# vatican — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover vatican. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Anticlimax](https://artlectio.substack.com/p/the-anticlimax) _2026-08-19 · Art Lectio · Art Lectio_ Watch now | Michelangelo Buonarroti, The Drunkenness of Noah, 1509, Sistine Chapel ceiling, Vatican City ## [When the Storms Come](https://artlectio.substack.com/p/when-the-storms-come) _2026-08-18 · Art Lectio · Art Lectio_ Watch now | Michelangelo Buonarroti, The Flood (also called The Deluge), 1508–1509, Sistine Chapel ceiling, Vatican City. ## [The Ancient Language of Gratitude](https://artlectio.substack.com/p/the-ancient-language-of-gratitude) _2026-08-17 · Art Lectio · Art Lectio_ Watch now | Michelangelo Buonarroti, The Sacrifice of Noah, 1509, Sistine Chapel ceiling, Vatican City. ## [Misplaced Desire](https://artlectio.substack.com/p/misplaced-desire) _2026-08-16 · Art Lectio · Art Lectio_ Watch now | Michelangelo Buonarroti, Original Sin and Banishment from the Garden of Eden, 1509–1510, Sistine Chapel ceiling, Vatican City. ## [A Brief Intermission](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/a-brief-intermission) _2026-08-16 · Chris Jackson · Hiraeth In Exile_ Hiraeth in Exile is taking a few days off. I’ll be back on August 22. ## [Time is Short](https://artlectio.substack.com/p/time-is-short) _2026-08-15 · Art Lectio · Art Lectio_ Watch now | Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing, c. 1606, Galleria Borghese, Rome [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211291788/7f587e67146516005079c6dad6e93b30.mp3) ## [Life Begins with Open Hands](https://artlectio.substack.com/p/life-begins-with-open-hands) _2026-08-15 · Art Lectio · Art Lectio_ Michelangelo Buonarroti, Creation of Eve, 1510 ## [German Bishop Says Rome Forbids Lay Homilies—Then Says He Won’t Stop Them. Meanwhile, the SSPX Gets Excommunicated](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/german-bishop-says-rome-forbids-lay) _2026-08-14 · Chris Jackson · Hiraeth In Exile_ Bp. Peter Kohlgraf admits canon law forbids the practice, admits he cannot authorize it, and says he will allow it to continue anyway. Rome’s vaunted concern for obedience is remarkably selective. ## [Boundaries Create Freedom](https://artlectio.substack.com/p/boundaries-create-freedom) _2026-08-13 · Art Lectio · Art Lectio_ Michelangelo Buonarroti, The Separation of Land from Sea, 1508–1512 ## [Jesuits Put Mass Beside Bikinis, German Bishops Call Pride “Joyful” and Catholics to Repent, and Leo XIV’s Media Chief Said Jewish Conversion Is “Obviously Wrong.” Meanwhile, the SSPX is in “Schism”](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/jesuits-put-mass-beside-bikinis-german) _2026-08-13 · Chris Jackson · Hiraeth In Exile_ Four stories expose the practical religion operating beneath the official documents: watch what gets celebrated, who gets corrected, and which Catholic boundaries still provoke institutional alarm. ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/UCzSctpM69YS) _2026-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [The Gap Between Two Hands](https://artlectio.substack.com/p/the-gap-between-two-hands) _2026-08-12 · Art Lectio · Art Lectio_ Watch now | Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam, c. 1511–1512, Sistine Chapel ceiling, Vatican City [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210881205/062d967245ba8596434fa28df37407d2.mp3) ## [Overflowing With Generosity](https://artlectio.substack.com/p/overflowing-with-generosity) _2026-08-12 · Art Lectio · Art Lectio_ Watch now | Michelangelo Buonarroti, Creation of the Sun, Moon and Plants, 1511 ## [Pittsburgh Bishop Ends 20-Year Latin Mass, Vatican Turns Clergy Residence Into Four-Star Hotel, and Leo XIV Keeps Cardinal Marx Running the Economy Council. Meanwhile, the SSPX is in “Schism”](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/pittsburgh-bishop-ends-20-year-latin) _2026-08-12 · Chris Jackson · Hiraeth In Exile_ Rome finds room for luxury hotels, Medjugorje ambiguity, and cardinals who challenge Catholic moral teaching; while Catholics attached to the ancient Roman rite are quietly managed toward extinction. ## [A Young Woman with a Unicorn](https://artlectio.substack.com/p/a-young-woman-with-a-unicorn) _2026-08-11 · Art Lectio · Art Lectio_ Watch now | Raphael, Lady with Unicorn, c. 1505, Borghese Gallery, Rome [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210739758/d994e18def6f544fff103ff5cccd036e.mp3) ## [Order From Chaos](https://artlectio.substack.com/p/order-from-chaos) _2026-08-11 · Art Lectio · Art Lectio_ Watch now | Michelangelo, The Separation of Light from Darkness, 1508–1512 ## [A Slow Look at the Sistine