Pastoral... Failure

VATICAN CITY—The new Prefect of the Doctrine of the Faith states people in “irregular” unions, such as same sex unions, may NOT receive anything resembling liturgical blessings, or blessings of their unions.

They may, however, receive spontaneous blessing, limited to “the… pic.twitter.com/2peTe7g2UJ

— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) December 18, 2023

Latin Trinitarian Theology

From all eternity, the Father forgets about himself in love and generates the Son, and from all eternity, the Son forgets about himself and looks to the Father, and the mutual love of Father and Son is the Holy Spirit.

— Bishop Robert Barron (@BishopBarron) December 17, 2023

Rome Has a Problem

Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández’s response to ten dubia from Cardinal Dominik Duka, Archbishop Emeritus of Pragues, seems to require the faithful to embrace teachings contrary to Catholic doctrine, write E. Christian Brugger and Fr. Peter Ryan, SJ.https://t.co/t6u7jcx4mb

— Catholic World Report (@cworldreport) December 10, 2023

Latin and Dominican

Needed to check in with the boss today… couldn’t get an appointment with his Successor, so I settled for some prayer time with Primo. pic.twitter.com/dOkr5amIst

— Fr. Thomas Petri, OP (@PetriOP) December 6, 2023

Apologia Pro Roma

At #USCCB23, bishops voted to support a call to see John Henry Newman named a doctor of the Church.

The Pillar talked with @bpdflores about that support, synodality, and Newman's unique place in the Church's tradition.https://t.co/7eqtU0RNxu

— The Pillar (@PillarCatholic) November 20, 2023

R. Hittinger on Social Ontology

Listen to “Social Ontology: Concepts and Verification” by Doctor Russell Hittinger on the Thomistic Institute Podcast 👉https://t.co/ZDE4guFlCx pic.twitter.com/dqXg2K7Oii

— Thomistic Institute (@ThomisticInst) November 15, 2023

A Bureaucratic Solution to a Paideia Problem

A new proposal from the University of Notre Dame McGrath Institute for Church Life aims to help seminaries and dioceses strengthen their formation programs, particularly in pastoral ministry to victim-survivors of sexual abuse.https://t.co/mxVi36ZSku

— Crux (@Crux) November 10, 2023

Recipients of the 2023 Ratzinger Prize

Two Spanish theologians are the winners of the 2023 Ratzinger Prize, named for the late Pope Benedict XVI. https://t.co/KauBeQWY9k

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) November 10, 2023

Latins...

Given St. Joseph's pre-eminent nature in the Church and among the angels and saints, second only to the Mother of God, God would bestow the honor of accompanying Him to Heaven as He did for His Blessed Mother.https://t.co/u3AahyFh0k

— thomistica.net (@thomistica) November 10, 2023

Community of the Beatitudes Scandal

The 50-year-old charismatic movement Community of the Beatitudes has announced it will form an independent commission to study problems in the group’s past. https://t.co/JZ6Cz6VKs2

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) November 9, 2023

Gaillardetz Passes

Saints of God, come to his aid!
Hasten to meet him, angels of the Lord!
Receive his soul and present him to God the Most High.
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.
May Dr. Richard Gaillardetz now rest in God's everlasting peace. Amen. pic.twitter.com/cK8EwQAWsK

— Boston College Theology (@BosColTheology) November 7, 2023

It Doesn't Happen Automatically

Seems like an important story - Cardinal Muller discusses whether Pope Francis has lost office for heresy.https://t.co/mH5ySt0pY8

— Fr Thomas Crean OP (@crean_fr) November 7, 2023

David Bradshaw Webinar

The next session of the Light of the World Webinar Series is happening in one week! One of our speakers will be Dr David Bradshaw, Professor of Philosophy, Modern & Classical Languages, Literatures & Cultures at the University of Kentucky.
Register here: https://t.co/1olFnrTm53 pic.twitter.com/EfG3aFVdRm

— St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (@stvlads) November 7, 2023

Nov. 15

Join the IHE on Wednesday, November 15 for a virtual event on "The Common Good and the Modern Nation-State" with V. Bradley Lewis and @FrAquinasOP.

Register for the Zoom link here: https://t.co/dmFRsgEboO pic.twitter.com/psyPzkXJhN

— IHE (@HumanEcologyCUA) November 6, 2023

Bad Latin Theologoumena on Confirmation and Pentecost

Receiving the Fullness of Pentecost | Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy OFM Cap.: When we pray today for a new Pentecost, we are petitioning Jesus to pour out his Spirit upon all of us so that we might receive, in all its fullness, the same . . ..https://t.co/HL2a7WQE9w pic.twitter.com/0Qhgxu8Q6w

— The Catholic Thing (@catholicthing) October 29, 2023

Oops!

