October 2011

Bishop’s Palace: Historic Medieval Ecclesiastical Ruin – Andrew Hough, Daily Telegraph

Anna’s Song – Amy Lemoine, Dappled Things

What Are the Marks of the True Church? – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Are Levites Needed to Validate Scripture? – Jimmy Akin

Agree to Disagree? – Amanda Castro, VirtuousPla.net

“World Contraception Day” Ignores New FDA Warnings About the Pill – A.K. Nichols, HLIA

Bishop Addresses U.S. House on ‘Grave Threats to Religious Liberty’ – N.F. O’Brien, CNS

Moral Lessons from Tunisia – Robert R. Reilly, The Catholic Thing

Bosnia, Cyprus & Kosovo: America & Islamism in the Balkans – Walker/Makhmudov, PCP

Recalling the Glories of the Faith – F. Douglas Kneibert, New Oxford Review

Worship Gone Awry – Maureen Mullarkey, Crisis Magazine

Silly Season in Assisi? – Ches, The Sensible Bond

So Many Gods, So Little Time – John Zmirak, Crisis Magazine

Fisking the Wasteful “Note” on Financial Reform – Donald R. McClarey, The American Cthlc

Credit Suisse Speaks Out on Patristics – Nemesio Epiphron, Crisis Magazine

Vatican Reveals Itself as Agent of the Beast! – Mark Shea, Patheos/Catholic and Enjoying It!

Vatican Document on Economics Draws Mixed Reviews – Edward Pentin, Daily Register

If We can Abolish Slavery, We can End Abortion in the U.K. – Lord Nicholas Windsor, C. Hrld

The Fortress – Randy Hain, Integrated Catholic Life™

If You Quit, You Can’t Blame God – Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur, Catholic Lane

Being Nun the Wiser – Elizabeth Hillgrove, VirtuousPla.net

Dialogue Without Compromise, Without Fear – Randall Smith, New Oxford Review

The Great ‘Yes’ of Marriage is Worth Fighting For – Mike Phelan, HLI America

The Cadaver Synod – The Mad Monarchist

Papa Bene: Assisi Meeting Will Be a Sign of Peace – Edward Pentin, Daily Register

Question About Slavery – Mark Shea, Patheos/Catholic and Enjoying It!

No, Father, the Church is Not Coming Out of the Closet – Tom Crowe, Catholic Vote

Honoring Our Commitments – Bob Waruszewski, VirtuousPla.net

How To Pray Badly – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

Cardinal Pell: Climate Hysteria is Hubristic – Kenneth Spence, Acton Institute/Power Blog

Use of a Hand Missal at Mass: And More on the Doxology – Fr. Edward McNamara LC, Zenit

Liturgical Movement Since its Beginnings in 19th Century – David Clayton, New Lit Mov

Brazilian Congress reinforces Ban on Homeschooling – Julio Severo, LifeSiteNews.com

Can’t We Battle Bullying Without Politics? – Marybeth Hicks, Catholic Lane

Augustine at the Movies – Matthew Cantirino, First Things/First Thoughts

Assisi Gives an Encore, but Revised and Corrected – Sandro Magister, Chiesa

Nude Beauty for Porn Addicts – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

Praying for the Holy Souls: The Soul You Help may be Your Own – James Curley, Cth Lane

2 November Indulgences Coming Up, Have a Plan? – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Why Two Judgments? – Msgr. M. Francis Mannion, Our Sunday Visitor

Hard-Core Prolife – Rachel Howell, VirtuousPla.net

Vatican Conference on Stem Cells Will Focus on Ethical Science – John Burger, Dly Rgstr

No Catholic Church, No Scientific Method  – Scott Locklin, Takimag

Ealing Abbey Investigated; Laymen have Friend in Abp. Mennini – Dylan Parry, ARS

Editing Down the Catholic “Core” – Terry Mattingly, Get Religion

Shooting the Messenger: What Church Teaches on Her Own Authority – Dr. Jeff Mirus, CC

Central World Bank Would Hurt Card. Turkson’s Native Ghana – Kenneth Spence, Act Ins

The Cardinal, the Climate, and the Greens – Samuel Gregg, NRO/The Corner

Curiouser and Curiouser, How the Sausage was Made – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Just How “Major” Was Monday’s Finance Document? – Jimmy Akin, National Cthlc Register

