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

Another Mass Event

With the 53rd International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador approaching, Fr Juan Carlos Garzón, secretary-general for the event, said it will be an opportunity to “put the Eucharistic Christ at the center of the life of the Church and the world.” https://t.co/J4kiXaFOOg

— Catholic World Report (@cworldreport) August 18, 2024

Not Holding My Breath

The U.S. bishops' conference will vote in June on a 'pastoral framework' for ministry with youth and young adults:https://t.co/3CKMNu1Zq5

— The Pillar (@PillarCatholic) May 25, 2024

Papabile?

Holy Saturday Easter Vigil from the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, celebrated by His Beatitude Pierbattista Cardinal Pizzaballa, OFM, Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins. Live Now online at https://t.co/mqnkXSIBJ7

— Catholic Sat (@CatholicSat) March 30, 2024

Ecclesial Imperialism, Again

This annual event happens around the feast day of Sts. Anne and Joachim and this year takes its theme from the Gospel of Luke and World Youth Day 2023. https://t.co/PPdD7FrWDs

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) April 13, 2023

The Benedict XVI Generation?

The Benedict XVI generation are those charged with bearing witness to tradition as a vehicle of the abiding mystery of that eternal present for which Benedict XVI himself had always yearned https://t.co/NzrbOmbNbF

— Jacob Phillips (@Counteredlogos) January 3, 2023

The Synod of Blather

If the dioceses in the US are typical, the Synod on Synodality has so far resulted in something like 9 million words of reports from around the world. That's more than a few days' reading. So we used quantitative text analysis techniques to analyze the documents. https://t.co/NThJtv59NV pic.twitter.com/jmk7wIa2l3

— Brendan Hodge (@Brendan_m_Hodge) November 23, 2022

No Longer the Face of an Ineffectual American Episcopacy

Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, the outgoing president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, addressed his fellow U.S. bishops on Nov. 15 at their annual fall assembly in Baltimore. https://t.co/VBbJv6695G

— Catholic World Report (@cworldreport) November 16, 2022

Dismal News for Roman Catholics in France

In total, 11 bishops or former bishops are currently targeted by abuse investigations, Bishop Moulins-Beaufort, head of the French bishops' conference, told a news conference on Monday. These are the latest revelations to hit the Roman Catholic Church.https://t.co/pmBN2N0y9J

— John Stone (@Johnthemadmonk) November 7, 2022

Still More Latin Mass-Marketing

We used to have Michelangelo Buonarroti doing the Vatican’s graphic design, you know. pic.twitter.com/RIjXwH8IRV

— Ed. Condon (@canonlawyered) June 29, 2022

THE Consecration

"Catholic Feminism"

How would an authentically Catholic feminism both dialogue with and meaningfully differ from secular feminism? @FavaleAbs and Corynne Staresinic tell us, especially in relation to a new, free online program they developed.

Via @McGrathND + @SpokeStreethttps://t.co/0XZ4ch86nj

— Leonard J. DeLorenzo (@leodelo2) February 1, 2022

What Does Rome Intend with the Order of Malta?

A new, Vatican drafted, constitution for the @OrderofMalta would define the order as a "subject" of the Holy See, a move which could imperil its global diplomatic status. https://t.co/WpmP8BxUGr

— The Pillar (@PillarCatholic) January 14, 2022

What Would He Know of Spiritual Fatherhood?

Pope Francis has said in a new interview that there is a great need for “spiritual fatherhood” today. https://t.co/eJXy0EHTvM

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) January 13, 2022

Meanwhile... still hustling "synodality":

Pope Francis has said that synodality is not a “search for majority consensus,” but rather a “style” guided by the Holy Spirit. https://t.co/EyCVtkG7yK

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) January 13, 2022

"He Could Have Been LC"

Mass marketing (and mass media in general) only serves to undermine the case for clerical celibacy, when the men lack integral masculine development.

The Pope's Political Priorities

Pope Francis has lamented a global “retreat from democracy” in a speech in Athens, the cradle of Western civilization. #PopeinGreece https://t.co/XUO1v13RpA

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) December 4, 2021

From a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, Pope Francis decried European indifference to the plight of migrants in the Mediterranean as a "shipwreck of civilization.” https://t.co/UqFlBtGbYh

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) December 5, 2021

Pope Francis spent time in prayer today with migrants on the island of Cyprus, which currently receives more asylum seekers per capita than any other country in the European Union. #PopeinCyprus https://t.co/UCXzVR5JGa

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) December 3, 2021

Pope Francis spent time in prayer with migrants on the island of Cyprus, which currently receives more asylum seekers per capita than any other country in the EU. The Vatican announced that it had helped to transfer 12 refugees from Cyprus to Italy. #PopeinCyprus 📷 Vatican Media pic.twitter.com/4Bv12BYX6x

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) December 3, 2021

Consecration of Hong Kong's New Bishop

Hong Kong’s new bishop was consecrated in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception today.

“He has been entrusted with the task of bearing witness to the truth of the Gospel, and with the ministry of the Spirit and of justice.” https://t.co/vLpUARdWBi

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) December 4, 2021

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More than 60 Catholic organizations sign Statement on COP26 Draft Agreement | ICN https://t.co/XnRItvNfuh

— Austen Ivereigh (@austeni) November 12, 2021

An Unexpected Turn

Latin integralists won't take this well:

So tell me again how @RafaeldeArizaga is wrong that this project is altogether opposed to Rome. https://t.co/OJen9X9PZe

— Pat Smith (@smithpatrick08) October 31, 2021

The “ideal” in Scripture is not world government. It is localism.

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— Yoram Hazony (@yhazony) October 31, 2021

But God’s compromise is the state instead of a world of free tribes and clans.

World empire is, in Scripture, the nightmare that political theory and theology seeks to prevent.

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— Yoram Hazony (@yhazony) October 31, 2021

Is there more substance to Hazony than I had previously thought? Is his book worth getting now? Is he not controlled op as suspected? Insofar as he is opposed to ethnonationalism and still advocates for a form of identity that is based on culture or creed alone, his understanding of politike remains problematic.

KoC Promoting St. Joseph

"The film opens up a new avenue for individuals who want to learn more about St Joseph,"

The Knights of Columbus have released a new documentary on St Joseph, inspired by Pope Francis’s declaration of the Year of St Joseph:https://t.co/YyOOuFPTzS

— EWTN Vatican (@EWTNVatican) October 19, 2021

Same old.