{"id":156333,"date":"2025-07-09T09:44:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T09:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/extra-extra-news-and-views-for-wednesday-july-9-2025-catholic-world-report\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T09:44:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T09:44:57","slug":"extra-extra-news-and-views-for-wednesday-july-9-2025-catholic-world-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/extra-extra-news-and-views-for-wednesday-july-9-2025-catholic-world-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, July 9, 2025 – Catholic World Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are some articles, essays, and editorials that caught our attention this past week or so.*
<\/i>July 9, 2025<\/a><\/span> <\/i>CWR Staff<\/a><\/span> <\/i>The Dispatch<\/a><\/span> <\/i>0<\/a><\/span> <\/i>Print<\/a><\/span>
Holy Americans –<\/strong> “Nearly 100 American men and women from the United States are currently being considered for sainthood.” Holy, Independent: Meet 12 of the Many Americans on the Path to Sainthood (National Catholic Register<\/em>)<\/strong><\/a>
A Political Bible Study –<\/strong> “Their pitch was genius: If conflict-leery pastors didn\u2019t want to address difficult political matters with their congregants, they could simply outsource their shepherding responsibility to The After Party.” When Progressive Foundations Fund Evangelism (First Things<\/em>)<\/strong><\/a>
Prince Demetrius Gallitzin –<\/strong> \u00a0“To this list of true Russian heroes … I would add another: Prince Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin, the 18th-century pioneer priest of the Alleghenies.” The Russian Prince-Turned-Priest of Western Pennsylvania (Providence<\/em>)<\/strong><\/a>
Decisions and Justice –<\/strong> “What qualities should a person possess who has the responsibility of making decisions? Clearly this is a question with far-reaching implications.” The Art of Making the Right Decision (The Imaginative Conservative<\/em>)\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>
Promoting Narratives –<\/strong> “J<\/span>ournalism\u00a0<\/span>is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.\u201d An Epidemic of Media Doublespeak (National Review<\/em>)<\/strong><\/a>
The Negative World –<\/strong> “For the first time in the 400-year history of America, official, elite culture now views Christianity negatively, or at least skeptically.” Positively Christian: Principles for Living in the Negative World (Touchstone<\/em>)<\/strong><\/a>
Called to Bear Witness –<\/strong> “Rooted in community life, Pope Leo XIV\u2019s vision of authority centers not on control but on teaching, sanctifying and governing.” What Leo XIV\u2019s Thesis Reveals About His Theology of Leadership (National Catholic Register<\/em>)<\/strong><\/a>
Practical, Ethical Guardrails for AI –<\/strong> “Despite what any Silicon Valley sage may tell you, no one person or company really knows exactly how humanity will adapt\u2014or not\u2014to this world-changing technology.” Why the Catholic Church\u2019s Voice on AI Could Be the Most Consequential (First Things<\/em>)<\/strong><\/a>
Fanatic Thomist –<\/strong> “An X-user who employs the screen name, ‘Fanatic Thomist,’\u00a0produced a very useful\u00a0florilegium<\/em> of passages from scholastic theologians answering affirmatively to the question, ‘Do Jews and Muslims worship the true God as Christians?’\u201d Noted Scholastic Theologians on the Question Whether Muslims Worship the True God (Catholicism.org<\/em>)<\/strong><\/a>
(*The posting of any particular news item or essay is not an endorsement of the content and perspective of said news item or essay.)
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