The Catholic Church is the world‘s largest and oldest sexual grooming agency in the history of mankind. It’s been that way since at least the eighth century.
Hi, good friend. I disagree. You say "that the Catholic Church is the largest and oldest agency for sexual solicitation." Don't you think that's an exaggeration? Well, then why was the Church persecuted by the Roman emperors? There are no documents from the Church defending or promoting this evil. The Church has always fought against this evil: that's why it has become a target of its enemies. Well, the Church can survive without this clergy, and that's why groups of Catholics around the world are already living in isolation. We must recognize that we are facing an agenda. Yes, the clergy is infested with these monsters. For example: the Islamic religion publicly approves this evil, and the Rockefeller Foundations have been financing the LGBT agenda for decades. In fact, the foundations and the UN itself are working to normalize pedophilia and expand the LGBT agenda. I believe that the Second Vatican Council contributed to the infestation of pedophiles and homosexuals in the Church, and the emergence of revolutionary policies against the Church itself.
Dido, You wrote, "The Islamic religion publicly approves this evil." Not so. The Quran contains passages, particularly the story of Lot's people, that are interpreted by most Muslim scholars as a condemnation of homosexual acts. Statements attributed to the Prophet Muhammad, known as Hadith, are often cited as evidence for the prohibition of homosexuality and even prescribed punishments for it, including being put to death, as St. Pope Pius V recommended. Many Islamic jurists consider homosexual acts a serious sin. So, the chances are higher of going to a Roman Catholic Church today and hearing a pro-LGBTQ sermon, or witness a priest blessing a same-sex couple, than it is to experience this in a mosque where you are more likely to hear an imam speak out against homosexual behavior and gender identity.
The exaggeration was to make a point, and the point is that despite the church’s own rhetoric, it’s leaders have failed or refused to address the problem. In the process, they sully God’s holy, righteous name.
Many Catholics have developed a blasé inertia when it comes to clerical sex abuse. Some have become numb because of the headlines. Others think all the victims want is money (one of my now-former friends believed that). Many think that because “the gates of hell do not prevail,” they can afford to relax.
But there is historical accuracy in my exaggeration. Look up Saint Peter Damien and “Liber Gommorahianus.” Look up “papal pornocracy.“ this problem didn’t start with Vatican II. This was a problem centuries in the making.
Please read the following pieces I wrote. They’re just some of the articles I wrote that show how clueless Vatican leadership has been on this issue. While you read them, tap on the embedded links:
Thank you for your reply. Yes, I am already accessing the links you provided. In fact, I created a folder to archive all the news and articles on the subject, including the articles by Mr. Thomas Gomulka. I really intend to create a blog/website to denounce this evil. Unfortunately, here in my country (Brazil) there are no specialized Catholic websites denouncing this evil.
Please, can you send me any files (books, articles, news, etc.) on the subject. Here is my e-mail. I will be happy to receive new information. The e-mail is aj.silvius@gmail.com
The current claimant to the throne of St Peter can thank 80% of the modernist Cardinals who were appointed by Pope Francis and 27 out of 133 cardinals who have a bad history with regards to protecting victims of pedophile priests, as they knowingly elected a candidate who was one of the 27 bad ones. This is absolutely scandalous!!
Let me restate that; the cardinals knowingly elected a man who had been accused in two different countries of having protected pedophile priests! So we can forget about cleaning out the church of this trash.
Furthermore Prevost’s election may have been invalid because the cardinals violated Pope JPII papal law on elections Universi Dominici Gregis by having 133 cardinals voting when the maximum allowed is 120 and also because they elected a candidate who had made statements against catholic doctrine (Fiducia Supplicans, Amoris Laetitia etc), contrary to Pope Paul IV’s Bull Cum ex Apostolatus Oficio.
Since the cardinals failed in their duty to elect a Catholic pope, according to the Pope Nicolas II’s Bull In Nome Domine, in cases where the election is not pure, sincere and free, the faithful of Rome have the right to assemble and elect a Catholic pope.
All of this takes away my hope. There is no way to trust this church anymore. Everything in the Vatican is rotten. And it has been for many decades. Even in the time of Saint Padre Pio, the clergy persecuted him and accused him with lies. They prevented Padre Pio from celebrating Mass. I believe that the current rotten clergy already existed at that time. I believe that they feared that Padre Pio's influence would impede their satanic plans.
You are absolutely right. In the papal election of 1903, the Austro Hungarian emperor exercised his veto of Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro, until then Secretary of State under Pope Leo XIII, and who was later discovered was a freemason. So yes, freemasons have infiltrated the Catholic church since before the publishing of the Permanent Instruction of the Alta Vendita (which was the masonic plan to infiltrate the church) at the beginning of the 19th century, and maybe even the 18th century.
Having said that, Jesus promised that the gates of hell would not prevail against the church. And he does not leave his church orphaned. I am hopeful because the same pope who established the college of cardinals, in his Bull In Nome Domine declared infallibly that if the election were not pure, sincere and free, tha Catholic faithful of Rome had a right to elect a Catholic pope, just as was done in the first millenium.
Papal law has nothing do with the invalid election. Leo is a heretic and no heretic can be validly elected pope. We have yet another antipope who is a secret Freemason.
If the Catholic Church is to survive, to rise from its deathbed, it must be accepted by the true remaining faithful that no other struggle matters more than this -- no distraction/controversy, liturgy war, tradition vs Vatican II errors, etc etc. The sodomites must be driven from the Church, by whatever means necessary -- priests, bishops, cardinals and popes. They are like a gangrene on Catholicism, a putrefaction. They should all be serving long sentences in prison, in the "general population".
There is a quote from Pope Pius XII that I wrote down, and I read it when I think of the current state of Holy Mother Church……..”The Church, which includes both the divine and the human, remains always the same. Though her human elements may be disfigured by sin, her divine soul remains immaculate.”
Sad to say it, but doesn't it appear that the Catholic Church is rotten to the core? The Reformation is still necessary. It's no wonder that over a third of Evangelical Christians are former Catholics.
Writing to the antipope won’t accomplish anything. Prevost is no better than Bergoglio. And, from all accounts, Prevost is most likely a secret Freemason. Please stop referring to him as the pope.
I agree he is a heretic. But Pope Paul IV infallibly declared in his Bull Cum ex Apostolatus Oficio that a heretic cannot be elected to the papal throne.
And this is backed up by Jesus's own words in Matthew 18:18 : Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
The deplorable corruption in the Church has caused great pain in my family. My father, Thomas James Cunningham, Loyola University, Los Angeles '36 was moved to turn his back on the Church prior to his passing in 2005. Subsequently, John Paul 2 was advanced to Sainthood despite his poor leadership in dealing with terrible abuse and suffering during his tenure. This further undermines credibility of all leadership, past and present.
Terrible. It was impossible for John Paul II to be a true and authentic pope: he was part of the problem. He helped to bury Tradition and erase the Tridentine Mass. He protected and promoted pedophiles. He also buried the Roman Catechism and that of St. Pius X. I believe that the current Vatican has no way back. Here in Brazil, thousands of Catholics are organizing themselves into groups and financing their own priests.
Thank God for a very interesting article! Sir, Thomas, in the last few days I have been reading your old articles and I was looking for information about this mafia that today controls a large part of the dioceses in the USA. One question: as you know, I live in Brazil. So... are there tentacles of this mafia here in Brazil? Well... here the traditionalist priests have been banned from the dioceses and the priests are forbidden to celebrate the Tridentine Mass: these priests are persecuted or humiliated. Here in Brazil, the clergy is TOTALLY infested by politics and revolutionary ideologies! The internet has broken the expansion of their agenda. For this reason, hundreds of Catholics are seeking religious societies and organizing themselves into small groups.
It is very difficult to be 100% sure but one way to make an educated guess is by checking the episcopal lineage of each of the bishops. Nearly all the members of the St Gallen Mafia can trace their lineage to three episcopal masons from the 19th century : Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro, Cardinal Richard de la Vergne and Cardinal Doria Pamphilj. For example, Pope Francis was a direct descendant of Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro who cooperated with Cardinal Richard de la Vergne in isolating the Vatican, after 1870 when it had lost the papal states. In fact there is a surprising link to Fatima.
And if you want to check the lineages of your bishops, use this site. Note that there are both liberal and conservative Bishops who have masonic episcopal lineages.
