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EWTN’s Real ‘Sin’: Success
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Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Monday, July 15, 2019
Sunday, July 14, 2019
Saturday, July 13, 2019
Friday, July 12, 2019
Thursday, July 11, 2019
The American Library Association Is Converged
The Federalist: 21,460 Attend Library Conference Featuring Workshops On Drag Queens And Queering Elementary Schools
At the American Library Association's annual conference, the nation's librarians learned how to circumvent community objections to events like Drag Queen Story Hour and other outrageous, taxpayer-purchased materials.
At the American Library Association's annual conference, the nation's librarians learned how to circumvent community objections to events like Drag Queen Story Hour and other outrageous, taxpayer-purchased materials.
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Clerics: Man Up
Their credibility is at stake.
If the hierarchy cannot even adhere to the norms of justice with respect to the punishment of sex criminals and those who assist them, how can its pronouncements regarding moral theological issues of justice be trusted? If the same hierarchy tells the laity that they should not pursue justice through the use of force, how can some not think that the hierarchy is merely projecting its pusillanimity and cowardice as Christian teaching?
If the hierarchy cannot even adhere to the norms of justice with respect to the punishment of sex criminals and those who assist them, how can its pronouncements regarding moral theological issues of justice be trusted? If the same hierarchy tells the laity that they should not pursue justice through the use of force, how can some not think that the hierarchy is merely projecting its pusillanimity and cowardice as Christian teaching?
Tuesday, July 09, 2019
The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
website
Pope Francis names women members of consecrated life congregation
Pope Francis names seven women to previously all-male congregation
By his "progressive" action Pope Francis has highlighted how unnecessary much of the Roman Curia may actually be. While it may facilitate the growth and spread of certain religious communities to have them under the supervision of the patriarch rather than to the other bishops of the patriarchate, there are two questions that need to be asked:
1. Does this derogate too much from the authority of the local bishop (or perhaps, the presbyteral council)?
2. And are second millenium Latin religious communities and societies of apostolic life a good development in themselve, or do they exist because of a fundamental weakness of the local Church? (See the reflections by Fr. Gabriel Bunge on this point.)
Pope Francis names women members of consecrated life congregation
Pope Francis names seven women to previously all-male congregation
By his "progressive" action Pope Francis has highlighted how unnecessary much of the Roman Curia may actually be. While it may facilitate the growth and spread of certain religious communities to have them under the supervision of the patriarch rather than to the other bishops of the patriarchate, there are two questions that need to be asked:
1. Does this derogate too much from the authority of the local bishop (or perhaps, the presbyteral council)?
2. And are second millenium Latin religious communities and societies of apostolic life a good development in themselve, or do they exist because of a fundamental weakness of the local Church? (See the reflections by Fr. Gabriel Bunge on this point.)
Common Good and the Order of Charity
Beating a dead horse, the Latin bishops.
RC social teaching unmoored from the order of charity and a full understanding of the common good becomes easily changed into liberal morality and SJW activism. Let Latin bishops return to teaching the order of charity and the Natural Law before they talk about political matters.
CNA: ‘Never accept’ separation of faith from political engagement, Chaput says (also posted at CWR)
RC social teaching unmoored from the order of charity and a full understanding of the common good becomes easily changed into liberal morality and SJW activism. Let Latin bishops return to teaching the order of charity and the Natural Law before they talk about political matters.
CNA: ‘Never accept’ separation of faith from political engagement, Chaput says (also posted at CWR)
Monday, July 08, 2019
Controlled Opposition
Not even alt-lite... an attempt to play the middle (if necessary) in order to cede ground to the cultural Marxists and to work on a consensus that all true dissidents from the state must be repressed.
Female Virtue
What is the virtue that is opposed to addiction to indignation and it's associated dopamine rush?
Sunday, July 07, 2019
Saturday, July 06, 2019
This Is Reality
This Civilisation is Finished: Excerpt
How Much will the US Way of Life © Have to Change? by Max Ajl
Propaganda for renewables: a critique of a report by Oil Change International by Brian Davey
The World Bank and IMF 2019 by Michael Hudson and Bonnie Faulkner
Related:
Diary of a Baby-Boomer Nobody by Patrick Noble
A different kind of childhood by Brian Kaller
How Much will the US Way of Life © Have to Change? by Max Ajl
Propaganda for renewables: a critique of a report by Oil Change International by Brian Davey
The World Bank and IMF 2019 by Michael Hudson and Bonnie Faulkner
Related:
Diary of a Baby-Boomer Nobody by Patrick Noble
A different kind of childhood by Brian Kaller
Friday, July 05, 2019
Thursday, July 04, 2019
Pat McNamara, Fred Mastison, Dave Bahde, and Kris “Tanto” Paronto
4 Experts on Why Americans Should Be Able to Own an AR Platform Rifle
When it comes to the AR platform, our panel of experts agrees that every law-abiding American should have the right to ownership.
