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Posted by: Stone - 4 hours ago - Forum: New Rite Sacraments
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Exaggerations and Eucharistic Miracles
It would be tragic for Catholics to try to convince the world of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist
with unsubstantiated scientific claims about bleeding hosts and divine DNA.
Stacy Trasancos, PhD via Crisis Magazine | December 23, 2024
Two new forensic science papers raise concerns about Eucharistic miracle investigations. The main author, Dr. Kelly Kearse, is a faithful Catholic, Eucharistic minister for over 20 years, and science teacher at Knoxville Catholic High School in Tennessee. Kearse is also an immunologist who trained at Johns Hopkins, worked as a principal investigator at the NIH’s cancer and immunology branch, and served as editor for a Methods in Molecular Biology textbook.
Before summarizing his concerns, I want to make it clear that his purpose is not to disprove miracles and not to question the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Quite the opposite! The present concerns address exaggerations and how to correct them. Kearse points out important natural explanations that were never addressed. Until those are ruled out as causes, it is premature to claim a miracle. Kearse also provides analytical protocols that would decisively show whether the blood and cardiac tissue samples all originate from a single source, a key point in the validation of Eucharistic miracles that has never been addressed.
The first paper, “The relics of Jesus and Eucharistic miracles: scientific analysis of shared AB blood type,” was published in the Journal of Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology.
Five samples test positive for type AB blood, the rarest of blood types at about 5 percent of the global human population. Two are Eucharistic miracle cases, one from Lanciano, Italy (c. 750) and the other from Tixtla, Mexico (2016). According to tradition, in Lanciano the bread turned into flesh and the wine turned into blood. Both species underwent scientific analysis in the 1970s by Professor Odoardo Linoli, who reported the blood as AB type. In Tixtla, a nun noticed a reddish substance on a Host while distributing Communion; it, too, tested as type AB. The other AB results are from cloths believed to have touched Jesus at the crucifixion (the relics): the Shroud of Turin (a burial garment), the Tunic of Argenteuil (a seamless robe), and the Sudarium of Oviedo (a face cloth).
It seems remarkable that all five test for the same, rare blood type. But there is a problem: the A and B antigens are not unique to humans. Since the 1960s, biologists have known that bacteria cells also have A and B antigens on their surfaces. Hence, if a sample is contaminated with bacteria, even if it contains no blood at all, it could still show a type AB blood result in this test.
Yet, without anyone ever checking for bacteria as the explanation, the claim about the blood type is often repeated as miraculous. In his 2021 book, A Cardiologist Examines Jesus, Dr. Franco Serafini calculates the probability that all five samples would produce an AB result, given their rarity, to be one in 3.2 million. A 2023 article at Catholic Answers Magazine goes so far as to claim that this “statistical impossibility” is a mathematical proof for the Real Presence, proof that God is real, and proof that “our Lord has AB blood.” A 2024 article at EWTN calls type AB “the Divine Blood Type as revealed by Eucharistic miracles.”
The investigators knew the samples were dirty, handled by multiple people, and contaminated with microorganisms. Dr. Linoli reported residuals of small dead insects and larvae on the Lanciano samples fifty years ago. The Shroud blood fibers were found to be contaminated with bacteria and fungi. The Tixtla sample was handled by multiple people over the seven years it took to investigate. Kearse maintains that “it is reasonable to propose that shared AB antigens from bacteria could readily explain the observed shared blood type.”
Kearse describes both genetic and protein tests that can detect other antigens and the genes responsible for them, providing not only information about the source of the AB antigens (human or otherwise) but also whether the samples are genetically identical. If the samples truly contain blood from a single source—that is, Jesus—then the DNA would match for all samples. These tests are routine now. To even begin to make the claim that the AB results are a “Divine Blood Type” or a “statistical impossibility,” these tests would need to be done.
If the samples truly contain blood from a single source—that is, Jesus—then the DNA would match for all samples. To even begin to make the claim that the AB results are a “Divine Blood Type,” these tests would need to be done.
The second paper, “Scientific Analysis of Eucharistic Miracles: Importance of a Standardization in Evaluation,” was published in the Journal of Forensic Science and Research.
