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Christmas Ornament & Self-Flying Planes
Supporting Liberation Theology
Here is a eulogy from the National Catholic Reporter praising Leo XIV for his first major document, the apostolic exhortation Dilexi Te (I Have Loved You). This “teaching document” praises the church renewal driven by Vatican II and Liberation Theology.
"I am convinced that the preferential choice for the poor is a source of extraordinary renewal both for the Church and for society," the pope wrote, echoing the language of Latin American liberation theologians who coined the term "preferential option for the poor."
So we have another conciliar Pope that favors the communist inspired Liberation Theology and desires the synodal miserablist Church.
Good to know and to not have illusions that things have changed.
M.G.
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Novus Ordo in Latin
I wonder if this is the Leo-way of the future to suppress the Mass? Allow the Latin but with the rubrics of the Novus Ordo and current liturgical books....
This Tennessee bishop announced he will suppress all Traditional Latin Masses in his diocese by year’s end. But, to appease those with attachments to the Old Ordo, he will allow the Latin Novus Ordo to still be facing east and still have chant and other traditional elements; but it will not be the traditional Latin Mass. Those who object – like I do – are being told we have a “rebellious spirit” against the Church hierarchy and that we have 'the Protestant spirit.'
Sadly, it is backwards. It is the Novus Ordo that has the Protestant spirit, and clearly they want us all to have this spirit.
Time for resistance, my dear Catholics.
G.C.M.
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Proper Christmas Ornament?
Inspired by Dr. Horvat's talk at the 5th Biennial event earlier this year and published on your website, I've been thinking a lot about how to spread knowledge and devotion to Our Lady of Good Success. There are still so many who do not know of her and, as she told Mother Mariana, she wants to be known and loved throughout the world.
Searching on ETSY I found a very beautiful Our Lady of Good Success wooden doll ornament. I have no affiliation with the seller but reached out to ask how she learned of Our Lady of Good Success and came to have and sell this doll. She wrote me back, "Through a very holy priest and his devotion to her…made as a gift for him…"
I hope you will share this with your readers who may be interested. Mine arrived in the mail this week and they are absolutely beautiful. It's perfect for the Christmas Tree or Home Altar, as a Table Centerpiece, to bring out on her Feast Day, or as a birthday or sacramental gift or for a priest or just someone in need. And a marvelous way I think to help spread knowledge and devotion to Our Lady under this title.
K.S.
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TIA responds:
K.S.,
We praise your desire to spread the devotion of Our Lady of Good Success, inspired by Dr. Horvat’s talk.
We also have no doubt that the lady who is selling this supposed image of Our Lady of Good Success is moved by a good intention.
However, the “image” itself cannot be recommended, in our opinion, for several reasons:
- It is carved in the style of children’s toys such as the nutcracker figurines, habitually sold as Christmas ornaments. Consequently, it lacks respect for the seriousness of Our Lady;
- Both the supposed Lady and the Child are faceless, which makes them still more undefined and vague than the nutcrackers figurines;
- Besides being childish, the ornament pays tribute to modern art;
- This ornament is more akin to the "religion of joy" of the Conciliar Church than to the Catholic Church, which expresses perfectly the sublimity of Christmas along with the meditation on our Redemption worked by the coming Sacrifice of the Cross.
We ask Our Lady to direct you to her real devotion, the solution she gave for the grave crisis in the Church she predicted four centuries ago.
Cordially,
TIA correspondence desk
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Self-Flying Airplanes
We have seen news reports about self-driven taxis and flying taxis. Now here comes the self-flying airplanes… Take them, if you trust them. I don’t.
Read below, if you please.
P.M.
Plus, America’s robot manufacturing boom, Ferrari’s first full EV, and smart homes get less dumb, in this edition of The Future of Everything newsletter.
Conor Grant
“Aircraft should fly themselves!” is scrawled on a whiteboard at Reliable Robotics’ offices in Mountain View, Calif.
The startup is among several companies vying to revolutionize air travel by doing away with the need for human pilots on cargo, military and maybe even passenger aircraft. This week, Andrew Tangel reports on the startups and giant aircraft makers that are testing autonomous flight systems.
For now, cargo and military flights are the focus. Reliable recently signed a $17 million contract with the U.S. Air Force that involves testing autonomous cargo flights. The company hopes to win Federal Aviation Administration certification for using fully remote pilots with the company’s planes in 2028.
Flying-taxi maker Joby Aviation also recently tested its own pilotless Cessna for the Air Force over the Pacific Ocean.
Wisk, a pilotless flying taxi made by Boeing, has also been a test bed for automation. The plan is to have no pilots on board, but instead use ground controllers to oversee the electric vehicles.
Yet truly autonomous flight with human passengers will face a host of technical and regulatory hurdles, and – perhaps the most difficult of all – a tough sell to travelers.
— Robert Rose, CEO of Reliable Robotics
Original here
Posted October 16, 2025
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Thanks for publishing the new regulations from China. Too many people think China is no longer communist because it is allowing big business, and a type of regulated capitalism. That is simply not true.
This article reports on another document released by the Central Committee. Its conclusion says it all: “The message is steel: think as the Party thinks, or don’t think at all.”
G.G.