The end of literacy isn’t here … yet | Opinion (USA Today): “Even as we must be on the forefront of innovation and conversations around the ethics of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, we must not cut off the very branch on which we sit.”
Chesterton and the Psychological State (The Paradox Press): “The end result is that popular psychology becomes a matter of half-baked theories known only through sloganeering.”
What Happens During a Beatification? (Our Sunday Visitor): “Beatification is the penultimate stage in the process that seeks canonization, whereby the pope solemnly and irrevocably proclaims that the person is truly in heaven.”
The Allure of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition (First Things): “During the fall semester of 2013, I began to teach a new course here at Yale: The Catholic Intellectual Tradition.”
The Church in Crisis — and How We Must Not Save Her: Twelve Issues (Rotate Caeli): “I have good news and bad news for you. The bad news is that the Catholic Church is in crisis. The good news is that she has been here before.”
Greta Gerwig’s War On Masculinity, Narnia, And C.S. Lewis’s Intent” (Daily Wire): “‘Translan’ is anathema to Lewis’s vision.”
Greta Gerwig’s Narnia: The Freak-out Edition (Miller’s Book Review): “Last week Empire magazine revealed that Meryl Streep would voice Aslan in Greta Gerwig’s upcoming Netflix adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s beloved classic The Magician’s Nephew, and people lost their everlovin’ minds.”
Craig on Thomism and divine simplicity, Part I (Edward Feser – Blogspot): “I am well aware that critics of Thomism often complain that Thomists frequently accuse them of misunderstanding Aquinas. But if the accusation is just, it really doesn’t matter how many times it is leveled.”
Pope Leo publishes first book of his pre-papal writing (Crux): “On Tuesday, Pope Leo XIV’s first ever book of his writings before he became pope was published in English, a collection of his homilies, messages and addresses from his 12 years as the head of the Augustinian Order.”
Here’s How We Can Turn the Tide on the Dating Recession (Institute for Family Studies): “It is so easy to look at the landscape of modern romance—dominated by endless swiping and non-committal situationships—and conclude that young Americans have simply abandoned the traditional ideals of love and marriage.”
The Fall of Catholic Colleges (Crisis Magazine): “Catholic colleges that have largely given up their Catholic identity are finding that they can’t compete with their secular counterparts.”
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