In multiple Eucharistic miracle cases, parishioners found consecrated Hosts in improper locations, too dirty to consume. According to norms, the procedure in such situations is to place the Host in water, store it in the Tabernacle until it dissolves, and then discard it in the sacrarium, a sink that goes straight to the ground and bypasses the sewer.
In Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the 1990s, a Host was found in a candleholder near the back of a church. After eleven days in water, a reddish substance appeared on it. In Sokółka, Poland, in 2008, a Host was found on the steps of the altar. A week later, it was undissolved and covered by a red substance. In Legnica, Poland, in 2013, a consecrated Host fell to the ground and after storage in water displayed a crescent-shaped portion turning red.
Kearse devised, for the first time ever, a set of control experiments. He obtained unconsecrated communion wafers and processed them according to the same conditions described above. He left them in a dusty, dark corner for several days and then stored them in water at ambient temperature and humidity for 7-10 days. Approximately 15 percent of the control wafers formed a gelatinous red substance on the surface, like the photos from the Eucharistic miracle reports.
Microscopy, fluorescence, and molecular biology techniques showed the reddish substance to be fungus and bacteria. Again, this is a natural explanation that was not checked but easily could be. Kearse presents a variety of tests showing that blood can easily be distinguished from microorganisms. As before, genetic testing would ultimately confirm what the red substances are and whether they have a single origin.
Another concern regards the claim of divine DNA. Only the Buenos Aires and the Tixtla samples underwent a forensic DNA test, known as an amplified PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test. The Buenos Aires study indicated that “a very low concentration of human DNA was recovered” and that the sample contained a good amount of DNA from a “non-human origin.” For the Tixtla sample, no human DNA could be detected at all.
A “very low concentration of human DNA” is indicative of handling contamination. In forensic DNA tests, trace amounts of DNA from humans who touch a sample can be unintentionally amplified, and reports say the Hosts were touched by several people.
As for DNA of “non-human origin,” the forensic lab reports simply show an “N.R.” (no result). Yet, instead of reporting the straightforward result that no human DNA was detected, the investigators went the other way. They said that human DNA was present but defies detection because it is of divine origin, explaining that Jesus’ DNA would only have maternal DNA and no paternal DNA from a biological father. If this is the standard for testing miracles, then anyone can conclude anything.
Kearse ran the same DNA tests on his controls and found that non-human DNA does, in fact, show up in the form of plant DNA from wheat in the wafer. He found that bacterial and fungal DNA were abundant as well, which would show up as non-human DNA. These natural explanations must be checked before claims of divine DNA can be taken seriously.
Recently, Edward Pentin reported on the worldwide Vatican International Exhibition began by Blessed Carlo Acutis, the teenager who traveled the world to catalog 160 Eucharistic miracle investigations and died at the age of fifteen from leukemia. These stories are published by the Real Presence Eucharistic Education and Adoration Association in their book and exhibit The Eucharistic Miracles of the World. Pentin notes that the exhibit has been shown in thousands of parishes and at more than 100 universities globally. The book and posters repeat all the exaggerations mentioned here.
Hopefully, a new team will be formed to coordinate genetic tests on all available Eucharistic miracle samples and implement Kearse’s recommendations for a standard protocol. I asked him how he thought Catholics would take this news. He said:
Quote:Transformation of communion bread into literal human tissue and blood is an extraordinary and historic event. True faith should welcome evaluation at the scientific level, in as detailed and transparent of a manner as possible, to establish the validity of such findings so that they may be shared unequivocally with the world.
The results may show that all the samples are from the same human body, which we could reasonably assume to be that of Jesus Christ! Or they may show that none of these cases are miraculous after all. As disappointing as that would be, Catholics are truth-seekers who believe in the testimony of Christ. It would be tragic indeed, worse than big-haired charlatans faking miracle cures on television, for Catholics to try to convince the world of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist with unsubstantiated scientific claims about bleeding hosts and divine DNA. Thanks to Kearse, there is a way to obtain better information. Starting those tests yesterday would not be soon enough.
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Stacy A. Trasancos, PhD is the author of Particles of Faith: A Catholic Guide to Navigating Science and co-author of Behold It Is I: Scripture, Tradition, and Science on the Real Presence. She is an Adjunct Professor for Seton Hall University's Catholic Studies Program and at Holy Apostles College & Seminary. Her upcoming book, IVF is Not the Way: The False Promises of Artificial Procreation will be published by Sophia Institute Press in Summer 2025.
