Mel Gibson is consulting with excommunicated Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò — who has called the late Pope Francis “a servant of Satan” — for the “The Resurrection of the Christ,” his follow up to 2004’s “The Passion of the Christ” that is currently still shooting in Italy.
Viganò, who is the Vatican’s former ambassador to the United States, was excommunicated in 2024 for refusing to recognize Pope Francis’ authority and rejecting the Second Vatican Council that modernized the Roman Catholic Church. He has repeatedly referred to Francis as a liberal “servant of Satan” and a “false prophet” in public statements. Viganò is also known to be a big fan of U.S. President Donald Trump, a critic of gay rights and a supporter of anti-vaccine positions
The event opened with breathtaking symbolism: more than 3,000 drones illuminated the night sky above the basilica, tracing the image of Pope Francis, framing Michelangelo’s dome and Bernini’s colonnade in light. The display, a first for the Vatican, drew reverent silence before the crowd erupted in applause.
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The event marked the conclusion of the two-day World Meeting on Human Fraternity, which brought together 500 participants, including Nobel laureates, academics, cultural leaders, and experts in technology and the environment. Fifteen dialogue panels explored themes such as peace, care for the planet, technology’s impact, and the future of humanity…
While the display may be amazing, there seems to be something… creepy.. about the Late Pope Francis appearing above the Vatican as a gigantic dead Pope face..
In a small town in the west of Ireland, a dark chapter of history is being unearthed as forensic archaeologists begin the delicate process of exhuming and identifying the remains of hundreds of babies believed to be buried in a mass grave. The site, once a mother and baby home run by nuns, is now a housing estate.
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Catherine Corless, who began researching the Tuam Baby Home from her kitchen table, made the shocking discovery that 796 babies had died in the home.
“There was knowledge that something was here,” she said. “Yes, of course, it was just hidden a lot of them,” Corless said when speaking to the network.
Corless told CNN she was “horrified, absolutely horrified” upon discovering the lack of burial records for the babies. Despite resistance from some in the community and the Irish Catholic Church, she persisted in her research.
“I felt the resistance. I wasn’t expecting that,” she said when speaking to CNN.
Cordless was able to convince Ireland to former a commission to investigate..
The commission found that the remains of 802 children from newborns to three-year-olds were buried in Tuam from 1925 to 1961 as it discovered an “appalling” mortality rate of about 15 percent among children born at all of the so-called Mother and Baby Homes, which operated across Ireland.
Catholic nuns ran the so-called mother and baby institution from 1925 to 1961, housing women who had become pregnant outside of marriage and were shunned by their families. After giving birth, some children lived in the homes too, but many more were given up for adoption under a system that often saw church and state work in tandem..
There’s a video that’s not just going viral it’s going supernova. Over the past 48 hours, the video titled “Cason Sees Jesus” has exploded across social media. And if you’ve watched it, you know why.
Let’s unpack this for a moment.
From what we can gather, this is a deeply personal video. It appears to be filmed by a friend of a mother whose young son — Cason — had some kind of skateboarding accident and ended up in the hospital.
The details are fuzzy: we don’t know the exact nature of the injury, or what type of surgery he underwent, if any. What we do see is a boy coming out of anesthesia, surrounded by his mother, several nurses, and a few others who remain off-camera.
What happens next is where belief and skepticism collide.
Cason, clearly not fully conscious or grounded in the room, begins to describe something — or somewhere — that seems profoundly spiritual. He’s weeping. His voice is shaky. And he’s talking about seeing Jesus.
He tells his mother how beautiful Jesus is.
He then says he sees his dad — and you can hear his mother in the background gently confirming that Cason’s father passed away about a year ago. He also sees his “Papa” — presumably a grandfather — and calls him strong. He pleads for a hug. And in an especially haunting moment, he says he misses his mom… while she is right there beside him.
That part hits differently.
Throughout the nine-minute video, Cason is visibly emotional. And as it turns out, so are millions of people who’ve watched it. Comments across YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, and Reddit are filled with crying emojis, prayers, and personal stories. Some say they’re shaken. Some say they’re comforted. Others say it brought them back to their own spiritual beliefs — or challenged them.