Chapel](https://artlectio.substack.com/p/a-slow-look-at-the-sistine-chapel) _2026-08-10 · Art Lectio · Art Lectio_ Watch now | I waited most of my life to see the Sistine Chapel. ## [Paris Church Hangs Eco-Propaganda Over the Nave, Rhode Island Bishop Leads Four “LGBTQ+” Masses, and Morelia Archbishop Welcomes Homosexual Activists. Meanwhile, the SSPX is in “Schism.”](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/paris-church-hangs-eco-propaganda) _2026-08-10 · Chris Jackson · Hiraeth In Exile_ Four stories reveal how the postconciliar hierarchy carries secular priorities into Catholic life through art, listening, inclusion, and administrative reform, then preserves the results as precedent. ## [Enter the Sistine Chapel with me](https://artlectio.substack.com/p/enter-the-sistine-chapel-with-me) _2026-08-09 · Art Lectio · Art Lectio_ Watch now | A two weeks series for paid subscribers [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210446309/51c3d20adaba3ff2520feaef5a04b13b.mp3) ## [Ephpheta: The Faith We Received and the Ears We Need to Hear It](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/ephpheta-the-faith-we-received-and) _2026-08-09 · Chris Jackson · Hiraeth In Exile_ On the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, St. Paul tells us to hold fast what was handed down, while Christ opens a deaf man’s ears and loosens his tongue. ## [Sunday Silence: Memento Mori](https://artlectio.substack.com/p/sunday-silence-memento-mori) _2026-08-09 · Art Lectio · Art Lectio_ Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing, c. 1605–06 ## [Stay updated on your professional world (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/VAo88x1ZnhKZ) _2026-08-09 · **Sponsored**_ Keep in touch with people you know, build your career. ## [When My Strength Falters](https://artlectio.substack.com/p/when-my-strength-falters) _2026-08-08 · Art Lectio · Art Lectio_ Watch now | Caspar David Friedrich, Winter Landscape, 1811 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210328426/bb3112fb07c11275b7bd0fe912cf3558.mp3) ## [Please Help Monique After the Loss of Her Daughter Sofia](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/please-help-monique-after-the-loss) _2026-08-08 · Chris Jackson · Hiraeth In Exile_ For 27 years, their life was filled with care, laughter, music, Holy Communion, and the daily Rosary. Monique now faces funeral and moving expenses while grieving the daughter who prayed beside her. ## [Leo Goes to Assisi and Discovers the Wrong Kind of Radicalism](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/leo-goes-to-assisi-and-discovers) _2026-08-07 · Chris Jackson · Hiraeth In Exile_ Weeks after Rome branded the SSPX schismatic, Leo XIV praised coexistence with Islam, warned against religious identity, and declared Gospel radicalism the opposite of “fundamentalism.” ## [The Church of Permission](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/the-church-of-permission) _2026-08-06 · Chris Jackson · Hiraeth In Exile_ How Rome turned the ancient Mass into a revocable favor, branded the SSPX schismatic for refusing the cage, and enlisted Trad Inc. to keep Catholics waiting inside it.. ## [The Angelus](https://artlectio.substack.com/p/the-angelus) _2026-08-05 · Art Lectio · Art Lectio_ Watch now | Jean-François Millet, The Angelus, 1857–1859 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209906122/fa07b36d90732edbb95240a40de38962.mp3) ## [Burke Calls Families to Martyrdom—After Approving a Male “Nun” and Condemning the SSPX](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/burke-calls-families-to-martyrdomafter) _2026-08-05 · Chris Jackson · Hiraeth In Exile_ The cardinal who defended a transsexual co-founder, never delivered his promised correction, and warns Catholics away from Society chapels now tells families to suffer inside Leo’s Church. ## [Leo Reviewed Roche’s Anti-Latin Mass Manifesto “Without Changing a Comma”—And the Trad Inc. Gaslighting Machine Say It Means Nothing](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/leo-reviewed-roches-anti-latin-mass) _2026-08-04 · Chris Jackson · Hiraeth In Exile_ La Razón says Leo reviewed Roche’s anti–Latin Mass paper unchanged. Kwasniewski answered with a “Sede Inc.” sneer and demanded Catholics ignore the government before their eyes. ## [What Makes a Human Body Beautiful?](https://artlectio.substack.com/p/what-makes-a-human-body-beautiful) _2026-08-03 · Art Lectio · Art Lectio_ Watch now | Ancient Civilisations: A Survey of Classical Greek Sculpture ## [Leo Gives “The Godmother of Punk” and “Priestess of Rock” Forty-Minute Audience as the Vatican Calls Her a Partner in a “Shared Mission.” Meanwhile, Leo Hasn’t Met With the SSPX Who