by clicking on "share")

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This is the text of two letters written by Archbishop Lefebvre in 1988, just prior to the illicit consecrations. They show what was on his mind that that time - the salvation of souls and the good of the Church.
Archbishop Lefebvre to his bishops-elect

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Archbishop Lefebvre to his bishops-elect

Below is the text of two letters written by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre to the priests he would soon consecrate as bishops, without the approval of Rome.
The letters were written on two consecutive days: June 12th and 13th, 1988. They were published in the traditionalist journal, Catholic, and are republished here with permission.
From Archb. Lefebvre to the four Bishops elect: June 12, 1988
“It’s over. The talks between Rome and ourselves are over. The more one thinks about it, the more one realises their intentions are not good. Look at what happened to the Traditional leaders, Dom Augustin, Fr de Blignieres, who went over to Rome and have been swallowed up. Rome wants everything to go Vatican II, while they leave us a little bit of Tradition.
Archbishop Lefebvre in 1981. Image
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“De Saventhem [then-President of the conservative (not Traditional) organisation, Una Voce] tells me we could still come to an understanding. But I tell him the misunderstanding is not over little …

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GOD'S WILL BE DONE.
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Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre was a saintly man.
The hierarchy of the SSPX would have been more prescient if they had followed His Excellency Archbishop Lefebvre as he left them with the full understanding of the exact state of Rome regarding its disastrous state of apostasy.
However, they did not do so when they sidestepped to involve the SSPX in a compromised position by their 2012 Declarational Agreement with Rome.
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GOD'S WILL BE DONE.

Mandelson resigns from Labour to prevent ‘further embarrassment’ over Epstein links

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Mandelson resigns from Labour to prevent ‘further embarrassment’ over Epstein links

Peter Mandelson has said he has resigned his membership of the Labour party to avoid causing it “further embarrassment” after more revelations about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
The peer, who was sacked as US ambassador last year because of his links to Epstein, featured in documents released by the US Department of Justice on Friday related to the convicted sex offender.
Mandelson said he had written on Sunday evening to Hollie Ridley, the general secretary of the Labour party, to say he was resigning his party membership.
His letter said: “I have been further linked this weekend to the understandable furore surrounding Jeffrey Epstein and I feel regretful and sorry about this.
“Allegations which I believe to be false that he made financial payments to me 20 years ago, and of which I have no record or recollection, need investigating by me.
“While doing this, I do not wish to cause further embarrassment to the Labour party and I am therefore stepping down from membership …

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‘THE ART OF DYING WELL’ by CARDINAL Saint BELLARMINE - ‘CHAPTER III ~ THE THIRD PRECEPT, WHICH IS CONCERNING THE THREE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES.’; pages 7-9

[St. Robert Bellarmine – XVI-XVII Century A.D.; Montepulciano, Grand Duchy of Tuscany/Rome, Papal States; (Aged 78); Cardinal; Rector; Professor; Doctor of the Church; Role in Giordano Bruno & Galileo cases]
“CHAPTER III ~ THE THIRD PRECEPT, WHICH IS CONCERNING THE THREE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES.
IN the last chapter we showed, that no one can die a good death, without first dying to the world.
Now we shall point out what he must do who is dead to the world, in order that he may live to God; for in the first chapter we proved, that no man can die well, without having lived well. The essence of a good life is laid down by St. Paul, in his first Epistle to Timothy, in these words: " Now the end of the commandment is charity from a pure heart, and a good conscience, and an unfeigned faith." (chap, i.) The apostle was not ignorant of the answer our Lord gave to one who had asked Him: " What shall I do to possess eternal life ? " He answered, “If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments …More

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"Hear what the wise man thinks of the hope of the wicked: "The hope of the wicked is as dust, which is blown away with the wind, and as a thin froth which is dispersed by the storm: and a smoke that is scattered abroad by the wind; and as the remembrance of a guest of one day that passeth by."(Wisdom v. 15.)."

In Principio

"There are, therefore, three virtues, in which the perfection of the Christian law consists; charity from a pure heart, hope from a good conscience, and faith unfeigned. But as charity is first in the order of perfection, so in the order of generation, faith cometh first, according to the words of the apostle: " Now there remain, faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greater of these is charity."

