St. Augustine on Virtue and Politics

What qualities are required in citizens for the flourishing of a polis? Join @jennfrey of @eudaimoniapod, Russell Hittinger, and Fr. Michael Sherwin, OP for a conversation on Augustine on virtue and politics

with @americamag

HAPPENING NOW: https://t.co/WhoxJq27Rh pic.twitter.com/Ysqmjklep9

— Lumen Christi (@LC_Institute) May 1, 2021

Pascha at St. Nicholas

Alexander Lingas

Also on YouTube at https://t.co/VAwqD9jUiB

— Alexander Lingas (@ALLingas) April 28, 2021

More Top-Down Paraliturgical Reform

The revised text of the Litany of Saint Joseph (in Latin) can now be found here: https://t.co/56Jqk4Tbg1

— Fr James Bradley (@FrJamesBradley) May 1, 2021

Some Big Reforms?

But are they positive?

Pope Francis has amended part of a law regulating Vatican City’s judicial system, now allowing the court of first instance to rule on criminal trials of bishops and cardinals. https://t.co/wUmWM73RKZ

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) April 30, 2021

Pope Francis changed Vatican City State law this morning, so that cardinals and bishops can be tried in Vatican City criminal courts.

So who might he have in mind? We see three possibilities:https://t.co/NJUNg622Ea

— The Pillar (@PillarCatholic) April 30, 2021

This papal reform is a blockbuster. Now the question is whether the policy will be enforced: not just the letter of the law, but the intent. https://t.co/6yBp1Y1lRb

— Philip Lawler (@PhilLawler) April 30, 2021

#PopeFrancis issues sweeping new transparency laws for senior Vatican officials but critics doubt their efficacy unless the working culture of the Vatican changes https://t.co/hA1wIgzWJK @NCRegister

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) April 30, 2021

A Narrative on the Descent into Atheism

"In this way, society becomes radically irreligious and atheistic."

Read more here: https://t.co/HCGeLdtSE6

— Rafael de Arízaga (@RafaeldeArizaga) April 27, 2021

A Western View of Atonement

Michael Ramsey: "Christians' present access to the Father has been created by the Lord's sacrifice; it is only through facing the cross and its disclosure of the awful realities of sin and of God's forgiving love that men have free access to God in sonship,》 pic.twitter.com/MIj0L1marI

— Akenside Institute for English Spirituality (@EngSpirituality) April 29, 2021

Promotion of the Dominicans

ANNOUNCING: Dominicans as Defensores Fidei – 2021 Val McInnes Address (virtual / “in-presence”) w/fr. Serge-Thomas Bonino OP @FrBenedictOP @OpToulouse @Dominican_Orderhttps://t.co/Q8DEY964y2 pic.twitter.com/u4KTGSsYxB

— Angelicum (@_Angelicum) April 29, 2021

"Aquinas and Sacrifice"

Fr. Allard’s recent lecture—“Aquinas and Sacrifice”—given to Dominican University College is now available on our podcast! Listen on Spotify, SoundCloud and Apple Podcasts.

Spotify—https://t.co/okexzpjtUx
SoundCloud—https://t.co/iLvZZBdDdU
Apple Podcasts—https://t.co/5fvg82rEPq

— Thomistic Institute (@ThomisticInst) April 28, 2021

Ines Angeli Murzaku on Bose

CWR Dispatch: Troubles at Bose highlight need for authentic ecumenism, monasticism
by Ines Angeli Murzaku
The focus of the Bose community in Magnano, Italy is ecumenism, but it is not an authentic unity where theological, ecclesiological, and historical differences are discussed, prayed for, and lived out.

"There is, according the Rule, no need to change or convert or change denomination, because one belongs to Christ through the church of his/her baptism to the end."

Baptism without the Gift of the Holy Spirit is incomplete.

Speaking of ironies, the day (July 22, 2014) Pope Francis appointed Br. Bianchi as consultor to the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, this how Bianchi responded to the unexpected appointment: “The Pope will reform the papacy, and this will favor the relations with the Orthodox,” adding that “the reform of the papacy means a new balance between synodality and primacy…This would help to create a new style of papal primacy and the government of bishops.”

One Take on Personalism

Since tonight was so relevant, if anyone is somehow interested in my own thoughts on the individual-personal distinction and personalism in general, you can read more here. https://t.co/kcRsCL0tFl

— Taylor Patrick O'Neill (@thomaesplendor) April 28, 2021

Meinvielle Contra Maritain

Julio Meinvielle's book against Maritain's personalism is now available in English: https://t.co/fk98w72xxB

— Pater Edmund (@sancrucensis) April 27, 2021

Cover-Up in Cologne

#Cologne priests abuse male prostitutes who are minors - but then the diocese conveniently "cannot find them" - assumes then they were over 18 years so that the priests can continue working in the "vineyard" ... and can get promoted to nicer positions #CatholicTwitter https://t.co/5wiD76k0EV

— Ulrich L. Lehner (@ulrichlehner) April 27, 2021

Koine Greek for Levantines

Hello dears! Well, after 40 days of fasting, I come back to you with my very first book: “Grecosyrian - Koine Greek for Levantines”.

I’m very happy to have worked with my best friend and the most awesome artist, @apoyaghmourian, on this!

Enjoy! https://t.co/WJ9VYlpFsO

— Edmond Shami (@EdmondShami) April 25, 2021

One of the Contemporary Errors in the West

Attempts to rehabilitate the image of Judas Iscariot reflect the modern tendency to proclaim mercy detached from contrition and repentance....
via Monsignor Charles Popehttps://t.co/cQ7FluU9H6

— National Catholic Register (@NCRegister) April 26, 2021

An Oldie from Augustine Di Noia

True Christian universalism depends on the affirmation of the nonexclusive particularity of salvation in Jesus Christ. From the archives:https://t.co/qxKHeGorzA

— First Things (@firstthingsmag) April 24, 2021

Suffused with Latin Theology of the Presbyterate

As one would expect...

This Good Shepherd Sunday is the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Beautiful prayer for the holiness of the clergy composed by Benedict XVI. Holy priests inspire priestly vocations! pic.twitter.com/lWb9MUBLot

— Father V (@father_rmv) April 25, 2021

A Prefect of a Congregation that Should be Abolished

Il prefetto della @orientchurch_va celebra la Divina Liturgia al Pontificio Collegio armeno per la commemorazione dei 106 anni del #ArmenianGenocide: "Gli armeni vittime di una sofferenza sistematicamente pianificata" https://t.co/uKdbWMDlrR

— Salvatore Cernuzio (@SalvoCernuzio) April 24, 2021

Springtime of (False) Synodality

As the Catholic Church in different countries begins various synodal processes, the conference of Latin American bishops could not stay behind, and has launched its own Ecclesial Assembly.https://t.co/MroDX7qhJ8

— Crux (@Crux) April 24, 2021

Excommunicate Him

Bishop Bätzing Opens Path to Protestants Receiving Catholic Communion in Germany | National Catholic Register https://t.co/kzjFaT4MEI @NCRegister

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) April 24, 2021