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