By Ballistic Staff
When it comes to the AR platform, our panel of experts agrees that every law-abiding American should have the right to ownership.
By Ballistic Staff
Happy Independence Day
American Liberty Reconsidered by Lee Cheek
Recovering the Declaration of Independence by Lee Cheek and Sean Busick
Patriotism: A Necessary Sentiment by Clyde Wilson
Recovering the Declaration of Independence by Lee Cheek and Sean Busick
Patriotism: A Necessary Sentiment by Clyde Wilson
Wednesday, July 03, 2019
Tuesday, July 02, 2019
Monday, July 01, 2019
Tom Hardy
Looks like that Navy SEALs project for Netflix went nowhere; this may be a better project, except for the fact that BBC is producing.
St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland
Crisis Magazine: A Tale of Two Jesuit High Schools by Max Bindernagel
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Saturday, June 29, 2019
A Conspiracy of Dunces?
When will the Latin bishops of the West admit that their pastoral practices and modernization were mistakes? With the Latin churches in Germany in their current state, what credible witness can they give to non-believers?
Friday, June 28, 2019
Shameless.
Publicizing stories of marriages with a disparity of cult in order to advance a political agenda.
USAF the Reality
“The Air Force considers diversity to be one of our greatest assets.”
- USAF spokesman Maj. Nicholas Mercurio
military.com and Task and Purpose
Vox Day
- USAF spokesman Maj. Nicholas Mercurio
military.com and Task and Purpose
Vox Day
Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together
The Japanese did a remake of a Korean movie, 써니. Probably not that rare, but it doesn't happen often. How does it compare to the original? SUNNY 強い気持ち・強い愛
Thursday, June 27, 2019
No More RDJ/Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes Movies?
Empire: Henry Cavill To Play Sherlock Holmes
@RationalMale the gender war and erasing of men continues. https://t.co/iDph6A7jBH
— skinsbreakmyheart (@bigbenskinsguy) June 28, 2019
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
"Eloquent Ambiguity"
Crisis: U.S. Bishops Approve the Pope’s Capital Punishment Ban by Fr. George W. Rutler
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
A Christian Epic Poem
Touchstone: The Anglo-Saxon Evangel
The Beowulf Poet Was a Shrewd Christian Apologist by Douglas Wilson
The Beowulf Poet Was a Shrewd Christian Apologist by Douglas Wilson
Monday, June 24, 2019
Sunday, June 23, 2019
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Friday, June 21, 2019
Rethinking Ecclesial Structures
Crisis Magazine: A Proposal for Episcopal Reform by Jason Surmiller
Good starting proposals for the reform of the episcopacy, but I have disagreements with how the office of the bishop of Rome is handled. But this is a blindspot for Latins.
The Roman Curia should be reduced in scope and authority, limited to assisting the bishop of Rome only with respect to affairs pertaining to Rome or the patriarchate at most. There should be no principle of egalitarianism (or feminism) at work in the selection of those who can fill those offices -- women should not hold positions of authority or anything resembling a position of authority. As for matters pertaining to the Church Universal, this should be handled by a select few within the patriarchate of Rome and in collaboration with members of the other apostolic churches.
As for selection the bishop of Rome, the pool of candidates should be the Christian faithful of Rome itself, in so far as the community there can be stabilized and enduring. (I am guessing that it is not as transitory as the local churches in the blue megacities of the United States.)
Good starting proposals for the reform of the episcopacy, but I have disagreements with how the office of the bishop of Rome is handled. But this is a blindspot for Latins.
The Roman Curia should be reduced in scope and authority, limited to assisting the bishop of Rome only with respect to affairs pertaining to Rome or the patriarchate at most. There should be no principle of egalitarianism (or feminism) at work in the selection of those who can fill those offices -- women should not hold positions of authority or anything resembling a position of authority. As for matters pertaining to the Church Universal, this should be handled by a select few within the patriarchate of Rome and in collaboration with members of the other apostolic churches.
As for selection the bishop of Rome, the pool of candidates should be the Christian faithful of Rome itself, in so far as the community there can be stabilized and enduring. (I am guessing that it is not as transitory as the local churches in the blue megacities of the United States.)
Thursday, June 20, 2019
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Bishop Barron on JBP
Even though he has some helpful things to say, JBP is still controlled opposition, permitted to speak in order to draw people away from becoming real threats to the status quo.
CWR Dispatch: The USCCB Meeting, Jordan Peterson, and the “Nones”
It appears that the mere mention of the name Jordan Peterson is enough to send some on the far-left end of the spectrum into irrational conniptions.
