BS

When @PillarCatholic asked the USCCB for an update on the synodal pathway, all they got was this drivel: https://t.co/4MCxlyHQ2w pic.twitter.com/SrbRBPt8Vp

— Damian Thompson (@holysmoke) January 15, 2022

Bishop Kevin Rhoades on the BTS of the USCCB's Eucharist Document

When the U.S. bishops decided to write a document on the Eucharist, Bishop Kevin Rhoades was responsible for actually making that happen.

But it wasn't easy. He sat down with The Pillar to talk about the process, the document, and Eucharistic revival:
https://t.co/onPsY04QwD

— The Pillar (@PillarCatholic) November 20, 2021

The State of the American Church

If you would like to read the full list of signatories of the letter to USCCB leadership calling for Eucharistic coherence to be dropped from the June agenda, you can read it @PillarCatholic https://t.co/UfmSM0nnjs

— Ed. Condon (@canonlawyered) June 7, 2021

Archbishop Sample Speaks on the Catholic Politician Communion Controversy

"I stand by Archbishop Gomez and the leadership of the USCCB, and their commitment to provide guidance on pastoral questions surrounding the Holy Eucharist."
- Archbishop Alexander K. Sample

Read the full statement here: https://t.co/2znUUNLB5I pic.twitter.com/BT3xrbhPCL

— Archdiocese Portland (@archdpdx) May 26, 2021

Last Week's USCCB Controversy

World Over: Card. Gerhard Mueller and George Weigel analyze the Vatican directive to the US Bishops on whether pro-choice politicians should receive communion. https://t.co/MVU8mFrj44

— The World Over Live with Raymond Arroyo (@worldoverdc) May 15, 2021

More on the CDF Letter

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Highlights Doctrinal Note on Catholics in Politics in Letter to US Bishops on Eucharistic Coherence https://t.co/WSa2jmWdYb via @cnalive

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) May 11, 2021

Cautionary notes: what Cardinal Ladaria did NOT say. He did NOT say that it would be wrong for a diocesan bishop to bar a pro-abortion Catholic from receiving Communion. https://t.co/0HlCgPnkG4

— Philip Lawler (@PhilLawler) May 11, 2021

The CDF and the USCCB

Among other things, Cardinal Ladaria noted it was actually the CDF which suggested the US bishops discuss the issue in the first place. https://t.co/0A5PzAsymr

— Ed. Condon (@canonlawyered) May 10, 2021

Scandalous

Some may be asking, what does our Chairman-elect to the Committee on Doctrine @bpdflores believe about the Holy Eucharist?

Priests used to keep their fingers together after the consecration. Now, a high-ranking bishop washes away our Lord with hand sanitizer: https://t.co/ZCoMA6NI23 pic.twitter.com/LcDAxHObs9

— Alberto 🕯 (@FlatCath) November 16, 2020

Of What Use Will the USCCB Virtual Meeting Be?

At the USCCB General Assembly, there will be time for some performative McCarricking; statements of group remorse, shock, pain, resolution to learn lessons. But after decades of corporate mea culpas these will fall on Catholics ears as so much white noise. https://t.co/alMMyiJ4NX

— Ed. Condon (@canonlawyered) November 16, 2020

McCarrick Report

The full McCarrick report is now online and public:https://t.co/gwpHjH7RKt

— Cindy Wooden (@Cindy_Wooden) November 10, 2020

The #McCarrickReport: Full Text and A Vatican Summary | National Catholic Register https://t.co/WF5kvpnWac @NCRegister

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) November 10, 2020

#BREAKING Vatican releases report on disgraced former Cardinal and sexual predator Theodore #McCarrick.

