A Warranted Claim?

Public Orthodoxy: THE EUCHARIST, ITS PHYSICAL ELEMENTS, AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY by Hermina Nedelescu

The Eucharist, Its Physical Elements, and Molecular Biology https://t.co/efLz9GLU75

— Fordham OCSC (@FordhamOrthodox) May 27, 2020

The second misconception is the idea that viruses themselves cannot be transmitted via the administration of Holy Communion, which is scientifically incorrect.

The moral and scientific considerations presented by the essay are fine, but where are the studies giving evidence to this claim? Making a definitive claim like this requires actual science, not guesswork. So where are the comparative studies, not with viruses in general but COVID-19 specifically? Otherwise this seems like overstating one's case in order to yield a desirable conclusion.

One can draw a probable conclusion or precept based on possibilities and our ignorance and the law of charity - those are sufficient.

Doctor of... the Patriarchate of Rome

Naming "Doctors of the Church" is part of Rome's pretensions which should be dropped for the sake of ecumenism and reconciliation.

While Newman has been declared a saint of the Catholic Church, the question remains as to whether he will be declared a Doctor of the Church:https://t.co/tdCG0IgQKg

— Newman Institute (@NewmanStudies) May 27, 2020

Pope Francis may say he is impatient, but he doesn't have the theological skill to advance the dialogue with the other Apostolic Churches, nor does he have a plan for Protestants, especially those who are more traditional. Is he willing to explicitly set limits to what constitutes "legitimate diversity"? I doubt it.

Pope Francis marked the 25th anniversary of “Ut Unum Sint” (“That all may be one,”) by reaffirming the church’s “irrevocable” commitment to work for Christian unity among the world’s roughly 2.3 billion Christians. @gerryorome reports:https://t.co/iH9SBi5RdV

— America Magazine (@americamag) May 27, 2020

A Development at Bose

Enzo Bianchi required to leave the monastery of Bose
The Vatican Secretariat of State informs the Monastic Community of Bose about the results of the recent Apostolic Visitation. - Vatican Newshttps://t.co/dM4JGJqhIL

— Catholic Sat (@CatholicSat) May 27, 2020

Sandro Magister: “Rigid, Cold, Misguided.” That’s How the Monastery of Bose Thanks Its Founder

Derya Little Interviews Dr. Alan Fimister and Fr. Thomas Crean, O.P on Their Book Integralism

Her podcast.

"Yes"

1 Corinthians 11

AFR

Will listen to see if he hedges, especially on 1 Corinthians 11:17.

Dr. Jeannie Constantinou on Church Canons

May be questionable...

St. Philip Neri

Philip Neri always reminds me of the joyous friendships of saints: Philip and Ignatius were friends during their time in Rome, often going for evening strolls together. Stories abound of how their laughter echoed through the Roman streets pic.twitter.com/HAMNj0sbBi

— Fr. David Paternostro, SJ (@DavidPaternostr) May 26, 2020

Happy feast of +Philip Neri. I though of this published in @ChurchLifeND from @leodelo2. I learned a good deal about Neri as I always expect to when reading Lenny's work. The lecture was given as part of @McGrathND's Saturdays with the Saints: https://t.co/10YNcvo3Xo

— Timothy P. O'Malley (@timothypomalley) May 26, 2020

The Ascension and Glorification of Christ Are Important for Us

But is there anything else to soteriology and eschatology?

Jesus bore our humanity and brought it beyond death to a new place, to Heaven, so that there where He is, we might also be.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) May 25, 2020

Houston, We Have a Problem

CNA/CWR: Record numbers leave Church in Munich archdiocese
10,744 Catholics formally withdrew from the Church in the German Archdiocese of Munich and Freising in 2019, the first time that annual departures had surpassed the 10,000 mark since records began.

Derya Little Reviews Integralism

CWR Dispatch: New book presents scholarly, but accessible, presentation of Integralism by Derya M. Little
A review of Integralism: A Manual of Political Philosophy by Fr. Thomas Crean O.P. and Dr. Alan Fimister.

Editiones Scholasticae

An Athos Monk on Iconography

Fr. Edmund Waldstein on Laudato Si'

Catholic Herald: Freedom and Connection: A reflection on Laudato si' by Fr Edmund Waldstein

I wrote something about Laudato si'. https://t.co/rcTVUz5UzM

— Pater Edmund (@sancrucensis) May 24, 2020

My comment: not every vice needs an -ism, nor is every disorder rooted first in an error of the intellect. But intellectuals love genealogy as history, and this is true of John Paul II and Benedict XVI.

Related:

Eastern Christian Books: Nationalism and Conservatism in Orthodox Churches

Eastern Christian Books: Nationalism and Conservatism in Orthodox Churches

Palgrave Macmillan: Orthodox Churches and Politics in Southeastern Europe: Nationalism, Conservativism, and Intolerance edited by Sabrina P. Ramet

Bishop Favier in Beijing

The heart of Pekin: Bishop A. Favier's diary of the siege, May-August, 1900 edited by Rev J. Freri

Purification of the Heart

God with Us Online: Purification of the Heart: The First Stage of the Spiritual Life by Rev. Deacon Thomas Moses

(3 parts)

Fr. Thomas Soroka Interviews Benedict and Talia Sheehan

AFR

A Fireside Chant Chat, Part 2

AFR

The Shield of Psalmic Prayer

St. David of Garejeli