Anti-Modern Architecture – “What Alexander was striving for was that architects should love their buildings like parents love their children. Every detail of the building—every windowsill, the door handles—there should be that much attention to detail and care all over the different items of a building.” How to Build Beautiful Places (Current Affairs)
The Splendor of Truth – “Man can know the truth. Truth makes man what he is. We are called to know truth; it is truth that sets us free.” ‘Veritatis Splendor’ at 30: Four essential truths taught by St. John Paul II (Catholic Review)
Avoiding Bias Against Bias – “…our ideas about bias are more complicated than we may initially think. To help us navigate the philosophical puzzles that often arise in serious discussions of bias, Princeton philosopher Thomas Kelly has written a new book, Bias: A Philosophical Study.” Is Bias Actually Bad? (Public Discourse)
Papal Takeover? – “… last week, a rumor, an appointment, and a data point, showed how Pope Francis is directing a definitive change of pace, once again centralizing control on himself.” Pope Francis, the restructuring of culture that begins with his family (Monday Vatican)
Barrett’s Unknown Record – “When Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh were added to the Supreme Court shortlist, their judicial records were on full display. Justice Barrett was just the opposite.” Conservatives Should Not Be Surprised By Justice Barrett’s Cautious Approach (The Volokh Conspiracy)
Difficult Truths Told by a Great Man – “József Cardinal Mindszenty’s memoir is an epic of the great suffering of the Hungarian nation and of this man’s participation in it, out of his love for his people, his Church, and his God.” Antidote to the American Dream: Cardinal Mindszenty’s “Memoirs” (The Imaginative Conservative)
The Press and WYD – “This summer has been a very busy one for Pope Francis and the church. Adding to all this news was World Youth Day held in Lisbon, Portugal.” Elite press skips doctrine at World Youth Day in favor of (#surprise) scandal and politics (GetReligion)
The Wall of Doctrine – “What is currently being pursued in particular churches and in the universal Church under the name of “synodality” represents the continuation of the Tridentine understanding of the Church by other means. ” The Fatal Message of Synodal Activism (First Things)
Destroying American Civilization – “At this point, the American empire is collapsing, and its cities are leading the way.” Collapse of American Cities (LewRockwell.com)
Violence and Vandalism – “Nelson Smith cares for his church and its people as much as he cares for his own home and family, he said. So when he got the call last August that it was vandalized for the second time in two months, he drove there straightaway.” Why are North Texas churches being targeted by violence? Experts weigh in (The Dallas Morning News)
A priest of the Archdiocese of New York: R.I.P. – “Father Thomas Shelley’s avuncular presence, his inquiring mind, and his priestly solicitude for me and for so many around me was a potent witness of the goodness of old Catholic New York.” A New York Priest & a Front Porch Historian: Thomas J. Shelley, In Memoriam (The Imaginative Conservative)
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