
Fulton Sheen Biography – “Cheryl C. D. Hughes’ new biography of the American Catholic Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is a rare exception, one that illuminates the history of the 20th century and of the Catholic Church in America along with the life of its subject.” Books in Brief: August 2025 (Chronicles)
Built on the Bible – “Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life — but you will not know Him if you don’t know what the Bible really says.” Biblical Ignorance Is Killing Western Civilization (The Federalist)
Tensions over the TLM – “Parishioners of all ages have gathered outside Detroit’s Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament to protest that the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) remains at the heart of parish worship.” Parishioners protest Latin Mass suppression in Detroit (The Catholic Herald)
Is This All There Is? – “The Man was burning, and I felt nothing. Around me 70,000 people danced, shouted and wept beneath the black Nevada sky.” From Spectacle to Sacrament: How Burning Man led me into the Catholic Church (America)
Dominant Tribes – “the purpose of government is not to protect rights or individuals; it’s to codify which tribe gets to plunder and dominate the other tribes.” tribal war: failure of imagination and threat misdiagnosis (bad cattitude: Substack)
Nietzsche and History – “We elevate the glories of the past so highly that no present can step outside its shadow. Or else we condemn the evils of the past so strongly that our resentment makes living in the moment impossible.” The Use and Abuse of History for Life: Parting Lessons from Pope Francis (JSC – Substack)
Man in the Garden – “The human urge to build runs deep. Archaeologists trace our race’s history through the evidence of settlements, whether dwellings for the living or tombs for the dead. Scripture, too, shows man forth as builder, but this trait is acquired, not original.” On a Couplet by T.S. Eliot (Coram Fratribus Intellexi)
More Gaza Violence – “Days after the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem expressed hope that ‘hearts can change even in the Holy Land,’ at least 20 people — including five journalists — have been reported killed in Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital, located in southern Gaza.” Journalists Killed in Gaza Hospital Strike Following Global Day of Prayer for Peace (Our Sunday Visitor)
Small Children at Mass – “Children don’t have to go to Mass. But they should be welcomed anyway.” How to Handle Kids in Church (Catholic Answers)
The Power of Imagination – “An Imagination Age has the potential to reestablish a proper relationship between humanity and the digital, using the latter creatively to explore and propound truth in all its forms.” Are We Entering an Age of Imagination? (The Imaginative Conservative)
AI DNA Repair – “OpenAI and Retro Biosciences achieve 50x increase in expressing stem cell reprogramming markers.” Accelerating life sciences research (OpenAI)
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