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04.05.202521:18
SPAIN
Minute's Silence for the Holy Father Pope Francis by Real Madrid against Celta Vigo at the Santiago Bernabéu
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Minute's Silence for the Holy Father Pope Francis by Real Madrid against Celta Vigo at the Santiago Bernabéu
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04.05.202519:18
On this week in 1916, Irish Catholic Patrick Pearse was executed
One of his poems was 'A Song for Mary Magdalene'
'O woman of the gleaming hair,
(Wild hair that won men's gaze to thee)
Weary thou turnest from the common stare,
For the shuiler Christ is calling thee.
O woman of the Snowy side,
Many a lover hath lain with thee,
Yet left thee sad at the morning tide,
But thy lover Christ shall comfort thee.
O woman with the wild thing's heart,
Old sin hath set a snare for thee:
In the forest ways forspent thou art
But the hunter Christ shall pity thee.
O woman spendthrift of thyself,
Spendthrift of all the love in thee,
Sold unto sin for little pelf,
The captain Christ shall ransom thee.
O woman that no lover's kiss
(Tho' many a kiss was given thee)
Could slake thy love, is it not for this
The hero Christ shall die for thee?'
Pearse & other leaders of 1916 received Communion on morning of the Rising
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One of his poems was 'A Song for Mary Magdalene'
'O woman of the gleaming hair,
(Wild hair that won men's gaze to thee)
Weary thou turnest from the common stare,
For the shuiler Christ is calling thee.
O woman of the Snowy side,
Many a lover hath lain with thee,
Yet left thee sad at the morning tide,
But thy lover Christ shall comfort thee.
O woman with the wild thing's heart,
Old sin hath set a snare for thee:
In the forest ways forspent thou art
But the hunter Christ shall pity thee.
O woman spendthrift of thyself,
Spendthrift of all the love in thee,
Sold unto sin for little pelf,
The captain Christ shall ransom thee.
O woman that no lover's kiss
(Tho' many a kiss was given thee)
Could slake thy love, is it not for this
The hero Christ shall die for thee?'
Pearse & other leaders of 1916 received Communion on morning of the Rising
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04.05.202518:22
'I am nothing so new fangled as a Socialist or a Syndicalist, I am old fashioned enough to be a Catholic and a Nationalist'
Irish Catholic freedom fighter Padraig Pearse
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Irish Catholic freedom fighter Padraig Pearse
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04.05.202506:05
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Catholics!
Remember it is Sunday, you know what that means 🐖 🏈
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Catholics!
Remember it is Sunday, you know what that means 🐖 🏈
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03.05.202514:28
This post by Donald Trump and the White House has been heavily criticised by many Catholics on social media
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03.05.202510:32
In 2009, Fr. Pierbattista Pizzaballa accompanied Pope Benedict XVI to the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
This is the burial place of Jesus Christ
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This is the burial place of Jesus Christ
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04.05.202521:02
TWO PATRICKS
TWO PLUNKETTS
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TWO PLUNKETTS
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04.05.202519:00
When I was a child of ten I went down on my bare knees by my bedside one night and promised God that I should devote my life to an effort to free my country.
I have kept that promise. As a boy and as a man I have worked for Irish freedom, first among all earthly things. I have helped to organise, to arm, to train, and to discipline my fellow-countrymen to the sole end that, when the time came, they might fight for Irish freedom. The time, as it seemed to me, did come, and we went into the fight. I am glad we did.
We seem to have lost.
We have not lost.
To refuse to fight would have been to lose; to fight is to win. We have kept faith with the past, and handed on a tradition to the future.
- Pádraig Pearse
May 2 1916
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I have kept that promise. As a boy and as a man I have worked for Irish freedom, first among all earthly things. I have helped to organise, to arm, to train, and to discipline my fellow-countrymen to the sole end that, when the time came, they might fight for Irish freedom. The time, as it seemed to me, did come, and we went into the fight. I am glad we did.
We seem to have lost.
We have not lost.
To refuse to fight would have been to lose; to fight is to win. We have kept faith with the past, and handed on a tradition to the future.
- Pádraig Pearse
May 2 1916
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04.05.202516:42
'Man, where are you?'
