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The Orang Bunian is a Malaysian myth/folklore about a race of people living in a different dimension. These creatures bear a strange similarity to the Nephilim and the Inccubi and Succubi.

In the video I explore the connections and similarities and the symbolism of these sorts of stories

New Saints

> St. José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros and St. María del Carmen Rendiles Martínez (Venezuela);

> St. Peter To Rot (Papua New Guinea);

> St. Ignatius Maloyan (Armenia);

> St. Bartolo Longo and St. Vincenza Maria Poloni (Italy);

> St. Maria Troncatti (Italy / Ecuador);

Pray for us!

If Mary and other saints are not omnipresent, how can they answer the prayers of the faithful from around the globe? That's why the Bible says that only Jesus is mediator.

  1. The Bible does not say that others cannot intercede; it says Christ is the unique mediator of redemption - When St. Paul says “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5), he is referring to Christ’s unique mediatorship of salvation — that is, only Jesus bridges the infinite gap between God and humanity caused by sin. He alone died for us, redeemed us, and opened heaven.

  However, intercessory prayer is a participation in Christ’s one mediation — not a competition with it.

  Just look a few verses earlier: “I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people” (1 Timothy 2:1)

  If praying for others were forbidden because only Christ mediates, then St. Paul contradicts himself in the same passage!

  So: Christ is the sole Mediator of redemption; the saints share in His mediatorship of intercession.

  2. The saints are alive in Christ and united with us - Jesus said: “He is not the God of the dead, but of the living” (Luke 20:38). And Hebrews 12:1 speaks of the “great cloud of witnesses” surrounding us — that’s the saints! They’re not cut off from us; they’re more alive and closer to God than ever.

  Since they are “in Christ”, they share in His divine life and knowledge. Through the Holy Spirit, the saints are mystically united to us — the Body of Christ (1 Cor 12:12–27). So, their intercession is made possible by participation in the divine knowledge of Christ, not by their own omnipresence.

  3. The saints don’t “hear” prayers like humans — they “know” them through God - You’re right: only God is omnipresent. Mary and the saints are not. But the key is that God allows them to know our prayers in His presence.

  Revelation 5:8 says: “The twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints”.

  So, Scripture literally shows the saints in heaven presenting our prayers to God. How can they know them? Because God makes them known to them.

  Think of it this way: If God can let angels know what’s happening on earth (Luke 15:10 “there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents”), then surely He can allow Mary and the saints, who are in His glory, to know our prayers.

  4. Asking saints for prayers is the same principle as asking your fellow Christians to pray for you - When you ask your parish priest or friend to pray for you, you are not “replacing Jesus as mediator”. You’re simply asking a fellow member of Christ’s Body to intercede.

  The saints are members of the same Body — only they are in the glorified part of it (the Church Triumphant).

  So, when we say “Mary, pray for us,” it’s like saying “Father, pray for me”, except the one praying is already perfected in holiness and closer to God.

  5. Mary’s intercession has biblical precedent - At the Wedding at Cana (John 2:1–11), Mary intercedes with Jesus on behalf of the couple — and Jesus responds, performing His first miracle.

  If Jesus listened to her intercession on earth, how much more now in heaven, when she’s perfectly united with Him?

  In short:

  Protestant Objection: Only Jesus is mediator.

  Catholic Response: Yes, the sole mediator of redemption. The saints share in His one mediation through intercession.

  Protestant Objection: Saints aren’t omnipresent.

  Catholic Response: True but God lets them know our prayers, just as He allows angels to know earthly events (Rev 5:8).

  Protestant Objection: Praying to saints = worship

  Catholic Response: No, we ask them to pray; we don’t adore them. Worship (latria) is for God alone.

  Protestant Objection: Bible doesn’t mention praying to saints.

  Catholic Response: It shows saints interceding and aware of our prayers (Rev 5:8, Rev 8:3–4, Heb 12:1).

Pope Leo to Pontifical Portuguese College: Draw ever closer to the Lord

Pope Leo XIV gives several recommendations to future priests when addressing in the Vatican the Pontifical Portuguese College in Rome, and also thanks the religious sisters who assist, suggesting that the sense of motherhood they offer is precious.

"Looking back, therefore, and reflecting on the foundation of your College," Pope Leo said, "we find both clergy and laity united on the same journey, committed to the same goals, in order to better promote the proclamation of the Gospel."

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Our brother Joe just caught Gavin Ortlund altering another text (the Didache) in the same video where he also inserted a period into St. Cyprian’s quote, cutting off the part that shows the unique authority of St. Peter. Joe’s a lot nicer than I am, so I’ll just say it straight: Gavin Ortlund was being deceptive by intentionally altering those quotes. He’s not an honest interlocutor.

Hebrew and Arabic-speaking Catholic youth gather to celebrate hope and unity

On Saturday, October 18, nearly two hundred young people from across Israel, from Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Nazareth, and Galilee gathered for the Youth Festival organized by the St. James Vicariate for Hebrew-Speaking Catholics in cooperation with the Youth Ministry Team of the Galilee.

The monastery courtyard was transformed into a joyful sea of color. Young people painted flowerpots with messages of peace, sang songs of praise, created bracelets of hope, and wrote their personal prayers on a “Wall of Sentences of Hope.”

Fr. Piotr Zelazko, praised the young people’s courage for organizing such a meeting “when everything was saying the opposite,” recalling that the decision to hold the festival was taken during a time of deep discouragement.

The Cardinal encouraged the youth not to listen to the voices of doubt or division, but to the voice of Jesus, who prays “that they may all be one.”

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Saint Mar Ephrem the Syrian taught that there is a real change and he interpreted the Eucharistic words of Jesus in this sense that the bread and wine transform into the actual body and blood of Jesus Christ.

Holy See: When development loses sight of people it descends into crisis

Monsignor Daniel Pacho, Under-Secretary for Multilateral Affairs at the Vatican Secretariat of State, speaks about the importance of confronting the development crisis at a Ministerial Conference of the United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

The Vatican official highlighted certain key areas that the Holy See wanted to draw attention to in the “common commitment to advancing authentic integral development”. For example, he said that “openness to life and respect for its sacredness are at the centre of true development”.

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In his name, he chose not to be first, but second. Before the communists, he resisted and proclaimed the faith without fear. He was shot and pierced, and yet, he forgave his murderers.

He reformed the Church's Law, formulated its Catechism. He canonized 483 saints, proclaimed 1,344 blessed. He traveled more than 1 million kilometers around 129 different countries. In old age, at the end of his life, he did not rest until his Easter.

Saint John Paul II, pray for us!

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