A major Catholic event in Germany will feature “BDSM” and lesbian “Catholic” groups.
The German “Katholikentag” (Catholics Day) will take place from May 14 to May 16 in Würzburg and will prominently feature several heterodox groups.
The Katholikentag is a major multi-day event held in Germany every two years. It is organized by the lay organization, the Central Committee for German Catholics (ZdK), in collaboration with the local diocese. Tens of thousands of Catholics and non-Catholics from across Germany and Europe regularly attend the event, which features church services, group prayers, discussions and debates, cultural activities, and much more.
Among the participants is the “Ecumenical Working Group on BDSM and Christianity,” which will have its own booth at the “Church Mile.”
On its website, the group writes, “We are Christians from various denominations who explore eroticism and sexuality, particularly in the realm of sadomasochistic sexual preferences. We want to bring this topic out of the realm of taboo. We don’t have to darken the bedroom because of God. And rest assured: God loves you, even if you continue browsing our pages right now.”
“We want to provide information about consensual BDSM from a Christian perspective,” the group states. “We want to help people develop their own views on this topic.”
Also represented at the Church Mile is the “Network of Catholic Lesbians,” which describes itself as a “spiritually independent, diverse, Catholic, and feminist network of women who love women.”
Inflicting pain on another person, as is the practice in BDSM, clearly violates God’s design of the marital act and human dignity.
Fr. Hugh Barbour wrote the following for Catholic Answers on the issue: “The key to upright sexual desire and pleasure is the personal good of the one with whom we engage in sexual activity. This one should be our lawful spouse of the opposite sex, and our sexual activity should be a sign of the recognition of our union as man and woman in a personal way.”
“Abusive gestures or postures or clothing do not represent a true and free relation between the sexes; rather, they act out sexually other psychological aspects of the relationship of the sexes that suffer from the exaggerations and misperceptions of fallen human nature.”
“So, simply put, bondage, sadism, dominance, and masochism (BSDM) are abuses of the simple equality in procreation and union in licit pleasure that should belong to every legitimate human couple,” Barbour wrote.
The priest continued: “A Catholic who is tempted by these thoughts must first of all avoid all entertaining of them (most people would have little idea of these things unless they had found them online, for example) and meditate on the mysteries of the Lord’s own conception and birth and bodily life by praying the holy rosary.”
While the inclusion of the heterodox group at the Katholikentag has caused outrage and ridicule by faithful Catholics, no Catholic bishop, including Bishop Franz Jung of Würzburg, who co-hosts the event, has commented on the matter so far.
President Donald J. Trump meets with the President of European Council Donald Tusk at the Centre de Congrés Bellevue Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019, in Biarritz, France, site of the G7 Summit. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead). Wikimedia Commons, The White House, public domain.
Polish prime minister Donald Tusk was delighted by Péter Magyar’s electoral victory, largely because his new Hungarian counterpart said he would extradite two senior figures from Poland’s former conservative Law and Justice (PiS) administration who sought refuge in Budapest from Tusk’s pursuit of his rivals.
But reports have since revealed that the pair—former justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, and Marcin Romanowski, a former deputy justice minister—are now in the U.S.
Establishment figures in Warsaw have complained that this should not have been possible, since the former officials lack “valid [travel] documents.” Ziobro’s application in particular is said by numerous outlets to have been “personally” approved by Donald Trump. Hungary Today said this amounted to Magyar—and, by extension, Tusk—being “humiliated” by the American president.
PiS MP Michał Wójcik said the move was “a dramatic failure for Donald Tusk and this entire government,” adding that he was “very happy” that Ziobro “is where he is,” because “in Poland, if he were to be tried, there would be no fair trial today.” The former minister faces jail time of up to 25 years.
Less is currently known about the circumstances behind Romanowski’s arrival in the U.S., which was only reported on Sunday. He was arrested in July 2024 for allegedly misusing public funds during his time as a government official.
Current Polish justice minister Waldemar Zurek on Sunday said: “We will not cease our efforts to ensure that Ziobro and Romanowski are held accountable before the Polish justice system.”