CWR Dispatch: The USCCB Meeting, Jordan Peterson, and the “Nones”
It appears that the mere mention of the name Jordan Peterson is enough to send some on the far-left end of the spectrum into irrational conniptions.
Roman Catholic Social Teaching Needs to Be Revised
George Weigel, Whose Republic? Which “Liberalism”?:
There is no reason for Catholics to uphold the "liberal democratic political project" as there is no such thing -- what Catholics are doing instead is upholding the state, which is the problem itself. The state is not an valid instantiation of a political community, nor can it be directed to the common good because of its scale.
Thus the real-world option—the real-world imperative—was the hard work
of building and maintaining the moral and cultural foundations essential
to the liberal democratic political project, while playing good defense
against the temptation of the modern democratic state to impede that
reconstruction by using its coercive power to impose on everyone a
dumbed-down notion of freedom as personal willfulness or “choice.”
There is no reason for Catholics to uphold the "liberal democratic political project" as there is no such thing -- what Catholics are doing instead is upholding the state, which is the problem itself. The state is not an valid instantiation of a political community, nor can it be directed to the common good because of its scale.
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Monday, June 17, 2019
Post-Industrial Bourgeois Christianity(TM) Can't Die Soon Enough.
How many of these women will be writing in 5 to 10 years that they can't find a good man?
CNA: Forum forms women in leadership, dignity, faith
2019 GIVEN Catholic Young Women's Leadership Forum
CNA: Forum forms women in leadership, dignity, faith
2019 GIVEN Catholic Young Women's Leadership Forum
Sunday, June 16, 2019
Hrm. Will We Agree With the Conclusions?
Wipf&Stock/Cascade: Chosen Nation: Scripture, Theopolitics, and the Project of National Identity By Braden P. Anderson
Saturday, June 15, 2019
Tay Tay Has Taken a Side
in the culture war. Let there be consequences.
Taylor Swift Shames ‘Hate’ in Pride Month Song: ‘Why Are You Mad When You Could Be GLAAD?’
Taylor Swift Shames ‘Hate’ in Pride Month Song: ‘Why Are You Mad When You Could Be GLAAD?’
Friday, June 14, 2019
Contemporary Jackets
Acceptable to Tanner Guzy? Not sure if these are down jackets but I don't care for anything resembling them. Maybe an [Elizabethan] quilted jacket or vest is more acceptable, maybe not.
Thursday, June 13, 2019
Gotta Maintain That SJW Cred
CNA: New Vatican document says gender theory is ‘cultural and ideological revolution’
Zenit
NCReg - Patti Armstrong
“Indeed, it cannot be denied that through the centuries forms of unjust discrimination have been a sad fact of history and have also had an influence within the Church. This has brought a certain rigid status quo, delaying the necessary and progressive inculturation of the truth of Jesus’ proclamation of the equal dignity of men and women, and has provoked accusations of a sort of masculinist mentality, veiled to a greater or lesser degree by religious motives.”English version of the document
Zenit
NCReg - Patti Armstrong
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
The Roman Rite in China
CWR: China, politics, faith, and the liturgical village: Cardinal Joseph Zen in context by Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D.
China’s Catholic culture has preserved Western devotional practices that one seldom sees in Catholic homes today in the U.S. and Europe.
China’s Catholic culture has preserved Western devotional practices that one seldom sees in Catholic homes today in the U.S. and Europe.
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Monday, June 10, 2019
Sunday, June 09, 2019
Saturday, June 08, 2019
The Future is Rural
Resilience: The Future of Food: Getting Beyond the Energy Blindness of Techno-Utopianism
And a review of Collapse Now and Avoid the Rush by John Michael Greer.
And a review of Collapse Now and Avoid the Rush by John Michael Greer.
Friday, June 07, 2019
Latin Traditionalists Doing Their Thing
Rorate Caeli: Three New Books in English by Roberto de Mattei
Including Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira: Prophet of the Reign of Mary.
Attachment to the aristocracy; maybe some TFP members have the manners appropriate to an aristocrat but what else do they do? How do they compare to Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira as a person?
A Confucian or an Aristotelian might say that someone who is kalos does not need to hector others to reorganize the system so that he is recognized as such; rather he will attract people to him and reform the system that way.
Including Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira: Prophet of the Reign of Mary.
Attachment to the aristocracy; maybe some TFP members have the manners appropriate to an aristocrat but what else do they do? How do they compare to Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira as a person?
A Confucian or an Aristotelian might say that someone who is kalos does not need to hector others to reorganize the system so that he is recognized as such; rather he will attract people to him and reform the system that way.
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