Could Be OK

A preview of the BBC’s forthcoming trilogy on the fall of the Roman Republic, in which @RoryStewartUK casts Cato as a principled P̶o̶d̶c̶a̶s̶t̶e̶r̶ opponent of populism, & I bat for Julius Caesar: https://t.co/KXgWXdW6EV

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) November 20, 2023

Inaxios

Beijing’s Archbishop Li Shan during his recent visit to Hong Kong stressed the need to more closely combine faith and Chinese culture, saying the Church ought to pursue evangelization efforts in the spirit of “Sinicization.”https://t.co/rxe6cobtJj

— Crux (@Crux) November 20, 2023

Pat Mac with Tony Blauer

How I discovered @tonyblauer and the SPEAR System he teaches. https://t.co/ftTl2BoPkz

— Patrick McNamara (@PatMcNamara65) November 17, 2023

Philip Bess on The Josias Podcast

The latest edition to The Josias podcast is now live! We are joined by Nathaniel Gotcher and special guest Prof. Philip Bess, for a discussion about the theological and philosophical foundations of urbanism—and how we should think about urban form.https://t.co/cW1JaHMyDB

— The Josias (@josias_rex) November 17, 2023

Uhmerican Church

The U.S. bishops voted Tuesday to advance the cause of beatification and canonization of Servant of God Isaac Thomas Hecker, a 19th-century American priest who founded the Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle, today known as the Paulist Fathers.

Hecker’s cause for… pic.twitter.com/MP8q6FT9i7

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) November 16, 2023

A Historical Curiosity

but also Latin propaganda for y the papacy.

🎥VIDEO | Earlier this year, a life-size replica of the Barque of St. Peter was donated to the Vatican. Now, the Barque is exhibited near one of the busiest areas of the Vatican Museums. pic.twitter.com/sCJZMaGKYt

— EWTN Vatican (@EWTNVatican) November 10, 2023

Jimmy Lai Documentary

Jimmy Lai: Catholic Hero and Confessor (with @robertsirico ) | Father Robert Sirico and Robert Royal discuss “The Hong Konger,” a documentary film about Jimmy Lai, an imprisoned Catholic business man and media giant who has stood . . . https://t.co/xbTWWYXKS8 #SynodonSynodality pic.twitter.com/tM6MQmwlbW

— The Catholic Thing (@catholicthing) October 25, 2023

How Many Had a Tutor

Do you know what John the Apostle, Alexander the Great, Leonardo da Vinci, J.S. Bach, Elizabeth I, Jane Austen, and Abraham Lincoln all had in common?

They didn't have university degrees.

The fact that none of these individuals had anything resembling a contemporary education…

— Stephen Blackwood (@stephenblackwd) October 23, 2023

Nice

Be careful what you wish for… pic.twitter.com/Ks5myGPYAT

— ZenfinityDesigns (@ZenfinityDesign) October 15, 2023

Specter

Standby.#ToorKnives #USA #SanDiego pic.twitter.com/NwtyIPpOyE

— ToorKnives (@ToorKnives) October 15, 2023

And Promoting Ecclesial Imperialism

Vietnamese Catholics who made their way to Mongolia for Pope Francis’s recent trip to the East Asian nation have said that in light of bettering relations between their country and the Vatican, they now want a papal visit of their own.https://t.co/pOTOUaH2q5

— Crux (@Crux) September 11, 2023

Ecclesial Empire

In yet another nod to Asia and a further sign of Pope Francis’s love affair with the continent, Saint Peter’s Basilica this week will receive a new marble statue of South Korean priest and martyr Andrew Kim Taegon.https://t.co/lYdyGddz25

— Crux (@Crux) September 11, 2023

Inaxioi

This week the Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishops are holding their annual synod in Rome, meeting with Pope Francis and other top Vatican officials amid ongoing fallout from the pope’s recent praise of Russia.https://t.co/jPXBg1oIQi

— Crux (@Crux) September 8, 2023

Too Little, Too Late

If you give children the routine and firm hand they need, they will reward you with respect and eagerness to learn. Already in middle school they are capable of high levels of intellectual engagement.https://t.co/XPDDG3lxSy

— First Things (@firstthingsmag) August 29, 2023

The Wrong Sort of Endorsement

Dorothy Day’s conversion story shows the importance of “restlessness” in seeking God, struggling for justice, and loving the poor, Pope Francis writes in the preface to a new Italian-language translation of her work.https://t.co/zGikJhaxgc

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) August 22, 2023

Julian May on Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney died 10 years ago. Marking this I’ve made a series of four programmes for @BBCRadio4 each looking at a different aspect of his work, each with a different presenter. ‘Four Sides of Seamus Heaney’ begins this afternoon at 4.30. Poet of Place. https://t.co/5gJIpRbdRZ

— Julian May (@julian_may) August 20, 2023

Empire in Apocalypse

"General Flavius Belisarius's father once told him, 'In love, we discover who we hope to be; in war, we come to understand who we truly are.'"

The above is an excerpt from Empire in Apocalypse, the newly released book by Robert Bruton.

General Flavius Belisarius - A Biography:… pic.twitter.com/8vxkkIf8tR

— Legend Books (@LegendBooksCo) August 21, 2023

New Single from SARD UNDERGROUND

🎥Music Video公開！

▶︎SARD UNDERGROUND「その結婚、正気ですか？」Music Videohttps://t.co/pbQGLMTgIO#その結婚正気ですか？#ドラマ主題歌#TOKYOMX pic.twitter.com/TWLgGT9EYO

— SARD UNDERGROUND STAFF (@sardunderground) August 7, 2023

Q&A with the Petersens

Hanging out on YouTube this morning at 10 AM CST 🥳 https://t.co/o8ivoSt8Cu

— The Petersens (@thepetersens) August 5, 2023

The Longhouse That Is Scouting

Join us for the opening shows at the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Saemangeum, South Korea! More than 40,000 young people from 150+ countries have joined together for 10 days of adventure, cultural exchange, learning and fun. 🤩https://t.co/ZxHFSO7vIP

— World Scouting (@worldscouting) August 2, 2023

Still At It

Join me for the launch event for the Berkeley Center's new online course: What Can Psychedelics Teach Us About the Brain and Mind? - UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics https://t.co/50qteUNRIB

— Michael Pollan (@michaelpollan) August 1, 2023

Some Things Cannot Be Scaled Up

still opposed to Roman imperial oligarchy...

"The substance of every true and stable political organism is something resembling an Order, a Männerbünd in charge of the principle of the imperium, comprising men who see loyalty as the basis of their honor."

— Julius Evola, Men Among the Ruins

Beyond the Physical: The… pic.twitter.com/LomiBNNJLX

— Chad Crowley (@CCrowley100) July 27, 2023

Farah Morgan on DO

DO 157 - Appalachia, Localism, and Storytelling with @FarahnMorgan and @cognazorhttps://t.co/59BwBj9SRWhttps://t.co/OBqjIFnmL7

— Doomer Optimism (@DoomerOptimism) July 26, 2023

Resist

Electronic tracking of livestock is the central bank digital currency of farming.

Giving government and multinational corporations an off-switch on the marketability of livestock will put them in complete control.

It would be the end of independent American cattlemen. pic.twitter.com/sXKbjQvz7I

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) July 26, 2023

J Schaff Reviews Salter on Distributism

Me, reviewing Alexander Salter’s book on distributism.

The Liberty to Value Common Goods: A Review of The Political Economy of Distributism - Front Porch Republic https://t.co/5KI7exohtE

— Jon D. Schaff (@JonDSchaff) July 25, 2023