Centuries Too Late

The U.S. and Canadian bishops released statements Thursday praising the Vatican’s repudiation of the “doctrine of discovery,” which has been used in the past to justify European colonialism in the Americas and throughout the world. https://t.co/uO4bMzL39Z

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) March 30, 2023

After repeated calls from Canadian indigenous communities for the Catholic Church to rescind the so-called “Doctrine of Discovery,” the Vatican has disowned that position, but stopped short of rescinding it.https://t.co/oyQICKLJtn

— Crux (@Crux) March 31, 2023

Scale Matters

Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, a founding member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, said in a statement March 29 that “structural and practical issues” within the commission had led him “to disassociate” from it. https://t.co/HYE0uaWd6R

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) March 29, 2023

Fr. Hans Zollner - the Vatican's point man on abuse reform - resigned from the papal abuse commission Wednesday -- in dramatic fashion.

Will it prompt change?https://t.co/8C7o2Q4OXL

— The Pillar (@PillarCatholic) March 29, 2023

Statement on my resignation from the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
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— Hans Zollner SJ (@hans_zollner) March 29, 2023

Goldsworthy's Latest

Adrian Goldsworthy has a new book coming out about the long contest for power in the near east between Rome and the Parthian, later Sassanid Persian Empires.

Automatic pre-order for me. Everything Goldsworthy writes is gold. The man just does not miss. pic.twitter.com/lDI8f0mMpd

— Big Serge ☦️🇺🇸🇷🇺 (@witte_sergei) March 27, 2023

Liberalism and Dialectic FTW!

2/ When we disagree, don't silence people who think differently. Don't violate their right to speak. Don't shout them down. Certainly don't call for them to be murdered! Contest their points by giving your reasons, citing your evidence, and making your arguments. Then listen.

— Robert P. George🇻🇦🇺🇸🪕 (@McCormickProf) March 27, 2023

Kingsnorth Gets Part of It

The state is the chief enemy of human freedom. It cannot be conquered or replaced — but it can perhaps be evaded | Paul Kingsnorth https://t.co/iZT08SggiV

— UnHerd (@unherd) March 27, 2023