Mahmoud Abbas in an interview: «Direct political communication between us and the Israeli government is practically non-existent.» This lack of dialogue has occurred «for years due to the extremist policies of the current government, which has failed to fulfill previous commitments and has continued with colonization, attacks by occupation forces and settlers against the Palestinian people, the strangulation of the economy and the withholding of Palestinian revenues, which exceed three billion dollars. Added to this is the weakening of our national institutions and the destruction of the two-State solution.» We express our gratitude to the Holy See and Italy, which, together with the European Union, «play essential and complementary roles in supporting a just peace. We thank Europe for its humanitarian and political positions, the role of our friend Italy in aid, development and security, and the moral stance of the Holy See».
Pope Leo XIV greeted young Palestinians, Israelis, and Americans who participated in the second edition of Meaning Meets Us, the educational program promoted by Scholas Occurrentes. Without a special audience, during the Wednesday audience in St. Peter’s Square. Meaning Meets Us represents a unique educational bet: that of bringing together students from different religions and nationalities in the same space, without political slogans, so that coexistence is the true learning.
Leo XIV received the members of the Joint Committee of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE), the Conference of European Churches (CEC) and several representatives of the Christian Churches of the continent, gathered for the signing of the new Ecumenical Charter. A new step on the path to Christian unity in Europe twenty-five years after the signing of the document. He reiterated that «in the Catholic Church, the synodal path is ecumenical, just as the ecumenical path is synodal», recognizing in Synodal ity, a method of mutual listening and shared discernment, capable of making the Christian message more effective in the contemporary world. The Pope expressed his gratitude for the work of revising the Charter, which has allowed for defining a common vision on current challenges and priorities for the future of the continent, speaking of «a true synodal exercise of walking together».
Several important jubilees remain to be celebrated and the closing of the Holy Door is scheduled for January 6. They tell us that up to now the number of pilgrims has reached nearly 30 million. The work continues and we are heading to the Jubilee of 2033, the bimillennium of Christ’s death, a historic moment for all Christians, which requires at least five years of preparation. The World of Work Jubilee will be celebrated on Saturday, November 8, 2025, moved from May due to the death of Pope Francis. 10,000 pilgrims are expected, representatives of all workers’ associations and federations and volunteers and includes the Jubilee Audience with Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter’s Square.
We continue with the Orlandi soap opera in the media, a topic that continues to stir passions in Italy. «I have no proof to back it up, but I can say that he probably had something to do with this kidnapping. The Vatican’s ties were quite close, and I do not rule out the possibility of his involvement.» «De Pedis? I have no proof to back this claim, but I can say that he probably had something to do with this kidnapping. His connections with the Vatican were very close, so I do not rule out the possibility that he was involved.» Because, added Prefect D’Angelo, referring to De Pedis’s «relations with the Vatican», «and with Marcinkus in particular, I do not rule it out».
And we go to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, where our friend Tucho continues, we already know that any document or decision he makes instead of clarifying something, we enter the world of confusion of so many things that were clear and did not create any controversy. In his new document «Mater Populi Fidelis» , he has considered it appropriate to banish from the Catholic vocabulary one of the most venerable Marian titles of our tradition: co-redemptrix. With cold bureaucratic precision, paragraph 22 dismisses the title as «inappropriate», arguing that «it corresponds to obscuring Christ’s singular mediation in salvation». The same worn-out refrain of «avoiding confusions», the same «ecumenical reasons» that for sixty years have emptied Catholic doctrine until only its diffuse outlines remain. For more than five centuries, the Church has glorified Mary as co-redemptrix, not as a rival of Christ, but as his chosen companion in suffering. The saints and popes understood with supernatural instinct that Mary’s fiat was not a footnote to the Redemption, but the human echo itself of the divine decree: «Let it be done to me according to your word». From Benedict XV’s decree of 1918 recognizing her as «redeemer of the human race together with Christ» to Pius XI’s invocation as co-redemptrix, there is an undeniable continuity. It is written in the blood and tears of Calvary, not in the minutes of post-conciliar commissions. The architects of “Mater populi fidelis” want to make us believe that all this is just a misunderstanding, a symptom of “theological immaturity”. The false ecumenism underlying the document is evident. The real motive, barely disguised under the verbiage, is ecumenical diplomacy. We are told that the title of co-redemptrix could hinder dialogue with Protestants. In other words, these impostors want to negotiate the truths of the faith, instead of proclaiming them boldly. It is an old topic, an obsession of Pope Francis: «Francis denies the co-redemption of the Most Holy Virgin Mary: But is it Catholic doctrine?». The co-redemptrix, therefore, is not a rival of Christ, but his masterpiece: the first and greatest fruit of his Redemption, as well as his most perfect collaborator.
