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