Yes. This damned theology is very strong here. The heretical National Conference of Bishops of Brazil is an arm of the radical left. A lot of money is diverted from dioceses to pay for politicians. It is the so-called Brazilian Deep Church. It is a fact: in my country, everything is already controlled by them.
Just like in the USA. The USCCB has been deeply entrenched with Biden, Obama, Bush, and Clinton through the Vatican's bag man: McCarrick. In fact, MCCarrick test drove "unaccompanied minors" from Latin and South America during the Obama years. Any guess what happened to those kids?
Here is a list of cardinals who are the SNAP list (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests). It was prepared for the conclave, so it only has cardinal electors.
Thank you! The Church is universal and so are her enforced errors. Keep us updated! I am glad to hear about the small groups forming. Pray for heroic priests! They are the ones the hierarchy wants to crush.
Below is an excerpt from an essay by the heroic, Mr. Stephen Brady. His website, (Roman Catholic Faitful) rcf.org is where anyone can read extensive investigative reporting about the seemy inner workings of the hierarchy.
It is not for the faint of heart.
Please pay attention to where Brady says the perversion was centered - and probably still is - Chicago. Where was Leo XIV formed as a priest? Chicago.
I think that it is naive not to see a connection between the American pope and the Lavendar Mafia.
"Much of the sexual perversion that has found its way into the hierarchy is centered in Chicago. I learned this when we exposed the homosexual clerical website, “Saint Sebastian’s Angels.”
So, so sick of all this abuse and lack of accountability. It is incomprehensible even. Until all those involved are deposed, I won't believe the Pope cares. Better to be without these men, then to allow them to continue. I wonder if these sins are ever confessed? I once heard that they don't consider homosexual activity a violation of their celibacy because it isn't with women. What the heck???
Yes. That's how twisted the thinking is. They actually commenced a war on the Sacrament of Marriage when the Holy See compelled all priests into enforced celibacy. It shows their immense spiritual immaturity. They even justify homosexual unions based on Our Lady and St. Joseph's unconsecrated marriage. See the book, Amours.
Some priests and bishops even want to make masturbation a spiritual gift. See Michael Hichborn at the Lepanto Institute.
Well done. Steve Brady came to Detroit in 1995 and gave a talk that led directly to the formation of the group Call to Holiness, which in turn helped educate the laity about what's really going on.
Yes, Lawrence tge Church has indeed been hijacked. See Pope Leo III's encyclical on freemasonry where he prophetically states what their goals are for the Church and eerily, it us exactly what is happening today.
The Catholic Church is the world‘s largest and oldest sexual grooming agency in the history of mankind. It’s been that way since at least the eighth century.
Hi, good friend. I disagree. You say "that the Catholic Church is the largest and oldest agency for sexual solicitation." Don't you think that's an exaggeration? Well, then why was the Church persecuted by the Roman emperors? There are no documents from the Church defending or promoting this evil. The Church has always fought against this evil: that's why it has become a target of its enemies. Well, the Church can survive without this clergy, and that's why groups of Catholics around the world are already living in isolation. We must recognize that we are facing an agenda. Yes, the clergy is infested with these monsters. For example: the Islamic religion publicly approves this evil, and the Rockefeller Foundations have been financing the LGBT agenda for decades. In fact, the foundations and the UN itself are working to normalize pedophilia and expand the LGBT agenda. I believe that the Second Vatican Council contributed to the infestation of pedophiles and homosexuals in the Church, and the emergence of revolutionary policies against the Church itself.
Dido, You wrote, "The Islamic religion publicly approves this evil." Not so. The Quran contains passages, particularly the story of Lot's people, that are interpreted by most Muslim scholars as a condemnation of homosexual acts. Statements attributed to the Prophet Muhammad, known as Hadith, are often cited as evidence for the prohibition of homosexuality and even prescribed punishments for it, including being put to death, as St. Pope Pius V recommended. Many Islamic jurists consider homosexual acts a serious sin. So, the chances are higher of going to a Roman Catholic Church today and hearing a pro-LGBTQ sermon, or witness a priest blessing a same-sex couple, than it is to experience this in a mosque where you are more likely to hear an imam speak out against homosexual behavior and gender identity.
