Mariologists Respond – “In a lengthy response, the International Marian Association Theological Commission highlights what it sees as significant errors and omissions in the Vatican’s controversial doctrinal note Mater Populi Fidelis.” Leading Mariologists Publish Scathing Critique of Vatican Note on Mary’s Titles (National Catholic Register)
Hong Kong Democracy Struggles – “Hong Kong’s appeals court heard an appeal this week by trustees of a relief fund, including Cardinal Joseph Zen, against their convictions for failing to register the body officially as a society.” Hong Kong court hears Cardinal Zen appeal (The Pillar)
Looking Back at Vatican II – “It is noteworthy that the practice of celebrating Mass facing the people or the reception of Holy Communion in the hand was never proposed to the bishops at the Council, nor was the complete vernacularisation of the Mass: Latin was to be retained, whilst the local language was to be permitted for some parts of the rite.” Whither the Mass of Vatican II? (The Catholic Herald)
Fallen Intellects, Material Solutions – “After departing from the intellectual coherence of medieval scholastic cosmology, the historical state of lived human experience produced massive cognitive dissonance for philosophers in the modern period.” Critical Theory and the Politics of Divine Love, Part 1 (What We Need Now)
The Body at Prayer- “The great Christian problem today is the problem of the human person and of the human body.” The Body at Prayer (Church Life Journal)
How God Uses Music – “Was it something in the music that week that called us to wait, something of surpassing beauty calling for further attention?… Whatever it was seemed to lie beyond my capacity for thought and expression. All I experienced was a quiet awareness that seemed both empty and full—above all, still.” Preaching to the Choir: How sacred music led me to Christian faith (Commonweal)
Preservers of the Classics – “Over the course of Late Antiquity and the European Middle Ages, a deliberate program of copying the pagan classics by monasteries across Europe assured the survival of many texts that would otherwise have been lost.” The Myth of Christendom Destroying the Greco-Roman Classics (Providence)
Civilizational Erasure – “Trump is right to warn against mass immigration and the Islamification of Europe.” Yes, Europe’s civilization is being erased (The Spectator World)
Rabid Anti-Catholicism – “As the title suggests, [Modern Monsters] is not a book looking to promote ecumenical dialogue or build bridges across the aisle that separates disputing parties.” Getting to Know Some Modern Monsters (The Catholic Thing)
Crabgrass Catholicism – “Koeth makes the case that mass suburbanization both marred the spirit of neighborliness and collaboration and removed the structural and institutional avenues that once made it possible for people to band together to solve problems.” How Suburbia Reshaped American Catholic Life (First Things)
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