Now, let’s take a step back. Yes, Cason is under anesthesia. And we’ve all seen the funny videos — the ones where people come out of surgery babbling about cheeseburgers or proposing to nurses. That may have even been the original intention behind filming Cason. Maybe they were hoping for a goofy moment. But what they captured instead… feels very different.
This wasn’t just a brief, silly ramble. Cason’s words had structure. His emotions were heavy. His vision, if you want to call it that, was sustained. And it seemed to come from a place of deep knowing.
Here’s where things get murky and also, personal.
Was this a genuine spiritual experience? Or was it the result of a young brain floating between consciousness and confusion, grasping for meaning in a fog of anesthesia?
Some nurses in the room can be heard trying to comfort the family, saying things like, “this is normal.” But many commenters online weren’t having that.. some were even upset, interpreting the responses as dismissive or awkward. But in fairness, it may have just been nervous laughter. When something unexplainable happens, people react however they can.
We don’t know much else about Cason. We don’t know what happened after the video cut off. And we don’t know what he remembers now that he’s fully awake. We do know that the video was uploaded by someone who shares a lot of faith-based content, which led some skeptics to suggest the experience may be shaped by religious upbringing. And sure, there’s some truth to that idea — that we draw on familiar spiritual symbols in altered states.
But does that make the experience any less powerful? Any less real?
I’ve only been under anesthesia once myself. And when I came out of it, apparently I launched into a rant about someone’s cooking. (True story: I said all she cooks with is teriyaki.) Why that memory? Why that topic? Who knows — I certainly wasn’t in control of it. So I get the weirdness of post-surgical talk. But Cason’s experience went beyond a passing comment. It had continuity. Emotion. Gravity.
And maybe that’s what’s staying with people most is the weight of it.
In the end, we don’t know what happened. We don’t know what Cason saw or if he saw anything at all. But what we do know is that millions of us witnessed a moment that felt like more than just a medical recovery. It felt like a message, a mystery, or maybe just a mirror, reflecting our own hopes and questions about life after this one.
Will we get updates? We hope so.
Do we deserve them? Maybe not.
But once something this powerful enters the online ether, it lingers. It plants seeds. And it makes us wonder.
For now, we hope Cason is okay. And if he truly saw what he says he saw… we hope it brought him peace. Because it sure stirred something in the rest of us.
Pope Francis’ funeral has been set for Saturday at 10 a.m. local time in St. Peter’s Square, to be celebrated by the dean of the College of Cardinals.
Cardinals met at the Vatican to schedule Pope Francis’ funeral and burial, plan the conclave to elect his successor and make other decisions about running the Catholic Church as world leaders and the ordinary faithful grieve the pontiff’s death.
Meanwhile Peter does the blessing….
Calling 900 year old prophecies to see what happens next…
Bells tolled in church towers across Rome after the announcement, which was read out by Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, from the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta, where Francis lived.
“At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of the Father. His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and of his Church,″ Ferrell said.
The motorcade carrying the 88-year-old pope entered the Perugino gate into Vatican City, and Francis was seen in the front passenger seat wearing nasal tubes to give him supplemental oxygen.
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Before leaving the hospital, Francis gave a thumbs up and acknowledged the crowd after he was wheeled out onto the balcony overlooking the main entry. Hundreds of people had gathered on a brilliant Sunday morning to say goodbye.
Chants of “Viva il papa!” and “Papa Francesco” erupted from the crowd, which included patients who had been wheeled outside just to catch his brief appearance.
Pope Francis said he signed a letter of resignation in the first year of his reign to provide for the possibility that he would become incapable of fulfilling his duties.
Stephen Rossetti – a licensed psychologist and counsellor – said they do it to taunt their victims, their families and any priests trying to save them.
The clergyman said: “We have had three cases in which demons have texted the team and or the family of the possessed person.
“Two of these cases were the most difficult cases we have had so far, and the third involved a pious family with priestly and religious vocations among the children.
“So, all were ‘high value’ targets with high-ranking, powerful demons involved.