No press conference accompanied this document release, no statement from the #Vatican was made.https://t.co/yTCSHOMEX1 pic.twitter.com/Ztk93jJzQK

— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) November 10, 2020

Statement on Holy See’s Report on Theodore McCarrick Most Reverend José H. Gomez Archbishop of Los Angeles President, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: https://t.co/HzuFRE7O8l pic.twitter.com/jhq66P729i

— U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (@USCCB) November 10, 2020

The #McCarrickReport is a sad whitewash. Contrary to this headline, blaming JPII, the report says "3 of the 4" New Jersey bishops" provided John Paul “with inaccurate and incomplete in information…regarding McCarrick’s sexual conduct with young adults.” 1/2 https://t.co/kGAuKUh32F

— Raymond Arroyo (@RaymondArroyo) November 10, 2020

It remains unknown how much Pope Francis knew about McCarrick in the five years between Francis’ election as pope and his removing the former cardinal from ministry, @ColleenDulle writes.https://t.co/QMfscDikFN

— America Magazine (@americamag) November 9, 2020

“In the case of #McCarrick, the simple fact is that pathological personalities lie and deceive people - even intelligent and saintly people - and that’s what McCarrick was able to do," said George Weigel. https://t.co/awhGiqwdR2

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) November 10, 2020

The Vatican report recognizes the history of Theodore McCarrick as a serious injury to the Catholic Church. But it does not address the crucial question of influence: the influence that McCarrick wielded, and the influence that promoted him. https://t.co/P0fMtSkqee

— Philip Lawler (@PhilLawler) November 10, 2020

My instant reaction to the #McCarrickReport: its chief purpose is to obscure the shameful role played by Pope Francis, who rehabilitated McCarrick and his cronies because they were useful to him, and acted only when the media forced him to. https://t.co/DH24ojFfDJ

— Damian Thompson (@holysmoke) November 10, 2020

This tells us so much about the politics of today’s @USCCB https://t.co/4WW3NGjwkv

— Damian Thompson (@holysmoke) November 10, 2020

First glance, the McCarrick report is a very sobering, astringent read that doesn’t hide any uncomfortable truths. It just lets the chips fall where they ....... BLAHAHAHA Nope. All blame shifted to nobodies or the deceased.

— Michael Brendan Dougherty (@michaelbd) November 10, 2020

Vatican’s McCarrick Report reveals crucial gaps in Archbishop Vigano’s ‘testimony’ https://t.co/C3QwmHFuer

— America Magazine (@americamag) November 10, 2020

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò issues initial response to the #McCarrickReport: pic.twitter.com/6yauaD5uGL

— Diane Montagna (@dianemontagna) November 10, 2020

It's truly astonishing that Francis still imagines that anyone takes him seriously. Thank God for Viganò and, quite frankly, to hell with the Vatican spin machine! https://t.co/ffWtjth1Pf

— Michael J. Matt (@Michael_J_Matt) November 10, 2020

The Who Report?

No Word on McCarrick Report as Second Anniversary of His Removal Passes Quietly https://t.co/lm5HVFL0pa @NCRegister

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) June 19, 2020

Lecturing Isn't Going to Improve Things, Either

Catholic bishops: US still ‘painfully’ far from Martin Luther King’s dream

Is the Latin Intellectual Project Over?

NCReg: Why Philosophy is Crucial to Understanding Theology by Father John P. Cush
Philosophy influences people and culture and shines light on the science of theology

If I had to choose between prioritizing philosophy or scripture study for deacons, I'd choose the latter, so that they could then learn theology properly rather than some version of "scriptural theology" that is really just scholastic theology with scripture proof-texts.

Second, political philosophy is important, especially for helping Latins understand the limits of Roman Catholic social teaching and how it has developed over time, but I can't say who should be the recognized authorities on this topic at this time, since most Latin philosophers and theologians tend to save RC social teaching rather than contest it directly.

What will the concrete results of this be?

First Things: THE VATICAN INTERVENTION IN BALTIMORE by Philip Lawler

The Only Growth Latins Can Get

And hence the USCCB loves immigration... there is no guarantee that the children of the immigrants will stay in the Church, but the USCCB is not willing to deal with the institutional causes of failure.

CNA: Six new churches in five years: Portland’s growing Catholic community

NCReg: US Bishops Set Course on Liturgical Translations by Joan Frawley Desmond
In the wake of Magnum Principium’s changes to the process for approving liturgical translations, the U.S. bishops are charting a careful path forward.

CWR: Fr. Weinandy was clear and direct. The USCCB was not. by Christopher Altieri

The Bishops had the right – perhaps the duty – to require Fr. Weinandy’s resignation. Nevertheless, the Catholic faithful in every state of life in […]

"Ecclesiology and Moral Discernment"

Post by Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology.