Two priests threatened with prison for criticizing radical Islam are acquitted — By: Catholic News Agency

Father Custodio Ballester, a Spanish priest, was acquitted of hate crimes, along with another priest and a journalist. / Credit: Courtesy of HazteOir.org ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 18, 2025 / 06:30 am (CNA). Two priests and a journalist who were tried for criticizing radical Islam have been acquitted by the Provincial Court of Malaga in…

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Colligite Fragmenta: 19th Sunday after Pentecost — By: OnePeterFive

When this Sunday comes around, with its snappy Collect, I am minded of the early fourth-century martyr St. Expeditus. The Latin text of the Collect reads: Omnipotens et misericors Deus, universa nobis adversantia propitiatus exclude: ut mente et corpore pariter expediti, quae tua sunt, liberis mentibus exsequamur. Translated slavishly: Almighty and merciful God, having been…

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