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News Roundup February 17, 2024

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 First wishing you a Holy Lent!

As usual for this series, attached below are articles that caught my eye since the last 'Roundup'.


  • Catholic Church In CRISIS
    • Looking at the response to MAiD, there is a bright spot amongst all the misc issues within the Church. It is a little disheartening that only the huge issues where the world is bumping up against Church Doctrine are addressed.  
    • The elephant in the room remains - the current and previous half dozen pontiffs have led us to this point.
    • The academic discussion between theologians is, believe it or not, a healthy thing for the Church.  Hopefully it will gain momentum and follow the general rules academic argumentation and not devolve into name calling (as it has previously).
  • Rome - Fiducia Supplicans
    • The storm created by FS continues.
    • People are starting to talk about the next conclave
    • Hopefully this pontificate will do three things:
      • Wake up the faithful clergy to false obedience
      • Spawn a clarification on the extents and limits of papal authority
      • Swing the Doctrine pendulum back to the truth
  • Israel
    • The War in Israel continues and the question needs to be asked, why is Israel the only one that is prevented from under taking a war against terrorism like the US and Britain did in Iraq???
    • The question in my mind is how far will the Israeli / Hamas war spread?  How many more Islamic or countries with interests will take advantage of the situation?  Serious questions for serious times.
  • World
    • In comparison the rest of the world seems to be relatively 'calm' although I suspect this is just because of the large 'signal' being presented by the Middle East :-)
    • I've added some links to Catholic sites that popped up on my radar.
  • Celebrity Catholics
  • Gregorian Chant
    • For reference.  I was looking for some information and figured it would be good to make a record.
  • Rosary, Devotion and Spiritual Life
    • Similar to the above, I was looking for some resources to make a prayer booklet for the rosary.
    • The others are included as points of interest and for Lent.
  • Wars and Rumours of Wars
    • I noticed a bit, ok a lot, of fear over the report that the Russians are considering putting a nuke in space.
    • My first impression is that this looks like the similar posturing we saw before the invasion of Ukraine.  It could be based on fact or an intelligence report. Keep in mind that the two are not always synonymous. 
    • Something to consider is just how much of the noise in the media is just that ... noise. As a group leader once told me, "It's never zero - ten". There's always another side to a story and it may just be closer to the truth.
  • Economic Systems
    • I am writing an article on different economic systems and wanted to capture my references :-).

So don't despair, work on your own salvation and trust in God. Even if it looks like He is sleeping in the bow of the boat, he is still keeping everything in existence and working His Divine Providence (CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Divine Providence ).

P^3




Catholic Church In CRISIS
  1. RORATE CÆLI: Bp. Schneider's "Prayer for Imploring Holy Popes"
  2. RORATE CÆLI: Panama Bleeds: A Story of Tradition Persecuted and Restored
  3. LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH: The History of "Pornocracy" in the Church. Hint: It Didn't Begin with Pope Francis.
  4. Bischof Huonder: Papst Franziskus sagte mir, Piusbruderschaft sei nicht schismatisch
  5. Benedict XVI’s Liturgical Vision: Summorum Pontificum and Beyond - Where Peter Is
  6. The Whole Point Is the Hidden Point - Crisis Magazine
  7. EXCLUSIVE: Pope Francis defends restrictions on Latin Mass – ‘Read the motu proprio’ - LifeSite
  8. Bishop Huonder: Pope Francis told me that the Society of St. Pius X is not schismatic
  9. RORATE CÆLI: Traditional Latin Mass celebrated in the United States Capitol - January 23, 2024
  10. The Church Is Not Ruled by a Plebiscite - Crisis Magazine
  11. RORATE CÆLI: Statement From Suspended Kentucky TLM Priests
  12. RORATE CÆLI: TLM in the Fifty States, a Thread: An Ode in Images to a Traditional Catholic Renaissance that is Blossoming in America
  13. Rome, We Have a Problem - Crisis Magazine
  14. MAiD for mental illness must be stopped, not paused, Catholic and legal experts say - BC Catholic - Multimedia Catholic News
  15. RORATE CÆLI: Francis speaks to the Liturgy Dicastery about liturgical reform - by Michael Charlier
  16. RORATE CÆLI: On the Papal Deposition of Bishops — Dr John Lamont  
  17. RORATE CÆLI: “On the Papal Deposition of Bishops” – A First Reply to Dr Lamont’s Study, by José Antonio Ureta
  18. WATCH: Arsonist sets fire to historic Catholic church in Saskatchewan - LifeSite
  19. Cardinal Müller: Efforts to Explain ‘Fiducia Supplicans’ Add to Confusion Over Document| National Catholic Register
  20. Who will be the next Polish bishops’ conference president?
  21. Canada archdiocese gives guidance on MAiD
  22. Hope & Dignity A Catholic response to Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide - Hope and Dignity