Amid a global outcry, Fr. Marko Rupnik could soon face a canonical trial in the Vatican. @Pillarcatholic breaks down what that means, and what the next steps will be:https://t.co/GP1RfCA76f

— The Pillar (@PillarCatholic) October 27, 2023

Ida Friederike Görres

Fellow @brysonjs translation of The Church in the Flesh by Ida Friederike Görres is now available. For the first time in English, Görres develops a conversation aimed at a clarified, renewed, and strengthened faith in Jesus Christ and His Church.https://t.co/Oihd7mylg5

— Ethics and Public Policy Center (@EPPCdc) October 24, 2023

1P5: Ida Friederike Görres: A Forgotten Catholic Rediscovered

Predictable

The synod on synodality assembly sent a letter to the Church Wednesday, urging more synodality.https://t.co/MJ92RpZ60e

— The Pillar (@PillarCatholic) October 25, 2023

This is analysis of without an understanding of the reality:

"With the synodal body now issuing letters to all the Christian faithful in its own name... it appears to be growing into a rival pole of authority to the Bishop of Rome, under whose authority and care it is meant to exist."

Analysis via @canonlawyered https://t.co/WvnxKHKdeN

— The Pillar (@PillarCatholic) October 25, 2023

V. Bradley Lewis on Punishment

“Punishment, particularly in its theoretical justification, has always been amongst the most vexed provinces of law’s empire.” Listen to On Punishment by Professor V. Bradley Lewis on the Thomistic Institute Podcast👉 https://t.co/YNPKFyJTsk#Catholic #podcast #ThomisticInstitute pic.twitter.com/xNaUlh884O

— Thomistic Institute (@ThomisticInst) October 25, 2023

The Bergoglian Rupnik Scandal Continues

The influential mosaic artist Fr. Marko Rupnik has been incardinated into a diocese in his native Slovenia, according to multiple reports.https://t.co/hlrZ7q2QGN

— The Pillar (@PillarCatholic) October 25, 2023

Disgraced ex-Jesuit priest, Fr Marko Ivan Rupnik, has been incardinated in the Slovenian diocese of Koper, @katholisch_de has confirmed. https://t.co/XUjjXkOTcT

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) October 25, 2023

Since *August* this vile abuser has been enjoying 'all the rights and freedoms of a diocese priest'. How will Synod members who fail to condemn this abomination manage to sleep tonight? https://t.co/lqmffeOSPp

— Damian Thompson (@holysmoke) October 25, 2023

Now updated with comments from the diocese. Yikes. https://t.co/xLiEFi6e49

— Ed. Condon (@canonlawyered) October 25, 2023

Nota Rigged Listening Session

Strong intervention from Dr Nora K. Nonterah, a theologian from Ghana, says she has felt listened to as a woman & an African in a Church that has not always listened to women, Africans, laypeople.

She says: “a synodal church must sit at the foot of women, including those from… pic.twitter.com/f027U6KzUN

— Christopher Lamb (@ctrlamb) October 25, 2023

Parroting Bergoglio's Talking Point

Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck of Essen, Germany, to reporters: "We always place Christ at the centre of our faith but we set aside tradition and habits. What is important is the hierarchy of truths." Image @dibanezgut #SynodonSynodality pic.twitter.com/XHHSlzO7Zo

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) October 21, 2023

OCT 21 #Synod briefing: German Bishop Overbeck says: “We put Jesus Christ at the center of faith in a common quest without clinging to habits & traditionalisms which, if critically examined, have no priority in the hierarchy of truth, & this in the end is important to say.”👇1/4 pic.twitter.com/7HptSttJAU

— Diane Montagna (@dianemontagna) October 21, 2023

Shenanigans?

The #SynodonSynodality is currently discussing "the question of women’s inclusion in the diaconate" and whether it is "possible to envisage this, and in what way."

Of note is that two small groups 30 and 31 (pictured) have a proportionally higher number of women compared to… pic.twitter.com/QggZxZoEMC

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) October 14, 2023

The abbot, who seemed to be a peaceful man & is part of Table 6 (an Italian language small group discussing the role of women) responded as follows: pic.twitter.com/6dtiEvzO6j

— Diane Montagna (@dianemontagna) October 14, 2023

Who Will Finish Whom?

From the declaration of infallibility at Vatican I, a doctrinal ultramontanism has led many Catholics to equate the papacy with Catholicism.https://t.co/EeemlM5SeQ

— First Things (@firstthingsmag) September 28, 2023

Tucho Clarified

Archbishop Fernández Clarifies His Warning Not to Judge the ‘Doctrine of the Holy Father’ | National Catholic Register https://t.co/KJc4fY5gMu @NCRegister @Tuchofernandez

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) September 14, 2023

A Review of Rist's Book on the Papacy

Here’s the first review I’ve seen of John Rist’s Infallibility, Integrity and Obedience, which I’m currently reading. Whatever one thinks of Rist’s own conclusions, he’s gotten started a conversation that is unavoidable and perhaps overdue: https://t.co/5B3L99HQRm

— Edward Feser (@FeserEdward) September 6, 2023

Happy New Year... On the Greg Calendar

Byzantine New Year https://t.co/Q150BQH1zJ pic.twitter.com/7fO0ln2zfA

— NLM (@NLMblog) September 1, 2023

1 John 5

Bearing witness to Christ, in word and in deed, is the mission of each one of the baptized.
The martyrs give testimony to this.
“So there are three that testify,
the Spirit, the water, and the blood, and the three are of one accord.”

— Amigo de Frodo (@bpdflores) August 31, 2023

Another Disappointment

Friends, I am flattered and grateful that Matthew Levering has chosen to write his newest book on my own theological perspective.

Learn more at https://t.co/rrzymUrrLr. pic.twitter.com/dbMegT3dPD

— Bishop Robert Barron (@BishopBarron) August 29, 2023

Popesplaining as Apologetics

Here's how I make sense of the Holy Father's recent comments on the sinfulness of the death penalty—it all has to do with circumstances.

What's implicit in this approach is important: Pope Francis is affirming that capital punishment is not intrinsically evil 🧵⬇️⬇️⬇️

— Joshua Madden (@theologyreality) August 29, 2023

Anaxios in Berlin

The Archbishop of Berlin has caused a stir beyond the borders of his archdiocese.https://t.co/OzUa7jA42Y

— The Pillar (@PillarCatholic) August 28, 2023

Christology and Soteriology Are Linked

“Which commandment is the greatest?"

In the mystery of the Cross, the Lord gives himself to the Father for our sakes, and thus unites in an indissoluble bond the ultimate expression of the Love of God and love of neighbor.
We receive and commit ourselves to this at every Mass. pic.twitter.com/Ot6VnzjKjT

— Amigo de Frodo (@bpdflores) August 25, 2023

Integralists Won't Quit

What is the providential place of Rome in the history of the world, and why and in what senses must the Church of Christ be Roman? A new study by Alan Fimister.https://t.co/sTwBw9Y6OH pic.twitter.com/eHBL0aFyrR

— Fr Thomas Crean OP (@crean_fr) August 24, 2023

Duh

Greek Catholic Bishop: Synod on Synodality Is Not Like Eastern Synods | National Catholic Register https://t.co/yIyVoDt9KB @NCRegister

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) August 24, 2023

Ofc It Would

An ancient Holy Land mosaic inscribed with an early reference to Jesus as God is at the center of a controversy that has riled archaeologists. https://t.co/VeJyjFC7CK

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 20, 2023

Mediocrat Fernandez

In several of his (numerous) post-appointment interviews, the archbishop betrayed a sorry lack of familiarity with the creative moral theology that has been developed in the Church since John Paul II’s 1993 encyclical, Veritatis Splendor. https://t.co/I9e9OJ8Hpa

— Catholic World Report (@cworldreport) August 23, 2023

Vatican I and II on the Authority of the Pope

Pope Francis told a delegation of lawyers from the Council of Europe this morning that he is “writing a second part of Laudato Si to update the current issues.” https://t.co/9LpzFWCAqZ

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) August 21, 2023

Lasso

"Students of music history are taught to name Lasso as one of the four great composers of the late Renaissance, along with Palestrina, Victoria, and Byrd, but Lasso is by far the least performed, and he tends to be given short shrift in textbooks." https://t.co/MmIFY4WTnF

— The Lamp (@thelampmagazine) August 21, 2023

El Greco's Icon of The Dormition

This icon dates to the 16th century. It's by Domenikos Theotokopoulous, who travelled into Western Europe during the Spanish Renaissance. He become legendary in the West simply as 'El Greco'; 'The Greek'.
Watch our video on the Dormition icons: https://t.co/MSOaanjovx pic.twitter.com/CCsUrbnzQz