Marek Wójcik

Epstein’s plandemic

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1155. Epstein’s plandemic – World Scam

02/04/2026
Entire blog as a free PDF eBook.
While the media worldwide reports on the juicy details of the published files on the Epstein scandal and tries to shift all responsibility onto Trump, whom they hate, I have not yet said a word about this extremely brutal criminal case, which serves to control politicians and people who have influence on world politics. If it turns out that there is evidence of criminal activity by the current US president, I will be the first to call for his impeachment.
China’s Supreme People’s Court declares that sexual abuse of children is a “particularly heinous” crime and is punishable by death without mercy under the law.
In domestic politics, China relies on totalitarian, technocratic control of its own population. In international relations, however, it shows neither ideological expansion, as the USSR once did, nor does it introduce “true democracy” with bombs, as the US constantly does. China’s war against the Western world is more calculated and …

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German Clergy Salaries

Brace yourself !
It's a Glorious Racket

According to OOgle AI:
Many Catholic priests and bishops in Germany receive a salary or, more accurately, compensation from the state (individual German states, or
Länder), rather than solely from church collections.
Salary Amount: The average salary for a priest in Germany is around €50,144 per year. High-ranking officials like cardinals can have salaries of approximately €16,000 a month (roughly $16,000-$17,000).

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That's about $ 200,000 per year for Cardinal wages.

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Texas Senate seat loss sends shockwaves through the Republican Party

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Texas Senate seat loss sends shockwaves through the Republican Party

In this image taken from KXAS video, State Sen-elect Taylor Rehmet (D) speaks Jan. 31, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas, after winning a special election for the Texas state Senate and flipped a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024. (KXAS via AP)
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Texas is still a red state, but the
stunning election results in Fort Worth on Saturday show that a blue spine continues to grow along Interstate 35, threatening the GOP’s hold.
When Democrat Taylor Rehmet defeated Trump-endorsed Leigh Wambsganss, he won an area in North Texas that President Donald Trump had just carried by 17 percentage points in 2024.
What’s worse for Republicans is how Rehmet did it. About 50% of the voters who showed up in the special election in Tarrant County previously voted in a GOP primary, which should have given Wambsganss an edge.
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Instead, Rehmet dominated with independents and peeled off enough past GOP voters in winning a seat that a Democrat …

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Back and forth avoiding constitutional principles.

Father Karl A Claver

Too many Texas GOPs are mainly focused on football, and not the important things in life.

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"Conservative" Bishop Oster Announces the National Synodal Body in Germany

"Conservative" Bishop Stefan Oster of Passau is preparing his audience for a 'Synodal Conference' which will hold its inaugural meeting in November.
On Bistum-Passau.de on 3 February, Monsignor Oster said that the new body still requires approval from the German Bishops’ Conference and the Vatican, but he believes that "this new body at the national level will come into being". He added that with it, "synodality" should be placed on a lasting footing.
Bishop Oster described the six-year journey of the German Synod as enriching and meaningful. At the last Synodal Assembly in Stuttgart last weekend, he said, they had tried to "establish a connection with the Roman Synod on Synodality". Following the Roman model, he praised that they had used the method of "conversation in the Holy Spirit".
This new permanent national synodal body should regularly monitor the bishops' implementation of the Synodal Way, a move that even Cardinal Marx opposed. "I caution against pursuing this path. It is …More

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‘THE PASSION AND CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE SEVEN LAST WORDS FROM THE CROSS’ By St. ALPHONSUS de LIGUORI – ‘V. Jesus upon the Cross’; pp. 6-8

[Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori – XVII – XVIII Century AD: Marianella, Kingdom of Naples/Pagani, Kingdom of Naples; (aged 90); spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher, and theologian, Founder, Bishop, Doctor of the Church]
V. ~ Jesus upon the Cross
Jesus upon the cross was a spectacle which filled heaven and earth with amazement
, at the sight of an Almighty God, the Lord of all, dying upon an infamous cross, condemned as a criminal between two other malefactors. It was a spectacle of justice, in displaying the Eternal Father, in order that his justice might be satisfied; punishing the sins of men in the person of his only-begotten Son, loved by him as himself. It was a spectacle of mercy, displaying his innocent Son dying a death so shameful and so bitter, in order to save his creatures from the punishment that was due to them. Especially was it a sight of love, in displaying a God who offered and gave his life to redeem from death his slaves …More