Od miesięcy podejmujemy wszelkie kroki, by Zbigniew Ziobro stanął przed polskim wymiarem sprawiedliwości.
Podjęcie czynności procesowych utrudniał sam podejrzany oraz rząd węgierski, udzielając mu ochrony.
Polska skutecznie zabezpieczyła procedury: unieważniliśmy dokumenty…
A referendum could soon push Switzerland towards significantly stricter migration policies and potentially place its bilateral agreements with the European Union on free movement under strain.
On June 14, Swiss voters will decide whether to approve or reject the so-called “Sustainability Initiative”, also known as the “10 million Switzerland Initiative”, which seeks to cap the country’s population at 10 million by 2050. Switzerland currently has more than nine million inhabitants in steady growth.
If approved, the proposal would require the federal government to introduce restrictive measures on immigration once the population exceeds 9.5 million to prevent it from surpassing the 10 million threshold. Among the measures envisaged is the possible termination of Switzerland’s agreement with the EU on the free movement of persons.
The new initiative was launched by the Swiss People’s Party (SVP), Switzerland’s largest political force, which typically secures around 25 per cent to 30 per cent of the vote in federal elections and participates in government under the country’s power-sharing system.
The party is known for its hardline positions on immigration, national sovereignty and EU relations, often adopting a strongly Eurosceptic stance.
Switzerland’s referendum system is based on direct democracy, allowing citizens or political groups to trigger a nationwide vote by collecting 50,000 signatures within 100 days to challenge legislation passed by parliament.
The SVP argues that the initiative responds to population growth driven primarily by immigration rather than natural increase.
Switzerland’s fertility rate stands at around 1.4 children per woman, well below replacement level, yet its population has risen from about 7.25 million in 2002 to more than 9 million today. That is largely due to net migration facilitated by the 2002 bilateral agreements with the EU on free movement.
Although Switzerland is not an EU member, these agreements allow Swiss and EU citizens to live and work in each other’s territories. Since their introduction, migration flows have increased, supported by strong labour demand, higher wages and attractive working conditions.
According to the SVP, this demographic growth is placing pressure on housing, transport, public services, and the environment. In this context, “sustainability” is framed in demographic and political terms, focusing on limiting population growth to preserve quality of life and resources.
The proposal is firmly opposed by a broad coalition including the federal government, parliament, business associations, trade unions,and cantonal authorities. They all warn of significant economic risks and potential damage to Switzerland’s relationship with the EU.
Justice minister Beat Jans has said the measure could threaten “prosperity, internal security and Switzerland’s humanitarian tradition”.
The vote is being closely monitored in Brussels, where officials warn that any restriction on free movement could have implications for Switzerland’s access to the EU single market, which is underpinned by a network of bilateral agreements.
The European Commission has repeatedly stressed that free movement is a core pillar of the relationship, warning that undermining it could destabilise the broader framework.
Polls indicate a deeply divided electorate. A Leewas survey published on April 29, 2026 showed a slight lead for supporters of the initiative (52 per cent in favour versus 46 per cent against), while an SRG poll released later on May 8 pointed to an almost even split at 47 per cent to 47 per cent, underscoring the uncertainty ahead of the vote.
Whether a shopping centre, a bar or a police station: a 17-year-old is alleged to have planned an attack in the heart of Hamburg. The Public Prosecutor’s Office announced on Monday that it is believed the teenager intended to kill an unspecified number of “infidels” – by means of an explosion, Molotov cocktails or a knife. The Syrian national is now in custody. At the request of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, an arrest warrant has been issued on suspicion of preparing a terrorist offence and financing terrorism.
According to investigators, the 17-year-old is alleged to have obtained, among other things, all-purpose fertiliser, liquid barbecue lighter fluid, a balaclava and a knife. Special forces from the Hamburg police arrested him on May 7. The items in question were seized during a search of his premises. According to current findings, the foreign terrorist organisation “Islamic State” is believed to have served as the inspiration for the alleged plot. According to the authorities, the success of the investigation was largely due to information provided by the Federal Intelligence Service and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, as well as investigations by the Federal Criminal Police Office and the Hamburg State Criminal Police Office.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office had previously ordered a psychiatric assessment of the young man in separate proceedings concerning possible breaches of the Associations Act.
