Gnosticism and Christianity – “As surely as the swallows return each spring to Capistrano, so the elite media can be counted on to write pieces debunking Christianity precisely at the holiest time in the Christian calendar.” It’s Always Open Season on Christianity (First Things)
Were Abusers Abused? – “In all the years I have followed the analysis of the clergy scandal and the justifiable outrage over the cover-ups, several questions never seem to come up.” Wounded Witness: A Different Perspective on the Clergy Sex Abuse Crisis (What We Need Now – Substack)
How Catholics Worship – “Regaining our sense of the sacred is a most urgent problem the Catholic Church faces today.” It’s Time for a Renaissance of Excellence in Catholic Liturgy (National Catholic Register)
Rupnik’s Legacy – “Not long ago, Church institutions seemed anxious about taking action on the priest’s legacy, but that appears to be changing.” Is the tide turning on the Rupnik case? (The Pillar)
Accepting Tomboys – “Recently, Dr. Brett Salkeld wrote an important and thoughtful piece for Our Sunday Visitor asking if Catholics must accept third genders.” It’s impossible to argue with irrational transgender ideologues (Our Sunday Visitor)
Flourishing American Priests – “They demonstrate high levels of satisfaction in their vocations and enthusiasm for their work as pastors.” Stronger Families, Stronger Priests (The Catholic Thing)
Burqa Burks – “Too many Western feminists are blasé about the oppression that the headscarf represents.” Emily Maitlis should take off that hijab (Spiked)
America First – “As we approach the 100th day of the second Trump administration, the apparent division between MAGA populism and DOGE libertarianism remains one of the major stories of this new era.” Why the MAGA-DOGE coalition will hold Common enemies and overlapping aims (Unherd)
A Shuddering Political Party – “This was apparently the weekend that Democrats decided to try to get back that protestin’ feelin’ before it’s gone, gone, gone.” The Last Gasp of the Democratic Party (Amac)
Emergency Abortion – “A Catholic hospital in Eureka, California, is facing renewed legal scrutiny after a woman filed a lawsuit claiming that staff members denied her an ’emergency abortion’ while she was experiencing a life-threatening miscarriage.” California Catholic hospital sued again over alleged denial of emergency abortion (CatholicVote)
Artful Domestic Provisioning – “The business teaches small, hands-on classes on the domestic art of homestead slaughter, butchery and preservation of all livestock using the pre-modern traditions of our fathers to assert and transmit the well-off frugality of the family table.” Catholic Business Profile: Farmstead Meatsmith (National Catholic Register)
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