Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament via Adorecast
☩ Team Catholify
Pope Francis’s team may need to explain new reluctance on ‘zero tolerance’
Tuesday made official a transition that’s been quietly underway for a while in terms of the Vatican’s response to the clerical sexual abuse scandals: Pope Francis and his aides are rethinking, if not the substance of a “zero tolerance” policy, at least the rhetoric of it, becoming increasingly unwilling to use that phrase. ☩ John L. Allen, Jr., at Crux
Why is Socialism Gaining Popularity?
If the Church’s rite of exorcism recognizes the danger of instigating envy, maybe we should too. ☩ John Clark at National Catholic Register
Pope Francis’ New Document ‘a Magna Carta of Youth Ministry & Vocations’
Christus Vivit reflects the Holy Father’s takeaways from the October youth synod. ☩ Edward Pentin at National Catholic Register
Male Homosexuality & Priestly Formation
There is no homosexuality. Of course, there are homosexuals, but there is no one thing, no one condition or syndrome that is homosexuality. If we are to address the “homosexual problem” in the Church, then we must first understand what we are talking about, and whatever that is, it is not a thing called homosexuality. . . ☩ Adrian Reimers at Crisis Magazine
Pietro Cardinal Parolin Condemns Verona Family Congress as Too Catholic
A northern Italian town became a battlefield in the culture wars this weekend during a three-day international congress on traditional family values. ☩ Claire Giangravè at Crux
Mornings & Forgiveness
There is a mysterious serenity and peace in the early hours of dawn. . . ☩ Noel Ethan Tan at Ignitum Today
Pope Francis calls abuse crisis a ‘scourge’ in youth doc, omits ‘zero tolerance’
☩ Elise Harris at Crux
Unplanned: A Movie Review
☩ Donald R. McClarey, J.D., The American Catholic
Yes, I am Autistic -Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC
☩ Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, L.C., at Through Catholic Lenses
Saint Alphonsus Liguori’s 3 Rules for Fundraising
☩ Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net
Ross Douthat’s Expanding Seamless Garment
In my experience of reading & listening to Douthat, he is at his best when discussing conservative politics & theory (on its own terms), or discussing Roman Catholicism (on its own terms). It is when he mixes the two that problems begin to arise. ☩ Charles C. Camosy at Church Life Journal
Lincoln Diocese Comes Clean On Abuse
Last summer, in the wake of the McCarrick scandal, Peter Mitchell, a laicized Catholic priest of the Lincoln, Nebraska, diocese, published an essay on this blog in which he alleged that Monsignor Leonard Kalin (d. 2008) had groomed seminarians sexually. . . ☩ Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
The Proper Response to the College Admissions Scandal
There are a number of problematical and troubling questions about the criminal investigation and prosecution spearheaded by the U.S. Attorney’s office for Massachusetts. ☩ Stephen M. Krason at Crisis Magazine
The Parisian Church of Notre Dame de Lorette
Today I wished to share with our readers some photographs of the beautiful Parisian church of Notre Dame de Lorette. ☩ Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal
Was the Early Church ‘Catholic’ or Just ‘Christian’?
Protestants often claim that the Church that Jesus founded was the “Christian Church,” not the Catholic Church. . . ☩ Jim Blackburn at Catholic Answers Magazine
“Little Places” and the Recovery of Civilization
It is mainly little places which permit the modesty of pace needed for long thoughts, & the conditions of closeness under which human beings begin to stand out & become distinct in their 1st & 2nd nature. These places are the veritable harbors of refuge & recovery for civilization. . . ☩ Eva Brann at The Imaginative Conservative
Assessing the Ethical (& Unethical) Implications of Artificial Intelligence
Pope Francis charges Vatican office to dedicate the next two years to AI study. ☩ Edward Pentin at National Catholic Register
Countering Identity Politics By Portraying the Father as a Gray-Haired Man
Contrary to what many might think, these images offer hope, not admonition, to radical feminists. ☩ David Clayton at New Liturgical Movement
Anti-Discrimination “Equality” Law Exemptions Do Not Lead to Fairness for All: An International Perspective
Although exemptions are often billed as a compromise, the evidence suggests that they will never be enough to satisfy those who think religious believers are discriminating and getting away with it. The “compromise” soon becomes a zero-sum game with only one winner. ☩ Paul Coleman at Public Discourse
Catholic Bible versus the Protestant Bible
☩ Joseph Pearce at Faith & Culture
Search No More – Off the Shelf 118 with Steve Hemler
☩ Pete Socks at Catholic Stand
Natural Right, Natural Law, & Leo Strauss
☩ Daniel McCarthy at Law & Liberty
The Anti-Christian Bigots Continue Their War on Chick-Fil-A
☩ Michael Brown, Ph.D., at The Stream
Your Closet: More Chant Less Chaos
☩ Meghan Ashley Styling