Three cardinals don’t speak for the Church (Catholic Culture): “When three American cardinals issued a statement on American foreign policy earlier this week, their comments naturally commanded public attention.”
Jay Leno honors ‘for better or worse’ marriage vow as wife battles dementia (Fox News): “Comedian filed for conservatorship over wife’s estate in January 2024 due to her major neurocognitive disorders”
C. S. Lewis’ Witness: A Guide For Us (What We Need Now – Substack): “This essay will examine the struggles Lewis faced over his faith at Oxford and how he endeavored to obey Christ through the difficult times of his life.”
The Mistaken Drive Against “Parish Shopping” (Kevin’s Substack): “There has long been a phenomenon of “church hopping” where people change where they attend frequently because of the typical imperfections you will find in any community.”
Against a Christ-less Christianity (Providence): “I must contend that it was not Roman law, Greek philosophy, or even Christian values or tradition that made the West great. Rather, what has made the West great, in any sense, was the Church.”
Socratic politics: Lessons from the Gorgias (Edward Feser – Blogspot):”ou might say that, just as liberalism has created a separation of Church and state, Rorty calls for a separation of philosophy and state. What, then, can ground liberal democracy?”
Should We Ditch Apologetics? (Catholic Answers): “We don’t want to miss the chance to reach hearts and minds that are genuinely open to the truth. That wouldn’t just be a strategic failure—it would be a failure of charity.”
Trump-Vance is the most anti-life Republican administration in history (Washington Examiner): “Trump’s DOJ-enforced and FDA-approved mail-order abortion regime effectively nullifies the overturning of Roe v. Wade. That’s because, in practice, it all but guarantees the right to an abortion no matter what state you live in.”
Pope Leo Walks the ‘Early Francis’ Path — With a New Approach (National Catholic Register): “Pope Leo XIV intends to continue in the direction of his immediate predecessor, but he prefers to do as Pope Francis said, rather than what Pope Francis did.”
A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Kolob (Patrick Madrid – Substack): “I testify to you that God is a pure spirit who’s not confined to a planet. I testify to you that the Catholic Church is the true Church and that the Pope is the vicar of Christ on Earth.”
Are You Smarter than AI? (Catholic Exchange): “Is artificial intelligence smart? Many would argue that it is morally neutral, neither good nor bad. Others believe it to be the first sign of the apocalypse (or the 144th, depending on where you get your research from).”
The Rise and Fall of Gay Activism (First Things): “The Pride flag represents a new deal for Americans: Government grants what nature denies.”
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@ Are You Smarter than AI?
Yes. Not in the sense of overall rapid identification of facts or feasible response to questions, rather the dynamic we cannot invent [AI a human invention], creative thought independent of data resources.
That capacity belongs to the unique capacity of the human soul’s likeness to God. As we know only it is only God who can create the soul in his likeness. We’re like God in creative thought not in his power to create beings who can think.
@ Three cardinals don’t speak for the Church
Phil Lawler raises an important question. Whether the three cardinals spoke for the Church, or simply expressed their private sentiments?
It’s a double edged sword in that it can be interpreted as a yes and a no. For one, they don’t manifestly represent a quorum including the pope. Otherwise they may rightfully express a correct moral response. Furthermore, as Lawler suggests they do have the right to express their opinions.
The other related issue is their favorable standing with Pope Leo who positioned Cupich in Rome in a consultative position. Pope Leo has since publicly spoken in context favorable to their position. Finally ending the discussion Lawler is correct.
@ Against a Christ-less Christianity
At stake in Caleb Angell’s claim that it’s the Church and not Greek philosophy, Christian values, and Roman Law that’s “the source of the West’s relative greatness”.
We can agree it’s the Church that absorbed and perfected what comprised the civil, ethical structure for Western civilization. Although, nor can these dynamics be dismissed as simply advantageous, and not, at the least, putatively essential to the creation of the mystical body instituted by Christ.
For example it would be nigh impossible for the institution to have occurred in the Congo, or for that matter China. Greatness, to its given extent, was already present due to Greek philosophy and Roman Law.
Nevertheless, Angell’s premise that the West has devolved into a form of Christless Christianity is manifestly true. That form, secular humanism. Without the mystical body of Christ in the world.
Although, it’s also true that without the three dynamics present in Europe that the Church might not have flourished as it had. Today, while the Church in Europe is in serious decline, these dynamics Greek philosophy, Christian values, Roman Law are in essence incorporated in the worldwide missionary message that is now widely successful in areas previously not suited for the initial institution of the Christ revelation of God the Father.
Cupich, Tobin and McElroy = Three Clowns
An anti-Trinity?
Thank you, Peter Laffin, for your clear explanation of the Trump-Vance administration’s support for abortion.
Lucy: So do about 50% of Catholics. Now what will you do about turning THAT around? Nothing, I imagine.