— Patristix (@patristix) August 17, 2023

We Need a Better Moral Theology of Speech Acts

Cursing and Christian Living | David G. Bonagura, Jr.: We need not be pure of heart to strive to root out vices – including small ones like cursing – and embrace virtue. https://t.co/awcEv1AdB7 pic.twitter.com/fpTyMDiUbX

— The Catholic Thing (@catholicthing) August 13, 2023

New Volume on CDK

A new volume on the work of Charles De Koninck ...https://t.co/PXJslMCWO7

— The Charles De Koninck Project (@The_CDK_Project) August 11, 2023

Bergoglio as Legislator

Pope Francis changed canon law on Tuesday regarding the governance of Opus Dei and any future personal prelatures.https://t.co/bZOdTmOffO

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) August 8, 2023

What a new papal policy means for Opus Dei:https://t.co/FA3iwJCABe

— The Pillar (@PillarCatholic) August 8, 2023

Weinandy on the Transfiguration of Our Lord

Transfiguration: From One Degree of Glory to Another | Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy OFM Cap.: The lesson of the Transfiguration is clear. Throughout our lives, we too, through our daily crosses, are to be transfigured into the glorious risen likeness of . . . https://t.co/YhvOBSWQSr pic.twitter.com/WVBmOXVRgb

— The Catholic Thing (@catholicthing) August 7, 2023

Another Failed Cult in the Making

What does an apostolic visitation of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitea mean for the institute's future?https://t.co/qIVDluUK1Q

— The Pillar (@PillarCatholic) August 5, 2023

A Key Feature of Latin Spirituality

Simple, Binding Gifts | Michael Pakaluk: The complete offering up, for God’s purposes, of all of your external goods, even the good that is your body and its life, has always been the Christian basis of great awakenings and reforms. https://t.co/pMIciRaoHo pic.twitter.com/mQHgxX4N1B

— The Catholic Thing (@catholicthing) August 2, 2023

Iconography Program at SVOTS

Full 2-Year Formation in Iconography At St Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary - Open to Catholics https://t.co/qAq75vaZnl pic.twitter.com/t8pvGd6QlU

— NLM (@NLMblog) July 25, 2023

More on the Rupnik Expulsion

The Society of Jesus say they didn't have the option of laicizing Marko Rupnik - but is that really so? https://t.co/lwE9jRZeO5

— The Pillar (@PillarCatholic) July 25, 2023

Pope Francis has been dining out on a paper revolution that made it easier to prosecute crimes of abuse and coverup, and trading on promises to take the abuse of adults seriously, writes Christopher R. Altieri. https://t.co/3m9DeyFvNB

— Catholic World Report (@cworldreport) July 25, 2023

Rist Engages in Apologetics for Latin Ecclesiology

Professor Rist has a new book out this week in which he examines what he believes is at the root of the crisis in the Church, and proposes a way out:

“Infallibility, Integrity and Obedience: The Papacy and the Roman Catholic Church, 1848-2023” https://t.co/RmZFNQH9Qu https://t.co/cSGkGzZxkI

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) July 25, 2023

The Buck Stops Where?

The former superior of Father Marko Rupnik says “internal procedures” at the Vatican prevented the Jesuits from prosecuting the disgraced artist more vigorously for his sexual, spiritual, and psychological abuse of several women, the AP reports.https://t.co/t4AqN9DHF2

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) July 24, 2023

Still Anaxios

After his appointment to lead the DDF, Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernandez spoke with @pillarCatholic.

Here's what he said:https://t.co/xwgaF86SBL

— The Pillar (@PillarCatholic) July 17, 2023

National Clergy Retreat

View the schedule of events: https://t.co/fgRbnSfE3C

Register here: https://t.co/UmgaW8104c pic.twitter.com/Q267lSwPSF

— Orthodox Church OCA (@ocaorg) July 14, 2023

Western Iconographic Tradition

Happy feast of Saint Henry II (+1024)!#Catholic #Catholicism #CatholicChurch #FeastDay #Scripture #Tradition #PrayForUs #HolyMenAndWomen pic.twitter.com/giXhYK7rBB

— IHE (@HumanEcologyCUA) July 13, 2023

Confirmed: Anaxios?

“We don’t want to convert the young people to Christ or to the Catholic Church or anything like that at all,” said Bishop Américo Aguiar, head of World Youth Day (WYD) Lisbon 2023 who will be created a cardinal by Pope Francis in September — @cnalive
https://t.co/liWgp4atUo

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) July 10, 2023

Lots of Unworthy Males There

Pope Francis announces a Consistory for the creation of 21 Cardinals, 18 of which are Cardinal-Electors on September 30, 2023. Among the list are +Robert Prevost, Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, Tucho Fernández, Prefect of the DDF, +Claudio Gugerotti, Prefect of the… pic.twitter.com/8qRoordMz2

— Catholic Sat (@CatholicSat) July 9, 2023

Significant rush to give Fernandez a red hat. The ultra-sycophant Pierre is an appalling choice. Francis has declared war on anyone outside the extremist faction that controls the 'synod' and he's working very hard to pack the next conclave. But the whiff of panic is… https://t.co/fIp1DhVFFk

— Damian Thompson (@holysmoke) July 9, 2023

Aristotle Wannabe

Understanding Tucho in his own words. "To me, it sounds a bit vain to believe that one has everything clear on these issues. In them, the exciting mystery of human lives is in play, where not everything is mathematics."https://t.co/9fT22cwXjc

— Alexander Lucie-Smith (@ALucieSmith) July 8, 2023

The Circus Continues

Cardinal Müller Confirms Vatican Doctrinal Office Had File Warning About Archbishop Fernández | National Catholic Register https://t.co/FHs5WFOe5G @NCRegister

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) July 6, 2023

Chaos

What does Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernández stand for? Intellectual and pastoral chaos. Me for @firstthingsmag: https://t.co/k3NDHd2RvE

— Dan Hitchens (@ddhitchens) July 6, 2023

Anaxios

The professor of moral and spiritual theology who was rejected by the Vatican for the role of dean at a seminary in Italy publicly denounced the decision on Monday.https://t.co/20Ams5NdFY

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) July 3, 2023

From One Anaxios to...

FULL TEXT: Pope Francis’ Letter to New Doctrine Chief Archbishop Fernández | National Catholic Register https://t.co/PSVLAkEU2E

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) July 2, 2023

Anaxios

Here below is a translation of #PopeFrancis' letter today to the newly appointed Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández. All quotations have been taken from the original documents. https://t.co/JOIdlz62NV pic.twitter.com/iKyhjgiWdL

— Diane Montagna (@dianemontagna) July 1, 2023

The Argentine theologian Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández is the new prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.https://t.co/fqTfKpoSQJ

— The Pillar (@PillarCatholic) July 1, 2023

Pope Francis named Argentine Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernandez as Prefect of the Vatican's Discastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, saying he expects Fernandez to reject using "immoral methods" in defense of Catholic teaching.https://t.co/tJxrCMdeXI

— Crux (@Crux) July 1, 2023

I've highlighted some interesting points the Pope makes, in his letter to his new Chief Theologian.

It should be noted that this appointment will cause quite a stir in the Church, due to Archbishop Fernandez's writings, including his role drafting Amoris Laetitia. pic.twitter.com/ljylqLQ5n4

— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) July 1, 2023

Pope to new head of Vatican Doctrinal office: “The dicastery that you will preside over in other epochs came to use immoral methods..promoting theological knowledge they chased after possible doctrinal errors..I expect from you something..different” https://t.co/9GiMU6NXgZ

— Raymond Arroyo (@RaymondArroyo) July 1, 2023

The Word of God

Interestingly, the ancient Aramaic targumim distinguishes between God qua God and God’s “Word”, who always existed with Him (similar to the Book of Solomon speaking of God’s eternal “Wisdom”).

The high Christology of the early Church is rooted deeply in ancient Jewish monotheism pic.twitter.com/92Wc4EeuH3

— ًًً (@esotericism__) June 30, 2023

The Divided Pope

The Divided Pope: A Review https://t.co/SJWO97mwmM pic.twitter.com/RT8gZqfo0F

— NLM (@NLMblog) June 30, 2023

A Latin Would Claim This

"Celibacy is a gift that the Latin Church preserved. Yet it is a gift that to be lived as a means of sanctification calls for healthy relationships - relationships of true esteem and true goodness that are deeply rooted in Christ." —Archbishop Timothy Broglio pic.twitter.com/BTYlEEoZpb

— Thomistic Institute (@ThomisticInst) June 30, 2023

Reminder

RETWEET TO SAVE A LIFE

30% off my book (and all CUA titles) till June 30.

