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Beauty in the Power of the Holders, by David G Bonagura, Jr. – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Beauty in the Power of the Holders, by David G Bonagura, Jr.

Can We Humanize Our Brave New World? by Samantha Stephenson

June 9, 2026

Scoring Goals for Agenda 2030: Leo’s June Prayer Intention and the UN Playbook, by Elizabeth Yore

June 9, 2026

Dome of the Church of Gesù by Giovanni Battista Gaulli [Source: Wikipedia]

By David G Bonagura, Jr., The Catholic Thing, June 9, 2026

David G. Bonagura, Jr. is the author, most recently, of 100 Tough Questions for Catholics: Common Obstacles to Faith Today, and the translator of Jerome’s Tears: Letters to Friends in Mourning. An adjunct professor at St. Joseph’s Seminary and Catholic International University, he serves as the religion editor of The University Bookman, a review of books founded in 1960 by Russell Kirk. His personal website is here.

Note: Beauty comes to us in many forms, among them, in my (clearly unbiased) view, via TCT. Time grows short, donations still are too. We need a final push this week. It’s about the existence of The Catholic Thing. What more can I say? – Robert Royal

What do you suppose was the favorite site in Rome for the majority of a group of twenty-six college-bound students visiting for the first time? St. Peter’s Basilica and the Vatican Museums? The Colosseum and the Forum? The Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps?

It was the Jesuit Church of the Gesù, the high point of Baroque church architecture. Its golden opulence; its eye-popping “Triumph of the Name of Jesus” fresco ceiling that draws viewers up to Heaven; its magnificent dome; its extravagant twin side altars dedicated to St. Ignatius Loyola and St. Francis Xavier. It’s like nothing late Gen Z American Catholics have ever seen – in person, on screen, or even generated by AI. …

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Beauty in the Power of the Holders, by David G Bonagura, Jr.

Can We Humanize Our Brave New World? by Samantha Stephenson

Scoring Goals for Agenda 2030: Leo’s June Prayer Intention and the UN Playbook, by Elizabeth Yore

By David G Bonagura, Jr., The Catholic Thing, June 9, 2026

What do you suppose was the favorite site in Rome for the majority of a group of twenty-six college-bound students visiting for the first time? St. Peter’s Basilica and the Vatican Museums? The Colosseum and the Forum? The Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps?

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