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"In a word, the cross, that is, the Passion of Jesus Christ, is that which will gain for us the victory over all our passions and all the temptations that hell will hold out to us, in order to separate us from God. The cross is the road and ladder by which we mount to heaven. Happy he who embraces it during his life, and does not put it off till the hour of death. He that dies embracing the cross has a sure pledge of eternal life, which is promised to all those who follow Jesus Christ with their cross."

Lazarus Peter Kalamation.com

May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved throughout the world now and forever.

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‘EC interfered in elections across Europe and censors content,’ US Republicans say – Allah's Willing Executioners

Former Internal Market European Commission Commissioner, Thierry Breton, an EU censor who threatened X if they carried an interview with Donald Trump. Wikimedia Commons, Bogdan Hoyaux / European Union, CC-BY-4.0
The US House Committee on the Judiciary has ramped up its accusations against the European Commission, accusing it of repeated election interference and censorship.
After reviewing documents and communications of European regulators regarding Brussels’ tech regulation, the Republican-led Committee published a report titled The EU Censorship Files, Part II.
It is accompanied by thousands of pages of internal Big Tech documents and communications with European regulators.
The committee, chaired by Republican Jim Jordan, describes the material as proof of a decade-long European campaign to impose global narrative control through pressure on social-media platforms.
The findings build directly on January’s exposure by the same committee of the EC’s first-ever fine under the …

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Leo XIV Appoints Archbishop of Prague: "Synod Is Big Inspiration"

Pope Leo XIV has appointed today Monsignor Stanislav Přibyl, 54, as Archbishop of Prague, Czech Republic.
Born in Prague in 1971, he was ordained as a Redemptorist priest in 1996. Monsignor Přibyl has served as Secretary General of the Czech Bishops' Conference from 2016 to 2023, and has been the Bishop of Litoměřice since 2023.
In April 2025, he became Vice President of the Czech Bishops’ Conference.
There are no public scandals or heresies surrounding Monsignor Přibyl.
In January 2026, he was one of the co-consecrators of the anti-Catholic Archbishop Grünwidl of Vienna.
Institutionally Loyal Man of the Apparatus
As Secretary-General, he organised strict measures during the Covid hysteria. He readily complied with the state's restrictions on public worship, emphasising alternative online access, and avoided confrontation with the authorities.
In January 2021, anti-restriction protesters in Prague wore yellow stars marked 'unvaccinated', sparking outrage. Monsignor Přibyl signed a …More

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Impressed by the episcopal attire.

"In a word, the cross, that is, the Passion of Jesus Christ, is that which will gain for us the victory over all our passions and all the temptations that hell will hold out to us, in order to separate us from God. The cross is the road and ladder by which we mount to heaven. Happy he who embraces it during his life, and does not put it off till the hour of death. He that dies embracing the cross has a sure pledge of eternal life, which is promised to all those who follow Jesus Christ with their cross."

‘THE PASSION AND CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE SEVEN LAST WORDS FROM THE CROSS’ By St. ALPHONSUS de LIGUORI – ‘V. Jesus upon the Cross’; pp. 6-8

[Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori – XVII – XVIII Century AD: Marianella, Kingdom of Naples/Pagani, Kingdom of Naples; (aged 90); spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher, and theologian, Founder, Bishop, Doctor of the Church]
V. ~ Jesus upon the Cross
Jesus upon the cross was a spectacle which filled heaven and earth with amazement
, at the sight of an Almighty God, the Lord of all, dying upon an infamous cross, condemned as a criminal between two other malefactors. It was a spectacle of justice, in displaying the Eternal Father, in order that his justice might be satisfied; punishing the sins of men in the person of his only-begotten Son, loved by him as himself. It was a spectacle of mercy, displaying his innocent Son dying a death so shameful and so bitter, in order to save his creatures from the punishment that was due to them. Especially was it a sight of love, in displaying a God who offered and gave his life to redeem from death his slaves …More

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