Venus Techtonics?

There’s something geologically strange happening on Venus—and it could mean the planet is alive. https://t.co/GU5ltGRR4X

— MIT Technology Review (@techreview) June 22, 2021

A Statement from the Cardinal Archpriest of St. Peter Basilica

VATICAN—Months after a directive was issued through the Vatican Secretariat of State, @HolySeePress has released an Italian statement from the new Cardinal Archpriest of the Basilica.

Note the clear emphasis on the desire to respect the Moto Proprio Summorum Pontificum. pic.twitter.com/WraxNioVmv

— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) June 22, 2021

London Oratory Schola Sings Compline

This evening we share a recording Compline sung by the London Oratory Schola for the Church Music Association of America. Join other members of the @musicasacra virtual Sacred Music Colloquium at 9.55pm ET tonight in the USA or watch here in your own time. https://t.co/94dFogqgi0

— L.O.S. Schola (@OratorySchola) June 22, 2021

Another Kakistocratic Appointment

Cardinal Tobin of Newark Appointed Member of Vatican’s Highest Court https://t.co/F6iAUvK5hk @cnalive

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) June 21, 2021

This morning, #PopeFrancis appointed four Americans to positions on the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. What's that you ask? Find out here: https://t.co/Wn7k2QYTbc

— The Pillar (@PillarCatholic) June 21, 2021

To What End?

After Six Years’ Resistance, Pope Francis Gets His Synodal Way for Italy | National Catholic Register https://t.co/Ln0ASMMh3W @NCRegister

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) June 21, 2021

Geneaology Established Properly?

So it is now clear that Locke knew and admired Hobbes. This may well mean that Leo Strauss was essentially right to see a continuity between the too and so Hobbes as a key founder of liberalism. (Nigel Biggar take note re his reaction to my reading of him.) https://t.co/O7v7ayL9qk

— john milbank (@johnmilbank3) June 20, 2021

Latins Have Replaced the Forerunner

“The greatest male Saint who ever lived was not a deacon, not a priest, not a bishop, not a pope, not a hermit, not a monk. He was a husband, father, and a worker.” - St. Josemaria Escriva pic.twitter.com/SFDox7h1Du

— Sachin Jose (@Sachinettiyil) June 20, 2021

The Political Philosophy of the European City

I had to pick it up from the Post Office, but it was worth it: I received today the author's copies from Rowman and Littlefield of my book
"The Political Philosophy of the European City." https://t.co/7BDRQfNf4y
I am now assured it's a real object. Next Q: will it have readers? pic.twitter.com/XIJgUJ8DZz

— Ferenc Hörcher (@HorcherF) June 18, 2021

Bissera Pentcheva Lecture

Professor Pentcheva’s lecture https://t.co/4IY3wHIPz7

— Alexander Lingas (@ALLingas) June 18, 2021

Cupich Promoting His Version of the Gospel

The 'Amoris laetitia' controversy roared back Wednesday, when Cardinal Blase Cupich asked why a USCCB marriage doc seemed not to reflect controversial aspects of Pope Francis' text.

The cardinal was not reassured by answers, and debate will follow.https://t.co/eAJXeJU7SS

— JD Flynn (@jdflynn) June 17, 2021

Plato, the Noble Pagan

This is the first time I see this. This is amazing. Not knowing Greek, I never knew what was written on these scrolls https://t.co/mqSQXketjN

— Jonathan Pageau (@PageauJonathan) June 17, 2021

Fr. Edward Henderson on Matins

A fascinating article by our own Fr. Edward Henderson on the usage of Matins in the OCA: https://t.co/d51I0417LZ

— Diocese of the West; Orthodox Church in America (@dowoca) June 17, 2021

A Return to Mysticism?

Reappropriating the Mystery and Meaning of Salvation in Christ
by Robert Imbelli of @BostonCollege via @leodelo2
https://t.co/QTDgU2L1E6 #wednesdaythought #CatholicTwitter #Wednesdayvibe #Catholic #WednesdayMotivation #religion #theology

— Church Life Journal (@ChurchLifeND) June 16, 2021

Various spiritual writers and theologians have been praised as being precursors of Vatican II in calling for the return of the Christian faithful to the pursuit of holiness. But was a synod the appropriate means for trying to implement such a reform? A centralized system cannot help but look for a centralized solution; was a better way possible? Are there too many human obstacles to the action of the Holy Spirit, especially in the form of ecclesial power structures?

Why, Indeed?

Why is a French Catholic Archdiocese Expelling the FSSP? | National Catholic Register https://t.co/tNdHYmaBMn @Solena_Tad @NCRegister

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) June 17, 2021

Projecting unto St. Joseph

Whet your political-theological appetite: Joseph is traditionally opposed to Herod, as the Just Man is opposed to the Tyrant; Joseph reveals fatherhood as a fundamental political and spiritual form, passing on the line of David beyond biological descent.

— New Polity (@PostliberalTho1) June 16, 2021

What do we know of the virtues or example of St. Joseph? Nothing. We can know something about the virtues of Christ by participating in Him; what knowledge can we have of St. Joseph, about whom (and the Theotokos as well) so little was written, even if one considers the apocrypha. One can only project what thinks are the virtues of a man and of a woman unto them, and what if one's understanding of masculine and feminine excellences are incorrect? It becomes a form of creating a false authority to justify one's assumptions - a form of circular reasoning.

Thomism and Intelligent Design

Pat Flynn and Stephen Meyer Talk Thomism and Intelligent Design https://t.co/HBGS1EJjjf via @idthefuture @StephenCMeyer @TomGilsonAuthor @DrJayRichards

— Jonathan Witt (@JonathanRWitt) June 16, 2021

Who WIll Put an End to This?

Instead of strenghtening core competencies like prayer, wisdom, mysticism, meaning of life, vocation, #German #bishops are fixated on #sexuality.
They fail to talk with passion about the Eucharist and Christ - but about #sex they do talk without end. That is telling. #Catholic https://t.co/ZzHFFVdtQl

— Ulrich L. Lehner (@ulrichlehner) June 16, 2021

Josquin des Prez

Here's a great piece on Josquin by the ever-illuminating @alexrossmusic! https://t.co/u10OtFLomv

— Stile Antico (@stileantico) June 14, 2021

Michael Gorman Lecture

Listen to IHE Fellow Michael Gorman's most recent Thomistic Institute lecture! https://t.co/Pk5PEQbQfi

— IHE (@HumanEcologyCUA) June 15, 2021

Syriac at Notre Dame

#Syriac is back @NotreDame @ArtsLettersND - my new colleague Jeff Wickes ... #theology #religion #religiousstudies https://t.co/3gjN62Bpcg

— Ulrich L. Lehner (@ulrichlehner) June 15, 2021