Discount code: THEO23https://t.co/aZSQR2DZa6

— Fr. Andrew Younan (@younan3000) May 31, 2023

Latin Theology of Confirmation

Friends, at last week's Confirmation Mass, a number of candidates chose St. Sebastian as their Confirmation saint. Just as he was branded as a soldier for the Roman army, we are branded through the sacrament of Confirmation for God and the glory of his kingdom. pic.twitter.com/IwMuQ85JxU

— Bishop Robert Barron (@BishopBarron) May 22, 2023

Glory to God

death of a single cell pic.twitter.com/lwCJink5d9

— microscopic images. (@microscopicture) May 13, 2023

Which Nature?

“By receiving the Holy Spirit, who is the bond of union between us and Christ our Savior, those who are joined to him, as branches are to a vine, share in his own nature.” -St. Cyril of Alexandria

— Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP (@FrAquinasOP) May 10, 2023

Sacred Arts East and West

Last week, the Institute of Sacred Arts at SVOTS hosted a special roundtable discussion, Sacred Arts East and West: A Conversation with Aidan Hart, Jonathan Pageau, and Andrew Gould. Read more about their discussion and watch the recording here: https://t.co/VDN9yS45JG pic.twitter.com/oocO7aWprh

— St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (@stvlads) May 3, 2023

Memory Eternal

Our Tribute to the late Professor Luke Gormally (1950-2023), who contributed profoundly to bioethics as our Director, Governor, and much else besides, and who died on Sunday aged 73: https://t.co/kkEnpBO1Gr

May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/oWWgzR0hB4

— Anscombe Bioethics Centre (@AnscombeCentre) May 2, 2023

Life Comes at You Fast...

My review of the doctrinal status of Limbo and related matters is no longer available on Catholic Answers, but here's a link to the archived article.https://t.co/Hs2CsDitSC

— Fr Thomas Crean OP (@crean_fr) April 29, 2023

Abomination

The Vatican announced Wednesday that there will be laypeople participating as voting members in the Synod on Synodality’s October assembly, a break with past custom, which allowed laypeople to participate without the right to vote. https://t.co/10fcH6FymC

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) April 26, 2023

On Wednesday the Vatican’s office for the Synod of Bishops announced a series of modifications to the rules governing membership in synod gatherings, for the first time allowing women to be appointed as full members with voting rights.https://t.co/oqikCvBZbP

— Crux (@Crux) April 27, 2023

JUST IN: 10 consecrated clerics to be replaced by 5 women & 5 men religious at Oct Synod in Rome. Auditors to be replaced by 70 non-bishop members chosen by #PopeFrancis. All to be given right to vote, but @Synod_va insists it does not change the episcopal nature of the assembly. pic.twitter.com/I8AKE1XiFF

— Diane Montagna (@dianemontagna) April 26, 2023

A Critic of the Fake Synod

The Synod on Synodality assumes that fidelity to the Church’s teaching needs to be re-imagined and re-worked so that various people will not feel that they are being excluded and rejected. | @GeraldMurray8https://t.co/1EpqhXNJDW

— First Things (@firstthingsmag) April 20, 2023

Still Fighting the Battles of Yesterday

This is an important occasion to recall that adoration & processions went from being a fixture of Catholic life to virtually *nonexistent* in just a few short years by the 70's.

Radical new sacramental theologies were at work. Fr Richard McBrien once infamously articulated it: https://t.co/iUe4bswWVX pic.twitter.com/BEgcMtpY6Y

— JuventutemDC (@juventutemDC) April 15, 2023

When Worlds Collide

Repulsive comment from a priest—at odds with Magisterium.

“They have … subjected some of the inhabitants of said islands to perpetual slavery [subdiderunt perpetuae servituti]. Therefore We ... exhort … that they desist from the aforementioned deeds.”

— Pope Eugene IV, 1435 https://t.co/Tjg0N8juE7

— Sohrab Ahmari (@SohrabAhmari) April 16, 2023

this reply gets to the necessary distinctions...

because mere quantity does nothing to change the nature of the act.

This is slavery considered in its essence, and this response is, indeed, boilerplate moral theory one can find in any number of manuals.

What people have in mind, though, is not slavery strictly considered, +

— Georgius Alexandri f. Mancz (@g_mancz) April 16, 2023

"Ecumenical"

In the design of God's providence, the two great luminaries of their day, Sts Thomas Aquinas and Bonaventure, died in conjunction with Lyon II. https://t.co/NVETPlYRlP

— Fr Dylan Schrader (@FrDylanSchrader) April 16, 2023

The Same Old

Toward a Fundamental Theology of the Priesthood || A one day symposium in Washington, D.C.

