How Have the Popes Treated the SSPX? (National Catholic Register): “As the Society of St. Pius X is again on the brink of schism, perhaps a more traditional approach from the Holy See would serve the universal Church — and the adherents of the SSPX — better.”
9 Qualities of an Intellectually Well-Formed Seminarian (Church Life Journal): “Intellectual formation is more than passing exams or making good grades; it is about forming the seminarian so that he can think with the mind of Christ and the mind of the Church.”
A Well-Ordered Society Rooted in Truth, Justice, and Peace (What We Need Now): “When these rights and responsibilities are lacking or ignored, the human family begins to live in discord, disharmony, chaos.”
the informational abyss gazes also (bad cattitude – Substack): “everyone likes a good ‘man bites dog’ inversion story, but sometimes the tales so told are reason for concern. this is one of those times.”
In the Footsteps of Dialogue: China and the Legacy of Matteo Ricci (Church Life Journal): “The enterprise of writing and publishing books about Ricci is prodigious. In fact, it is dizzying as scholars seem to trip over their pens, hoping to offer their own unique contribution to the now popular Ricci industry.”
Gates of Heaven (Charlotte Was Both – WordPress): “Tribal and insular, we condemn, judge and convict our fellow humans of not only being different, but of perhaps even being less human, less deserving of respect, much less love, than we are.”
Candid talk from senior cardinal on Pope Francis, Benedict XVI (Crux): “Cardinal Camillo Ruini thinks Benedict XVI’s resignation was a mistake. Ruini also found himself flummoxed by the Francis pontificate and unsure whether the reign of the late Argentinian pontiff will prove to have done more harm or good.”
Bishop Barron: AOC mocks Western culture — Marx would love that, but I find it chilling (Fox News): “Secretary Rubio lyrically invoked Dante, the Cologne Cathedral, Shakespeare, the democratic form of government, the university system — even the Beatles and the Rolling Stones — as representations of that common vision.”
Some Larger Way: Teaching What’s Real (The Catholic Thing): “I’m not exaggerating when I say that without educational institutions like this one, the days will rapidly grow even darker and more chaotic for both America and Christianity.”
Too busy (MarcusGrodi.com): “Is this Lenten season possibly the moment, maybe for the first time, that the Lord is inviting you to consider the truth of the Catholic Church? A Church that claims a direct historical connection — an apostolic succession — with the very Church established by Jesus in His hand-chosen Apostles.”
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