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| The Catholic Trumpet: Not a Lack of Valid Bishops—A Lack of Doctrine, a Lack of Faith |
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Posted by: Stone - 11 hours ago - Forum: The Catholic Trumpet
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Not a Lack of Valid Bishops—A Lack of Doctrine, a Lack of Faith
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The Catholic Trumpet [slightly adapted] | February 2, 2026
On 2 February 2026, Father Davide Pagliarani, Superior General of the Neo Society of Saint Pius X, announced that new episcopal consecrations will take place on 1 July 2026.
- “To the Novus Ordo Missae correspond a new catechism, a new priesthood, new seminaries, a charismatic Pentecostal Church—all things opposed to orthodoxy and the perennial teaching of the Church. This Reformation, born of Liberalism and Modernism, is poisoned through and through; it derives from heresy and ends in heresy, even if all its acts are not formally heretical. It is therefore impossible for any conscientious and faithful Catholic to espouse this Reformation or to submit to it in any way whatsoever. The only attitude of faithfulness to the Church and Catholic doctrine, in view of our salvation, is a categorical refusal to accept this Reformation.” –Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, Declaration of November 21, 1974
- “The entire tradition of Catholic Faith must be the criterion and guide in understanding the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, which, in turn, enlightens - in other words deepens and subsequently makes explicit - certain aspects of the life and doctrine of the Church implicitly present within itself or not yet formulated conceptually.” –Bishop Fellay, Doctrinal Declaration of April 15, 2012
- “The Society of St. Pius X regrets sincerely that this spirit of opposition has led to an episcopal consecration…The Society of St. Pius X denounces this episcopal consecration of Fr. Faure, which, despite the assertions of both clerics concerned…All the declarations of Bishop Williamson and Fr. Faure prove abundantly that they no longer recognize the Roman authorities, except in a purely rhetorical manner. –Communique of the General House of the Neo Society of St. Pius X concerning the episcopal consecration of Fr. Jean-Michel Faure - Menzingen, March 19, 2015
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Not a Lack of Bishops, Not a Lack of Valid Bishops—A Lack of Doctrine, a Lack of Faith
The decisive issue is doctrine, not only bishops. The Neo SSPX remains Neo SSPX because it still formally holds the 2012 doctrinal positions, and those positions have never been retracted.
21 years of well-documented collaboration with the enemies of the Catholic Church culminated in the formal adoption of a new doctrinal line. These doctrines were submitted to Rome on April 15, 2012 and later codified in the General Chapter statement of July 14, 2012. From that moment forward, the SSPX founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre ceased to exist within that organization, regardless of appearances.
The positions in question can not actually be disputed. They are documented, public, and have never been condemned and/or retracted by Bishop Fellay and the NeoSSPX leadership:
• Vatican II is merely tainted with error, not a rupture
• The New Mass was legitimately promulgated
• Vatican II can be interpreted in the light of Tradition
• The 1983 Code of Canon Law is accepted without distinction
This is a new theology. Once accepted, resistance is no longer possible in principle.
No episcopal consecration can reverse a doctrinal surrender.
Consider examples of episcopal compromise and failure:
- Bishops who compromised at Vatican II: ~2,000+ bishops.
- The Conciliar Church today: ~5,000+ "bishops" worldwide.
- Arian Crisis: hundreds of compromised bishops.
- Schismatic and heretical Eastern Orthodox: 1000+ bishops historically and continuing today. Anglican schism: 100+ bishops and "bishops."
- Past 15 years of Neo-SSPX bishops: +Galerrata, +Fellay, +Tissier.
- Neo-SSPX operating inside Rome: Conciliar “Bishop” Huonder scandal.
- Schismatic Orthodox bishops.
- Old Catholic bishops and "bishops."
- Sedevacantist bishops and "bishops."
- “Bishop” Pfeiffer. Other independent sect bishops.
- Fake Resistance bishops of Bishop Williamson. Most recently: consecration of “Bishop” Anthony Ward (Servants of the Holy Family).
Catholic Resistance to error and heresy is not defined by bishops alone; it is determined by fidelity to the true Faith and authentic Catholic doctrine, as revealed by God and preserved by the Church.