Thank you for that. There would be no need to infiltrate the Church if she were one and the same.
See: Roman Catholic Faithful rcf.org
The exaggeration was to make a point, and the point is that despite the church’s own rhetoric, it’s leaders have failed or refused to address the problem. In the process, they sully God’s holy, righteous name.
Many Catholics have developed a blasé inertia when it comes to clerical sex abuse. Some have become numb because of the headlines. Others think all the victims want is money (one of my now-former friends believed that). Many think that because “the gates of hell do not prevail,” they can afford to relax.
But there is historical accuracy in my exaggeration. Look up Saint Peter Damien and “Liber Gommorahianus.” Look up “papal pornocracy.“ this problem didn’t start with Vatican II. This was a problem centuries in the making.
Please read the following pieces I wrote. They’re just some of the articles I wrote that show how clueless Vatican leadership has been on this issue. While you read them, tap on the embedded links:
https://stream.org/queering-the-catholic-church/
https://stream.org/the-catholic-churchs-cold-war-over-sexual-truth/
https://stream.org/student-suspension-latest-signal-of-catholic-churchs-descent-into-lgbtq-madness/
I will do what I can. Thank you very much for your kind responses.
Thank you for your reply. Yes, I am already accessing the links you provided. In fact, I created a folder to archive all the news and articles on the subject, including the articles by Mr. Thomas Gomulka. I really intend to create a blog/website to denounce this evil. Unfortunately, here in my country (Brazil) there are no specialized Catholic websites denouncing this evil.
Please, can you send me any files (books, articles, news, etc.) on the subject. Here is my e-mail. I will be happy to receive new information. The e-mail is aj.silvius@gmail.com
Can you give footnotes to that? I'd like to follow up. Thank you.
The current claimant to the throne of St Peter can thank 80% of the modernist Cardinals who were appointed by Pope Francis and 27 out of 133 cardinals who have a bad history with regards to protecting victims of pedophile priests, as they knowingly elected a candidate who was one of the 27 bad ones. This is absolutely scandalous!!
Let me restate that; the cardinals knowingly elected a man who had been accused in two different countries of having protected pedophile priests! So we can forget about cleaning out the church of this trash.
https://apnews.com/article/sex-abuse-snap-zero-tolerance-92d2770ffc6ddf2f10c828ed26f1cb17
https://www.conclavewatch.org/cardinals/prevost
https://www.snapnetwork.org/survivors_respond_to_pope_leo_xiv_s_election_with_grave_concern_about_his_record_managing_abuse_cases
Furthermore Prevost’s election may have been invalid because the cardinals violated Pope JPII papal law on elections Universi Dominici Gregis by having 133 cardinals voting when the maximum allowed is 120 and also because they elected a candidate who had made statements against catholic doctrine (Fiducia Supplicans, Amoris Laetitia etc), contrary to Pope Paul IV’s Bull Cum ex Apostolatus Oficio.
https://www.fromrome.info/2025/06/12/catholics-of-rome-denounce-prevost-as-an-anti-pope/
Since the cardinals failed in their duty to elect a Catholic pope, according to the Pope Nicolas II’s Bull In Nome Domine, in cases where the election is not pure, sincere and free, the faithful of Rome have the right to assemble and elect a Catholic pope.
https://www.fromrome.info/2025/06/11/pope-nicholas-iii-infallibly-taught-that-faithful-can-elect-a-catholic-pope/
All of this takes away my hope. There is no way to trust this church anymore. Everything in the Vatican is rotten. And it has been for many decades. Even in the time of Saint Padre Pio, the clergy persecuted him and accused him with lies. They prevented Padre Pio from celebrating Mass. I believe that the current rotten clergy already existed at that time. I believe that they feared that Padre Pio's influence would impede their satanic plans.
You are absolutely right. In the papal election of 1903, the Austro Hungarian emperor exercised his veto of Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro, until then Secretary of State under Pope Leo XIII, and who was later discovered was a freemason. So yes, freemasons have infiltrated the Catholic church since before the publishing of the Permanent Instruction of the Alta Vendita (which was the masonic plan to infiltrate the church) at the beginning of the 19th century, and maybe even the 18th century.
