Russian Accusations – “Priests arrested in Ukraine are charged with trafficking weapons used to fight Russian occupiers. But Church officials says the arrests are retaliation for Ukrainian investigation of Orthodox monasteries.” Weapons charge against priests is Russian ‘retaliation,’ Ukrainian bishop says (The Pillar)
Polarization in the Church – “the stability that Pope John Paul, and then Benedict, brought to the Church was never really all that deep. ” The Subversive Christocentrism of David L. Schindler: A Personal Reflection and Two Testimonials from Former Students (Gaudium et Spes)
Pushing Back Against the Tyranny of Trans – Taken together, these recent articles give you a decent picture of what’s going on, what people are doing and saying – an alternative to the assumption you’re fed that Trans Victory = “The Right Side of History.” Trans for Tuesday (Charlotte was Both)
God, Being, and Belief – An interview with Jean-Luc Marion. ‘We Are Not Yet Christians’ (Commonweal)
Exorcism Against Satan – “On the eve of the Feast of the Epiphany in 2021, after churches had reopened but while many pandemic restrictions remained in place, three priests in my parish celebrated a traditional rite called the Blessing of Water on the Vigil of Epiphany.” Satan Unbound (First Things)
Religious Convictions – “Justice Gorsuch slammed the State of Colorado on Monday for forcing a Christian baker to undergo a ‘reeducation program’ after he refused to create a custom cake celebrating a same-sex marriage . . . ” Justice Gorsuch Accuses Colorado of Forcing Christian Baker to Undergo ‘Reeducation Program’ (National Review)
The Radical Environmental Movement – “the ‘paradigmatic affliction of the Old Testament’ – a woman’s barrenness – has seemingly become ‘the great desire of nations.’” Environmental Nihilism – Save the Earth, Not the People (Association of Mature American Citizens)
Controlling People – “Most companies fail because of competition. They simply aren’t fast enough or smart enough to keep up with the marketplace. But the big web platforms aren’t like that.” How Web Platforms Collapse: The Facebook Case Study (Ted Gioia, The Honest Broker)
Horrible Simplifiers – “History, said Ortega, is amusing, unlike Nature, which, mere repetition of itself, is boring. But historical amusement also includes tragedy.” The Revolution of the Stupid (The Postil Magazine)
Russian Roadblock – “Perhaps nothing better illustrates the current state of affairs between the Vatican and the Kremlin than the fact that even in Rome itself, Russia effectively has shut down a line of communication and exchange.” Russia blocks roads to the Vatican, both literally and diplomatically (Crux)
Shuttered Catholic Church – “Demonstrators were arrested after months of protests aiming to stop the sale of a historic Chicago Catholic church, and the removal of a parish statue.” Chicago protestors arrested in bid to stop church sale (The Pillar)
Climate Activists – “great works of art are under attack all over Europe—the birthplace of Western art tradition. And it’s for a surprising reason.” Is vandalizing art a good way to save civilization, or destroy it? (The Trumpet)
Realities and Ideas – “The interview that Pope Francis granted this week to the Jesuit magazine America is a synthesis of Pope Francis’ pragmatic worldview.” Pope Francis, pragmatism and the decisions to be taken (Monday Vatican)
Carrying Our Fathers – “how do we move forward, how do we engage our own world, burdened by the baggage of centuries gone by? Much of the contemporary effort has been to jettison the accumulated traditions of the medieval world so foreign to us . . . ” The Burden of Tradition (The Catholic Thing)
A Work of Art – “It seems as though our entire faith — as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be — has somehow been condensed into this one glorious image.” Praying with art: La Disputa (Denver Catholic)
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