Cardinal Sarah DESTROYS the Dictatorship of Relativism in POWERFUL speech
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Cardinal Sarah DESTROYS the Dictatorship of Relativism in POWERFUL speech
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03.05.202521:37
In 2022, Cardinal Pizzaballa visited the parishioners in Gaza, including to a home for children in the care of nuns
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03.05.202513:43
As Archbishop of Saint Louis, Cardinal Burke stood up against anti life singer Sheryl Crowe after she was enlisted to sing at a charity concert
Burke resigned from the board of the charity in protest at the concert in order to 'not give scandal to the faithful'
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Burke resigned from the board of the charity in protest at the concert in order to 'not give scandal to the faithful'
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03.05.202509:24
USA
Washington State Governor Bob Ferguson, who repeatedly stated that his uncle is a Jesuit priest, has seized control of a Catholic Sacrament
A new Soviet Style law will see Catholic Priests answerable to the state for what they hear in the Confessional
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Washington State Governor Bob Ferguson, who repeatedly stated that his uncle is a Jesuit priest, has seized control of a Catholic Sacrament
A new Soviet Style law will see Catholic Priests answerable to the state for what they hear in the Confessional
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04.05.202519:48
INDIA
Hindu TERRORISTS destroy statues of the Mother of God the Blessed Virgin Mary in Chhattisgarh
The last time we posted similar videos on X before Christmas, the posts kept 'mysteriously' disappearing
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Hindu TERRORISTS destroy statues of the Mother of God the Blessed Virgin Mary in Chhattisgarh
The last time we posted similar videos on X before Christmas, the posts kept 'mysteriously' disappearing
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04.05.202518:47
Christmas Day 1915
Irish Freedom Fighter Padraig Pearse wrote his famous essay 'Ghosts' expounding on the spiritual aspect of nationhood
"They have conceived of nationality as a material thing, whereas it is a spiritual thing. They have made the same mistake that a man would make if he were to forget that he has an immortal soul. They have not recognised in their people the image and likeness of God. Hence, the nation to them is not all holy, a thing inviolate and inviolable, a thing that a man dare not sell or dishonour on pain of eternal perdition. They have thought of nationality as a thing to be negotiated about as men negotiate about a tariff or about a trade route, rather than as an immediate jewel to be preserved at all peril, a thing so sacred that it may not be brought into the market places at all or spoken of where men traffic.
He who builds on lies rears only lies. The untruth that nationality is corporeal, a thing defined by statutes and guaranteed by mutual interests, is at the base of the untruth that freedom, which is the condition of a hale nationality, is a status to be conceded rather than a glory to be achieved; and of the other untruth that it can ever be lawful in the interest of empire, in the interest of wealth, in the interest of quiet living, to forego the right to freedom. The contrary is the truth. Freedom, being a spiritual necessity, transcends all corporeal necessities, and when freedom is being considered interests should not be spoken of. Or, if the terms of the counting house be the ones that are best understood, let us put it that it is the highest interest of a nation to be free.
Like a divine religion, national freedom bears the marks of unity, of sanctity, of catholicity, of apostolic succession. Of unity, for it contemplates the nation as one; of sanctity, for it is holy in itself and in those who serve it; of catholicity, for it embraces all the men and women of the nation; of apostolic succession, for it, or the aspiration after it, passes down from generation to generation from the nation’s fathers. A nation’s fundamental idea of freedom is not affected by the accidents of time and circumstance. It does not vary with the centuries, or with the comings and goings of men or of empires. The substance of truth does not change, nor does the substance of freedom. Yesterday’s definition of both the one and the other is to-day’s definition and will be to-morrow's"
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Irish Freedom Fighter Padraig Pearse wrote his famous essay 'Ghosts' expounding on the spiritual aspect of nationhood
"They have conceived of nationality as a material thing, whereas it is a spiritual thing. They have made the same mistake that a man would make if he were to forget that he has an immortal soul. They have not recognised in their people the image and likeness of God. Hence, the nation to them is not all holy, a thing inviolate and inviolable, a thing that a man dare not sell or dishonour on pain of eternal perdition. They have thought of nationality as a thing to be negotiated about as men negotiate about a tariff or about a trade route, rather than as an immediate jewel to be preserved at all peril, a thing so sacred that it may not be brought into the market places at all or spoken of where men traffic.
He who builds on lies rears only lies. The untruth that nationality is corporeal, a thing defined by statutes and guaranteed by mutual interests, is at the base of the untruth that freedom, which is the condition of a hale nationality, is a status to be conceded rather than a glory to be achieved; and of the other untruth that it can ever be lawful in the interest of empire, in the interest of wealth, in the interest of quiet living, to forego the right to freedom. The contrary is the truth. Freedom, being a spiritual necessity, transcends all corporeal necessities, and when freedom is being considered interests should not be spoken of. Or, if the terms of the counting house be the ones that are best understood, let us put it that it is the highest interest of a nation to be free.
