02/07/2026

Excommunicated for schism: Vatican declares Écône bishops schismatics

A day after episcopal consecrations carried out without a pontifical mandate, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith formally declares the lat...

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01/07/2026

Guardians of Tradition? At Écône, they altered the rite to avoid telling the truth

Écône, the failure to practise what one preaches and the sectarianism running through every faction within the Church

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01/07/2026

At Écône, Lefebvrists Seal Their Own Excommunication

The Society of Saint Pius X is schismatic.

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30/06/2026

Leo XIV’s Final Appeal to the Society of Saint Pius X: When Unity Is Worth Less Than Swiss Francs

The Pope pleads with Ecône not to tear apart the Church’s communion. But with funders, support and business interests built on separation, the Frat...

29/06/2026

The broom cupboard of sinecures: the nun with an appetite for Czerny’s chair

Francis’s reform produced an ideological catch-all that claims responsibility for everything while demonstrating neither usefulness nor results. No...

29/06/2026

Angelus: Pope Leo Reads, Andrea Monda Gets the Endorsement. How Palazzo Pio Uses the Pope

Behind the Angelus greeting lies the unresolved problem of a communications operation that uses the Pope’s voice to endorse editorial projects whos...

29/06/2026

Leo XIV confers pallia on new metropolitan archbishops: “Communion is not built by clinging rigidly to one’s own position”

On the Solemnity of Rome’s patron saints, the Pope recalled the example of the Good Shepherd and the responsibility of carrying upon one’s shoulder...

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28/06/2026

Why Is July the Month of the Precious Blood?

A devotion as ancient as Calvary itself, formally established by Pius IX during the Roman Republic and revived by John XXIII. Paul VI’s reform late...

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21/06/2026

Leo XIV’s Day for Life message: ‘The Wonder of the Child in the Womb’

Writing to the bishops of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, the Pope links the dignity of the unborn child with care for parents facing peri...

20/06/2026

The real Vatican ‘crows’ who used the Pope to try to silence Silere non possum

Open.online gave the impression that it was the Holy See that wanted to silence us. The truth is different: a groundless criminal complaint, pushed...

19/06/2026

Trump humiliates Meloni and dismantles allied diplomacy

From the telephone interview on Italian television to Palazzo Chigi’s response: the US President’s insult breaches the reciprocity, confidentiality...

Love the truth;
show yourself as you are, without deceit, without fear, and without favoritism.
And if the truth costs you persecution, accept it;
and if it means torment, endure it.
And if for the truth you must sacrifice yourself and your life, be strong in your sacrifice.

Giuseppe Moscati

01/07/2026

America Keeps Its Promise: Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship

In Trump v. Barbara, the Justices in Washington have rejected the administration’s attempt to rewrite the Fourteenth Amendment by executive action....

29/06/2026

The EU has finally put rules on artificial intelligence. Here's what changes from 2 August

A doctored video of a politician. A CV binned by software before anyone reads it. An app that claims to read your mood from your voice. From August...

28/06/2026

Why Is July the Month of the Precious Blood?

A devotion as ancient as Calvary itself, formally established by Pius IX during the Roman Republic and revived by John XXIII. Paul VI’s reform late...

27/06/2026

Gen Z’s shift: working to live, not living to work

A week together in the countryside, with online meetings, shared living and a more humane pace. The workation reflects a generation seeking autonom...

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02/07/2026

Excommunicated for schism: Vatican declares Écône bishops schismatics

A day after episcopal consecrations carried out without a pontifical mandate, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith formally declares the lat...

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01/07/2026

Guardians of Tradition? At Écône, they altered the rite to avoid telling the truth

Écône, the failure to practise what one preaches and the sectarianism running through every faction within the Church

01/07/2026

At Écône, Lefebvrists Seal Their Own Excommunication

The Society of Saint Pius X is schismatic.

30/06/2026

Pagliarani Replies to Leo XIV: Nothing Changes at Ecône

The Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X has replied to the Pope’s appeal in filial terms, asking Rome to “take the time necessary”. The...

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