Having said that, Jesus promised that the gates of hell would not prevail against the church. And he does not leave his church orphaned. I am hopeful because the same pope who established the college of cardinals, in his Bull In Nome Domine declared infallibly that if the election were not pure, sincere and free, tha Catholic faithful of Rome had a right to elect a Catholic pope, just as was done in the first millenium.
Don’t lose hop! I invite you to check out the links above and with some faith it will restore your hope in Christ’s promises for his church.
Papal law has nothing do with the invalid election. Leo is a heretic and no heretic can be validly elected pope. We have yet another antipope who is a secret Freemason.
If the Catholic Church is to survive, to rise from its deathbed, it must be accepted by the true remaining faithful that no other struggle matters more than this -- no distraction/controversy, liturgy war, tradition vs Vatican II errors, etc etc. The sodomites must be driven from the Church, by whatever means necessary -- priests, bishops, cardinals and popes. They are like a gangrene on Catholicism, a putrefaction. They should all be serving long sentences in prison, in the "general population".
There is a quote from Pope Pius XII that I wrote down, and I read it when I think of the current state of Holy Mother Church……..”The Church, which includes both the divine and the human, remains always the same. Though her human elements may be disfigured by sin, her divine soul remains immaculate.”
Yes. That is true. But, the Vatican likes any cover for their sins. So, this is convenient for them. This way they need not change.
Sad to say it, but doesn't it appear that the Catholic Church is rotten to the core? The Reformation is still necessary. It's no wonder that over a third of Evangelical Christians are former Catholics.
Writing to the antipope won’t accomplish anything. Prevost is no better than Bergoglio. And, from all accounts, Prevost is most likely a secret Freemason. Please stop referring to him as the pope.
I agree he is a heretic. But Pope Paul IV infallibly declared in his Bull Cum ex Apostolatus Oficio that a heretic cannot be elected to the papal throne.
And this is backed up by Jesus's own words in Matthew 18:18 : Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
https://www.fromrome.info/2025/05/07/pope-paul-ivs-solemn-warning-to-the-cardinal-electors-of-2025/
The deplorable corruption in the Church has caused great pain in my family. My father, Thomas James Cunningham, Loyola University, Los Angeles '36 was moved to turn his back on the Church prior to his passing in 2005. Subsequently, John Paul 2 was advanced to Sainthood despite his poor leadership in dealing with terrible abuse and suffering during his tenure. This further undermines credibility of all leadership, past and present.
Terrible. It was impossible for John Paul II to be a true and authentic pope: he was part of the problem. He helped to bury Tradition and erase the Tridentine Mass. He protected and promoted pedophiles. He also buried the Roman Catechism and that of St. Pius X. I believe that the current Vatican has no way back. Here in Brazil, thousands of Catholics are organizing themselves into groups and financing their own priests.
Thank God for a very interesting article! Sir, Thomas, in the last few days I have been reading your old articles and I was looking for information about this mafia that today controls a large part of the dioceses in the USA. One question: as you know, I live in Brazil. So... are there tentacles of this mafia here in Brazil? Well... here the traditionalist priests have been banned from the dioceses and the priests are forbidden to celebrate the Tridentine Mass: these priests are persecuted or humiliated. Here in Brazil, the clergy is TOTALLY infested by politics and revolutionary ideologies! The internet has broken the expansion of their agenda. For this reason, hundreds of Catholics are seeking religious societies and organizing themselves into small groups.
It is very difficult to be 100% sure but one way to make an educated guess is by checking the episcopal lineage of each of the bishops. Nearly all the members of the St Gallen Mafia can trace their lineage to three episcopal masons from the 19th century : Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro, Cardinal Richard de la Vergne and Cardinal Doria Pamphilj. For example, Pope Francis was a direct descendant of Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro who cooperated with Cardinal Richard de la Vergne in isolating the Vatican, after 1870 when it had lost the papal states. In fact there is a surprising link to Fatima.
https://www.fromrome.info/2020/01/21/the-dark-root-of-the-st-gallen-mafia/
https://www.fromrome.info/2020/01/25/the-grandfather-of-the-st-gallen-mafia/
And if you want to check the lineages of your bishops, use this site. Note that there are both liberal and conservative Bishops who have masonic episcopal lineages.
https://catholic-hierarchy.org/
Gosh! That is terrifying. I will follow it up.