No matter how much the news fills with the conquest of Europe by the Islamic hordes, we think that in this country, their experience does not apply to us. After all, we are the most successful country in the world, and we celebrate our founding and freedoms more than any other nation; we are incredibly naïve and seriously at risk, as we study the Europeans’ downfall.
What made Europe so vulnerable to this takeover?
For one, they lauded multiculturalism. They heralded their own openness, generosity, and compassion for hundreds and thousands of third world foreigners, and Europe opened their doors. They finally realized that they’d been overrun by alien cultures that hold Westernism in disdain, and disrespect the rule of Western law. The question for the host countries was, what should they do now? It turns out that they were intimidated by these alien Muslims and the leftists, and they certainly didn’t want to admit that multiculturalism simply didn’t work.
Until it was too late.
Now that they realize that Muslims do not appreciate their hospitality, and certainly don’t want to become part of the culture of their hosts, the Muslims to a great degree have isolated themselves. Even if they don’t create exclusively Muslim neighborhoods, they tend to build relationships with other Muslims. The European population knows they have created their own prison overseen by lawless immigrants who have come to their countries:
In avoiding risk, the cowardly leaders of Western Europe – those sell-outs to an increasingly antagonistic extremist Muslim electorate upon whom they are increasingly dependent for political office — are a disgrace to their nations. They are also a great disappointment to those who believe in the preservation of history’s finest civilization – one with freedom, democracy, human rights, and an embedded Judeo-Christian moral foundation.
One community that demonstrates the slow destruction of the culture is that of the U.K. Muslims—they are angry that the U.K. is showing any support at all for Israel, and believes the British government has abandoned Gaza. Although the U.K. supported recognizing a Palestinian state (which, of course, doesn’t exist), the Muslims were not pacified by this action. The British Muslims support the Gazans, in spite of their current home. Support of Gaza has even invaded the local elections in the U.K.:
The Gaza effect will be felt more clearly in bigger cities like London and Birmingham, with surging support for the left-wing populist Green Party, which has made the Palestinian cause a key part of its platform, and a host of independent candidates, the majority Muslim and featuring explicitly pro-Gaza platforms. Vaseem Ahmed, an independent candidate in the London district of Redbridge, has appealed to Muslim voters to punish the party that ‘abandoned us on the altar of Zionism.’
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Ahead of this week’s elections, a poll conducted by the center-right think tank Policy Exchange in areas with high Muslim populations found that Gaza was the second most important electoral issue for British Muslims, after the cost of living and ahead of Islamophobia. A quarter of the 1,000 Muslims surveyed said Gaza was a leading issue in the coming local elections, compared with around 5% of the general British population, which ranked Gaza far below most other listed priorities, from the economy to immigration to welfare.
The U.K. is not alone in Europe in demonstrating that lack of assimilation and the lawlessness of the migrant Muslims. Recent statistics show alarming data in Germany. Violent crime is documented in never-seen-before numbers, including murder, rape, and theft.
You might wonder why the situation in Europe, and specifically in the U.K., has anything to do with the United States. Although Muslim immigration has been greatly reduced here, the Muslim population here is growing. Muslims are running for political office at federal, state and the local levels, and many are considering the plight of the Gazans as part of their agenda. Amidst the fraud perpetrated in Minnesota primarily by Somalis, some funds were being sent to Al Shabab, a terrorist organization.
People who have observed the migrant Muslim community in this country for years provide a dismal forecast for their future here:
In 2026, we’ve got somewhere between 4,000,000 and 6,000,000 Muslims enclaving in our communities across America. With over 2,600 mosques, they are building them at breakneck speed. Those mosques’ imams preach overthrowing America.
There’s even a Muslim named El-Sayed in Michigan running for U.S. Senator. If given enough power, he would install Sharia Law over our U.S. Constitution. He even said, and I’m a quoting him, ‘America deserved 9/11.’ In fact, given enough numbers in Congress, Muslims would use our Constitution to displace our Constitution.
