The Great If: Being Prophet Pilled (The Paradox Press): “Chesterton’s moral edge is found in his observations about the problems in our civilization. ‘Civilization has run on ahead of the soul of man,” he wrote in 1902, “and is producing faster than he can think and give thanks.”‘
German youth body keeps More as patron, despite ‘polemical’ opposition to Reformation (The Pillar): “A German Catholic youth organization has voted to retain St. Thomas More as its patron after a two-year review of his suitability.”
Pelvic Theology, Pelvic Justice (First Things): “In a recent New York Times guest essay, Catholic writer David Gibson praised Pope Leo for moving his church away from “pelvic theology.”
Why Pope Leo did not declare war against AI (Imago Project): “Catholic realism, explains Ross Douthat, calls us to deal creatively with AI’s complexities”
Cardinal fires D.C. exorcist who said UFOs are mostly demons in disguise (The Washington Times): “Cardinal Robert McElroy has removed Stephen Rossetti as the Archdiocese of Washington’s exorcist after the monsignor posted a viral video theorizing that most UFOs that people see are demons in disguise.”
The Stories Are True (Dappled Things): “The Wingfeather Saga has a deep respect for the power of song, story, and art, first seen in the song of the mysterious sea dragons whose song gave listeners a feeling ‘like homesickness’ even when one had never left home.”
Iraq’s New Christian Patriarch Inherits a Vanishing Flock (Providence): “Before 2003, an estimated 1.5 million Christians called Iraq home. Today, fewer than 150,000 remain.”
Sheen Beatification Calls Catholics Back to the Eucharist (The Catholic Thing): “Sheen’s love for the Eucharist and promotion of the Real Presence should compel all Catholics to similarly prioritize God in our daily lives.”
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Story in the Daily Herald, paper (dated June 5, 2026) in the Chicago Burbs, about the Vatican agreeing to hear an appeal made by the St Hubert Catholic School to prevent its closing by Cardinal Cupich. The story goes on that the Cardinal, through his assistant for Catholic Schools, Betsy Bohlen, has a goal of closing at least 25 more schools in the Chicago diocese. Betsy came from McKinsey Company, with apparently no Catholic Education background.
Kinsey is one of those “consulting firms” that you hire to tell you want you want to hear. Harvard MBAs such as Bohlen are who you hire when you want to be told excrement is fertilizer.
This is from Bohlen’s linked in profile. It so reminds me of the meme going around where on the left it shows a cat with caption “I throw up on rug” and the same cat on the right describing the same thing on the right as it would be on Linkedin: Performed biochemical tests on household fiber durability and assessed household toxicity response systems”.
It’s rather shocking that a lay person (is allowed to ) describes herself as “Chief Operating Officer” involved with “strategic pastoral initiatives”. And honestly, this one is on George, not Cupich, since he hired her.
Wanna bet she’s likely pulling down a cool $500K/year?
Chief Operating Officer
Archdiocese of Chicago · Full-time
Apr 2011 – Present · 15 yrs 3 mos
Chicago, IL
Oversee all administrative operations and bring strategic planning, organization and implementation expertise to strategic pastoral initiatives. Led significant improvement efforts that stabilized Archdiocesan operations. Led efforts to support the opening of parishes and schools throughout the pandemic, starting summer 2020. Support ongoing renewal efforts with organization and implementation skills. The Archdiocese has more than $1 billion in annual revenues and more than $3 billion in assets.
McKinsey & Company logo
Partner
McKinsey & Company
1995 – 2011 · 16 yrs
Chicago, Illinois
Provided strategic counsel to multinational companies, primarily in the retail, consumer, and health care industries, as a leader of client service teams. Focused primarily on strategy, finance, marketing and organization issues for clients. Was based out of McKinsey’s Hong Kong and Beijing offices for 7 months. Began as Associate; also served in part-time Senior Knowledge Expert role focused on leading research efforts and supporting client efforts.
Significant engagements included corporate strategy efforts, rollouts of new store models, implementation of performance improvement plans, organization design efforts, evaluations of acquisitions and value creation from M&A, assessments of global growth opportunities, customer segmentation efforts, and pricing initiatives.
Hiring your former employer isn’t exactly suggestive of objectivity.
@ Pelvic Theology, Pelvic Justice
Carl Trueman gives us good reason Not to dismiss sexual issues by trivializing them as Pelvic theology. Because to trivialize these issues we trivialize our humanness.
@ Pelvic Theology, Pelvic Justice
Our body is not simply an appendage to the mind, or soul. It’s an integral, permanent component of our existence. Which is why we have the doctrine of the Resurrection from the dead, when our flesh and blood body will be forever united with the soul.
It’s the reason why John Paul II wrote The Theology of the Body. We glorify God in what we do in accord with our physical nature as ordained by God. We are co-creators with God in the transmission of and birth of life. Heroic virtue is practiced through the body.
Christ added his divine nature to compliment our human nature giving us the perfect physical model for us to imitate.
Re UFOs: Catholic philosopher Dennis Bonnette reasons through theories on UFO origins at https://thepostil.com/feasibility-of-actual-space-alien-visits-to-planet-earth/
Very informative article you posted. Thank You
“pelvic theology.”
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Goodness, God’s first instruction to mankind was related to that part of our bodies. If procreation was that important to Our Creator why wouldn’t His Church make a big deal about it? And about when we misuse/abuse that?
“For only if the problem is seen in perspective can we see its solution in perspective.” -FDR
It has always been about The Marriage in Heaven and on Earth.
“You cannot be My Disciples if you do not Abide In My Word.” -The Charitable Anathema of Jesus The Christ
“For where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
“Blessed are they who are Called to The Marriage Supper Of The Lamb.”
Future Portuguese cardinal on WYD: ‘We don’t want to convert the young people to Christ’ – Catholic World Report
Vatican vs SSPX and the REAL State of Emergency in the Church – The Remnant Newspaper
Thanks. Interesting info. I hope Ms. Bohlen is not being paid $500K. Her pastoral initiative is to close schools. Sorry to learn that Cardinal George hired her. Why in the world would he have done that, someone sold him a pile of something, and it was not good. Will add while I give to the my parish and other Catholic Org. , I stop giving to the Chicago Archdiocese, since there is little if any transparency on how the money is spent.