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Here is What the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart will Look Like

John-Henry Westen examines Our Lady of Fatima’s promise that “in the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph” and explores what that triumph could look like in the world and in the Church. Drawing on the Fatima message and Sister Lucia’s memoirs, John-Henry explains the connection between the consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart, Russia’s conversion, and the promised period of peace. He argues that the triumph will also involve a widespread revival of devotion to the Immaculate Heart through consecration and reparation, ultimately leading to a renewed recognition of Christ’s social kingship. Looking to Portugal, Austria, and Spain as […]
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A Dying Man’s Last-Minute Return to the Catholic Church

A Catholic priest received an urgent call to travel nearly 200 kilometers to the bedside of a dying man who had left the Catholic Church years before. What followed was an extraordinary return to the faith, as the man received the sacraments before death, and became the priest’s first conversion.In this powerful conversation, the priest shares what it is like to bring the sacraments to those near death, along with remarkable stories of conversions, unexpected recoveries, and moments that revealed to him the supernatural reality of his priestly ministry. HELP SUPPORT WORK LIKE THIS: https://give.lifesitenews.com/?utm_source=SOCIAL U.S. residents! Create a will […]
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Leo XIV’s Synod proposes lay women to officiate at weddings

A newly released Synod document revisits the question of women deacons and proposes changes to canon law that could allow laypeople, including women, to assist at marriages without first obtaining authorization from the Holy See. The document emphasizes expanding women’s roles in the Church, including positions such as acolytes and lectors. John-Henry Westen describes the proposed changes as significant and as another step toward reshaping the Church’s ministerial structure. Westen also discusses Pope Leo XIV’s remarks about Germany’s AfD party, which the Pope characterized as promoting hatred and division. Westen challenges that characterization by pointing to the party’s positions on […]
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“Do It Yourself Religion”: How Flannery O’Connor Predicted the Catholic Crisis

Flannery O’Connor described Southern Protestantism as a “do-it-yourself religion, and Frank Wright argues that the same mentality has now infected the Catholic Church. Drawing on O’Connor’s comments about Wise Blood, he contends that abandoning authoritative doctrine leaves people without a reliable means of correcting religious error. When everyone becomes their own pope, no one can be corrected. Wright applies this critique to Pope Leo XIV’s September 25 speech in Paris, arguing that the pope’s treatment of liberty, equality, fraternity, and religious freedom conflicts with traditional Catholic teaching. He directs viewers to Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s September 28 LifeSiteNews article, which […]
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Traditional Catholics Silenced Under Leo XIV’s Call for Unity

Pope Leo XIV speaks of unity, inclusion, and love. But traditional Catholics are being locked out of churches, denied access to relics, and excluded from pilgrimages. This Faith & Reason examines the inconsistency between calls for inclusion and the treatment of the SSPX and faithful attached to the Traditional Latin Mass, including the denial of access to relics during a pilgrimage in Ontario. The discussion turns to President Trump’s decision to limit certain media organizations’ access to the White House, contrasted with a guest’s account of a Catholic journalist allegedly threatened with exclusion from Vatican events under Pope Francis. The […]
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John-Henry Westen
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“We Must SAVE the Church”: Terry Barber’s Call to Catholics

Terry Barber has received LifeSiteNews’ first Fulton J. Sheen Award in recognition of his nearly 50 years promoting Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s teachings and evangelization work. In his remarks, Barber reflected on attending Sheen’s 1979 funeral and how the experience inspired him to make Sheen’s recordings and writings more widely available. Despite being told Sheen’s teachings were outdated, Barber persisted—distributing his materials to thousands of parishes and helping bring people back to the Catholic faith. He also purchased a church that remained open during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing Masses, funerals, and weddings to continue. Barber credited his work to God and […]
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LifeSiteNews Puts Christ on Broadway | “We’re Here to Remind New York Christ Is King”

John-Henry Westen and Wade Searle stand in the heart of Broadway on the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel to unveil billboards funded by LifeSiteNews readers. The images: St. Michael the Archangel, Our Lady of All Graces, and Christ the King. The message: Christ is King—proclaimed in the middle of one of the world’s most famous streets, with no apologies. “Direct evangelization on the streets,” Westen says. “We’re here to remind New York City that Christ is King.” The billboards were made possible by supporters who donated to LifeSiteNews—proof that faithful Catholics can put the Gospel in the public square. […]
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Frank Wright: If You Want to Understand This Crisis, Start Here

Frank Wright shares a reading list for viewers interested in Catholicism, civilization, philosophy, political thought, metaphysics, and literature. He begins with Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation as an introduction to the civilization shaped by Christianity, and Epictetus’ Discourses as an accessible guide to thinking and personal conduct. He recommends Félix Sardà y Salvany’s Liberalism Is a Sin and Herbert Butterfield’s The Whig Interpretation of History to understand liberalism, revolutionary ideas, and the modern belief in inevitable historical progress. Wright places particular emphasis on a collected edition of Pope Leo XIII’s Catholic social teaching, recommending it for questions ranging from political economy and […]
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Frank Wright
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Traditional Priest on Husbands, Wives and Changing Diapers

SSPX priest Fr. Koenraad Huysegems joins John-Henry Westen to discuss the priesthood, the sacraments, and traditional Catholic family life. He recounts driving roughly 200 kilometers to reach the dying grandfather of a LifeSiteNews colleague after the family struggled to find a priest. He received the man back into the Catholic Church and administered the sacraments before his death, calling it his first conversion as a priest. He also shares experiences involving last rites, unexpected recoveries, and exorcisms, presenting them as examples of the graces he has witnessed through his ministry. The conversation turns to marriage and fatherhood. Fr. Huysegems affirms […]
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John-Henry Westen
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Fr. Altman at Sheen Beatification: “The Laity Must Save the Church Now”

Father James Altman delivered a forceful address at the gathering celebrating Bishop Fulton Sheen’s beatification, urging Catholics to defend traditional Church teaching and take responsibility for the faith’s future. Reflecting on the Church’s response to COVID-19, Altman criticized bishops for closing churches while other businesses remained open—and recalled an incident in which Catholics were reportedly denied entry to a church for a rosary march. The faithful, he insists, must not remain silent in the face of failures among Church leaders. Altman emphasizes catechesis, devotion to the Holy Eucharist, the Holy Face of Jesus, and embracing the Cross. Drawing on Sheen’s […]
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