We full-blooded Americans need to vote to outlaw Sharia Law. We need to deport any Muslim preaching or speaking out against America, such as the ones in Dearborn who are chanting, ‘Death To America.’
We need to stop all legal and illegal immigration into America before we face Islamic violence that ALWAYS follows when Muslims move into Western countries.
We need to take the Muslim invasion of Europe very seriously. The Europeans may differ from us in some ways, but they also represent the Western mentality and cultures that believe, for the most part, in freedom.
We must understand that we have been invaded, too.
A Bangladeshi national is under investigation in Venice after a 17-year-old compatriot accused him of raping her inside the Mestre home she shares with her husband and newborn child.
The alleged attack took place on Thursday evening while the girl’s husband, also Bangladeshi, was out of the property. According to the initial report, the suspect, described as a fellow Bangladeshi who lived in the same accommodation, allegedly waited until the husband had left before assaulting the teenager.
As reported by Il Giornale, the girl reportedly managed to break free and contact her husband, who then called the police. Officers attended the scene, took the girl’s statement, and began inquiries into the suspect, who has been identified and charged with sexual assault.
Politicians from the right-wing Lega party commented on the attack. Anna Cisint, a member of the European Parliament, and Alex Bazzaro, the party’s group leader on Venice City Council, linked the allegation to wider concerns about illegal subletting, abusive housing arrangements, and the treatment of women in some migrant communities.
“An unacceptable episode, a shameful rape that targeted a 17-year-old Bangladeshi girl,” Cisint said. “Another victim of the violence of radical Islam and probably of the rotten system based on hospitality. The same pattern I have already seen in Monfalcone. A Bangladeshi minor already with children: I wonder, a child bride?” she added, as cited by Leggo.
Bazzaro said the attack was partly due to a broken housing system he described as a “black market of illegal sublets and abusive bed spaces.”
“This is the pseudo-culture that the left wants to bring to the Venice City Hall. We believe these individuals must be repackaged and sent back to where they came from,” he added.
Authorities have not confirmed any wider investigation into the girl’s marriage, housing situation, or immigration status.
The criminal investigation into the sexual attack is ongoing.
Students will be allowed to storm out of lectures if they feel “offended” under new guidance issued by a British university.
Bath Spa University has introduced a policy permitting students to exit lectures without explanation if they become “distressed” by difficult subject matter.
The institution’s wellness team developed a content-warning guide outlining the provisions for its 28,000-strong student body.
Under the new rules, staff must tell students at the beginning of each year that they may leave their lectures as they like – even if doing so could affect their academic performance.
Lecturers must also distribute written warnings before classes addressing topics such as mental illness, stalking, hateful language, and kidnapping, The Sun revealed.
University leadership has insisted that the approach grants students “agency to act in their own best interest”.
But Free Speech Union director Lord Young has laid into Bath Spa’s approach.
“Pandering to students’ imaginary mental health problems is not the way to turn them into resilient adults,” he said.
The policy has also attracted mockery from within academic circles.
One source said the arrangement would serve as ideal cover for students nursing hangovers who wished to avoid early morning lectures.
“How are you meant to teach students if they can leave at any point when a discussion becomes challenging?” they added.
A spokeswoman for Bath Spa University said: “Our content warning policy provides students with advance notice of material that may be particularly distressing, while fully recognising that engagement with challenging ideas and debate is a fundamental part of higher education.
“The policy does not remove challenging content from teaching, nor does it limit academic debate.“
In 2024, the University of Reading came under fire after it emerged that biology students were being given trigger warnings when being shown “graphic” images of human anatomy.
Students studying life sciences received the alert when they were set to study “challenging” areas which could “upset” them.
The students were also informed that they would require consent from their peers before they performed practice clinical exams – involving “physical contact through clothing”.
Those who feel “uncomfortable” performing such exams “can either observe or work on their own body”.
It adds: “Every week will include potentially graphic images or videos showing the human body, as well as content on specific health conditions or diseases/death.”
Medics blasted the university’s measure at the time, claiming that it might be detrimental to students’ “preparedness” in their future career.
