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The Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Freiburg. Image by C.M. under CC-BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Freiburg_im_Breisgau_M%C3%BCnster.jpg

Attempts to destroy the Church in Germany: the example of the Archdiocese of Freiburg

Published on 04.23.2025.

One prime example of the attempts at systematic destruction of the Catholic Church in Germany is a project called “Kirchenentwicklung 2030” (“Church Development 2030”) in the Archdiocese of Freiburg.

Valle de los Caídos civil war monument by Jess Gambacurta under CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/jessgambacurta/3644962481/

How Anti-Catholicism works: the example of Spain

Published on 04.08.2025.

There is something curious about certain anti-Catholic opinions regarding Spain. They fault the Church for both the Inquisition and for supporting Franco in the civil war, even though the side of the Republic killed many priests.

Val Gardena in South Tyrol

Josef Mayr-Nusser, a lay martyr of Nazism from South Tyrol

Published on 03.30.2025.

This article is reprinted from Vision2000, a defunct Austrian Catholic magazine.

Portraits of Napoleon and Pius VI on Wikimedia

How God paid Napoleon back everything he did to the Pope

Published on 03.13.2025.

There are some surprising parallels between the lives of Napoleon and the two popes he held captive for a time: Pius VI and Pius VII.

Cathedral of Bamberg by Billy Wilson under the CC-BY-NC 2.0 license, https://www.flickr.com/photos/billy_wilson/53504782162/in/photostream/

New imaginary offices in the German Church

Published on 02.20.2025.

In the last few years, a few German “bishops” have been inventing new offices in their dioceses, calling them “authorized representatives of the vicar general” or “episcopal authorized representatives”. One bishop is planning to establish an “arbitration council”, to which he subjects himself.

The seven canonized nuns martyred in Taiyuan in 1900.

Saints together in photos

Published on 02.11.2025.

In Christian sacred art, there are often paintings and drawings, where many saints are portrayed together. In this article, I present two photos, which actually show saints together.

Cathedral of Győr, Hungary. Image by István on Flickr under the CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0 license, https://www.flickr.com/photos/i_csuhai/2870279447/

Forgotten Hungarian martyrs – Part 2

Published on 01.11.2025.

In this article, I present some priests who were martyred in the first two decades of Communism in Hungary. The text was taken from the book “They wanted us to die – but we are still alive!” by the Hungarian priest Ferenc Tomka.

A view of Eger, Hungary

Forgotten Hungarian martyrs – Part 1

Published on 01.07.2025.

During the years of the years of Communism after World War II, multiple priests and religious have been martyred in Hungary and neighboring countries. In this article, I present some of them.

Bust of Mária Magdolna Bódi in Litér, Hungary.

Updates – Mária Magdolna Bódi and Medjugorje

Published on 12.09.2024.

There have been some new developments on the topics of Mária Magdolna Bódi, a Hungarian worker girl and martyr (1923-1945) and the false Marian apparition site of Medjugorje.

Church of St. Anna in Munich, Germany

The Catholic Church in Germany Part 2: Tips for going to Mass

Published on 11.29.2024.

Some tips for going to Mass in Germany.

Regensburg Cathedral at night

The Catholic Church in Germany Part 1: The “Synodal Path”

Published on 10.30.2024.

In this article series, I am going to discuss the Catholic Church (and the so-called Catholic Church) in Germany. In this first part, I am going to expose to “Synodal Path”, a heretical series of meetings of the German bishops.

The cover of Kindelmann's diary with a

False prophecy alert: Elisabeth Kindelmann and the “Flame of Love” movement

Published on 10.04.2024.

Kindelmann was a Hungarian “mystic” who allegedly received revelations from Jesus and Mary. The messages contain heresy and unfulfilled prophecies, as well as laughable messages, making it certain they are not from God.

Enrique Angelelli

Bergoglio’s Marxist “saint”: “Blessed” Enrique Angelelli, bishop and “martyr”

Published on 09.21.2024.

In 2018, Bergoglio “beatified” the former bishop of La Rioja, Enrique Angelelli, as “martyr”. The individual was a staunch leftist and died in (an allegedly provoked) car crash. There is no clear-cut evidence that it was murder.

Photo by Solymári on Wikimedia, CC-BY-SA 4.0, here.

Mária Magdolna Bódi (1921-1945) – Hungarian worker girl and martyr

Published on 02.27.2024.

In this article, I present one Hungarian candidate for beatification: a humble factory worker who made and vow of virginity and had a deep piety. She gave her life for Jesus when she resisted a soldier who tried to rape her. This is the story of her life.

The Cathedral of Córdoba and a bridge in front of it.

Martyr laywomen in Spain in the XX. century

Published on 08.31.2023.

Women also died in the persecution of Christians in the Spanish Civil War. Here we show the life stories of some of them, since they are not that well known.

Church of the Assumption in Llíria.

Image of the Church of the Assumption in Llíria by Josep Maria Viñolas Esteva on Flickr, CC-BY 2.0, here.

Martyr laymen in Spain in the XX. century

Published on 08.31.2023.

The persecution of Christians in the Spanish Civil War, mostly by the Republican side, has made some 10000 Catholic martyrs. Here we show the life stories of some of them, since they are not that well known.