You Can't Give What You Don't Have?

Father Matthew Gonzalez, a priest in the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, had the idea to create a group for boys in grades eight to 12 that focuses on vocations and what it means to be a Catholic man in today’s world. https://t.co/6Oi1NBUtzH

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) December 7, 2025

Possibly Hyperbolic

Get a sneak-peek into _Bread Grows in Winter_ by Ida Friederike Görres (@IgnatiusPress, 2025). Read Bishop Erik Varden's foreword here: https://t.co/iwKZ1GSi2d pic.twitter.com/PozdIrwM7E

— Jennifer S. Bryson (@brysonjs) December 1, 2025

The Proving Grounds

Benjamin O'Brien joins Joe and Joe to discuss his new book:
The Proving Grounds: A Catholic on Ladder 17https://t.co/pHpcQrQqyy#Catholic #virtue #manhood @IgnatiusPress pic.twitter.com/vMlc41TstS

— The Frontline with Joe and Joe (@withjoeandjoe) November 23, 2025

Everyone Has to Slay the Monster

In an illuminating and instructive discussion, Gavin Ashenden and Scott Hahn discuss the Sacraments, Holy Scripture, the Supernatural and Anti-Semitism https://t.co/A3clxINZX4 @gavinashenden pic.twitter.com/FTOXBwl0uP

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) November 13, 2025

Rights of a Nation

"Precisely against this horizon of universality we see the powerful re-emergence of a certain ethnic and cultural consciousness, as it were an explosive need for identity and survival, a sort of counterweight to the tendency toward uniformity. This is a phenomenon which must not… https://t.co/UohirUEY2V pic.twitter.com/LcfMEgpyq0

— Christian B. Wagner 🔫🐒 (@WalmartThomist) November 10, 2025

"Hebrew Catholics"

✝️✡️ You’ll want to tune in Monday to the Ignatius Press Podcast episode when Dr. Gavin D’Costa talks about his new book “From Sinai to Rome”! ⬇️

Find it here: https://t.co/Txe34fHR8R pic.twitter.com/oy2U7NlETv

— Ignatius Press (@IgnatiusPress) November 1, 2025

Roman Machine at Work Again

‘Block Mom,’ Harvard Grad, Pro-Life Activist — and Saint? Vatican Says Cause for Ruth Pakaluk Can Move Forward

Admirers of the Catholic convert, a former atheist, say that while many of her pursuits might seem ordinary — wife, mother, volunteer — she lived them in an…

— National Catholic Register (@NCRegister) November 1, 2025

The Roman Machine

The canonization of seven new saints on 19 October drew pilgrims from every corner of the world, bringing testimonies of how their witness of faith has inspired them and touched their hearts. https://t.co/VER2422NO8

— Vatican News (@VaticanNews) October 23, 2025

Hmm

EXCLUSIVE: Mel Gibson’s "The Resurrection of the Christ," his long-delayed sequel to 2004's "The Passion of the Christ," has cast Finnish actor Jaakko Ohtonen (“The Last Kingdom”) in the role of Jesus, replacing original star Jim Caviezel.https://t.co/aJBpK71gnz pic.twitter.com/NeIAO5hYc9

— Variety (@Variety) October 14, 2025

None Dare Call It...

For 45 years, the Catholic Church in the United States has celebrated National Migration Week. This is an opportunity to reflect on our history as an immigrant Church and the ways in which our country has been enriched by generations of immigrants, including the many Catholics… pic.twitter.com/1Q7rIItUg6

— U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (@USCCB) September 22, 2025

David Thunder on the State

TEN MYTHS ABOUT THE STATE— DEBUNKED 🧵

From my book The Polycentric Republic (Routledge, 2025), here are 10 widespread but mistaken beliefs about the modern State, and why they don’t hold up. Download the full preface and intro here, for free: https://t.co/PM87ZMKjty pic.twitter.com/Eghyljyx3S

— David Thunder (@davidjthunder) September 15, 2025

Frontinus

Who Frontinus Was, Why He Is Important, And Why You Should Read Him (Podcast):https://t.co/RtnsYgaUyO

— QuintusCurtius (@QuintusCurtius) September 3, 2025

RC Influencers Get a Newish Topic

This is a moment of rejoicing for all Christians, particularly English-speaking ones. We now have a doctor who not only speaks our language but is widely recognized as one of the finest prose writers. This is an extraordinary gift. pic.twitter.com/wGuxDsDTDg