“This trigger warning scenario is actually creating the problem they’re trying to avoid,” NHS GP Dr Renee Hoenderkamp told The Sun.
She added: “When they do this in real life, after graduating, it only means they’ll be even more shocked.”
A University of Reading spokesman previously said: “We follow best practice on the content and description of our courses.
“People who aspire to work in healthcare will expect to encounter bodies and diseases.
“We think it is fair to students to tell them accurately what they will be studying, and it may be helpful to them as they choose a career.”
A sadistic transgender pedophile serving his sentence in a women’s prison has entered into settlement negotiations with the New Jersey Department of Corrections after suing officials for denying him access to “Wiccan religious items.” Marina Volz is currently serving a 25-year sentence for horrific sexual crimes he committed against his own 7-year-old daughter.
As previously reported by Reduxx, Volz, born Matthew, was first sentenced on charges of human trafficking, aggravated sexual assault, conspiracy and endangering the welfare of a child on May 2, 2022. The conviction stemmed from a lengthy investigation into Volz and three of his associates.
Volz in 2017 serving as the Clark College Queer Association president.
A search warrant was executed at his home in 2019 after the New Jersey Department of Child Protection received a tip indicating that a child was present in a premises where sexually explicit material was being filmed. Volz, along with another trans-identified male named Ashley Romero, had been operating a “transgender fetish porn” business from the home, and concerns had been raised that Volz’s 7-year-old daughter had been exposed to indecent material.
But after his electronic devices were seized, the investigation took a decidedly darker turn. Several sexually-explicit photos and videos of the child were found after forensic examination. As the investigation continued, it became clear that the child had been repeatedly sexually abused to create sadistic bondage pornography that Volz distributed through his network.
Investigators learned that Volz had taken the child from her mother in 2018, traveling cross-country with Romero to transport her from Oregon to New Jersey for the explicit purposes of using her in child sexual abuse material. It is believed the girl’s mother, an ex-partner of Volz’s, struggled with addiction issues, making it easy for the two men to take the child without her full knowledge of what was happening.
Some of the media found by police featured Romero sexually abusing the girl with another man. Romero lived in the residence with Volz and with two other individuals; Sean Allen, who had also sexually abused the child on film, and Dulcinea Gnecco, who acted as a domestic assistant.
During the trial, prosecutors told the Judge the little girl had been subjected to “a vortex of darkness” after being removed from her mother’s care.
Judge Peter Tober declined to delve into the full details of the case due to their highly graphic nature, but noted to the court that she had been subjected to torture-like conditions, mentioning neck collars, a cage in the basement, and sex toys.
“If this was not heinous, cruel and depraved, I don’t know what is,” Judge Tober said, stating that the girl had been taken from her mother “solely for the sexual gratification” of others.
In media coverage of the horrific case, Volz and Romero were referred to as “women” and were addressed using “she/her” pronouns. Volz was even identified as the girl’s “mother” in the Daily Mail and My Central Jersey. It was later uncovered that Volz had previously served as the Clark College Queer Association president prior to his transition, just one year before the sexual abuse of the child began.
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Volz was ultimately sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted of human trafficking, aggravated sexual assault, conspiracy and endangering the welfare of a child. Ashley Romero was also sentenced to 25 years after admitting to assisting Volz in transporting the child from her mother for the purposes of sexually abusing her.
The two other men in the home were also convicted for their roles in the sexual abuse of the child. Sean Allen, 54, was handed a 12-year sentence for his role in the crimes, and Dulcinea Gnecco, was also charged on four counts of child endangerment and received a 5-year sentence.
After their sentencing in May of 2022, Reduxxlearned that Romero had immediately been housed in the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women, but that Volz had initially been placed in the South Woods State Prison for men. Just two months later, Volz was quietly transferred to Edna Mahan but was still recorded as a “male” inmate until 2023, when the state of New Jersey updated his inmate profile to classify him as a “female” inmate.
That same year, Volz launched a discrimination lawsuit against the New Jersey Department of Corrections, alleging human rights violations on the basis of his “religious freedoms.”