Consecrating bishops inside the Conciliar framework does not restore resistance.It preserves an institution that has already conceded the doctrinal battlefield.
That is why the 2026 announcement is decisive not for what it says, but for what it does not say.
There is:
• No rejection of Vatican II
• No condemnation of the New Mass
• No denunciation of the Conciliar Church
• No repudiation of the 2012 Declaration
• No condemnation or even acknowledgment of the hundreds of well-documented acts of compromise, doctrinal change, and concessions that have been systematically recorded in the now Neo-SSPX
• No return to Archbishop Lefebvre’s doctrinal line
Instead, the language is careful, diplomatic, pastoral, and institutional, continuity with the Conciliar Church and not rupture.
+Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre vs Neo SSPX: opposite attitude and principles
+Archbishop Lefebvre consecrated bishops to resist the Conciliar Church.
The Neo SSPX consecrates bishops to survive alongside, and within this Conciliar Church (to which they no longer recognize the distinction).
Those principles are opposites. +Lefebvre acted against Modernist Rome in order to preserve Catholic doctrine. Neo SSPX acts with doctrinal concessions already granted, operating in lockstep with Modernist Rome, in order to preserve organizational continuity.
This is why questions about Rome’s involvement, permissions, sanctions, or future lifting of censures are secondary.
Once doctrine is surrendered, Rome does not necessarily need to control the process. The boundaries have already been internalized.
The appearance of independence is therefore sufficient for this next phase.
Apostolic succession without doctrine is empty continuity
New bishops do not equal true resistance.
Apostolic succession without doctrinal integrity is sacramental form without Catholic substance.
The SSPX survives as Archbishop Lefebvre founded it only where:
• Vatican II is rejected as a complete and entire rupture
• The New Mass is refused as evil and harmful in itself
• The Conciliar Church is recognized as a new religion opposed to Tradition, to Eternal Rome
That continuation does not exist within the Neo SSPX.
It exists outside it.
+Archbishop Lefebvre’s SSPX survives today only in the True SSPX Resistance, carried on by priests who refused the 2012 doctrinal betrayal and have not submitted to the Conciliar framework in exchange for peace, recognition, or institutional survival.
Bishops can be multiplied indefinitely. Without doctrinal resistance, nothing is restored.
The conclusion? The 2026 announcement proves only one thing.
The Neo SSPX is still Neo SSPX.
No amount of wrongfully ordered episcopal activity can change that fact.
Our Lady of Fatima, Pray for Us.
-The Catholic Trumpet
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| FSSPX Announces Consecration of New Bishops on July 1, 2026 |
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Posted by: Stone - 11 hours ago - Forum: The New-Conciliar SSPX
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FSSPX Announces Consecration of New Bishops on July 1, 2026
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gloria.tv | February 2, 2026
The Priestly Fraternity of St Pius X (FSSPX) has announced that on 1 July 2026, they will consecrate new bishops without the Vatican's approval. This follows their request to Pope Leo XIV in August, to which they did not receive a satisfactory response.
Full Statement
On 2 February 2026, the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin, the Reverend Father Davide Pagliarani, Superior General of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X, during the ceremony of the taking of the cassock which he presided over at the International Seminary of Saint-Curé-d’Ars in Flavigny-sur-Ozerain, France, publicly announced his decision to entrust the bishops of the Fraternity with the task of proceeding with new episcopal consecrations, on 1 July next.
Last August, he sought the favour of an audience with the Holy Father, making known his desire to present to the Holy Father, in a filial manner, the current situation of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X.
In a second letter, he explicitly expressed the particular need of the Fraternity to ensure the continuation of the ministry of its bishops, who have been travelling the world for nearly forty years to respond to the many faithful attached to the Tradition of the Church and desirous, for the good of their souls, that the sacraments of Holy Orders and Confirmation be conferred.
After having long matured his reflection in prayer, and having received from the Holy See, in recent days, a letter which does not in any way respond to our requests, Father Pagliarani, in harmony with the unanimous advice of his Council, judges that the objective state of grave necessity in which souls find themselves requires such a decision.