Like a divine religion, national freedom bears the marks of unity, of sanctity, of catholicity, of apostolic succession. Of unity, for it contemplates the nation as one; of sanctity, for it is holy in itself and in those who serve it; of catholicity, for it embraces all the men and women of the nation; of apostolic succession, for it, or the aspiration after it, passes down from generation to generation from the nation’s fathers. A nation’s fundamental idea of freedom is not affected by the accidents of time and circumstance. It does not vary with the centuries, or with the comings and goings of men or of empires. The substance of truth does not change, nor does the substance of freedom. Yesterday’s definition of both the one and the other is to-day’s definition and will be to-morrow's"
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04.05.202514:31
The Popemobile used by Pope Francis during his visit to Bethlehem is to be transformed into a clinic to treat wounded Palestinian children in Gaza
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03.05.202519:39
This footage of the great Pope Leo XIII was recorded in 1896
Leo XIII was born in 1810, making him the furthest person in history to have been captured on film
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Leo XIII was born in 1810, making him the furthest person in history to have been captured on film
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03.05.202512:25
Cardinals entering St. Peter's Basilica for Mass
One of these men will be named the successor to St. Peter soon
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One of these men will be named the successor to St. Peter soon
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03.05.202500:57
Irish American Cardinal Dolan saying Mass at a Mass Rock in Ireland
These were the secret locations where his ancestors literally risked their lives to go to Mass under the Penal Laws
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These were the secret locations where his ancestors literally risked their lives to go to Mass under the Penal Laws
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04.05.202519:35
"Ireland will not find Christ's peace until she has taken Christ's sword. What peace she has known in these latter days has been the devil's peace, peace with sin, peace with dishonour. It is a foul thing, dear only to men of foul breeds"
Catholic Freedom Fighter Padraig Pearse
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Catholic Freedom Fighter Padraig Pearse
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04.05.202518:28
1916 Padraig Pearse's last letter to his mother before his martyrdom
"My Dearest Mother,
I have been hoping up to now it would be possible to see you again, but it does not seem possible. Goodbye, dear mother. Through you I say good-bye to “Wow Wow” (a sister), Mary Brigid, Willie, Miss B. Michael, Cousin Margine and every one at St. Enda’s. I hope and believe Willie and St. Enda boys will be all safe. I have written two papers about financial affairs and one about my books which I want you to get. With them are a few poems which I want added to the poems in MS. in my bookcase. You asked me to write a little poem which would seem to be said by you about me. I have written it, and a copy is in Arbor Hill barracks with other papers.
I just received Holy Communion. I am happy, except for the great grief of parting from you. This is the death I should have asked if God had given me the choice of all deaths—to die a soldier’s death for Ireland and for freedom.
We have done right. People will say hard things of us now, but later on will praise us. Do not grieve for all this, but think of it as a sacrifice which God asked of me and of you. Good-bye again, dear mother. May God bless you for your great love for me and for your great faith, and may He remember all you have so bravely suffered. I hope soon to see papa, and in a little while we shall be all together again. I have not words to tell you of my love for you and how my heart yearns to you all
I will call to you in my heart at the last moment.
Your son,
Pat"
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"My Dearest Mother,
I have been hoping up to now it would be possible to see you again, but it does not seem possible. Goodbye, dear mother. Through you I say good-bye to “Wow Wow” (a sister), Mary Brigid, Willie, Miss B. Michael, Cousin Margine and every one at St. Enda’s. I hope and believe Willie and St. Enda boys will be all safe. I have written two papers about financial affairs and one about my books which I want you to get. With them are a few poems which I want added to the poems in MS. in my bookcase. You asked me to write a little poem which would seem to be said by you about me. I have written it, and a copy is in Arbor Hill barracks with other papers.
I just received Holy Communion. I am happy, except for the great grief of parting from you. This is the death I should have asked if God had given me the choice of all deaths—to die a soldier’s death for Ireland and for freedom.
We have done right. People will say hard things of us now, but later on will praise us. Do not grieve for all this, but think of it as a sacrifice which God asked of me and of you. Good-bye again, dear mother. May God bless you for your great love for me and for your great faith, and may He remember all you have so bravely suffered. I hope soon to see papa, and in a little while we shall be all together again. I have not words to tell you of my love for you and how my heart yearns to you all
I will call to you in my heart at the last moment.
Your son,
Pat"
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04.05.202511:58
The incredible Duomo in Milan, Italy
Is this the most impressive church in Europe?
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Is this the most impressive church in Europe?
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03.05.202515:46
IL NINOS
Procession by Spanish Catholic children
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Procession by Spanish Catholic children
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03.05.202511:40
Cardinal Müller presiding over the closing Mass of the Chartres Pilgrimage in 2024
Tens of thousands of young people walked for 100km over 3 days as part of the Traditional Latin Mass Pilgrimage
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Tens of thousands of young people walked for 100km over 3 days as part of the Traditional Latin Mass Pilgrimage
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03.05.202500:05
DJ Padre Guilherme has teased the impending release of his official Jubilee 2025 track 'Pilgrims of Hope'
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