This Note does not deny or prohibit the titles of the Most Holy Mary as Co-Redemptrix or Mediatrix of All Graces. Furthermore, linguistically, the term Co-Redemptrix does not generate confusion: the prefix «co» derives from Latin «cum», which means «with» and not «equal to». We have in what was a prestigious dicastery who we have, in that seat we count on Carafa, Ghisleri, Rebiba, Merry del Val, Ottaviani, Ratzinger, Müller, etc. We have ended up with a world-renowned expert in kisses.
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This barely disguised hostility toward the Virgin Mary, and in particular toward the possible proclamation of a new dogma in her favor, could reveal that the moment is propitious and that the new era promised by Mary is already here. Thanks to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, which, despite itself, helps us to better understand the times we live in and the need, therefore, to turn more strongly to Our Lady, intensifying the prayer of the Rosary and participation in the Sacraments, so that she keeps us under her mantle and gives us the strength to fight in her small army of «apostles of the last times».
On October 29, during the papal audience, an altercation occurred in St. Peter’s Square between a Swiss Guard and two Jewish women . An Austrian professor who was in the same group stated: «He insulted them and spat on them». The Israeli writer Michal Govrin said: «He called us «Jews» with contempt, and when we asked him, he made a gesture as if he were going to spit on us». Everything began with a discussion between two Jewish women and the Swiss Guard who was guarding the bell arch. Theologian Gregor Maria Hoff, from the University of Salzburg, described the contemptuous tone and the spits in the Austrian weekly Die Furche. Corporal Eliah Cinotti , spokesman for the military body, explains that «the Pontifical Swiss Guard confirms having received a report from a non-involved third party about an incident that occurred at one of the official entrances to the Vatican. The report «refers to a request for a photograph with the on-duty guard and is currently being reviewed internally»».
The investigations include video analysis. One of the two protagonists of the episode is Michal Govrin, writer, poet and Israeli theater director, daughter of a Holocaust survivor and a man who fled pogroms in Ukraine. «While a colleague and I —two women who are not normally recognized as Jewish— were passing through a side entrance to St. Peter’s Square as part of an international Jewish delegation and a member of the Pontifical Swiss Guard hissed at us visibly with deep contempt: «les juifs», the Jews. We looked at each other, completely shocked». She approached the guard: «“You said ‘Jews’”. “No, I didn’t say it”, the guard lied shamelessly.» «In response, the guard made a spitting gesture in our direction with evident contempt». The commander «apologized deeply and said that the guard would be investigated. But the incident undoubtedly left its mark».
Elon Musk revealed that one of his friends fled the state of California with his daughter hours after the police showed up at his house to take her away because he did not support her “transition”. “The school literally sent the police to his house to take his daughter away from him”. «The school and the state of California conspired to turn his daughter against him and force her to take life-changing medications that would irreversibly sterilize her». «That radicalizes you. That makes you doubt your beliefs». The daughter was only 14 years old. «He managed to convince the police not to take his daughter, and that night he took a plane to Texas». A year later, after attending a school in the Austin metropolitan area, the daughter «returned to normal» and feels comfortable with her sexuality. The Dr. Lisa Littman was fiercely attacked when she first published a study detailing this in 2018. She summarized recent data supporting the “social contagion” thesis, and noted that Wright was receiving death threats for daring to cover the topic. “When nine kids from a group of friends decide to become transgender together, something is wrong. That is not statistically feasible”.
A German public television network broadcast a “queer mass” celebrated last week in the Catholic diocese of Münster. The televised mass of October 26, organized by the Queergemeinde (Queer Community), the official “LGBT” ministry of the Münster diocese, and celebrated in the Church of St. Anne in Mecklenbeck, was broadcast by ZDF. Celebrated by Father Karsten Weidisch, who, adorned with rainbow vestments, compared LGBT Catholics to the publican and the faithful who oppose same-sex marriage, calling them Pharisees during his homily. The mass also included colored lights, rock music, testimonies and a blasphemous meditation on carrying the cross led by practicing homosexuals. The Münster diocese’s Queergemeinde was formed in 1999 as a home for “lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender people, intersex people, queer and diverse people” Christians, according to its website .
Cardinal Robert McElroy, 71 years old, has been diagnosed with a non-aggressive cancer and is expected to make a full recovery, the Archdiocese of Washington DC announced on Wednesday morning. He will be operated on November 13 and “his doctors agree that his prognosis is very good”. The statement explains that the precise diagnosis is “well-differentiated liposarcoma, a non-aggressive cancer that tends not to metastasize”. McElroy informed the priests of the Washington archdiocese at their annual assembly: “I face this challenge with serenity and hope and believe that, with God’s grace, I will be Archbishop of Washington for many years. I ask for your prayers and support in these days and plan to resume my duties fully two weeks after the surgery”. Cardinal McElroy will not be able to attend the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting to be held next week in Baltimore, where members are expected to elect their next president and vice president. His absence means he will not participate in the internal votes.
And we end as we began, with a confident prayer:
!! Mary co-redemptrix of the world, mediatrix of Grace, our advocate, pray for us !!
!! Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you !!
«…the children of this world are more astute in their own matters than the children of light».
Good reading.