The words he wrote on 21 November 2024, for the fiftieth anniversary of the historic declaration of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, are more than ever the reflection of his thought and intentions:
"It is only in the Catholic Church as it has always been, and in her unchanging Tradition, that we have the guarantee of possessing the Truth, of being able to preach it, and of being able to serve her. […]
The Society [of Saint Pius X] is not primarily seeking its own survival. It primarily seeks the good of the Universal Church and, for this reason, the Society is, par excellence, a work of the Church, which, with unique freedom and strength, responds adequately to the specific needs of an unprecedentedly tragic era.
This single goal is still ours today, just as it was fifty years ago. That is why, without any spirit of rebellion, bitterness, or resentment, we pursue our work of forming priests, with the timeless Magisterium as our guide. We are persuaded that we can render no greater service to the Holy Catholic Church, to the Sovereign Pontiff and to posterity (Abp. Lefebvre, Declaration of 21 November 1974)."
In the coming days, the Superior General will provide further explanations regarding the present situation and his decision.
“Nos cum Prole pia benedicat Virgo Maria.
May the Virgin Mary bless us, together with her divine Son.”
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| Fr. Hewko's Sermons: Purification of B.V. Mary [Reception of Cassock] 2/2/26 |
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Posted by: Deus Vult - 02-01-2026, 09:43 PM - Forum: February 2026
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Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary [Reception of Cassock]
February 2, 2026 (NH)
Audio
Prayers for Vocations
O God, Who wishes all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth, send forth, we beseech Thee, labourers into the harvest: inspire many young people with the generous desire of devoting their lives to Thy service; grant that there may be a great increase in the number and sanctity of vocations to the priesthood and to the religious life, so that Thy Holy Name may be glorified and many souls may be brought to know and serve Thee, the One true God, and Him Whom Thou hast sent, Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord.
O Jesus, Eternal High Priest, may all the love of Thy Sacred Heart be with Thy Priests and Religious in their life and work. Amen.
Jesus, Divine Master, Thou hast said: "The harvest is great but the laborers are few". Behold me here, Lord, ready to take up Thine invitation "to pray to the Heavenly Father to send good laborers into His harvest ".
Jesus Divine Master, make me more aware of the need to crusade for vocations. Raise up Priests who will be the salt of the earth , the city placed on the mountain top for the salvation of mankind, Redeemed by Thy Blood.
Give to Thy Church more men and women Religious whose communities will be a centre of light and warmth, a fount of grace and prayer-life. Instill in all the members of Thy Church an awareness of their own calling. Help them reach out and persevere in that holiness of life to which all men are called.
Help me Lord, who pray to Thee, to be faithful to the calling for which Thou hast chosen me, particularly in those moments of stress, discouragement and lack of faith.
O Mary , the "chosen one of God" pray with us, pray for us, and for all those who are called by God.
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Lord Jesus, High Priest and universal Shepherd, Thou has taught us to pray, saying: "Pray the Lord of the harvest to send forth laborers into His harvest ". Therefore, we beseech Thee, graciously to hear our supplications and raise up many generous souls who, inspired by Thine example and supported by Thy grace, may Conceive the ardent desire to enter the ranks of Thy sacred ministers in order to continue the office of Thy one, true Priesthood.
Grant that the continual promotion of religious institution, true piety, purity of life, and Devotion to the highest ideals, may prepare the groundwork for good vocations among youth. May the Christian family, as a nursery of pur and pious souls, become the unfailing source of good vocations, ever firmly convinced of the great honor that can rebound to Our Lord through some of its numerous offspring.
Come to the aid of Thy Church, that always and everyplace He may have at Her disposal the means necessary for the reception, promotion, formation and mature development of all the good vocations that may arise.
For the full realization of all these things, O Jesus, Who art most zealous for the welfare and salvation of all, may Thy graces continually descend from heaven to move many hearts by their irresistible force; first the silent invitation, then generous cooperation and finally perseverance in Thy holy service. Amen.
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| Pope Leo XIV Moves Above the Papal Apartment, Under the Roof |
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Posted by: Stone - 01-31-2026, 08:35 AM - Forum: Pope Leo XIV
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Pope Leo XIV Moves Above the Papal Apartment, Under the Roof
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gloria.tv | January 30, 2026
Pope Leo XIV is expected to return to the Apostolic Palace, but not to the former papal apartment, reports the Italian newspaper La Repubblica on Friday.
He plans to move into a top-floor attic-style apartment located one level above the papal residence. It is barely visible from the outside.
