Extra, extra! New and views for Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Rupnik rumors – and what might come next (The Pillar): “What happens when the disgraced priest’s trial comes to an end?”

Charlotte diocese releases letter addressing SSPX Catholics after excommunication (Charlotte Observer): “Martin urged Catholics attending SSPX chapels to pray and examine their relationship with the church, and said the Diocese of Charlotte is prepared to help those who wish to “regularize” their status and return to full communion.”

Candace Owens, Queen Bee (The Underneath – Substack): “Honest speech is straight forward, where the speaker is saying the truth (as they see it). Lying presupposes some grasp of the truth, but deliberately misleads other through speech.”

The Verdict Is In On The ‘Little House On The Prairie’ Reboot (The Daily Wire): “Netflix’s wholesome “Little House on the Prairie” celebrates life, family, and dignity.”

The Napa Way: Before We Debate, Let’s Have Dinner Together (National Catholic Register): “As Catholics, we must look beyond our disagreements to search for common ground.”

Was the American War of Independence a Just War? (Providence): “to probe this near 2000-year-long conversation in the Western cultural heritage on justifying war invariably demands that one indeed become a student of history, with its important lessons.”

The Magicians of the Modern Age (The Imaginative Conservative): “The search for truth must begin before the quest for common ground.”

The Monastic Reconfiguration: Sacred Space, Sacred Vocation, and the Redemption of Reality (What We Need Now – Substack): “We live in the aftermath of a great political, theological, and philosophical experiment and the verdict is in: We have destroyed our capacity for and recognition of beauty, transcendence, the sacred, the wholesome, and the meaningful.”

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