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February 15, 2017 |
Note from the Managing Editor:
Mother Teresa reminds us that giving our loving attention to the broken, the downtrodden, the unloved of this world, makes us perfect agents of the Lord's Will. Love is what we are most urgently called to do and to be. See "Inviting the Poor" Along similar lines, Father Peter John Cameron, O.P. tells us what a privilege and grace it is to have the sick in our midst. For us, the sick are a special presence of the suffering Christ with us. While for the sick themselves, their suffering has the capacity to cut "through all the appearances behind which we hide, until it reaches the depths where the living self dwells." See "Seeing beyond sickness." For me, the highest and most inspirational kind of courage is moral courage. I love to read well-written stories that involve a convincing element of moral courage. This week Anthony Esolen tells us of the life of Horatio Storer, M.D. in "Beloved Physician and Teller of Truth." I think you'll be inspired. In "Synod-talk, again" George Weigel evokes the memory of St. Pope John Paul II and prompts us to remember the powerful magnet John Paul was for the young and how he challenged them to reject any idea of "Catholic Light" and instead embrace "All-In Catholicism." With preparations already underway for the 2018 "Synod on Young People, Faith, and Vocational Discernment," it would be a tragic mistake to ignore Pope John Paul II and his masterful teaching for the young. Saint John Paul II pray for us. So here you have it. This week's update. - J. Fraser Field |
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Editorials of Interest: George Weigel: Synod-Talk, Again - First Things
Freemasons and Their Craft: What Catholics Should Know - Catholic World Report
A Catholic Populism? - Catholic World Report
Conscience and Disagreements on Social Teachings - The Catholic Thing
We should be afraid — very afraid - Aleteia
Vetting the Executive Order - First Things
A survey of the global Muslim population - Mercatornet
Social Respectability as Religion in Flannery O'Connor's "Revelation" - Crisis Magazine
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Editorials of Interest Pope Francis: General Audience for 8 February, On Hope - Vatican
Saint Paul frequently encourages the members of the early Church to sustain one another in hope, through mutual prayer and practical concern for those in need. George Weigel: Synod-Talk, Again - First Things
On January 13, the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops published a "preparatory document" for the 2018 Synod on Young People, Faith, and Vocational Discernment. 7 Saintly tips on how to discipline a child, from Don Bosco - Aleteia
Saint John Bosco's helpful advice for the weary parent or frustrated teacher. Freemasons and Their Craft: What Catholics Should Know - Catholic World Report
To see why the Catholic Church has strongly and repeatedly condemned membership in Freemasonry or any of its allied movements requires a glance at Masonic teachings and history. A Catholic Populism? - Catholic World Report
Populism's rejection of institutions and experts means it can identify basic problems excluded from public discussion. It also means that it rarely understands them accurately or knows what to do about them. Adultery has always been with us. But normalising it is a very modern mistake. - Catholic Herald
Human nature has not changed. But what was once seen as a sin we now regard as a right, the right to sexual satisfaction. We need to repent. Conscience and Disagreements on Social Teachings - The Catholic Thing
There is much confusion today about the obligations of Catholics towards positions on political matters taken by individual bishops or conference of bishops or even the pope himself. We should be afraid — very afraid - Aleteia
People don't take evil seriously any more, and if you don't take evil seriously, how can you take God seriously? Thomas Aquinas College to open East Coast campus - Aleteia
California-based Great Books program enters deal involving Hobby Lobby property. Catholics Bring Light to the Darkness of Opioid Addiction - NC Register
As an epidemic of drug addiction consumes the United States, Church ministries reach out to help affected persons and their families. Defend our borders, but with mercy as well as justice - Crux
At a time of massive sound and fury related to President Donald Trump's executive order temporarily halting admission of refugees and barring U.S. entry from seven majority-Muslim nations, Catholic social teaching and the resources provided by the US bishops on migrants and refugees provide a needed voice of reason. Vetting the Executive Order - First Things
There is an enormous amount of confusion about the EO. President Trump bears much responsibility for the confusion, and his critics bear some of it. Robert P. George thinks the EO was not necessary and therefore should not have been issued. Angela Wu Howard explains why. Georgia girl donates bald American Girl dolls to cancer patients - Fox News
A 9-year-old Georgia girl who loves playing with her American Girl dolls has started a bead bracelet business in the hopes of raising enough money to donate special dolls to cancer patients. Mexican City Sees Stunning Drop in Violence as Adoration Increases - NC Register
It was right after Adoration was begun that the murder rate started dropping dramatically. From 2010 to 2015, the murder rate dropped from a staggering 3766 to only 256. Iraq prelate backs preference for minority refugees fleeing genocide - Crux
Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil says as long as special preferences under Trump's new refugee order are for all victims of ISIS and not just Christians alone, it will help, and that Christians "celebrated when Trump won" in hopes it would mark an end to US neglect. Catholicism still emerges in Europe's political races, but at the margins - The Economist
In the Europe of 2017, can there be such a thing as a Catholic political leader? A whole course on Dante's Divine Comedy is up on YouTube - Aleteia
Yale University professor Giuseppe Mazzota offers a completely free course on Dante's Divine Comedy, called Dante in Translation. Social Respectability as Religion in Flannery O'Connor's "Revelation" - Crisis Magazine
Congeniality and propriety do not amount to charity or love of neighbor. Mindfulness and Catholic Mystical Tradition - YouTube
Is mindfulness a helpful practice and should a Catholic participate in in it? Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman and St. Justin Martyr, pray for us | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