Learn more and register! 👉 https://t.co/BfQbRjswtH pic.twitter.com/AFpdzGKKuD

— Thomistic Institute (@ThomisticInst) April 14, 2023

How Uniates Are Normally Treated

Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta, secretary of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts, told Vatican News “the new norms determine much more clearly when ecclesiastical authority must intervene in the case of crimes.” https://t.co/tx9m1Hga5Z

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) April 5, 2023

Duffy a Prog?

What is the point of the @CatholicHerald ? I ask because the new edition has a column by Professor Eammon Duffy in which he describes as 'obscene' God's trial of Abraham, and the temptation of Eve as a 'fairy-tale'. Not a letter to the editor but a piece commissioned, accepted,

— Fr Thomas Crean OP (@crean_fr) March 7, 2023

New C9 Members, All Latins

Who Are the New Cardinal Members of Pope Francis’ Advisory Council? | National Catholic Register https://t.co/G3Hwz0IGkZ @NCRegister

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) March 7, 2023

Now Superfluous Thanks to CT?

New Expanded Edition of Pre-55 Holy Week Congregational Book https://t.co/U4eoWhukNE pic.twitter.com/jmhmd4qZRZ

— NLM (@NLMblog) February 28, 2023

Cultural Appropriation

"The idol and the icon cannot be understood apart from a theological and religious context, where idol signifies worshiping images in place of God and the icon is a way of orienting ourselves through images to God." —Prof. Thomas Hibbs pic.twitter.com/a4j3IcrDg9

— Thomistic Institute (@ThomisticInst) January 30, 2023

The Weigel Vatican II Apologetical Tour

Mark Bauerlein and George Weigel discuss all the things you didn't know, or thought you knew, about Vatican II. Take a listen!https://t.co/rkybbDSNGf

— First Things (@firstthingsmag) January 30, 2023

Anaxios

Cardinal McElroy's recent essay expressed controversial views on some issues of Catholic doctrine.

It also expressed a view of the synod on synodality which might take Pope Francis by surprise.

analysis from @jdflynnhttps://t.co/8hwd3txVXT

— The Pillar (@PillarCatholic) January 27, 2023

Rome's Fault, But Not Rome's to Resolve

Since at least the 1990s, members of the Syro-Malabar Church have been divided over the proper way to celebrate their version of the Mass, known as the “Holy Qurbana.”https://t.co/soUb6WoVff

— Crux (@Crux) January 16, 2023

NLM: "Catholicism or Post-Catholicisms?" Part 2

“Catholicism or Post-Catholicisms?” — Part 2: Ritual Trauma https://t.co/37giaX36lz pic.twitter.com/CSY36LcvjX

— NLM (@NLMblog) January 11, 2023

Cardinal Pell's Article in The Spectator

Shortly before he died on Tuesday, Cardinal George Pell wrote the following article for The Spectator in which he denounced the Vatican’s plans for its forthcoming ‘Synod on Synodality’ as a ‘toxic nightmare’.

✍️ Cardinal George Pell https://t.co/1XYE8HN1ST

— The Spectator (@spectator) January 11, 2023

Taking Ownership of the Church of Rome?

Pope Francis Reorganizes Diocese of Rome in Face of ‘Epochal Change’ https://t.co/jQsuDMSvNl @cnalive

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) January 10, 2023

NLM: Catholicism or Post-Catholicisms? Part 1

“Catholicism or Post-Catholicisms?” — Part 1: The Value of an Anthropological Analysis of Liturgical Reform https://t.co/IQHYhQ0q9Y pic.twitter.com/mdVGEQ8atW

— NLM (@NLMblog) January 10, 2023

Claude Berthe on Benedict XVI

Father Claude Barthe, an expert author on traditional liturgy, reflects on the late pope's motu proprio, ‘Summorum Pontificum’ calling the text ‘the most important of the pontificate.’
via @EdwardPentin #BenedictXVIhttps://t.co/VzdbzH2KpV

— National Catholic Register (@NCRegister) January 9, 2023

Benedict XVI and Tradition: An Analysis of His Approach to the Traditional Liturgy | National Catholic Register https://t.co/sorqwIPGti @NCRegister

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) January 9, 2023

Cyril Regan on Joseph Ratzinger

If his life featured valleys and troughs, it seems to have been a life in which contemplation of Christ not only empowered acceptance of suffering but transmuted it into joy. It is our hope that this joy has become enhanced and permanent.
--Cyril O'Reganhttps://t.co/FzgXyOXCpR

— Church Life Journal (@ChurchLifeND) January 9, 2023

NLM: Minutes from JP2's Commission of Cardinals

Minutes from the Commission of Cardinals That Advised John Paul II to Lift Restrictions on the Old Missal https://t.co/ykaSTzF3JP pic.twitter.com/rvpQy35Fvg

— NLM (@NLMblog) January 9, 2023

Franciscan Laxism in the Works?