The Pontifical Council for Peace, Justice. . .and Sauron? – Sean P. Dailey, Crisis Magazine

Notes on the Vatican Statement on Global Financial Reform – DarwinCatholic, TAC

Vatican Reform Note: Anyone Got a Better Plan? – Tony Layne, Outside the Asylum

Occupy the World – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

Late Last Night:

On Going the Way of World Government  – Mark Brumley, Catholic World Report

The PCJP’s Vision of Polity: The Ideal vs. the Real – Dr. Jeff Mirus, CatholicCulture.org

The “Note on Financial Reform” – Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice

Global Financial Crisis: Religious Perspective – Joseph M. Knippenberg, GA Fam. Council

Tuesday’s Links – ThePulp.it

Monday’s Links – ThePulp.it

Obama’s Muslim Advisers Block Middle East Christians’ Access to White House – El Cid, BP

Abp. Naumann on the Indictment of Bishop Finn – Joan Frawley Desmond, Daily Register

For the Children’s Sake, These Stereotypes About Priests Must Stop – Jen. Fulwiler, NCRg

The Truth about Assisi, Never-Before-Seen Words from B16 – Sandro Magister, Chiesa

Six Practical Means to Overcome Sins & Faults of the Tongue – Sr. Laus Gloriae OCD, ICL™

Obedience to God through People (ouch!) – Julie Rodrigues, VirtuousPla.net

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

The Changing Face of Catholic Social Though – Fr. Thomas D. Williams LC, Crisis Magazine

Learn Church’s Triumphs, Shortcomings, Gain Perspective on Faith – Th. Craughwell, OSV

Standing for Everything Will Get You Nowhere Fast – Motley Monk, The American Catholic

Lebanese Patriarch Urges Vigilance to Avoid Arab Winter – Benjamin Mann, C. Nws Agncy

Girl Scouts Incompatible with being Catholic – Sarah Morice-Brubaker, Religion Dispatches

The Emerging Crisis in Ukraine – George Weigel, ArchDen/The Catholic Difference

God’s Men Versus the Yes Men – Fr. Christian Mathis, Blessed is the Kingdom

Can we Hope that All Men be Saved? – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, New Theological Movement

Why Priests are Happy and Sometimes Not – Fr. Giovanni Trigilio, The Black Biretta

Good Wins – Sarah Babbs, VirtuousPla.net

‘A Model for Catholic Colleges’ – Tom Hoopes, Catholic Vote

What Will Be the Outcome of Catholic Answers vs. IRS? – Kevin J. Jones, Cthlc Nws Agncy

Preparing Children for the Changes in the Mass – Rich Leonardi, Ten Reasons

Collegeville Modernist Meets with Soho Dissidents, Accuses Rome of Lying – Tancred, EF

The Pontifical Council on Justice & Peace Note on the Global Financial Crisis:

On Going the Way of World Government  – Mark Brumley, Catholic World Report

The PCJP’s Vision of Polity: The Ideal vs. the Real – Dr. Jeff Mirus, CatholicCulture.org

The “Note on Financial Reform” – Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice

Global Financial Crisis: Religious Perspective – Joseph M. Knippenberg, GA Fam. Council

Tuesday’s Links – ThePulp.it

Monday’s Links – ThePulp.it

For Shakespeare’s St. Crispin Day Speech – Frank Weathers, Patheos/Why I Am Catholic

My Life in Roses – Fabiola Garza, VirtuousPla.net

“Once Upon a Time” and the Ethics of Elfland – By Way of Beauty

Mea Culpa – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

The Devotion of Aaron Neville – Raymond Arroyo, Crisis Magazine

Armenians in Turkey Convert back to Christianity – Marco Tosatti, La Stampa/Vtcn Insdr

St. Paul’s Cathedral may be Closed for Christmas, Will Anglicans Care? – William Oddie, CH

Bad Bishops & Their Family Trees: The “Gift” That Keeps On Giving – K. Soze, Nw Sprngtm!

