Record Number of Pilgrims – “Nearly 13 million people visited the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 11 and 12, the anniversary of the final apparition to St. Juan Diego.” Our Lady of Guadalupe basilica drew record crowd (Aleteia)
The Sacred Liturgy – “New details emerge about the Pope’s agenda for his upcoming meeting with Cardinals” Pope Leo XIV to Cardinals on Liturgy: “Retain Sound Tradition while Opening to Legitimate Progress” (Diane Montagna’s Substack)
Hail, Holy Queen – “The protestors, sometimes on-the-scene outside Butterworth’s Restaurant on Pennsylvania Avenue, were dressed in black and screaming profanities at them through bullhorns a safe distance away.”Angels vs. Demons: Angry Leftist protesters run away as Ave Maria choir sings Salve Regina at them in DC (Human Events)
The Theology of von Balthasar – “The Swiss theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar is a figure at once admired and scorned in U.S. Catholicism.” Raising the Bastions: Why the American Catholic right has turned against Hans Urs von Balthasar (Commonweal)
The Weight of Reformation History – “After divisions over same-sex blessings and women’s ordination, many clerics now feel Rome offers a ‘more enduring’ approach to Christianity” Anglican priests are fleeing to Catholicism. Is the Church of England doomed? (The Telegraph)
Frivolous Studies – “Augustine writes that the works of Homer and Vergil are ‘as empty as they were entertaining’ and ’empty in a thoroughly entertaining way.’ I Would Rather Be a Saint Than a Great Novelist (Dappled Things)
Doorstep Scrums – “What are the advantages, perils and unwanted consequences of Pope Leo XIV’s Tuesday evening ‘doorstep’ exchanges with the press at Castel Gandolfo?” When the Vicar of Christ Joins the Media Scrum (National Catholic Register)
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