Facing a ‘Pivotal Choice’ | Randall Smith: Every generation believes its challenges are unprecedented, yet our underlying spiritual choice remains unchanged. buff.ly/UcbiEn8

On the burning love of the Sacred Heart. buff.ly/uA8yVZG

Missouri voters have a chance to reverse an expansive 2024 pro-abortion measure, but the Show-Me State remains a complicated pro-life battleground. buff.ly/hrdfARK

Following the Science | Robert Royal: True science and faith complement each other by recognizing higher orders of reality. @RobertSRoyal buff.ly/fimhIbf

Three Loves | Fr. Paul D. Scalia: To truly love ourselves and others, we must first give our undivided heart to the God who is love. buff.ly/SNwcMVA

Bring Back the Betrothal | K.E. Colombini: Reviving the Catholic betrothal rite offers a meaningful, time-tested way to enrich marriage preparation and strengthen families. buff.ly/Dj4mOdH

O, Bless My Soul | Brad Miner: As Augustine wrote of Heaven in the closing lines of City of God:“There we shall rest and see, see and love, love and praise.” @ABradfordMiner #StAugustine buff.ly/agIOLSQ

Reading Alito Backwards | Michael Pakaluk: Samuel Alito's new book weighs his originalist framework against the natural-law tradition of the Founders. @MichaelPakaluk #SamuelAlito #supremecourt buff.ly/YoPORPd

AI Is a Two-Edged Sword | Francis X. Maier: Why the lessons of a 2002 military war game demand that we maintain rigorous human control over the rise of artificial intelligence, through wisdom and discernment. @fran_x48 #ArtificialIntelligence #AI buff.ly/SLrVrSY

Pope names members of Vatican’s key advisory theology commission buff.ly/YmOGzr0

Take 3 minutes and catch this week's clip from @GeraldMurray8 on the Catechism of the Catholic Church. buff.ly/n3j01hW

Men without Minds | Steven Jonathan Rummelsburg on how to rediscover what the mind is and what it is for. buff.ly/uxt47k8

The Secretary of State’s comment on “recalibrating” the pontificate has provoked unease within the Vatican, Nico Spuntoni reports. buff.ly/vjhZ2Ch

The pontiff, five days after undergoing surgery for cancer, said he would “gradually resume my activities.” buff.ly/D6tEwoa

As the World Burns | Robert Royal: Amid anti-Christian violence in Europe and global unrest, the very attempt to destroy churches and intimidate Christians suggests that the Faith still represents a vital, enduring presence. @RobertSRoyal buff.ly/Y5ggXWM

The God-Caesar Relationship | John M. Grondelski: True political order is part of God's design, subjecting authorities and public life to a higher moral order. buff.ly/kRFfwhf

It’s Time for an Anti-Pornography Crusade | Mary Eberstadt: A national reform movement is needed to restore sexual order against the poison of pornography. @EberstadtMary #pornography buff.ly/h9fDcSh

From Secular Disorder to Catholic Order | David G. Bonagura, Jr.: How Catholic order heals the disenchantment and disorder of the modern age. buff.ly/Mx06uz3

Sanctity is Always Timely | Stephen P. White: As with John Paul II, the Lord never ceases to invite us to become the precise men and women needed at precisely the right moment. @Stephen_P_White buff.ly/E5NBw0l

How to Kill the Terrorist | Brad Miner: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants to livestream the Fort Hood shooter's execution. That's a very bad idea. @ABradfordMiner #PeteHegseth buff.ly/Ki8Olby