— First Things (@firstthingsmag) August 1, 2025

Roman Ecclesial Machine at Work

St John Henry Newman to be Declared a Doctor of the Church https://t.co/I7OSoBAvAU pic.twitter.com/r9mjX5X7WS

— New Liturgical Movement (@NLMblog) July 31, 2025

New Icon

New Icon of All Saints of North America to Debut at 21st All-American Councilhttps://t.co/vHdXcUX73q#21stAAC pic.twitter.com/lKwllOoJaf

— Orthodox Church OCA (@ocaorg) June 30, 2025

One Day This Series Will Finally Be Over

A look at the moments behind the now-viral selfie of Pope Leo with 'The Chosen' cast.
Jonathan Roumie, the actor who plays Jesus in the series “The Chosen,” greeted Pope Leo XIV at the end of Wednesday’s general audience on June 25 in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.

Also… pic.twitter.com/CBHiKxrzES

— EWTN News (@EWTNews) June 26, 2025

Francis
New icon.
“The Church is for everyone, everyone, everyone. (Todos, Todos, Todos )

Like his namesake, Pope Francis was telling us that if you are looking for Jesus, don’t go looking in the tomb, don’t go looking in heaven, look around you. If you’re looking for Jesus go… pic.twitter.com/gDuoefmnYL

— Kelly Latimore Icons (@KLICONS) May 27, 2025

The Dangers of Monoepiscopacy

This dictatorial document, trashing much of the Church’s heritage already embraced by Pope Leo XIV, should render Bishop Martin’s position in Charlotte untenable. I’m not saying he will be removed, but he should be – immediately. https://t.co/lLr8QNffNI

— Damian Thompson (@holysmoke) May 28, 2025

Holy Dunstan, Pray for Us

19 May is the feast of St Dunstan, one of the greatest saints of Anglo-Saxon England, who died in 988. Archbishop of Canterbury during a transformative time for the English church and nation, he was also a talented musician, craftsman and devil-fighter https://t.co/HblFsbRp5o pic.twitter.com/VnqK2b8UcE

— Eleanor Parker (@ClerkofOxford) May 19, 2025

Conservative RCs Hope

Pope Leo XIV, then Bishop Robert Prevost back in 2023, in Peru, right before he was made Cardinal:

“Yesterday marked ten years since Pope Francis' election. I knew Jorge Mario Bergoglio when he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires. As the Augustinian General, I'd met him several… pic.twitter.com/KesYqPNUfb

— Catholics for Catholics 🇺🇲 (@CforCatholics) May 11, 2025

Leo XIV

BREAKING: Cardinal Robert Prevost, has been elected as the 267th pope of the Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. pic.twitter.com/gTjfv6GujK

— EWTN News (@EWTNews) May 8, 2025

Fraternity Matters

Why did Jesus choose only men as his apostles? Three replies are typically given. The first two are absurd, and the third is insufficient. As the Cardinals vote for the next successor to St. Peter, it’s a good time to look more deeply into this question.

— The Catholic Thing (@catholicthing) May 8, 2025

And Yet They Fail to Vet Properly

🔥 Powerful words from Cardinal Giovanni Batista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals, who presided over the Mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff that took place this morning in St. Peter’s Basilica.

🙏🏻 Come, Holy Spirit! 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/hXgiGwo7cq

— Ignatius Press (@IgnatiusPress) May 7, 2025

A Disquisition on Government

NEW BOOK: A Disquisition on Government

The quintessential American reactionary work.https://t.co/zc1Cddecz3

In A Disquisition on Government, John C. Calhoun presents a trenchant defence of political order rooted in hierarchy, tradition, and constraint. Writing in the… pic.twitter.com/50sU9T8Xx4

— Imperium Press (@imperiumpress1) May 5, 2025

Not Expecting Much Change

VATICAN CITY

From @HolySeePress:
“The 11th congregation was held this afternoon, beginning at 5 p.m., opened by a moment of common prayer.
There were about 170 in attendance, including 132 cardinal electors.