Thank you.
It’s called Liberation theology, and Prevost fully supports this heretical theology.
Yes. This damned theology is very strong here. The heretical National Conference of Bishops of Brazil is an arm of the radical left. A lot of money is diverted from dioceses to pay for politicians. It is the so-called Brazilian Deep Church. It is a fact: in my country, everything is already controlled by them.
Just like in the USA. The USCCB has been deeply entrenched with Biden, Obama, Bush, and Clinton through the Vatican's bag man: McCarrick. In fact, MCCarrick test drove "unaccompanied minors" from Latin and South America during the Obama years. Any guess what happened to those kids?
Here is a list of cardinals who are the SNAP list (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests). It was prepared for the conclave, so it only has cardinal electors.
https://www.conclavewatch.org/cardinals
Thank you! SNAP is doing great work.
Thank you. This link is very good.
Thank you! The Church is universal and so are her enforced errors. Keep us updated! I am glad to hear about the small groups forming. Pray for heroic priests! They are the ones the hierarchy wants to crush.
Please pay attention to where Stephen Brady (rcf.org) says the clerical perversion was centered
Where was Leo XIV formed as a priest? Chicago.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2024/06/04/augustinian-catholic-order-clergy-sex-abuse-richard-mcgrath
https://catholicvote.org/editor-abuse-allegation-cover-up-in-diocese-formerly-overseen-by-now-prefect-of-dicastery-for-bishops/
https://www.bishop-accountability.org/reports/1992-06-BernardinReport/
https://www.yorechildren.com/blog/2025/5/20/the-chicago-way
P/Leo has transferred Bendigo Bishop who displayed a pagan statue in their cathedral to the Brisbane Archdiocese
Talk about living hell on earth through these evil men
Jesus 'said call no one father , but your Father in heaven'
Also Jesus had no Cardinals or popes or bishops, Jesus had Apostles
At the transfiguration God told the Apostles. This is my Son, LISTEN TO HIM.
Seems pretty simple to me
Hello all please read Operation Gladio by Paul Williams it tells 3about the CIA, MAFIA & THE VATICAN
check out the Colonel's Corner on Rumble she is a brave and courageous patriot
I will read it. Thank you!
Below is an excerpt from an essay by the heroic, Mr. Stephen Brady. His website, (Roman Catholic Faitful) rcf.org is where anyone can read extensive investigative reporting about the seemy inner workings of the hierarchy.
It is not for the faint of heart.
Please pay attention to where Brady says the perversion was centered - and probably still is - Chicago. Where was Leo XIV formed as a priest? Chicago.
I think that it is naive not to see a connection between the American pope and the Lavendar Mafia.
"Much of the sexual perversion that has found its way into the hierarchy is centered in Chicago. I learned this when we exposed the homosexual clerical website, “Saint Sebastian’s Angels.”
I did not know George Neumayr died. He was great! So sad!
So, so sick of all this abuse and lack of accountability. It is incomprehensible even. Until all those involved are deposed, I won't believe the Pope cares. Better to be without these men, then to allow them to continue. I wonder if these sins are ever confessed? I once heard that they don't consider homosexual activity a violation of their celibacy because it isn't with women. What the heck???
Indeed. Nothing will change with the new claimant to the throne if St Peter as he himself has been accused twice in two different countries.
Indeed, optional celibacy would change nothing.
Yes. That's how twisted the thinking is. They actually commenced a war on the Sacrament of Marriage when the Holy See compelled all priests into enforced celibacy. It shows their immense spiritual immaturity. They even justify homosexual unions based on Our Lady and St. Joseph's unconsecrated marriage. See the book, Amours.
Some priests and bishops even want to make masturbation a spiritual gift. See Michael Hichborn at the Lepanto Institute.
Well done. Steve Brady came to Detroit in 1995 and gave a talk that led directly to the formation of the group Call to Holiness, which in turn helped educate the laity about what's really going on.
I'll look them up. Glad to hear that.
Yes, Lawrence tge Church has indeed been hijacked. See Pope Leo III's encyclical on freemasonry where he prophetically states what their goals are for the Church and eerily, it us exactly what is happening today.