In the suit, Volz claimed he was being denied religious accommodations in accordance with his Wiccan beliefs. Wicca is a modern Pagan spiritual practice that centers on nature, rituals, and reverence for divine forces often represented as a Goddess and a horned God.
Volz alleged that Joy Lynch, the head of religious services at Edna Mahan, had denied him a number of Wiccan religious accommodations, including the ability to maintain a “Witch’s Garden” for growing “sacred herbs” and the ability to perform night-time rituals either nude (“sky-clad”) or in a cloak.
From the lawsuit filed by Volz.
The NJDOC permits the practice of Wicca in the state’s prisons, and practitioners are reportedly allowed to access at least some of the items Volz claimed he had been denied, such as the Book of Shadows, which contains instructions for magical rituals, a pentacle, incense, three electric or battery-operated candles, and a cup of grape juice as a substitute for wine.
The case has been slow-moving, but a new update shows that Volz has now entered into settlement negotiations with the Department, and had requested a number of measures to settle the case that Department lawyers are now considering.
Volz has presented the Department with 12 settlement demands, including the right to perform outdoor Wiccan religious ceremonies in the nude during certain observations, and the ability to be designated a Wiccan religious leader within the prison.
But another striking point from the latest joint update includes a request from Volz to marry his sex offender accomplice, Ashley Romero, while the two are incarcerated.
If the request is approved, Volz and Romero would not be the first trans-identified male inmates at the women’s prison to be permitted to marry while incarcerated.
Another Edna Mahan inmate, Perry “Michelle Hel-loki Angelina” Cerf, was permitted to marry another inmate at the facility while serving a 50-year-sentence for the brutal slaying of 47-year-old Ecuadorian immigrant Flor Andrade in 2002.
Cerf had been stopped for speeding while driving her car in Demearst, New Jersey, and further investigation by police led them to the corpse of Andrade, whose naked and bound body had been dumped in a nearby ravine. He was charged with murder, felony murder, robbery, aggravated sexual assault, possessing a knife, providing false information to police, and various motor vehicle offenses.
Speaking to media in 2005, Cerf said he had no regrets about murdering Andrade. “Personally, I don’t like to say I regret things that I’ve done,” he said, concluding: “I feel bad because I got caught.”
During his trial, prosecutors initially offered Cerf a 40-year sentence if he pleaded guilty to rape and murder. However, Cerf told authorities he didn’t want to enter prison on a sex-related charge and accepted a 50-year sentence to avoid a rape conviction, expressing concerns that being a sex offender would make him a target for other inmates.
Cerf was quietly transferred to the women’s facility at an unknown date after beginning to identify as transgender.
In 2022, a female inmate at Edna Mahan spoke to Reduxx and revealed that Cerf had been permitted to marry another inmate at the facility, and that the two had even been housed together for a period of time before being separated due to repeat complaints from other inmates.
René Stadtkewitz (AfD) is to become the new mayor of Zehdenick (Oberhavel). In Sunday’s election, he secured 58.4 per cent of the vote, beating his rivals Stephan von Hundelshausen (FDP, 28.6 per cent), Wolf-Gernot Richardt (independent, 7.8 per cent) and Dennis Latzke (Party of Progress, 5.2 per cent).
Voter turnout stood at 52.8 per cent. The quorum was met.
René Stadtkewitz is thus the first directly elected full-time AfD mayor in Brandenburg. Although the state had previously had a full-time mayor with an AfD membership card – Arne Raue in Jüterbog – he was an independent candidate when he was elected in 2011 and re-elected in 2019, and only joined the AfD in 2024. In 2025, he moved to the Bundestag.
As early as 2025, Stadtkewitz had stood against the police officer Alexander Kretzschmar (independent) for the office of mayor of Zehdenick, but was defeated at the time.
Stadtkewitz, a native of Berlin, has been a member of Zehdenick’s town council since the summer of 2024. He had moved to the town on the River Havel with his family just under a year earlier. He is chair of the Committee for Urban Development and Construction. Stadtkewitz was formerly a CDU MP in Berlin and broke with the Christian Democrats in 2010. He founded the party “Die Freiheit”, of which he was federal chairman until 2013. In 2024, he became a member of the AfD.