The apartment is described as being located above the papal apartments, on the uppermost level between the 'Third Loggia' and the roof. It is situated in a self-contained section of the palace.
Inside the new apartment are bedroom, kitchen and bathroom, a fitness room, a small private chapel and a roof terrace. On the terrace, there is a replica of the Lourdes grotto, placed there during the pontificate of John Paul II.
Despite repeated expectations that the move was imminent, no specific move date has been set.
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| Vatican confirms controversial restaurant plan for St. Peter’s Basilica terrace |
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Posted by: Stone - 01-31-2026, 08:33 AM - Forum: Vatican II and the Fruits of Modernism
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Vatican confirms controversial restaurant plan for St. Peter’s Basilica terrace
Several prelates, speaking anonymously, expressed reservations about the idea of groups of visitors eating and drinking above the tomb of St. Peter.
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Jan 30, 2026
VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — The Vatican has confirmed plans to expand a refreshment area into a restaurant on the terrace of St. Peter’s Basilica, with a possible opening in 2026 to coincide with the basilica’s 400th anniversary.
On Thursday, Italian newspaper Il Messaggero revealed the existence of top‑secret works on the terrace of St. Peter’s Basilica involving the construction of a bistro. Today, amid strong misgivings from priests and bishops about the appropriateness of treating the heart of Catholicism this way—right above the tomb of the first Pope—the Vatican confirmed the plans.
The Holy See said that work is under way to expand the existing refreshment point on the main terrace above St. Peter’s Basilica into a larger bistro-style facility, using former storage rooms once occupied by the Sampietrini, the workers responsible for the daily care and maintenance of the Basilica. The stated aim is to manage increased visitor numbers, and the Vatican will potentially inaugurate the project either by Easter 2026 or for the 400th anniversary of the Basilica’s consecration on November 18, 2026.
In an official statement the Vatican said: “In order to respond to increased visitor flows, an expansion of the surface area of the terrace accessible to pilgrims is under consideration. This would help to ease the concentration of visitors inside the Basilica and foster a climate of greater recollection. In this context, some spaces would be made available to expand the small refreshment point already in place.”
The project concerns the large terrace above the nave of St. Peter’s Basilica, just behind the statues of the apostles. Once closed to the public, it now offers wide views over Rome and forms part of the route for visitors climbing to the dome.
The work is being carried out under strict confidentiality by the Fabric of St. Peter, the body responsible for the maintenance and administration of the Basilica. Internal Vatican sources cited by Il Messaggero reported that furnishings and materials have already arrived on site, indicating that construction is at an advanced stage, although no definitive completion date has been officially announced.
Allegedly the canons of St. Peter’s Basilica were not formally informed about the project. “The works had been kept strictly secret by the Fabric of Saint Peter and the archpriest,” Il Messaggero reported.
Responsibility rests indeed with Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of the papal basilica, vicar general of the Pope for Vatican City State, and president of the Fabric of St. Peter. An Italian Conventual Franciscan created cardinal by Pope Francis in 2020, Gambetti oversees decisions concerning access, visitor management, and the use of internal and adjacent spaces within the Basilica complex.
The confirmation of the project has prompted internal debate among local clergy. Several prelates, speaking anonymously, expressed reservations about the idea of groups of visitors eating and drinking above the tomb of St. Peter. One priest told Il Messaggero: “It would be unthinkable to have something like this on the roof of a synagogue, at the Western Wall, above the Kaaba in Mecca, or on the terrace of Westminster.”
Gambetti has also faced criticism in connection with a series of grave profanations that have occurred there in recent years. On January 17, an unidentified man climbed onto the altar of the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament and violently threw candlesticks, the monstrance, and the altar cross to the ground while the Blessed Sacrament was exposed for perpetual adoration, prompting an immediate penitential rite of reparation.
On October 10, 2025, a drunken man stripped naked and urinated at the same altar. An immediate reparatory rite was not initially planned and was only carried out following direct intervention by Pope Leo XIV. Earlier incidents include a Romanian citizen who, on February 7, 2025, climbed onto the same altar, threw candlesticks to the ground, and removed the altar cloth, without a penitential rite being performed; and a naked man who climbed onto the Altar of the Confession and shouted a pro-Ukraine message on June 1, 2023.
