Christopher

Opining on Tennis or Catholicism, what I’m reading, or watching, probably.

[Christopher @lostinlogres]

A sort of communio view of synodality, seems to me. Immediately puts it into some much needed perspective.

[Catholic Sat @CatholicSat]

Pope Leo XIV addressing the Sacred College of Cardinals this evening:

“It seems to me that the question of synodality is not primarily: "Who has the power to decide?" The question is more profound: "How do we together safeguard the gift that the Lord has entrusted to his Church?" When this question becomes the center of our discernment, the issues of authority, co-responsibility, and decision-making also find their proper place, illuminated by the mission and shared fidelity to the Gospel.”

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, Spanish priest and founder of Opus Dei, pray for us!

[Christopher @lostinlogres]

Not sure about the FSU, but this law would be utterly appalling for family and faith life, so I've signed the Free Speech Union's petition against the Government's conversion therapy ban. Add your name: https://t.co/5rieDSpKaE

[Christopher @lostinlogres]

The last few pages of Mary Renault's The Last of the Wine, which I read again today in the afternoon heat, are really sublime.

[Christopher @lostinlogres]

@tomhfh Gen Z? He's older than me.

[Christopher @lostinlogres]

@NCRonline To clarify "restoring" is nonsense, there never was such a thing, equivalent to the diaconate as understood by the Latin church as a grade in holy orders, conferred on women.

[Christopher @lostinlogres]

@MarkElliottSmi1 @CatholicSat Said the Pope, as he pointed the way out.

[Christopher @lostinlogres]

@WalkingHymnal Quite. Some of the best (and most formidable) sacristans I’ve known have been nuns.

[Christopher @lostinlogres]

Well yes. There’s fresh air or a cool breeze (good) and there’s a cold draught or chemically recycled cold air (bad). In this European instincts are far superior to American ones.

[Rod Dreher @roddreher]

I don’t know if you realize this, but many French (and other Europeans) have a superstitious belief that cold, even artificial cold, causes disease. It’s the damnedest thing. I’ve been in Paris in winter and observed French reacting to a draft as if it were the Angel of Death.

[Christopher @lostinlogres]

Actually hard to believe that a company with a guaranteed income of £3.8 billion a year, can't afford to do its job (which is not to make Killing Eve etc etc, but to be a useful and culturally enriching media producer).

[Christopher @lostinlogres]

I don't often agree with Emily Maitlis, but she isn't wrong here. The midnight news on 4 has been a staple for me since I was a teenager.

[emily m @maitlis]

This has depressed me more than anything else this week. The midnight news on @BBCRadio4 is iconic. Imagine thinking axing this saves anything..

[Christopher @lostinlogres]

I would have been glad of this when I was doing my A-levels (many years ago). Always fascinated by Napoleon III, so will certainly be reading this!

[Edward Shawcross @EdwardShawcross]

Look what's arrived, so thrilled to see this! Wonderful hardback edition from Faber & Faber who have done a magnificent job with the cover. The People's Emperor is available to pre-order now and out on 2 July.

[John Duffield @jfwduffield]

Just make smartphones illegal for children U16 & legally ban them schools & other institutions catering for children. The Labour Party won't do this because their true motive is digital ID & regulating adult social media use.

[Christopher @lostinlogres]

@AllisonPearson @sophielouisecc If a kid was caught with a packet of cigarettes, drugs, a knife, they would have them confiscated. If the parents had bought them for the child, they would face serious consequences. Do the same with smartphones. After that, regulate social media companies, not their users.

[Georgy Kantor @GeorgyKantor]

Even more new sermons by St Augustine found (after Dolbeau's 1990 Mainz find and 2008 discoveries in Erfurt) in a Polish monastery. Quite astonishing news. https://t.co/KbgVtoLm7b

[Christopher @lostinlogres]

@JMJCircello @LepantoInst The Holy See is entitled to say who can be consecrated a bishop. It’s not an ultimatum, it’s Church discipline. If (big if) the Society seriously want to discuss and receive the answers to their questions they aren’t entitled to hold the Pope to ransom in the meantime.

[Christopher @lostinlogres]

@Remington19Paul @LepantoInst When they start to consecrate their own bishops, sure. In the meanwhile normal procedures to deal with their nonsense suffice.

[Christopher @lostinlogres]

@OTSOTA @LepantoInst @sspx @Pontifex We've know each other for many years, so I do respect what you say. However, there is no doubt that the Society owes obedience to the Pope and accusing him of lying is pretty serious for any Catholic. (If the dialogue is *doctrinal*, Frenandez - for good or ill - is the man.)

[Christopher @lostinlogres]

I'm currently rewatching Smallville (one has to rewatch old programmes because the new ones are mostly crap). Imagine anything written now expecting to drop this kind of "easter-egg" and for people to be able to recognise it.

[The Blessed Salt ❤️‍🔥🇻🇦 @theblessedsalt]

“Nietzsche? Clark Kent would never read Nietzsche!”

Probably not, but Übermensch might read it for the lolz.