MEDJUGORJE YOUTH FESTIVAL DREW OVER 70,000...

Youth Festival 2026 - Interview Day 4 - MaryTV

 PADRE PIO ABHORRED THE SIN OF HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITY...

Just read recently something I had not known before: Saint Padre Pio abhorred the sin of homosexual activity. It appears that over the years he sometimes reached through the confessional and slapped the face of someone who confessed the sin of homosexual acts.

{I hasten to add that I do not have any definite proof that Saint Padre Pio did this. I have read it this week on a website named Mundabor's Blog.}

 Myfanwy Detterling writes..

Detterling trainspotting aged fifteen

Hi everyone. I'm Myfanwy Detterling. I am a niece of Canting Detterling the aging Tyneside Free Mason.

I'd just like to say that Detterling is a disgrace to our family with his support for sodomy, abortion and assisted dying.

I so look forward to the roasting he will receive from Swashbukling Mulligan

 

Pope encourages youth in Medjugorje to rediscover beauty of encountering the Lord

In a message signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin for the opening of the Youth Festival (Mladifest) 2026, held at the shrine in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Pope Leo XIV urges young people not to be seduced by the illusions of "fleeting happiness." By following Jesus, even the deepest questions and anxieties of the heart can become "an opportunity for discernment and growth in faith."

By Edoardo Giribaldi

The promises of easy and immediate happiness are attractive, but they often fade away without leaving a lasting mark. What remains are the deeper questions, the anxieties that dwell in the human heart, and the longing for a joy that endures. It is precisely from these vulnerabilities that an authentic journey of faith can begin through an encounter with God, "who quenches every heart and gives the strength to always begin anew."

This is the heart of the message that Pope Leo XIV, through a message signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, addressed to the young people from 73 countries gathered in Medjugorje for the opening of Mladifest, the international youth festival. Starting in 1989, the festival takes place annually. The Eucharistic celebration takes place at the outdoor altar of Saint James Parish.

Encountering the Lord who quenches every heart

The message was read by Archbishop Aldo Cavalli, the Apostolic Visitor with a special assignment for the Parish of Medjugorje, shortly before the Mass celebrated by Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt, Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.

In his message, the Pope encouraged young people to return ad fontem—to Christ, the source of new life and authentic joy. Through prayer, listening to the Word of God, and the sacraments, he invites them to rediscover "the beauty of a personal encounter with the Lord, who quenches every heart and gives the strength to always begin anew."

Seeking the truth that sets us free

The Pope also encourages young people to seek sincerely "the truth that sets them free," without allowing themselves to be deceived by "the illusions of a passing happiness." In following Jesus, he said, everyone can embrace even the most difficult questions and the anxieties of the heart as opportunities for discernment and growth in faith.

Trusting in the Holy Spirit and Mary

The message concludes with an exhortation to allow themselves to be "led by the Holy Spirit" and to entrust themselves to the intercession of Mary, so that they may become "shining witnesses of the Gospel, promoters of fraternity, and builders of peace in society."

 

 OVERHEARD IN HARRIS & HOOLE...

(An occasional feature)

1st August 2026

Myself and Mary Winterbourne, Eva Spotisswoode and Tony of the Big Saloon got together this morning in Harris & Hoole:

MARY WINTERBOURNE:  Gene I see that Detterling has been at it again. Posting  heinous falsehoods about your Great-uncle Claude.

GENE:  Yes Mary. Silly old prick says he's keeping my blog under attack. I take that with a pinch of salt. He's too old and befuddled to keep that up. Besides every time he turns up he will be reminded of the odium and public contempt that befell him when he made those false allegations against my Great-uncle Claude - a man he would not hold a candle to.

What I think we should do today is recall all the laughs he gave us over the last twenty-one years plus.

MARY WINTERBOURNE: I know that the biggest laugh I had was back when he had that legendary exchange with you Gene on the TES website. It went:

Detterling: I know you probably despise me Gene

Gene: Well if I ever gave it any thought I probably would.

GENE: HA! HA! HA! Yes, that was funny. My own particular favourite was when in the midst of some spat on the TES Opinion Forum he coqeuttishly suggested he might show his bare ass in Fenwick's Christmas window in Newcastle.

MARY WINTERBOURNE: Dear God! What a dreadful spectacle to contemplate!

TONY OF THE BIG SALOON: I loved that time he arranged to meet you Gene at the Bloomsbury Crest hotel up in London. He wrote that he would be wearing a blue denim jacket, lovat chinos and green woolen socks in open-toed sandals! How we laughed! Sir Henry had field day.

ALL: Well, let's raise our cappuccinos to Detters, Delia, Sebastian and Cuthbert. Cheers!

 

Americans' support for same-sex marriage declining: poll

By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Thursday, July 30, 2026

A new poll shows reduced support for same-sex marriage compared to other recent surveys, as multiple polls that have found a supermajority of Americans back same-sex marriage continue to record declines from the record highs measured in recent years.

The Economist/YouGov poll, released Tuesday, was based on responses from 1,559 U.S. adults collected between July 25–27, with a margin of error of ±3.3 percentage points. The survey asked Americans for their opinions on a wide range of issues, including the legality of same-sex marriage.

