Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Here are some articles, essays, and editorials that caught our attention this past week or so.*

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Welcoming the Stranger (Coram Fratibus Intellexi): “As Christians we must protest loudly. It is our duty to extend a helping hand to those in need, to open our doors to the homeless, to share our material wealth with the poor.”

What Leo XIV’s Cardinal Salary Decision Really Means (National Catholic Register): “There will be no real return to ‘normality’ — not if ‘normal’ means ‘the way things were before Francis.’”

Ahead of Lourdes visit, alleged Rupnik victims appeal to pope to end Vatican’s ‘prolonged silence’ (Our Sunday Visitor): “In an open letter addressed to Pope Leo XIV, five alleged victims of sexual abuse at the hands of Slovenian Father Marko Rupnik said the silence and lack of information regarding the artist’s canonical trial added to their suffering.”

The Stench of Corruption (First Things): “The Trump family’s exploitation of every opportunity to enrich themselves demoralizes me, as I’m sure it does many readers.”

(Phil Lawler – Substack Post): “Speaking last week at a Pax Christi International conference, Cardinal Robert McElroy renewed his campaign against the just-war tradition.”

Archbishop Sheen: How the Philosophy Professor Became ‘God’s Microphone’ (Our Sunday Visitor): “In 1934, Archbishop Sheen published his third book, ‘Philosophy of Science,’ in which he aimed to demonstrate the harmony between recent advancements in mathematics and physics with Thomistic philosophy.”

Slapdash History, Questionable Logic Applied to “Catholic Evolutionism” (Science & Culture Today): “The theological heresies — and there are many — in Descent of Man were ably addressed by its leading Christian soldier, Mivart.”

AI Hysteria: Take a Deep Breath and Ask, “Who Benefits from Apocalyptic Claims?” (Science & Culture Today): “[Gates’] suggested approach would end up giving Silicon Valley the powers of government to cope with an emergency that the Valley itself created.”

(*The posting of any particular news item or essay is not an endorsement of the content and perspective of said news item or essay.)


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