Remain in “Schism”](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/leo-gives-the-godmother-of-punk-and) _2026-08-03 · Chris Jackson · Hiraeth In Exile_ The singer who opened her first album by saying, “Jesus died for somebody’s sins, but not mine.” has become a recurring guest of the Vatican’s cultural establishment ## [Sunday Silence](https://artlectio.substack.com/p/sunday-silence-6c5) _2026-08-02 · Art Lectio · Art Lectio_ Georges de La Tour, Magdalene with Two Flames, c. 1640 ## [Earn crypto from idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/bT7nspjxEp31) _2026-08-02 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI command, connect your GPU, and start receiving crypto payouts. ## [The Prayer That Reaches Heaven](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/the-prayer-that-reaches-heaven) _2026-08-02 · Chris Jackson · Hiraeth In Exile_ The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost strips away spiritual rank, exposes counterfeit greatness, and teaches a wounded Church to kneel with the publican. ## [NEW SONG: Panic at the Synodal Disco!](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/new-song-panic-at-the-synodal-disco) _2026-08-01 · Chris Jackson · Hiraeth In Exile_ Cardinal Tucho brings the footnotes, Father Jimmy builds another bridge, and the narrow gate disappears beneath the mirror ball. ## [The Weighing of the Heart](https://artlectio.substack.com/p/the-weighing-of-the-heart) _2026-07-31 · Art Lectio · Art Lectio_ Unknown artist, The Weighing of the Heart from the Papyrus of Ani, c. 1250 BC [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209232986/3089e358b149324e8151e22ae595abde.mp3) ## [Czech Bishop Says Only the Novus Ordo Can Build a Synodal Church—and the Traditional Mass Forms the Wrong Kind of Catholic](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/czech-bishop-says-only-the-novus) _2026-07-31 · Chris Jackson · Hiraeth In Exile_ Bishop Tomáš Holub has stated the premise behind Traditionis Custodes: Rome is suppressing the ancient liturgy because it preserves an ecclesiology the new Church wants to replace. ## [The Hinge of Human History](https://artlectio.substack.com/p/the-hinge-of-human-history) _2026-07-30 · Art Lectio · Art Lectio_ Watch now | Jan van Eyck, The Annunciation, c. 1434/1436 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209095738/458acc50939727b0bafc69ec75a1b88d.mp3) ## [Roche Tells Trad Inc. Suckers Leo Isn't Freeing the Latin Mass, Rome Approves Another Communist Chinese Bishop, and Trad Pilgrims are Denied Mass in a Basilica. Meanwhile, the SSPX is in "Schism"](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/roche-tells-trad-inc-suckers-leo) _2026-07-30 · Chris Jackson · Hiraeth In Exile_ Roche thanks the clowns who told you to "Zip It!" for a peaceful year of no resistance. They will get nothing in return. Meanwhile, the Irish Church shrinks as the "Church of the poor" grows richer. ## [Nolan's Odyssey: not subversive, not that deep](https://criteria.libsyn.com/nolans-odyssey-not-subversive-not-that-deep) _2026-07-29 · Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast_ Nathan Douglas and Thomas Mirus review Christopher Nolan's adaptation of Homer's Odyssey. It is not necessarily a bad thing if an adaptation doesn't reproduce the precise worldview of its source material - an artist makes his own work of art, not a scholarly translation. The movie is not a deliberate subversion of its source material, as many assumed. It is Nolan's honest personal reflection on… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/criteria/The_Odyssey.mp3?dest-id=2049308) ## [The Longing Beneath My Thirst](https://artlectio.substack.com/p/the-longing-beneath-my-thirst) _2026-07-29 · Art Lectio · Art Lectio_ Watch now | Statue of Gudea with the Gushing Vase, Neo-Sumerian, Artist Unknown, 2120–2110 BC, Musée du Louvre [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208937029/6d64b1583dfa8f8c88f66603073d113c.mp3) ## [Archbishop Calls Mosque a “God-Given Right,” German Prelate Hails Pride as a “Joyful Celebration,” Vatican News Normalizes IVF, and Laywomen Lead German Parishes. Meanwhile, the SSPX is in "Schism"](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/archbishop-calls-mosque-a-god-given) _2026-07-29 · Chris Jackson · Hiraeth In Exile_ From Santa Fe to Berlin and Rome, the hierarchy affirms false religion and sexual revolution while rationing the Mass that still produces vocations. ## [What Does Faithfulness Look Like Today?](https://artlectio.substack.com/p/what-does-faithfulness-look-like) _2026-07-28 · Art Lectio · Art Lectio_ Watch now | Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Hunters in the Snow, 1565 