Same-sex marriage has been legal in all 50 states since the U.S. Supreme Court's 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which ruled state bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. In 2022, then-President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act, codifying the Obergefell decision into federal law.

The survey found that 54% of Americans believe same-sex marriage should be legal, while 32% think it shouldn't be. The remaining 13% said they were "not sure." 

While 54% still constitutes majority support, and a significantly larger share of respondents favor same-sex marriage than oppose it, that figure is noticeably lower than support measured in other recent public opinion surveys. In a poll published earlier this year, the Public Religion Research Institute pegged support for same-sex marriage at 65%, down from a high of 69% in 2022.

The most recent Gallup poll asking Americans for their views on LGBT-related issues, released in June, 65% of respondents supported same-sex marriage, while 32% opposed it. This marked a decline from the record high of 71% support in 2022 and 2023. 

Tony Perkins, president of the socially conservative Family Research Council, addressed the decline reflected in the Gallup poll in an op-ed published by The Christian Post. "The promise of 'marriage equality' was that it was simply about allowing committed same-sex couples to formalize their relationships. Americans were assured that nothing else would change," he wrote. "But that is not what happened."

Perkins pointed to "pride parades in major cities where public nudity and sexually explicit displays are celebrated in full view of families and children," as well as "major corporations, universities, and professional sports organizations pressuring employees and athletes to affirm an ever-expanding list of sexual identities" and "a growing commercial surrogacy industry that intentionally deprives children of either their mother, their father, or both" as reasons he believes public support for same-sex marriage is falling.

He also cited the performance of gender transition procedures on trans-identified youth as well as the allowance of trans-identified males in women’s spaces and women’s sports as additional factors that have caused support for same-sex marriage to decline.

“Once marriage is detached from the complementary union of man and woman, it becomes increasingly difficult to explain why mothers and fathers matter, why men and women are different, or why children have a right to both,” he concluded. 

Recent polls from The Economist/YouGov have consistently shown lower support for same-sex marriage than other surveys, with support pegged as low as 51% and opposition measured as high as 34% in May 2026 and support measured as high as 55% in March, January and December 2025. 

 

Naked people painted with the rainbow flag in front of Gran Canaria Cathedral: Mazuelos considers it "marketing for the city" BASTARDS!

Crédito: EFE y Autor: Ángel Medina G.

by INFOVATICANA | July 27, 2026

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Nearly 500 people posed nude this Sunday in front of the cathedral of Santa Ana in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, painted with the colors of the rainbow flag, in an intervention organized by American photographer Spencer Tunick as part of the Culture & Business Pride festival. The image, conceived specifically to turn the main church of the diocese into the backdrop for an LGTBI movement claim, took place in Plaza de Santa Ana coinciding with the feast day of the city’s patron saint.

Far from expressing rejection of the use of the cathedral as the setting for this intervention, the bishop of the Canary Islands, José Mazuelos, stated that he was not against the initiative and even described it as “marketing for the city.”

The cathedral turned into the stage for an LGTBI claim

The intervention consisted of forming a giant human rainbow flag with several hundred volunteers completely nude and painted in different colors. Spencer Tunick directed the composition from the rooftop of the Casas Consistoriales and took various shots with the participants facing the cathedral’s façade.

It was not just any location. The organizers chose the square in front of the episcopal see and main church of the diocese for an image meant to symbolize, according to its promoters, “diversity, freedom, and the rights of LGTBIQA+ people.”

The session was also held on the feast day of Santa Ana, when the cathedral was hosting liturgical celebrations in honor of the city’s patron saint.

The faithful were unable to access Mass normally

The security measures organized for the photo session initially prevented access for cathedral staff and the faithful arriving for the first morning Mass.

The situation forced Bishop José Mazuelos to request the intervention of the National Police to create an access corridor to the church. Eventually, attendees were able to enter for the 10 a.m. Eucharistic celebration.

The newspaper adds that some participants in the intervention later entered the cathedral still covered in the paint used to form the rainbow flag.

Mazuelos: “anything that is marketing for the city is good”

Despite what happened, the bishop of the Canary Islands made it clear that his objection was not directed against the artistic intervention or the location chosen to carry it out, as he reported to Canarias7.

“Not only am I not against this artistic intervention, but I support it to the extent that I understand that anything that is marketing for the city is good,” he told journalists.

His only criticism focused on the lack of communication from the organizers, explaining that if the Diocese had been informed in advance, it would have better organized access to the cathedral, which has three entrances.

This position was made even more explicit in statements to El País, where he insisted that the presence of hundreds of nude people in front of the cathedral posed no problem for him. “I have no problem,” he stated, before adding: “When we go to the beach, we see nude bodies, don’t we?”

Mazuelos’s statements therefore represent an explicit acceptance that an intervention of this nature took place in front of the main church of the diocese, limiting his objections to the organizational issues that arose during the celebration.

A new provocation in front of a Catholic church

The choice of the cathedral as the backdrop for the composition did not go unnoticed. Spencer Tunick himself acknowledged that he had initially conceived the work using both perspectives of the square—the one facing the cathedral and the one directed toward the Casas Consistoriales—and stated that this type of action constitutes support for the LGTB movement.

The image released by the organization thus turns the façade of the Gran Canaria cathedral—with Mazuelos’s approval—into the visual frame for an ideological claim linked to the Culture & Business Pride festival.