TVESDAY EDITION

26 March AD 2019

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament via Adorecast

☩ Team Catholify

Cardinal Sarah: “The Church is dying because the shepherds are afraid of speaking with truth & clarity,”

The Church is living a “mystery of treason,” a “mystery of Judas”, Curia Cardinal Robert Sarah writes in his new book “Le soir approche et déjà le jour baisse” (Fayard), ☩ Mark Lambert at De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.

Politicizing pediatrics: how transgender guidelines undermine trust in medical authority

The American Academy of Pediatrics is prioritizing the opinion of a five-year-old over the judgment of the child’s parents. ☩ Leonard Sax at Mercatornet

Bring your parish back to life: here’s how

Mass attendance is up 12 percent, income has more than doubled at Star of the Sea Parish in San Francisco ☩ Fr. Joseph Illo at Catholic Herald via California Catholic Daily

Cardinals violating their vows: a ho-hum story?

America magazine is running a story about the conclave of 2013. The story— excerpted from the forthcoming The Election of Pope Francis, by Gerard O’Connell— includes a precise account of the voting on the cardinals’ first ballot. ☩ Philip Lawler at Catholic Culture

Pope Francis promotes a pervert - everyone just shrugs

. . .one of the stand out moments of the Vatican cringe-a-thon Abuse Summit was a journalist from Crux asked how can we believe that this is the end of cover-ups, "when at the end of the day, Pope Francis himself covered-up for a Bishop in Argentina who had gay porn on his phone". . . ☩ Mark Lambert at De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.

Morocco’s hidden Christians see pope trip as a chance to push for freedom

☩ Ahmed Eljechtimi at Reuters

Structures, traditions, & hierarchical accountability

☩ Adam A.J. DeVille, Ph.D., at The Catholic World Report

Under pressure, UK to reconsider asylum application of Iranian Christian

☩ Catholic News Agency via The Catholic World Report

Your Closet: More Chant Less Chaos

☩ Meghan Ashley Styling

City Votes to Make Itself a “Sanctuary City” for Unborn Babies

A New Mexico city voted to become a “sanctuary” for unborn babies last week in response to pro-abortion Democrats’ push to expand late-term abortions. ☩ Micaiah Bilger at Life News

Should You Kiss The Pope's Ring?

. . .for some reason this video that has surfaced on Twitter showing Pope Francis deliberately refusing to allow people to kiss his papal ring has got me riled up. ☩ Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Cardinal Danneels, Euthanizer Of Belgian Catholicism

His period in office saw an unparalleled decline in the Church’s fortunes, with the influence of the once mighty Belgian Church reduced to insignificance. Danneels was also implicated in the cover-up of child abuse, but despite this he enjoyed the confidence of Pope Francis to the end. ☩ Rod Dreher at The American Conservative

The Resurrection of Realism, Beauty Will Save the World

It is not a coincidence that the very last thing we ever expect to see in church is modern art or an abstract painting, such as a blank page, a single brick, or splashes of paint, as some sort of “intellectual” revelation to massage one’s ego. Why? Many would immediately answer that it just does not belong there, and they are right, it doesn’t. ☩ Igor V. Babailov at Faith & Culture

Men Inspiring Men: The Amazing Knights of Divine Mercy Schola Cantorum

This year, my Knights of Divine Mercy Schola Cantorum have been invited to sing for the closing Mass for the 2019 Men of Christ Conference, on March 30 in Milwaukee. Somewhere between 3,000-4,000 men will gather with Archbishop Listecki & many other priests to call men to Strength & Courage. . . ☩ Fr. Richard Heilman at Roman Catholic Man

Inside The (Southern) Poverty (Law Center or SPLC) Palace

A lot of people have known for a while that the Southern Poverty Law Center is an extremely effective grifting operation. ☩ Rod Dreher at The American Conservative

The Role of Sacred Music in Catholic Education

Although there’s nothing in it about Roman weather or the various sites you might like to visit on a trip to the Vatican, French journalist Frédéric Martel’s In the Closet of the Vatican: Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy is a curious sort of Baedeker to the ins and outs of the Vatican City State. ☩ Jennifer Donelson at New Liturgical Movement

God’s Trunk Show: An Apologia for Glorious, Priestly Vestments

. . .The Mass is also an anticipation of and participation with the heavenly worship in the throne room of God. . . . ☩ Fr. Michael Rennier at Adoremus

Altarworthy & Jasper Artisans Guild Vestment Collaboration

It is very rare anymore that one might feature something relatively 'novel' in approach, yet still distinctly traditional. ☩ Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal

Quæritur: How early can the Easter Vigil begin?

Since this night is the most important of the year, you want to get it right. Right? That includes the right time when the rite is to begin. The symbolism of the light in darkness is important to the meaning of the rite. And the purpose of our liturgical rites is to have an encounter with mystery. The signs and symbols are important. ☩ Fr. Z's Blog