Francis has already accepted it in principle by endorsing contraception for Zika. And let's not forget his gratuitous swipe at conscientous married couples--that they shouldn't breed like "rabbits." https://t.co/JF2BqNc3Zg

— George Neumayr (@george_neumayr) January 4, 2023

Benedict XVI and the Anglican Ordinariates

Msgr. Nazir-Ali: The Ordinariate Was Benedict XVI’s Path to Unity for Anglicans | National Catholic Register https://t.co/M1gl5G2ki0 @NCRegister

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) January 4, 2023

“Benedict seemed to just ‘get’ the English tradition …he understood and appreciated the Anglican ‘soul’ or perhaps, more accurately, the historic English religious soul,” says Father David Palmer. https://t.co/apNZjrKG6y

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) January 4, 2023

On Joseph Ratzinger and Vatican II (Again)

Of his many theological achievements, Benedict’s pre-eminent contribution was his role in the interpretation and reception of the Second Vatican Council.https://t.co/VkqPpjHhjl

— First Things (@firstthingsmag) January 4, 2023

Joseph Fessio on Benedict XVI

We welcome back Fr. Joseph Fessio of @IgnatiusPress to discuss the legacy of Pope Benedict XVI. Many know of his writings, but Fr. Fessio knew him personally before he was well known. Why does the caricature of him being a stern & harsh man miss the mark? https://t.co/jrcyV2j3Fu

— The Catholic Current w/ Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. (@CatholicCurrent) January 3, 2023

New Website Dedicated to the Work of Joseph Ratzinger

Dig into the thought and writings of the late Pope Benedict XVI at our new website honoring his legacy: https://t.co/mfOllhKFr1

You’ll find essays by and about Joseph Ratzinger, as well as book lists and resources for learning more about his life and his work. pic.twitter.com/c1OOzErvxw

— Ignatius Press (@IgnatiusPress) January 3, 2023

Benedict XVI's Reaction to Traditionis Custodes

Traditionis Custodes “hit him very hard,” said +Gänswein. “I think it broke Pope Benedict’s heart.”

From a new interview with @DieTagespost recorded before BXVI’s death — via @messainlatino https://t.co/HDhD79lcPc https://t.co/3FD1GMJkYx

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) January 3, 2023

The Progs Love Their Made-Up Liturgy

For the first time since the 6th Century the Roman Canon will not be used at the Requiem Mass of a Roman Pontiff. https://t.co/YRURuMmBen

— Catholic Sat (@CatholicSat) January 3, 2023

Feser Reviews Koons's Book

At Public Discourse, I review Rob Koons’s @robkoons excellent new book Is St. Thomas’s Aristotelian Philosophy of Nature Obsolete?: https://t.co/f7AoiwwAEZ

— Edward Feser (@FeserEdward) January 2, 2023

Tributes to Benedict XVI and Benedict XVI's Spiritual Testament

In Conversation with Fr. Joseph Fessio – The Spiritual Legacy of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI – Discerning Hearts Podcasts https://t.co/8aBJ7MpbRH

— Discerning Hearts ® (@DiscernHearts) January 2, 2023

"The @NCRegister asked six theologians deeply familiar with Benedict/Ratzinger’s thought...to unpack the theological contributions of this monumental Church figure by selecting a single text from his published works and illustrating its significance."https://t.co/Z7W4n7XMk9

— Ignatius Press (@IgnatiusPress) January 2, 2023

"Finally, I humbly ask: pray for me, so that the Lord may admit me to the eternal dwellings, despite all my sins and shortcomings."
— From Pope Benedict XVI's "Spiritual Testament," released by the Vatican upon his death.https://t.co/HgQxH79nEQ

— Ignatius Press (@IgnatiusPress) January 2, 2023

St. Gregory of Nyssa on the Incarnation and the Birth of Our Lord

"The grace that flows from the manifestation of the Only-Begotten Son in the flesh, proclaimed to the world by his birth from the Virgin, is not merely a holy festival but indeed a holy of holies and a festival of festivals."

-St Gregory of Nyssahttps://t.co/wCsnImqWvk

— The Pappas Patristic Institute (@PappasPatristic) January 2, 2023