About 20 speeches focused on issues of great pastoral and ecclesial… pic.twitter.com/gqSgf7YPad

— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) May 5, 2025

Another Vatican W

Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin of the Underground Church has been arrested by Chinese Communist authorities yet again

His location is unknown. It is his 2nd arrest this year

The arrest is to prevent him from celebrating Holy Week

Full @LifeSite details https://t.co/xiNkhagUU2 pic.twitter.com/b4GRZlXRV5

— Michael Haynes 🇻🇦 (@MLJHaynes) April 15, 2025

Localism Goals

Five Lines of Effort to prevent warlordism:
1. Security
2. Governance
3. Rule of Law
4. Economic Development
5. Information Control
If you don't control all five, someone else will.https://t.co/WByRth0RqE

— Don Shift (buy my books) (@DonShift3) April 15, 2025

What Is New?

New Holy Smoke – Fascinating insights from the Rev Fergus Butler-Gallie on Justin Welby’s failures and Pope Francis’s even more shocking cover-ups of sex abuse:https://t.co/diwNwxcJfJ

— Damian Thompson (@holysmoke) April 2, 2025

Haidt Wasn't Radical Enough

The manuscript of my new book The Last Men: Liberalism and the Death of Masculinity, is now with the publisher @PassagePress, for release next year.

This will be the first hormonal theory of modern politics, following the biological and political causes of testosterone decline. pic.twitter.com/yg3EwT8xXe

— RAW EGG NATIONALIST (@Babygravy9) December 19, 2024

The More Things Change...

The confirmation, more than 15 years ago, of the double life of the founder of the Legionaries of Christ marked a turning point for priests, consecrated men and women, and laypeople in the Regnum Christi movement. https://t.co/TtwjuM8iwe

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) March 24, 2025

The principal of the Regnum Christi Highlands El Encinar school in Madrid, Father Jesús María Delgado, has resigned in the wake of complaints of sexual abuse against the school’s chaplain. https://t.co/EpGy9kbgMo

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) March 26, 2025

Check Out Hotshot

Support indie filmmakers who create stunning, real documentaries like #Hotshot instead of AI productions.
You will not regret renting this movie! You may even end up wanting to buy it! https://t.co/BjPjpv8LWD

— Ada Nestor (@AdaNestorWC) March 27, 2025

AI Garbage on Social Media

Unfortunately,this use of AI to be "creative" may stay for a while.

Is there any higher level of loserdom than this? https://t.co/CuAJRYBNpL

— Mann Made Cinema (@Hotshot_Movie) March 27, 2025

No More AI Ghibli Art Please

OpenAI has stolen Studio Ghibli's artwork & these morons are cheering and clapping for it as if this crap has actually acheived anything. They're literally advertising a plagarism program that hasn't compensated nor sought permission from Stuido Ghibli. Fuck these people. https://t.co/ogB4vjJ6CG

— AussieScreenwriter (@AusScreenwriter) March 26, 2025

Korean Painting of the Theotokos

This contemporary depiction of the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Korea was painted by @bana_illust. I'm fairly certain this image was created in honor of Korean Independence Day. pic.twitter.com/uckmZJYBNw

— Catholicism in East Asia (@TheChurchInAsia) March 26, 2025

Converged

Mary Eberstadt: Today, the Coalition of Catholics Against Antisemitism takes a new step: calling Catholics to a new abolitionism – a summons to stepped-up solidarity with the Jewish peoplehttps://t.co/BNcKdfhVEE

— The Catholic Thing (@catholicthing) March 17, 2025

Mass-Marketed Churchianity

Bear Grylls tells sold-out Flame 2025: “You guys are unstoppable!” - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://t.co/8aWDXMWaE3

— Bear Grylls OBE (@BearGrylls) March 16, 2025

Inculturation in China

fun fact: the jijin (or tsikin) is not simply a drop-in replacement for the biretta, but is worn throughout the entirety of Mass by the priest, even during the consecration, as it was taboo in China to ever have an uncovered head. Only when confessing would one have a bare head https://t.co/BG3XFpHIgt pic.twitter.com/HGM9g1hOrc

— Fr. Paul (@BackwardsFeet) March 13, 2025

Another Bergoglio-Parolin Success

Chinese police have arrested Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin of Wenzhou, charging him with the “serious crime” of celebrating an unauthorized Mass to open the Jubilee Year. https://t.co/V8CcD15KlL

— Father V (@father_rmv) March 10, 2025

Jonathan Roumie Interview

On the ARROYO GRANDE Podcast, @JonathanRoumie told me the initial anxiety he experienced over playing Jesus in @thechosentv. Subscribe, watch, and like the full episode here:
📺 https://t.co/uVzYhsgdmN

🔈 https://t.co/7vy472crHI pic.twitter.com/Bu0qRCf7tS

— Raymond Arroyo (@RaymondArroyo) March 7, 2025

Boomer Religion or Christian?