Rome - Fiducia Supplicans
  1. RORATE CÆLI: Africa Parts Ways: Collective Rejection of Fiducia Supplicans by all Catholic Churches in Africa (Full Document)
  2. Argentinian Author and Commentator Reflects on the ‘Fiducia Supplicans’ Crisis and Pope Francis - Edward Pentin
  3. The Good News About Fiducia Supplicans - Crisis Magazine
  4. LMS Chairman: Chairman's Briefing: the African Bishops and the Vatican
  5. RORATE CÆLI: African, Belgian, and Dutch Bishops before the challenge of Fiducia Supplicans - by Roberto de Mattei
  6. RORATE CÆLI: "On Fiducia supplicans: Anonymous and Anomalous Blessings" - By Fr Serafino M. Lanzetta
  7. RORATE CÆLI: "Fiducia Supplicans and the Meaning of Faith" - Major treatment of problems in Declaration by Fr Emmanuel Perrier, OP
  8. Group of Catholic Clergy and Laity Issue Filial Appeal Calling for Withdrawal of ‘Fiducia Supplicans’ - Edward Pentin
  9. Filial Appeal to All Cardinals and Bishops of the Catholic Church - Crisis Magazine
  10. Father James Martin performs another 'blessing' for two 'married' men - LifeSite 

Israel
  1. Meshaal: Hamas rejects ‘two-state solution’ – Middle East Monitor
  2. Eisenkot: Key Israeli war leader challenges Netanyahu over Gaza strategy
  3. The two-state solution is dead. Why pretend anymore? – POLITICO
  4. Biden: Two-state solution still possible with Netanyahu in power - POLITICO
  5. Iran issues warning about suspected spy ships in the Mideast | AP News
  6. South Korea to start mass production of KF-21 fighter jets
  7. On the USS Eisenhower, 4 months of combat at sea facing Houthi missiles and a new sea threat | AP News 
  8. Red sea attacks: Russia, China clash with US and UK over attacks on Yemen rebels | AP News  

World
  1. BREAKING: Supreme Court allows Idaho to reinstate pro-life law – Catholic World Report
  2. A Catholic Wife - Traditional Catholic Content Creator, Online Video Channel, YouTube Video Creator, Traditional Catholic Content Creator
  3. Bubonic plague: What to know about disease in Canada | CTV News 
  4. Restoring the Faith
Celebrity Catholics
  1. Restoring The Faith - YouTube
  2. Michael Voris and the Perils of Celebrity - Crisis Magazine 
  3.  Fighting the Church may lead you right out of the Church – Catholic World Report
  4. Against Crippled Religion - by Steve Skojec
  5. An Epidemic of Brokenness - by Steve Skojec
Gregorian Chant
  1. Gregorian Musical Forms | Editions de Solesmes

Rosary, Devotion and Spiritual Life
  1. rosary | The Fatima Center
  2. Pope Leo XIII and the Prayers to Saint Michael - St. Thomas More Priory
  3. Pray and fast to drive out the Devil - District of the USA
  4. Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel
  5. THE MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY IN PICTURES
  6. Mysteries of the Rosary | Loyola Press
  7. How to Pray the Rosary | Traditional Catholic Prayers
  8. Prayers of the Rosary in English and Latin: Lord’s Prayer, Hail Mary
  9. Scriptural Rosary Guide and Prayers of the Holy Rosary
  10. Devotion to the Most Holy Rosary - Mater Dei Catholic Parish
  11. Mater Dei Catholic Parish - A parish of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, served by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
  12. Traditional vs New Rosary - YouTube
  13. The Fatima Center | Promoting the Full Message of Fatima
  14. Fasting Well On Our Lenten Journey - District of the USA

Wars and Rumours of Wars
  1. The Interview That Could Reshape the World - Crisis Magazine
  2. RORATE CÆLI: Putin, the United States elections, and the upcoming Conclave - by Roberto de Mattei
  3. Is Russia putting an anti-satellite nuke in space? - Defense One
  4. It takes Europe at least a year to fill a Ukrainian order for artillery shells - Defense One
  5. Air Force announces major shakeup to prep for war with China - Defense One
  6. The Navy is building dashboards for its connect-everything effort - Defense One
  7. Expect China to attack US infrastructure within 3 years, MITRE CTO says - Defense One
  8. Russia forced to ‘sacrifice quality for quantity’ in war with Ukraine
  9. Norinco in China unveils turreted truck-mounted 155mm howitzer
  10. Marines test robotic mule that could carry weapons, sensors
  11. Canada to acquire Swedish-made anti-aircraft system to protect troops in Latvia | CBC News  

Economic Systems
  1. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Political Economy
  2. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Socialism
  3. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Communism
  4. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Feudalism
  5. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Agrarianism
  6. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Syndicalism



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