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

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Magnificent Humanity, Poor Economics (Law & Liberty): Magnifica Humanitas could address contemporary questions more effectively if it had sounder economics.”

“Blame the Rooster for the Sunrise”: The post hoc fallacy at the heart of the traditionalist case against Vatican II (TraddyLand Group): “The core traditionalist indictment of the Second Vatican Council is easier to state than the people making it usually realize.”

Too Catholic To Be French Officers (European Conservative): “French military schools face a backlash after excluding Catholic pupils, exposing ideological bias and raising concerns over future army recruitment.”

The Vatican and the SSPX: repairing the damage—Part II (Catholic Culture): “Many faithful Catholics have become traditionalists after fleeing from parishes where the Mass was celebrated without reverence, where liturgical rubrics were ignored, where the altar became an ideological showcase. ”

The Scariest Thing I Heard at the ADF Summit (Catholic Culture): “There may be less distance between Catholics in Washington and Rome than we have been led to believe. But, as one official told me, ‘the reality of governing is different than advocating.’ This is true in both cities.

Misunderstanding ‘Human Dignity’ (Postliberal Order): “Drawing on Elizabeth Anscombe, Ed Feser argues that modern-day philosophers have come to misunderstand the idea of ‘human dignity’ at a very basic level.”

A Transformative Eucharistic Spirituality (What We Need Now – Substack): “Whatever its promise, AI also poses evident peril to a fully embodied existence, to the cultivation of and commitment to personal relations, and to the enriching and enlivening experience of community and communion.”

American Heroism and Our Lady of Walsingham (The Catholic Thing): “Here, some 3,000 World War II American servicemen lie buried. They died assisting Britain in a savage war, and they helped to preserve our freedom. I am grateful.”

‘Heaven Is Real’: Catholic Father and Speaker Paul J. Kim Talks Micah and the ‘Miracles’ (National Catholic Register): “for Catholic speaker and father Paul J. Kim, the devastating loss of his 5-year-old son, Micah, did not mark the end of a story. Instead, it tore the veil wide open.”

(*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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