Last night I moderated a fascinating conversation about the Canon for Racial Reconciliation with conductor Anthony Maglione + composers Isaac Cates & Nicholas Reeves. Performances @cappellaromana tonight in Seattle and tomorrow in Portland! https://t.co/ehbG2yFqme

— Alexander Lingas (@ALLingas) February 28, 2025

Religious Art

A Japanese Carmelite painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child under a sakura tree. pic.twitter.com/E4nKKuEz9i

— Catholicism in East Asia (@TheChurchInAsia) February 21, 2025

Ecclesial Empire Needs Funding

Pope Francis created a commission for promoting donations to the Holy See shortly before his hospitalization, the Vatican announced Wednesday.https://t.co/ADPTpnLEGY

— The Pillar (@PillarCatholic) February 26, 2025

Anaxios

The campaign to make Beijing's ally Cardinal Parolin the next Pope has begun. His clerical supporters are busy pulling strings, hoping that no one will quote the great Cardinal Zen's verdict that Parolin has 'a poisoned mind'. Very biased article from, disappointingly, the Daily… pic.twitter.com/hCSbXzvvL2

— Damian Thompson (@holysmoke) February 26, 2025

Bartolo Long to Be Canonized by Rome

This morning the Holy Father Pope Francis approved the canonization of the Blessed Bartolo Longo (c. October 5, 1926). Blessed Bartolo was a satanic priest prior to his embrace of Christianity. pic.twitter.com/I7cZAsU5rw

— Fr. Daren J. Zehnle (@DarenZehnle) February 25, 2025

Constantinople Axis

Benedict Sheehan’s Ukrainian War Requiem, Reviewed by Thomas Neal https://t.co/wYom4Qmr6a pic.twitter.com/ssweqG1nSR

— New Liturgical Movement (@NLMblog) February 24, 2025

"It Just Happened"

The Archdiocese of Chapecó has acknowledged what it called an “isolated incident of inadvertent violation of liturgical norms” and declared its renewed “commitment to doctrinal orthodoxy and liturgical orthopraxy.” https://t.co/9b7k2r2fNr

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) February 18, 2025

The 21

The 21: Neo-Coptic Short Film | Team of 70+ Artists. This is inspiring! https://t.co/Dv9x2DWM1D

— John Cavadini (@JohnCavadini) February 15, 2025

The Return of David Thunder

My new book, The Polycentric Republic: A Theory of Civil Order for Free and Diverse Societies, has just come out with Routledge.

If you think the modern State is no longer fit for purpose, and are looking for an alternative approach, you might find this an interesting read... pic.twitter.com/ylHIXHRq2u

— David Thunder (@davidjthunder) February 2, 2025

A Problem of Clericalism

French bishops request criminal probe investigating late Emmaus founder Abbé Pierre over abuse allegations as total number of accusers reaches 33. https://t.co/FqhIRuEbZX

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) January 18, 2025

Tenebrae Choir Sampler

Who's feeling the January blues? 💙

Fear not! We have just uploaded a three hour long YouTube video for all of your relaxation, meditation, and calming needs. 💤 Add it to your liked videos, stick it on in the background and relax... 🛀

Watch here: https://t.co/FuSyuanfEx pic.twitter.com/FLSPLSzb5W

— Tenebrae Choir (@TenebraeChoir) January 17, 2025

Bergoglio Effect

Bishop Dominique Rey announced Jan. 7 that he was stepping down as Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon:

"I am mainly criticized for welcoming too broadly priestly and religious communities or vocations, in particular from the traditional world," he said.https://t.co/FkMlcbssAM

— The Pillar (@PillarCatholic) January 7, 2025

Palestrina, "Exultate Deo",

📽️ We’re delighted to share the full-length video of our new single: Palestrina’s ‘Exultate Deo’.

💿 You can pre-order our upcoming Palestrina album @deccaclassics before its release on 17 Jan via our website or @AppleMusic. https://t.co/cHLrzH0jCv

— Stile Antico (@stileantico) January 6, 2025