Dr. Clark on Matteo Ricci

Most books and talks about Matteo Ricci suggest that he unequivocally, and without exception, venerated Chinese culture and Chinese people.
--Anthony Clarkhttps://t.co/okI1ltwdGS

— Church Life Journal (@ChurchLifeND) February 18, 2026

Chapp on the Rupnik Case

Fr. Rupnik’s case is now only shocking in the fact that it no longer shocks. It is the same story of past decades, just a different chapter, writes Larry Chapp. https://t.co/pErvhZSNIo

— Catholic World Report (@cworldreport) December 29, 2022

What to Do about the Jesuits?

The Jesuits and Assisted Suicide: Dissolve the Society? Or the Church? Msgr. X https://t.co/UWDpjXwv0w

— Marco Tosatti (@MarcoTosatti) January 16, 2022

Fr. Paul Mankowski

Last month, Professors Gary A. Anderson and Fr. Kevin Flannery, SJ, joined us for an evening reflection and discussion on the late Fr. Paul Mankowski, SJ, his vocation, and his legacy.

The video recording is now available on YouTube: https://t.co/N8ntdxUmsr pic.twitter.com/DJsGiWCdY1

— Lumen Christi (@LC_Institute) November 22, 2021

What Is the Average Age of Their Community

#PopeFrancis meets 53 #Jesuits in the Nunciature of #Bratislava pic.twitter.com/mnexAN0dEh

— Antonio Spadaro (@antoniospadaro) September 12, 2021

Stacking the Deck?

Pope Francis has named the Jesuit Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich as the relator general of the 2023 synod on synodality. https://t.co/Jgcau4aXjb

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) July 8, 2021

Jesuit Graves in Beijing

Jesuit grave-stones in Peking follow a particular pattern established in the Ming dynasty by that of Matteo Ricci. Their design is unique and exclusively used for Jesuit graves: On the left is the Latin text giving the name, nationality, and summary biographical information... 1/ pic.twitter.com/ramF9R9L1K

— Incunabula (@incunabula) May 29, 2021

A Dominican Would Say This

The Jesuits were wrong on the Chinese Rites controversy, as the Holy See properly held when first examining the issue. https://t.co/LIkMLOtYlV

— Fr. Pius Pietrzyk OP (@PiusOP) May 28, 2021

China is Assyrian territory, and the Assyrians did attempt inculturation.

Keeping Up Appearances

of fostering "dialogue"...

Happy Birthday to the Pope Emeritus!! Then-Cardinal Ratzinger was first published in @americamag twenty years ago, in the issue of November 19, 2001. https://t.co/7UmEGybSdb

— Matt Malone, S.J. (@Americaeditor) April 16, 2021

The Worst Sort of Ultramontanism

Taking everything written by a reigning Roman pontiff as having value, merely because he wrote it.

+++ Read on La Civiltà Cattolica - English edition a previously unpublished text by fr. Jorge Mario #Bergoglio (1987-88) about the interpretation of reality and how obsolete categories are eventually superseded by reality. Full text: https://t.co/j9hBiBJ0WN

— Antonio Spadaro (@antoniospadaro) April 5, 2021

What Is Cardinal Czerny Going to Do About the Papacy?

After #LaudatoSì, #Fratellitutti and #IDHF, after Jesus showing us how to pray “Abba, Father! Our Father”, how can “our” possibly mean less than all of us?
Abba, Father, please be Our Father so that we can all be brothers and sisters together, caring for our common home! https://t.co/wJostkLG5q

— Cardinal M. Czerny SJ (@jesuitczerny) February 23, 2021

The Solomon of Naples, Part 2

The “Solomon of Naples” - A Jesuit Founder on the Sacred Liturgy: Guest Article by Fr Sam Conedera, SJ (Part 2) https://t.co/9o0GTURoOW pic.twitter.com/eDnIopBHqs

— NLM (@NLMblog) February 5, 2021

Posted by New Liturgical Movement on Friday, February 5, 2021

The Solomon of Naples

The “Solomon of Naples” - A Jesuit Founder on the Sacred Liturgy: Guest Article by Fr Samuel Conedera, SJ (Part 1) https://t.co/jbZnRiVRfy pic.twitter.com/xywmLUKGH9

— NLM (@NLMblog) January 28, 2021

NLM

Controversy about Inculturation

An “apostolate through books” and the development of a local theology in China is one of the less–known aspects of the Church’s mission there, this article considers historical context and major theological issues @civcatt_cn @PiusOP @FatherTFhttps://t.co/JvsgrRJfrr

— Civiltà Cattolica EN (@civcatt_en) January 21, 2021

And a Dominican response:

I recall a problem in the past when a certain religious order tried to develop a local theology in China. If memory serves, that didn't work out so well. https://t.co/8Y2CchI9SS

— Fr. Pius Pietrzyk OP (@PiusOP) January 22, 2021

A Politicized Church

This is the same @americamag the criticized the US Bishops for *not being confrontational enough* in a call over *Catholic education* with the previous President. https://t.co/ajmcVj40tD

— Fr. Pius Pietrzyk OP (@PiusOP) January 20, 2021

.@ArchbishopGomez's Statement on the Inauguration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., as 46th President of the United States of America: https://t.co/xrr2NA1COR #InaugurationDay

— U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (@USCCB) January 20, 2021

In rare rebuke, Cardinal Cupich criticizes USCCB president’s letter to President Biden | America Magazine https://t.co/w8t6ZsuWh2

— Father Edward Beck (@FrEdwardBeck) January 21, 2021

Today, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued an ill-considered statement on the day of President Biden’s inauguration.

— Cardinal Cupich (@CardinalBCupich) January 20, 2021

Three different bishops speaking on background to CNA said Cupich wanted a more supportive, clearly pro-Biden statement, and that he spent most of Wednesday trying to get the support of other bishops to come up with an alternative statement. https://t.co/e8N5w7jtAy

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) January 21, 2021

“Biden actually failed to quote Augustine in full,” and added that it was “more important still to note that he failed to identify the only common object of love that Augustine thought mattered for a true commonwealth: God.”
-@ccpecknold #BidenInaugurationhttps://t.co/QFXUpXEM8s

— National Catholic Register (@NCRegister) January 20, 2021

Guess What Church Laws James Martin Would Like to Be Loosened

Gospel: Today Jesus's disciples are critiqued for picking grain on the Sabbath (Mk 2). He responds: "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath." Jesus was a devout Jew, grounded in Jewish tradition. But he knew when to set aside some laws in favor of greater need. pic.twitter.com/oc0SSz4PxJ

— James Martin, SJ (@JamesMartinSJ) January 19, 2021

"But JP2!"

Pope Francis just the consequence of that problem which is Latin ecclesiology/Roman claims about primacy.

Confusion twice confounded: On the motu proprio Spiritus Domini by Peter M.J. Stravinskas

pic.twitter.com/aKlHGEo6xG

— Ortho.Bro ☦️ (@bro_ortho) January 11, 2021

"Self-Described Conservative"

Such self-serving BS.

In a wide-ranging interview, the head of the German bishops’ conference called for far-reaching changes to the Catholic Church and criticized the Vatican’s treatment of the church in his country. https://t.co/k5vxbjijeB

— America Magazine (@americamag) December 29, 2020

#BREAKING: “Dubia” Cardinal Publicly Challenges German Bishop’s Conference on Ordination of Women.

Cardinal Brandmüller’s challenge was published in German by @KatholikenNet calling for +Georg Bätzing to account for his statements this year.

See thread for background. pic.twitter.com/chsDR4e7Ho

— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) December 30, 2020

Article on one of many statements made by the President of the German Episcopal Conference, in the name of “Synodality”https://t.co/fwTxCZKzxZ

— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) December 30, 2020

An article on this in English, from @cnalive https://t.co/NV2Cr0Ji9P

— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) December 30, 2020

Here is @Pontifex in 2020, reaffirming that women will not be ordained—even to the Diaconate.
Will the German Episcopal Conference (@dbk_online) address this public correction from Cardinal Brandmüller?#CatholicTwitter https://t.co/nYOxbu3iSM

— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) December 30, 2020

Meanwhile in Rome...

Pope Francis Issues Law Reorganizing Vatican Finances https://t.co/fzW1vPxYO6

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) December 30, 2020

"Spiritual Exercises for a Secular Age'

Is there a place for Ignatian spirituality for lay Roman Catholics?

I really enjoyed this conversation with Fr. Ryan Duns on "Spiritual Exercises for a Secular Age."

Brought to you by @McGrathND, @RedeemerRadio, and @UNDPress, with a book excerpt forthcoming from @ChurchLifeND https://t.co/PHDcqzl9Q6

— Leonard J. DeLorenzo (@leodelo2) December 1, 2020

Only Ultramontanism Would Lead One to Purchasing This

If one considers the man who wrote this, and not the office, how can one take him as a credible witness?

An incredible book. Pope Francis writes in 1987 that Jesuits (and Christians in general) need to forge ourselves more deeply in Christian life and incorporate ourselves more fully into God's people in response to the "tribulations" of life.

Still valuable lessons for today. https://t.co/8dnwEMuTiu

— Bill McCormick, SJ (@BMcCSJ) November 21, 2020