The Diabolical – “Following a sermon by Archbishop Fulton Sheen, Edward Feser examines the elements which have governed the modern age, and he charts a postliberal path for putting this diabolical modernity behind us.” The Devil’s in the Details of Modernity (Postliberal Order – Substack)
Iran and the Destruction of Iraqi Christians – “Iran poses an existential threat to Iraq’s sovereignty and the survival of Christians and other religious minorities in the region. Decades of war, unrest and widespread persecution have devastated Iraqi Christian communities, now comprising just 1% of Iraq’s total population.” Iran’s Strategic Shift to Iraq and the Crisis for Religious Minorities (Providence Magazine)
Catholic Witness in Muslim Morocco – ” In Morocco’s Muslim-majority culture, the Catholic community endures with humility, steadfast in its witness to Christ.” Living the Catholic Faith in the Heart of Muslim Morocco (National Catholic Register)
Trans State Machinery – I’m the mother of an estranged, gender-confused minor child. I haven’t seen her for years, and Oregon state law has allowed and enabled it. The trans cult has taken my daughter away from me in Oregon (The Christian Post)
Opportunities and Challenges – “In a panel conversation moderated this evening by Francis X. Maier, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, Archbishop Paul Coakley, and I were asked ‘to offer our hopes and thoughts about what we need now as a Church in light of the new Leo pontificate …” Life Illumined: What Now? (Coram Fratribus Intellexi)
Classic Critique of Communism – “Animal Farm reveals why every communist revolution follows the same tragic pattern: liberation to corruption to oppression. Here are 10 truths from Animal Farm Orwell warned us never to forget” (Today in History – X)
Studying the Holy Spirit – “If the years prior to Vatican II were somewhat lean pneumatologically, in the years since the Council there has been a veritable explosion of appeals to the Spirit, often not only thin in their theology, but also indeterminate in their reference.” The Two Hands of God (What We Need Now – Substack)
Human-AI Relationships – “The late Ozzy Osbourne sang in 1980 about ‘going off the rails on a crazy train.’ Forty-five years later, if anything has gone off the rails, it’s the crazy train of AI.” Can AI’s Crazy Train Be Derailed? Christian AI Efforts Seek to Shape Emerging Tech (The Washington Stand)
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