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208815541/8d51693b8807d88d7e349aae9c4fc35a.mp3) ## [BREAKING: Cardinal McElroy Approves Women Preachers in DC Church, Bishop Defends Nude LGBTQ Photo Shoot Outside Cathedral, and Leo invites non-Catholics to the Synod. Meanwhile the SSPX is in "Schism"](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/breaking-cardinal-mcelroy-approves) _2026-07-28 · Chris Jackson · Hiraeth In Exile_ From lay preaching and rainbow spectacle to interreligious synodality, Rome blesses nearly every breach of Catholic order—then discovers its canonical backbone when Tradition refuses to play along. ## [Rome Excommunicates Another Traditional Bishop, Promotes an Abu Dhabi Diplomat, and Lets a Woman Preach a Homily at Mass. Meanwhile, the SSPX is in "Schism"](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/rome-excommunicates-another-traditional) _2026-07-27 · Chris Jackson · Hiraeth In Exile_ Michael Mary is punished for denying Leo XIV, while Munich openly defies a Vatican ban, a new bishop promises to listen before teaching, and a champion of Francis’s Human Fraternity is sent to the UN ## [When Jerusalem Missed the Hour](https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/when-jerusalem-missed-the-hour) _2026-07-26 · Chris Jackson · Hiraeth In Exile_ Christ weeps over the holy city, cleanses the Temple, and warns every Catholic to recognize grace before the hour of visitation passes. ## [Every Catholic MUST Support the SSPX](https://catholicesquire.substack.com/p/every-catholic-must-support-the-sspx) _2026-07-19 · The Catholic Esquire · The Catholic Esquire_ Why do we need the SSPX? A simple, short explanation of the Church crisis and state of necessity is needed to answer this important question. ## [A child at war: Ivan's Childhood (1962)](https://criteria.libsyn.com/a-child-at-war-ivans-childhood-1962) _2026-07-15 · Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast_ James and Thomas begin a sub-series on the filmography of Andrei Tarkovsky (whose religious films Andrei Rublev and The Sacrifice they already discussed as part of the Vatican Film List). His first film, Ivan's Childhood , depicts a young boy, Ivan, who acts as a scout for the Russian army during World War II. Made precocious – and profoundly damaged – by his wartime experience, Ivan is a… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/criteria/Ivans_Childhood.mp3?dest-id=2049308) ## [A Silent “Excommunication” of All Traditionalists?](https://catholicesquire.substack.com/p/a-silent-excommunication-of-all-traditionalists) _2026-07-11 · The Catholic Esquire · The Catholic Esquire_ Tradition itself has been excommunicated according to the rule used against the SSPX. ## Pope Leo's message for the United States' 250th anniversary _2026-07-03 · Inside The Vatican_ Pope Leo today received the National Constitution Center’s liberty medal and gave an acceptance speech via livestream from the Vatican. Colleen Dulle recaps his message. Links from the show: Read: Pope Leo’s message to the United States on its 250th anniversary Subscribe to America Magazine (use promo code VATICAN for $10 off an annual digital subscription) Fill out our listener survey! Learn more… [Listen](https://traffic.megaphone.fm/AMMD8334313157.mp3) ## Vatican excommunicates SSPX bishops, priests and others _2026-07-03 · Inside The Vatican_ Today, July 2, in response to the SSPX’s illicit ordinations of bishops, the Vatican announced that not only were the bishops involved in the ordination automatically excommunicated and in schism, but that any clergy of SSPX or lay members who “adhere” to the schism are also to be considered excommunicated. Links from the show: The Vatican and SSPX controversy, explained Vatican declares… [Listen](https://traffic.megaphone.fm/AMMD5893898342.mp3) ## [Steubenville Teachers Will Save Vatican II Before Eternal Souls](https://catholicesquire.substack.com/p/steubenville-teachers-will-save-vatican) _2026-06-27 · The Catholic Esquire · The Catholic Esquire_ Weakness and cowardness abound in the unhallowed halls of Franciscan University in Steubenville. ## ‘I doubt he will be diplomatic’: What Leo may say to the U.S. July 3 _2026-06-26 · Inside The Vatican_ On this season finale of “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen and Gerry discuss the hectic weeks before Pope Leo’s summer vacation. First they recap the pope’s trip to Pavia to visit the remains of St. Augustine and the home of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, his speech to the World Food Program and the Vatican’s denial of the German bishops’ request to allow lay people to preach homilies. They also look… [Listen](https://traffic.megaphone.fm/AMMD8191832996.mp3)