Monks Celebrate Fifty Years of Bauhaus “Church” – Tancred, Eponymous Flower

In Public, Keep What You Believe on Abortion to Yourself – Mary Kochan, Cthlc Ln

Cain backs U.S. Constitutional Amendments on Abortion & Marriage – Jeremy Kryn, LSN

Shining the Light of Truth on Anti-Semitism – Louie Verrecchio, RA

Right Diagnosis, Deadly Cure – Jeffrey Tucker, Crisis Magazine

Spare Us from Vatican Economic Analysts – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture/On the News

Who Owns Our Jobs Anyway – Jared Dale Combista, VirtuousPla.net

Why Catholics Who Disagree Aren’t “Cafeteria Catholics” – Thomas Peters, Cth Vote/AmP

Vatican Reform Note Cause for Conservative Face-Palms – Tony Layne, Outside the Asylum

Vatican’s Call for Central World Bank: What the Left Misses – Kenneth Spence, Acton Ins.

Church, Economic Reform and Consolation – Elizabeth Scalia, Patheos/The Anchoress

A Towering Conclusion – Disputations

What the Vatican Document Says, and Doesn’t Say – Rod Dreher, AmC

The Pope, Chaplain to OWS? Rubbish – George Weigel, The Corner

Yesterday’s Round-Up – ThePulp.it

For All the Saints: Crispin and Crispian – Frank Weathers, Patheos/Why I Am Catholic

Logos: The Best Catholic Bible App – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Role Model: Adrian Smith for UK’s Persecuted Christians – Milo Yiannopoulos, Cthlc Herald

Defending Our First Freedom – Archbishop José H. Gomez, First Things/On the Square

This is My Body, Given Up for You – Leah Jacobson, VirtuousPla.net

Ideas, Consequences and Young Couples Today – Mike Phelan, HLI America

What Steve Jobs Said about Christianity, Jesus, & Faith – Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

The Bp. Morris Scandal: Transparency, Good Governance, & Church – Kate Edwards, Oz In

Vatican Orders Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse Claims at U.K. Schools – Amy Willis, Telegraph

The Lord’s Resistance Army: An Abomination in Africa – Nina Shea, Hudson Institute

Private Property and Human Flourishing – Adam J. MacCleod, Public Discourse

Unintended Consequences of Socialist Architecture – Tom Clougherty, AdamSmith.org

The Reason why B16 Visited a Small Church in Italy – Alberto Carosa, La Stampa

Film Review of JP2: The Man, The Pope, & His Message – Leticia Velasquez, Cthlc Lane

Hilarious Pro-Abort Ineptitude – Mark Shea, National Catholic Register

After Years of Demographic Decline, Russia Restricts Abortions – Mat. C. Hoffman, LSN

Kazakhstan Will Restrict the Catholic Church’s Operations – Tancred, Eponymous Flower

Data Mining and Stock Grading – Brad Miner, The Catholic Thing

Enjoying God’s Creation – Sean Lewis, Cowboys-Philosophers-And-Poets

Natural Law for Doubters – Joseph Stuart, Crisis Magazine

New Translation: Eucharistic Prayer IV, Part II (Thanksgiving Prayer) – Jake Tawney, RLE

“The Gospel is Available on the Streets of Tehran”! – Mohabat News

It’s a Girl – Michael Stokes Paulsen, Public Discourse

Family Values Remain Strong in a Changing World – Laurie deRose, MercatorNet

Time to Start Worrying about the Pope’s Health? – Phil Lawler, CatholicCulture.org

Drone Killings and the Slippery Slope – DarwinCatholic, The American Catholic

Miracles and Nature – JC Sanders, VirtuousPla.net

Herod the Abortionist – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

U.S. House Seat (Minnesota): Catholic vs. Muslim – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

How to Help the Holy Souls in Purgatory – Joseph Pronechen, Daily Register

21 ‘Tough’ Questions for a ‘Roman’ Catholic – Brett Adams, Ship of St. Peter

Ave Maria Univ. Memorial Mass for Jon Scharfenberger – Cardinal Newman Society

New Missal, New Inspiration – Jeffrey A. Tucker, New Liturgical Movement

Does Sex Ed Undermine Parental Rights? – Robert P. George & Mel. Moschella, NYTimes

You Do Not Want To Miss The Mighty Macs – Vanessa Barnes, Gulf Coast Catholic

Of the 40 Martyrs Celebrated – Rich Leonardi, Ten Reasons