Time for Candor – “In many ways, whatever its strengths, the Francis pontificate was inadequate to the real issues facing the Church.” The Church After Francis (First Things)
Why Religion Went Obsolete – “With each generation since the baby boomers, traditional religion in the United States has fallen further from grace. Why? Ask sociologist Christian Smith.”Out of Practice (Notre Dame Magazine)
The Spirit of the Liturgy at 25 – “If there’s one thing worth celebrating this year, it’s the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of The Spirit of the Liturgy, Cardinal Ratzinger’s great gift to the Church.” Pope Benedict’s Time-Bomb (What We Need Now)
A Civilizational Struggle – “Nothing inspires more dread in our post-human world than the gaze of a child. The ethical renewal of society has always depended on the disruptive, disturbing, and unbreakable innocence of childhood.” How Postmodernism Became Posthumanism (Brownstone Institute)
Young Adults and the Faith – “The church really communicates a degree of reverence that I didn’t find in the more liberal, laissez-faire approach of nondenominational churches.” Young people are converting to Catholicism en masse — driven by pandemic, internet, ‘lax’ alternatives (NY Post)
A Jesuitical Impatience – “Francis was the first Jesuit elected to the chair of St. Peter—a historic milestone that defined his tenure as chief pastor of the Catholic Church.” The Jesuit Pope (First Things)
New Catholic Traditionalism – “For most of the past century, lay Catholics were seen as a timid cluster that quietly adhered to mainstream politics and society. But that changed during the COVID pandemic … ” Meet America’s new ‘MAGA Catholics’ fighting the religion’s rising wokeness (New York Post)
Rooted in Catholic Faith – “The University of Notre Dame’s theology program has ranked No. 1 worldwide four times in six years — and some say its fidelity to the Catholic faith is key to its success.” Notre Dame’s Theology Rises by Reclaiming ‘a Full Catholic Vision’ (National Catholic Register)
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