Cardinal Gambetti’s five‑year term as vicar general for Vatican City, and therefore as archpriest of the Basilica, is set to expire on February 20. At that time Pope Leo XIV will decide whether to extend his term or appoint someone new.
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| An Ignored Message by Fr. Victor Mroz OFM |
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Posted by: Stone - 01-30-2026, 11:19 AM - Forum: Uncompromising Fighters for the Faith
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An Ignored Message
by Fr. Victor Mroz OFM
gloria.tv | January 30, 2026
"... America's problems are not basically political but moral. The root causes of our misery have not been removed. As a nation, we continue to turn our backs on God and His Commandments. We pay God lip service through pious words, then continue our wicked deeds: such as the continued wholesale slaughter of the innocents through millions of abortion murders of the helpless unborn in their mother's wombs. And all other crimes are growing rapidly, as statistics show. God will 'not be mocked forever.
Unless this nation turns to repentance and comes back to God and His laws through prayer, penance and Christian principles of living, we will eventually face a day of frightful reckoning. When I see the people reading the daily papers and magazines I am sorry for them. They seek to understand the present situation through the Marxist, leftist, naturalistic or humanist opinions and propaganda of the secular press. Even if they read so-called Catholic or diocesan papers they still are not told the total truth. In many cases, I think, the editors of the present post-Vatican era in the Conciliar Church are just blind people, trying to lead the blind sheep.
They will never admit it but they are infected with so many diseases such as Modernism, naturalism, false ecumenism and other "isms". One World Government, the Welfare State, even plain Socialism and Communism seem all right to them. How many "Catholic" writers and Popes sing hymns of praise to the United Nations although we know that that international body is but a conspiratorial tool of communism to subject the world to satanic slavery?
Our Blessed Virgin Mary in her message to the three children at Fatima in 1917 said: "If the world does not amend its evil ways, there will be a great chastisement ... "The Blessed Virgin went so far as to name the instrument of God's punishment for mankind: Russia! This she said in 1917, before the Communist revolution in Russia had even surfaced! Who could know that a bunch of Bolsheviks would multiply into a worldwide Beast of the Apocalypse? But she said this: "Its errors will spread throughout the world and nations will be annihilated ... "
Wars are punishments for sins, said the Blessed Virgin, but the Church leaders did not make efforts to spread the Fatima Message. They were not bothered with it .They still appear indifferent now. Although catastrophe is closer every day, the leaders of the Conciliar Church remain silent at best, or actively participate in this evil work. I am quite sure they won't heed these warnings of Our Lady and tell the people the truth...
It was on May 13, 1917 that the Blessed Mother for the first time appeared to three children in a field called Cova da Iria near Fatima, north of Lisbon, Portugal. It happened that, during that apparition and the five subsequent ones each month on the same date until October 13, the Blessed Virgin urged frequent recitation of the Rosary, asked for penance and mortification for the conversion of sinners, called for devotion to her Immaculate Heart, asked that Russia be dedicated to her Immaculate Heart by the Pope with the world Bishops, and that the faithful make a Communion of reparation on the first Saturday of five consecutive months. The apparitions of Fatima were declared authentic 13 years later, in 1930, after seven years of canonical investigation by Pope Pius XI, who also authorized the devotion to Our Lady of Fatima under the title of Our Lady of the Rosary.
In October 1942, the middle of World II, Pope Pius XII dedicated the world - and what a world it was already then becoming! - to Immaculate Heart of Mary, but very few Bishops joined him and Russia was not clearly mentioned. Only ten years later, in 1952, in the first apostolic letter ever addressed directly to the peoples of Russia, the same Pope dedicated in a special manner to the Mother God… The first part [of the Fatima message] dealt with a vision of hell, the second promised the conversion of Russia if people would amend their lives; and the third part was the one that is known as “The Secret of Fatima” which the Blessed Virgin ordered not to be opened until 1960. Pope John XXIII, who was the Pope in 1960, read the Message, but decided not to publish it. When I was in Rome, in May 1976, I asked my good friend and classmate Father Flavian Slonimski, who was a Prefect of the Apostolic Penitentiary for many years and still is an apostolic confessor at St. Peter’s Basilica, why the Pope was keeping the Third Secret to himself. He told me bluntly: "Because there are in it too many horrible things"…"
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