The VaticanNews portal reports on May 17, 2026, that the usurper Leo XIV (Robert Prevost), during a Regina Caeli address, encouraged the “Laudato Si’ Movement” and all who work for an “integral ecology,” equating care for peace with care for life, while commemorating the 800th anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi’s death. The article presents this syncretistic agenda as legitimate Catholic teaching.
VaticanNews portal reports on May 17, 2026, that the usurper Leo XIV (Robert Prevost) marked the 60th World Day of Social Communications with a Regina Caeli appeal and a January 24 message titled “Preserving Human Voices and Faces,” in which he encouraged Catholics to direct technological innovation—particularly artificial intelligence—toward “the truth of the human person,” warning that AI systems “encroach upon the deepest level of communication, that of human relationships” by simulating voices, faces, and emotions. He called for “digital literacy,” “humanistic and cultural education,” and urged people to “cherish the gift of communication as the deepest truth of humanity.” The entire framework is a masterclass in naturalistic humanism masquerading as pastoral concern, utterly silent on the supernatural order, the salvation of souls, and the exclusive kingship of Jesus Christ over all spheres of human endeavor—including technology.
EWTN News reports that the All Ireland Rosary Rally, scheduled for June 6, 2026, in Knock, is launching a nationwide billboard campaign across Ireland to attract over 10,000 participants. Organizers, including “Father” Marius O’Reilly, cite the legacy of Father Patrick Peyton and emphasize devotion to Our Lady and prayer for peace. However, beneath the veneer of pious promotion lies a profound spiritual void, symptomatic of the post-conciliar Church’s descent into naturalism, emotionalism, and the abandonment of integral Catholic truth.
EWTN News reports that on May 17, 2026, the Vatican announced the creation of a new commission on artificial intelligence, approved by Leo XIV, to coordinate the Holy See’s response to AI technology. The article frames this as a moral initiative aligned with Catholic social teaching, citing Leo’s choice of papal name as a response to AI challenges, and notes the commission will involve multiple Vatican dicasteries. However, this move is yet another manifestation of the conciliar sect’s obsession with worldly concerns while ignoring the supernatural truths of the Faith, reducing the Church’s mission to a bureaucratic exercise in technological ethics devoid of doctrinal substance.
National Catholic Register portal (May 16, 2026) – Bradley Shumaker’s commentary examines the character of Dr. Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory, arguing that the show portrays atheism as the natural product of intelligence and scientific progress. Shumaker contends that history and even modern science itself contradict this narrative, demonstrating that rejection of God is an ancient error rooted in pride, not a modern discovery. The article highlights that the Big Bang theory was devised by a Catholic priest, Georges Lemaître, and that scientific progress has consistently moved toward Catholic truth rather than away from it.
The National Catholic Register portal reports on EWTN’s television programming for May 17-30, 2026, highlighting a Memorial Day concert, a Eucharistic Pilgrimage, and various Masses. The article presents a seamless blend of American patriotism and Catholic liturgical life, exemplified by the National Memorial Day Concert on PBS, which “honors our war dead and commemorates the 250th anniversary of the United States,” alongside EWTN’s coverage of the “National Eucharistic Pilgrimage.” This juxtaposition, where the “U.S. flag hangs outside the Basilica” and the “Magazine and the Miracle: Finding Father Kapaun” is featured, reveals a profound theological confusion that subordinates the supernatural mission of the Church to the cult of the nation-state, a hallmark of the conciliar revolution’s capitulation to modernism and religious indifferentism.
EWTN News reports that Joseph Manzi, the former finance director of St. Leo the Great Parish in Lincroft, New Jersey, has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $675,000 from the parish—funds used to finance a “lavish lifestyle” including personal medical bills, sports tickets, chartered fishing trips, and a Cadillac SUV. Prosecutors initially charged him in October 2025 after internal staff discovered unauthorized charges; a separate civil suit alleged over $1.5 million in total theft. As part of his plea agreement, Manzi will pay $1.2 million in restitution and faces a recommended five-year prison sentence. This case is not merely a crime story—it is a symptom of the systemic spiritual and institutional rot within the post-conciliar Church, where the absence of true Catholic discipline, accountability, and supernatural vision has created fertile ground for corruption, sacrilege, and betrayal of sacred trust.
VaticanNews portal (May 16, 2026) reports on Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline’s enthusiastic reception of Antipope Leo XIV’s planned apostolic journey to France from September 25 to 28. The Archbishop of Marseille and President of the French Bishops’ Conference frames this visit as “a great joy” and an “encouragement” for a Church facing challenges including abuse scandals, rural aging, and growing numbers of catechumens. Aveline expresses hope that Leo XIV will provide “a roadmap to continue our mission in communion with the universal Church,” with planned stops at UNESCO headquarters and Lourdes. This entire narrative reveals the conciliar sect’s systematic replacement of supernatural mission with naturalistic humanism, reducing the Church’s divine mandate to a bureaucratic exercise in international diplomacy and educational policy.
On May 5, 2026, 21 men in formation for the priesthood at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary and School of Theology in Cincinnati participated in the 28th annual Flying Pig Marathon. Emerson Wells, a seminarian at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, placed second overall with a personal best marathon time of 2:23:52, averaging 5 minutes, 30 seconds per mile for the entire 26.2 mile race. The seminarian-led Verso l’Alto Track Club team won first place in the 4-person relay, clocking a finish time of 2:30:39 and outstripping the second place relay team by nearly 20 minutes. The article highlights the integration of physical excellence with spiritual devotion, as the seminarians combine rigorous athletic training with their priestly formation, running under the banner of St. Pier Giorgio Frassati, whose Italian phrase “Verso l’Alto” translates to “To the heights.” While the integration of physical fitness and spiritual life is commendable in principle, the uncritical invocation of a “canonized” saint by the post-conciliar usurper raises serious questions about the supernatural legitimacy of such devotions.
The National Catholic Register portal reports on the 70th anniversary celebration of the St. James Vicariate in Jerusalem, a “Hebrew-speaking Catholic” community of approximately 1,200 members spread across seven congregations in Israel. The article, filed by correspondent Michele Chabin on May 16, 2026, presents Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the “Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem,” presiding over the “Divine Liturgy” alongside Father Piotr Zelazko, described as the “patriarchal vicar for the vicariate.” The piece describes a community of Jewish converts to Catholicism, descendants of Jewish-born Catholics, mixed Jewish-Christian families, migrants, and even some Arab Catholic families whose children attend Hebrew-speaking schools. The article highlights the vicariate’s use of modern Hebrew in the “Mass,” its adaptation of the liturgical calendar to Jewish holidays such as Simchat Torah, and its reported use of matzah instead of standard Eucharistic hosts to “underscore the Jewish roots of Christianity.” It further notes that some members serve in the Israel Defense Forces, that the vicariate positions itself as a “bridge-builder” between Jews and Christians and between Hebrew-speaking and Arabic-speaking Catholics, and that it openly welcomes people of all denominations and faiths “to discover, not to change, their faith.” The article presents this entire enterprise in an unambiguously positive light, as a heartwarming story of a small, intimate community finding its spiritual home, without a single critical examination of the profound theological, doctrinal, and spiritual contradictions that permeate every aspect of this venture. This uncritical presentation is itself symptomatic of the conciliar mentality: the reduction of the Catholic Faith to a culturally adaptive, anthropocentric project devoid of the supernatural mission of the Church, the conversion of souls, and the exclusive salvific claim of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
