Today is the anniversary of the passing of Otto Von Habsburg
In 1988, he stopped anti Catholic EXTREMIST Ian Paisley from HECKLING Pope John Paul II at the European Parliament by dragging him away, punching him and throwing him head first out the door
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Happy 4th of July to all of our followers from the USA
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Planned Parenthood has been DEFUNDED of 1 BILLION DOLLARS of funding after a new spending bill was passed
The decision will potentially lead to over 200 of their facilities CLOSING
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IRELAND
THOUSANDS of Irish people will hold a HUGE procession this coming Sunday 6th July at 3pm in DROGHEDA to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the birth of Saint Oliver Plunkett
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Many of these very weird accounts have popped up overnight
They appear to have the sole aim of promoting Israel within Irish Catholic and Nationalist circles
They are not doing a good job however as they seem to spend most of their time badmouthing both Ireland and the church
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VATICAN
At a press conference today, Matteo Bruni was asked about the BOMBSHELL revelations regarding the restrictions on the Latin Mass
He suggested that there was as yet unspecified evidence other than the secretive survey which led to the restrictions in 2021
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USA
A serious fire yesterday left St. Rita's Catholic Church in Dundalk, Baltimore badly damaged
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Bro. Kevin Crowley in the 1960s, serving the poor and in need in Dublin
He passed away today aged 90, after a lifetime of serving THOUSANDS in the Capuchin Day Centre EACH DAY in the city
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Heroic Irishman Bro. Kevin Crowley OFMCap has passed away aged 90
He ran the Capuchin Day Centre which fed THOUSANDS of hungry and needy people in Dublin EVERY DAY
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BELFAST
Corpus Christi with the ICKSP procession at Immaculate Heart
This was a Protestant Church up until a few years ago but is now home to a THRIVING Latin Mass community
📸 Daniel McCabe/Latin Mass Down and Connor
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A dog named 'Monkey' has painted an image of Jesus Christ
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A bombshell new article about the 2021 suppression of the Latin Mass reveals:
- Majority of bishops were happy with Summorum Pontificum
- Church was aware young people had strong attraction to TLM
- Vocations were growing in TLM communities
READ
https://dianemontagna.substack.com/?utm_campaign=pub&utm_medium=web
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1975
Pope Paul VI speaks Irish at the canonisation of Saint Oliver Plunkett
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'Turn and face the camera'
Fr. Robert Prevost receiving an honorary doctorate from Villanova University in 2014
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FRANCE
200 anti Catholics STORMED a Catholic Church in France's Basque Region and performed OBSCENE gestures on the altar
The attack occurred as part of the Euskal Herria Zuzenean Festival and was led by Lindane Ane who stated 'we desecrated and blasphemed' and 'God is Dead'
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'Singer' Lily Allen has been criticised for laughing on the BBC about losing count of her abortions
50% of abortions in the UK for over 30s are for repeat users
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Fr. John Murphy was brutally executed on 2nd July 1798 after leading the persecuted Irish people at the Battle of Vinegar Hill
Irish Catholics lived under the Penal Laws at the time, which outlawed the faith and participation of Catholics in public life
Fr. Murphy was tortured, hanged, decapitated and had his head impaled on a spike by English soldiers after his execution
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Pope Leo XIV has appointed Cardinal Pizzaballa to:
•The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
•The Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
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ENGLAND
CATHOLIC MASS presided over by the APOSTOLIC NUNCIO Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía will take place at CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL on July 7th
This is the The Feast of the Translation of the relics of Saint Thomas Becket
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VATICAN
Polish President Andrzej Duda greets Pope Leo XIV as a Catholic politician should
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Portuguese footballer Diogo Jota has tragically passed away in a car accident
He was married in the Catholic Church only 5 days ago
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'The liturgy is a living catechesis'
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger on the importance of the Mass and prayer
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VATICAN
Pope Leo XIV met today with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini
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Lourdes, France
Where the sick go to be healed and to be comforted
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Eucharistic Procession during Covid in Times Square, New York
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IRELAND
Thousands of people are expected to attend the St. Oliver Plunkett procession this coming Sunday at 3pm in Drogheda in honour of the 400th anniversary of the birth of the great saint and martyr
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'We are witnessing with despair the iniquitous use of hunger as a weapon of war. Burning crops, stealing livestock, and blocking aid are tactics increasingly used by armed militias. As civilians languish in misery, political elites grow fat with impunity. It is time to sanction these abuses and hold accountable those who are responsible for it'
Pope Leo XIV
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JULY 1ST FEAST DAY OF ST. OLIVER PLUNKETT
THIS IS THE STORY OF HOW THE HEAD OF THIS MARTYR WAS RETURNED TO HIS NATIVE IRELAND
St. Oliver Plunkett was Archbishop of Armagh and successor to Saint Patrick. He was found guilty of treason by a kangaroo court in London in 1681, before being hanged, drawn and quartered
At Tyburn, his dismembered body was then set on fire in a a final act of depravity by his killers, in an effort to prevent its veneration.
His head was eventually recovered from the fire and Dom Maurus Corker had it smuggled to the Benedictine Monastery in Lamspringe, Germany. Within the next few years, it was passed on to Cardinal Philip Howard OP at Rome, a friend of St. Oliver, who had helped the Archbishop of Armagh to return to Ireland safely after his ordination as Archbishop. From him, it passed to Oliver’s successor, Archbishop of Armagh Hugh McMahon, who returned the head to its rightful place in Ireland. McMahon brought the head to the Dominican Nuns at Siena, the prioress at the time being Sister Catherine Plunkett, St. Oliver’s grand niece.
As this came during the penal laws, when it was illegal to be a Catholic, much less a member of a religious order, the order and the relic both had to survive together in secret. Having originally started out in a mud cabin, the sisters moved to other parts of Drogheda over the years, always maintaining the veneer of being a boarding house for women rather than a convent.
When Pope Benedict XV declared Plunkett a martyr for the faith on St. Patrick’s Day in 1918, it was inevitable that his head eventually would have to be moved.
The sisters had kept the head in good condition for 200 years at this point, with a shrine surrounding the relic at their convent.
Cardinal Michael Logue then requested that the sisters transfer his head to the St. Peter’s Parish Church in Drogheda, which fulfilled an agreement made initially by the sisters when they promised to return it to a successor of McMahon. The head had not been entirely hidden away however before this, in 1881 thousands had flocked to the convent to venerate St. Oliver on the 200th anniversary of his death.
In 1920, which the War of Independence raging, St. Oliver was beatified and his head transferred to the parish church in Drogheda with Eucharistic processions in celebration.
Pope Paul VI visited the shrine on a number of occasions in order to venerate it during visits to Ireland, eventually it was he who was responsible for lifting Oliver to sainthood during his pontificate, in 1975.
Pope John Paul II visited Drogheda in 1979 and venerated the shrine also.
Today, the head of Saint Oliver Plunkett is housed in St. Peter's Parish Church in Drogheda, against all the odds and despite the best efforts of those who martyred him.
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Glorious Martyr Oliver,
who willingly gave your life for your faith,
help us also to be strong in faith.
May we be loyal like you to the See of Peter.
By your intercession and example, may all hatred and bitterness be banished from the hearts of Irish men and women.
May the peace of Christ reign in our hearts, as it did in your heart, even at the moment of your death.
Pray for us and for Ireland.
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Mural of Saint Oliver Plunkett in Dundalk for the 400th anniversary of his birth
On 6th of July there will be a HUGE procession with his relics through the streets of Drogheda at 3pm
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