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'Ars Poetica’ | Robert Royal: To transcend our tech-confined reality, humanity must rediscover the transformative power of poetry and sacred mystery. @RobertSRoyal buff.ly/cthNOmW

‘Ars Poetica’ - The Catholic Thing

Robert Royal: To transcend our tech-confined reality, humanity must rediscover the transformative power of poetry and sacred mystery.

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Brad Miner writes that Wolfgang Amadeus #Mozart, possibly the greatest ever musical genius, was a Roman Catholic. Or was he a Freemason? Or both? @ABradfordMiner buff.ly/QWgnltm

Mozart, Freemasonry, and the Synodal Way - The Catholic Thing

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, possibly the greatest ever musical genius, was a Roman Catholic. Or was he a Freemason? Or both?

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New episode on Pope Leo’s conflicted plan for Europe & why consecrate America to the Sacred Heart?
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There is a new PRAYERFUL POSSE up now @ArroyoGrandeSho examining Pope Leo’s migration message in Spain and his vision for Europe. @GeraldMurray8 @RobertSRoyal Subscribe, watch, and like the full episode here: 📺 youtube.com/@arroyograndesho… 🔈 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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The Church should replace a broken university system with monastic colleges that form the individual in faith and virtue. Today's TCT column by David Warren buff.ly/TIP0dkx

Defeating Modernism - The Catholic Thing

David Warren: The Church should replace a broken university system with monastic colleges that form the individual in faith and virtue.

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Modern churches have become overly passive and feminized; men must reclaim a Christ-shaped strength, public engagement, and traditional masculinity to renew both the church and civilization. buff.ly/4qeJ1wX

The Return of Strong Christian Men - First Things

Feminism forces us to confront the nature of nature. Susan Moller Okin famously warned against respecting natural sex differences. “Our laws,” she wrote...

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Matthew D. Walz and Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy, OFM Cap. write the profound theological and personal significance of the Feast of the #SacredHeart connects the depths of the human heart to the divine, sacrificial love of Jesus Christ. buff.ly/uaTLVR4

Two Reflections on the Feast of the Sacred Heart - The Catholic Thing

The profound theological significance of the Sacred Heart connects the human heart to the divine, sacrificial love of Jesus Christ.

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The Consecration of the United States to the Sacred Heart | @Stephen_P_White In consecrating the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus today, our bishops are making a public declaration which cannot be easily withdrawn. #USA #SacredHeart #USCCB buff.ly/fG6dqpj

The Consecration of the United States to the Sacred Heart - The Catholic Thing

Stephen P. White: In consecrating the nation to the Sacred Heart our bishops are making a public declaration which cannot be easily withdrawn.

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The costs of the clerical abuse scandal in the United States soared 82 percent in the July 2024—June 2025 reporting year, to $483,534,316, according to the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection. buff.ly/H6HA8gZ

Cost of abuse scandal in US soars 82% in single year to $483.5M | News Headlines

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Beware the Benedict bot buff.ly/MWrlv2y

Beware the Benedict Bot - First Things

The words of a dead man / Are modified in the guts of the living.” Neither W. H. Auden, who wrote these lines in 1939, nor W. B. Yeats,...

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‘Madame Bovary’ and Us | Casey Chalk: Madame Bovary serves as a prophetic warning against the isolating and destructive effects of modern digital technologies. #MadameBovary #Flaubert, buff.ly/M1W4oFY

‘Madame Bovary’ and Us - The Catholic Thing

Casey Chalk: Madame Bovary serves as a prophetic warning against the isolating and destructive effects of modern digital technologies.

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Beauty in the Power of the Holders | David G. Bonagura, Jr.: Church leaders should embrace beautiful, sacred architecture and art to awaken us to redemption and transcendence. @DavidGBonaguraJ #Catholic #SacredArt #CatholicArchitecture buff.ly/suxcS8Y

Beauty in the Power of the Holders - The Catholic Thing

David G. Bonagura: Church leaders should embrace beautiful, sacred architecture and art to awaken us to redemption and transcendence.

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When it comes to defending oppressed Catholics in China, the Vatican’s voice grows faint until it disappears into an embarrassing silence. buff.ly/TBvNVwX

Trump Spoke for China’s Catholics—The Pope Stayed Silent

The Vatican’s commitment to multilateral engagement is colliding with the reality of mounting repression against China's faithful.

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As the NBA Finals captivates basketball fans across the country, one of the most unlikely storylines belongs not to a player or coach, but to a group of Catholic sisters whose devotion extends far beyond the basketball court. buff.ly/TEkgGDS

Beyond the buzzer: sisters, spirit and the NBA Finals

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The World as the Womb of Divine Love | Randall Smith: This life is an essential, imperfect "womb" where freedom and hardship train us to love deeply enough for the next. buff.ly/4WpKouz

The World as the Womb of Divine Love - The Catholic Thing

Randall Smith: This life is an essential, imperfect "womb" where freedom and hardship train us to love deeply enough for the next.

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Sheen Beatification Calls Catholics Back to the Eucharist | Msgr. Jason Gray: On Corpus Christi Sunday, American Catholics can look to soon-to-be Blessed Fulton Sheen as a witness of Eucharistic devotion. #FultonSheen #CorpusChristi buff.ly/ZC9NHkf

Sheen Beatification Calls Catholics Back to the Eucharist - The Catholic Thing

Msgr. Jason Gray: On Corpus Christi Sunday American Catholics can look to soon-to-be Blessed Fulton Sheen as a witness of Eucharistic devotion

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The Prayerful Posse examine major developments shaping the Church, from Pope Leo’s decision to expand bishops’ authority over autonomous monasteries to ongoing debates over synodality, Church governance, and Catholic identity. Watch👇
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A New PRAYERFUL POSSE just dropped at @ArroyoGrandeSho. Why is a Vatican bishop advocating abolishing religion and God? @GeraldMurray8 and @RobertSRoyal get into it all here: youtu.be/ZKWCUMbnw6w?si=twEr…
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Gambling with Gambling | Daniel B. Gallagher: Dante’s Inferno anticipates the greed, fraud, and treason driving modern prediction markets. #Dante buff.ly/9oOyc30

Gambling with Gambling - The Catholic Thing

Daniel B. Gallagher: Dante’s Inferno anticipates the greed, fraud, and treason driving modern prediction markets.

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"Underlying the notion of “pelvic theology” is the assumption that this sexual obsession is the fault of certain elements within the Church." buff.ly/Izgj4GM

Pelvic Theology, Pelvic Justice - First Things

In a recent New York Times guest essay, Catholic writer David Gibson praised Pope Leo for moving his church away from “pelvic theology.” For those unfamiliar with the term, it is a way of dismissing...

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A newly disclosed letter to Cardinals from the Dean of the Sacred College outlines the topics for discussion at the June 26–27 meeting. buff.ly/t1Y3IFr

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