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Recent Vatican Concert Embraces Infantile Claptrap and Correlationism, by Tracey Rowland – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Recent Vatican Concert Embraces Infantile Claptrap and Correlationism, by Tracey Rowland

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By Tracey Rowland, Catholic World Report, Oct. 5, 2025

Tracey Rowland holds the St. John Paul II Chair of Theology at the University of Notre Dame (Australia) and is a past Member of the International Theological Commission and a current member of the Pontifical Academy of the Social Sciences. She earned her doctorate in philosophy from Cambridge University and her Licentiate and Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. …

 

What was the point and purpose of the “Grace for the World” concert held on September 13th at the Vatican?

Last week, my inbox was inundated with people writing about the recent concert in St. Peter’s Square. For those who missed it, the “Grace for the World” concert was held on September 13th, and it remains available on demand on Disney+ for all its subscribers.

I did not see the concert, and I won’t be paying Disney money to view it. I did, however, trawl through the media reports and discovered some names I had never heard before.

Perplexing choices for performers

First, there was someone whose stage name is “Jelly Roll,” a rapper who was once convicted for aggravated robbery and drug dealing, but by age 39 had decided to become an “unconventional Christian.” His Wikipedia entry mentioned that he had once performed with Snoop Dogg. …

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