28 March AD 2024

VVEDNESDAY MORNING EDITION

Screen Shot of Timothy Cardinal Dolan (Credit: deaconcast.com)

Make Catholicism Weird Again

. . .the Catholic response to the Met Gala itself, which consisted of an institutional blessing for the spectacle — not just Timothy Cardinal Dolan opening the museum exhibit, but the Sistine Chapel Choir performing for the swells & starlets in the evening — followed by an angry Catholic social-media backlash against the evening’s various impieties.  When a living faith gets treated like a museum piece, it’s hard for its adherents to know whether to treat the moment as an opportunity for outreach or for outrage. . .

by Ross Douthat,

of The New York Times

That “Catholic” Fashion Met Gala – Fr. Z’s Blog
Did You Know . . .  Isaac Was Not a Child? – Scott Smith J.D., All Roads Lead to Rome
Abortionists Demand Google Remove Pregnancy Cents. from Search Results – M. Bilger
5 Conditions for Good Confession, In One Infographic – ChurchPop
5 Founding Sisters Reveal How God Called Them to Religious Life – Jim Graves, NC Reg
Eyes That Watch For God – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
This Church is Said to be Consecrated by St. Michael the Archangel – Philip Kosloski
Mercy vs. Truth: The Mark of Hypocrisy – Jeffrey A. Mirus Ph.D., Catholic Culture
My Chat with Jennifer Fulwiler: How Fashion Will Change Your Life! – Meghan Ashley
How to Deal with Distractions During Prayer, by St. Therese of Lisieux – Philip Kosloski
Trent Horn is Creating The Counsel of Trent Podcast – Trent Horn, Patreon
15 Steps to Discovering the Power of Prayer – Fr. Ed Broom O.M.V., Catholic Exchange
What is Man? – Christian Daru, Catholic Stand
Perpetual Virginity of Mary: “Holy Ground” – Dave Armstrong, Natl Catholic Register
Catholicism, Fundraising, Book Launches, & Overcoming Struggles – Brice Sokolowski
Rise of Gender Ideology is Worrying, say English & Welsh Bishops – Catholic Herald
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