MURCA HELL YEAH!

Last week, @AndrewPetiprin and I joined our good friend (and former Word on Fire colleague) Dr. Richard DeClue on his podcast @DeclueViews for a wide-ranging conversation about the origin, nature, and mission of the @SpeSalviInst Here is the link to the show: Richard DeClue |

Sadly, Robert A.M. Stern has died. Condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.

Welcome back to Krakow as the new archbishop, Cardinal Ryś:

Card. Grzegorz Ryś, until now Archbishop Metropolitan of Łódź, has been appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Kraków. The decision of Pope Leo XIV was announced today at noon by the Apostolic Nunciature in Poland. https://t.co/a99qM0J6qE

I wrote a piece for the Our Sunday Visitor Magazine @OSV travel section inviting everyone to come see “Pope Leo’s Chicago” — the shrines, parishes, and South Side neighborhoods that formed the heart of our first American pope. Just beware of taking the CTA Blue Line.

Still obsessed with Van Gogh’s explosive colors — this 80s doc with synths and slow zooms on the paint makes me want to become a documentary filmmaker in this 80s aesthetic:

Byun-Chul Han's cultural criticism might annoy many people, but I think he's right on the money.

Behold: the reality of our relativity in the solar system.

On the latest episode of the Spe Salvi Institute podcast, @BobbyMixa interviews D.C. Schindler on the crisis of authority. This is Schindler's third visit with us, and we are proud to include his insights in our growing library of conversations. Enjoy!

Another excellent conversation, if I do say so myself. On the latest episode of the Spe Salvi Institute podcast, @BobbyMixa and I discuss the crisis of young men. Listen and leave us a comment!

From where I stand, the net effect of "decolonizing the curriculum" has been that nobody knows s**t about European history, but still very little about everywhere else. Which in a strange way confirms that for centuries Europe was for better or for worse the "engine" of history.

Doctors…

On this Solemnity of All Saints, it is a great joy to include Saint John Henry Newman among the Doctors of the Church, and, at the same time, on the occasion of the Jubilee of the World of Education, to name him, together with Saint Thomas Aquinas, as co-Patron of the Church’s

Why isn’t it a custom to visit the cemetery on All Saints and All Souls in America? Was it ever a custom? Here in Poland the cemeteries are packed.

One thing @BobbyMixa and I discuss here is the key insight from Pierre Manent about how antisemitism is not just one of the many unacceptable prejudices within Liberal secularism, but the front line of the war on the (Christian) West.

Cracker Barrel redeems itself in a single tweet

Drawing new maps of hope. Today is the 60th anniversary of the conciliar Declaration "Gravissimum Educationis", on the extreme importance and relevance of education to human life. With that text, the Second Vatican Council reminded the Church that education is not an accessory,

"It is a boon to those with the motivation and background to cultivate knowledge but it spells total destruction for the system of universal education and credentialing. My worry is that we may run out of people with motivation and background to learn, know, and do."

Michael Baxter’s fine appreciation of Alasdair MacIntyre https://t.co/9lEOO3V0M7