25 April AD 2024

THURSDAY MORNING EDITION

A Crotalus, The Pope's New Book, and the Archdiocese of Boston

Human Judgment and the Neutral Public Square – Doctor Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture

Pope’s New Book to be Released in Electronic Format – EWTN News/CNA

Libya: Just War Theory and No Fly Zone – Mark P. Shea, Catholic and Enjoying It!

Losses and Gains – Nicholas Postgate Ph.D., The Latin Mass

Let Us Not Mourn the Passing of These Texts – Jake Tawney, The American Catholic

Busting the Birth-Control Myth, Once and for All. – Thomas Peter, American Papist

Rattlers in the Sanctuary! – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

NPR Debunks Planned Parenthood’s “3% of All Services are for Abortion” Lie – Jill Stanek

Lent in Philadelphia: 21 Priests on Leave – Matthew Gambino, Catholic News Service

Boston Archdiocese Sued Over Pension Plan – Boston Catholic Insider

Illinois Ends the Death Penalty, But Abortion Remains Legal – Joshua Mercer, Catholic Vote

Theology of the Body and ‘Mature Purity’ – Janet Smith, The Daily Register

ASH WEDNESDAY EXTRA

 

The Dust of Adam – David Mills, First Things/First Thoughts

The Dachshunds of Lent – John Zmirak, InsideCatholic

Walking in the Footsteps of the Saints & Martyrs of Rome – Susan Timoney, Archdcs of Wash.

Extraordinary Lenten Penance, Offbeat – Chris Owens, Benedictus Dominus…

The Official Catholic Rules for Fasting and Abstinence – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Because Yes, You Can Go Without Food For A Day (Or Two) – Frank Weathers, Why I Am Cthlc

Let Saint John Chrysostom Inspire You During Lent – Marcel LeJeune, Aggie Catholics

Here Comes Lent Again: But What, Oh What, Shall I Give Up? – William Oddie, Catholic Herald

Audio: LENTCAzT: Ash Wednesday – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Articles on the Meaning of Ash Wednesday & the Season of Lent – Carl Olson, Insight Scoop

Annual Lent Fight Update! – Jimmy Akin, National Catholic Register

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Bishop Robert Vasa, Confessions during Mass, and Mass Murderer Mao Tse Tung

Marriage 101 – Mary Joseph, MercatorNet

Movie Review: Of Gods and Men – Steven D. Greydanus, The Daily Register

The Battle Over Tradition – Nicholas Postgate Ph.D., The Latin Mass

Bishop Robert Vasa: Getting People to Heaven is Ultimate Purpose – California Catholic Daily

The Ordinariate Can’t Arrive Soon Enough; Need to Tread Carefully – Damian Thompson, Tel.

Confessions During Mass – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Staying God’s Hand – Matthew Archbold, National Catholic Register

Grace and Sin in the Small Things – Mark P. Shea, InsideCatholic

Chinese Woman Taken to Labor Camp for Protesting One-Child Policy – Catholic News Agency

So Much for the Redemption – Rich Leonardi, Ten Reasons

ASH WEDNESDAY EDITION

Happy Ash Wednesday!

Living Simply During Lent – Theresa Thomas, The Integrated Catholic Life™

Video: Pope explains Lent – Catholic Herald

Sacrificium: A Lenten Reminder – John Gleason, Denver Catholic Register

The Lenten Thing – David G. Bonagura Jr., The Catholic Thing

Ash Wednesday: God Wills It! – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

New! Prayer Over The People! – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Ash Wednesday: God Is Going to Burn Your House Down – Denys Powlett-Jones, Cthlc Phoenix

Prayer Practice For Lent: Praying the Universal Prayer in Slow Motion – Msgr. Charles Pope

Return and Be Set Free – Father Philip Neri Powell O.P., Domine da mihi hanc aquam!

Thursday after Ash Wednesday: Penitential Psalm No. 1, Psalm 6 – K. Edwards, Austrl Incgnt

Ash Wednesday – Father James Farfaglia, Illegitimi non carborundum

Eliot’s Ash-Wednesday, 81 years later. Timeless. Sacramental. – Brad Birzer, Catholic Vote

WEDNESDAY MORNING EDITION

Pope John Paul II, Bust of Emperor Constantine the Great, and Russian Patriarch Kirill I

Grandmother Kaleidoscope – Elizabeth, Startling the Day

Book Review: Defending Constantine – John Couretas, Acton Institute/PowerBlog

Rome and Moscow – George Weigel, The Catholic Difference

WYD 2011 Already Building Momentum – John Gleason, Catholic News Service

Cord Blood Stem Cells Used to Cure Girl of Brain Cancer in Spain – CNA/Europa Press

Ask Tony: What’s the Big Deal about the New Missal? – Anthony S. Layne, The Impractical Cth

Unprecedented Grassroots Social Media Campaign to De-fund Planned Parenthood– Lisa Grass

Bright Maidens: A Relation of Love – Trista, Not a Minx a Moron or a Parasite

How It Feels To Be Catholic Me – Julie Robison, The Corner With A View

The Product of a Concerned Pastor – Father J. Brian Bransfield S.T.D., National Cthlc Register

Dating a Dualistic Person – Anthony Buono, 6 Stone Jars

The Mean orthodox Bishop vs. the Caring, Sensitive Dissenters – Carl Olson, Insight Scoop

SHROVE TUESDAY EXTRA

 

This Lent, Accept God’s Love, Reflect It to Others – Abp. Charles J. Chaput O.F.M. Cap., DCR

Why We Must Fast – Reginaldus, New Theological Movement

Fasting and Christian Asceticism – Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum

New Lenten Observations: Pray, Fast, Create A Sustainable World – LarryD, The American Cth

Ask Tony: Where Did Mardi Gras Come From? – Anthony S. Layne, The Impractical Catholic

Ash Wednesday: Happy Birthday to Me…or rather “Jesus in Me” – Lisa Graas

Australia’s Bishops on Lent… – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

TUESDAY EVENING EDITION

Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, Coptic Pope Shenouda III, and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu.

Beautiful Photo: Padre Pio Receiving Holy Communion – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

A Short, Short Catechism – Mark P. Shea, Catholic and Enjoying It!

Finding the Way In – Tom Howard, InsideCatholic

New Egyptian Prime Minister Meets with Christians After Recent Attack – EWTN News/CNA

Major Battle Brewing in Ireland – Michael Kelly, Catholic News Service

You Don’t Have to Do This – Simcha Fisher, National Catholic Register

Catholic Hospital Forces Immigrant Family to Watch Mother Dehydrated to Death – ROAP

It’s Good that Netanyahu Praised Pope’s Book; But Contains Nothing New About Jews – W. O.

After What Point Can I No Longer Receive Communion When I’m Late? – Father Z, WDTPRS?

The Bishops of New York Met Today with Governor Andrew Cuomo – Phil Lawler, Cthlc Culture

Missouri Catholics CAN Support The Fair Tax – The Catholic Knight

SNAP Endangered Children – TheMediaReport.com

TUESDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Saint John of God, Sister Keehan, and Saint Damien of Molokai

News about the Instruction on Summorum Pontificum – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

A Moribund Mass…: Modernism is a la carte – Nicholas Postgate Ph.D., The Latin Mass

Is Marriage About Civil Rights or Is It About What Is Best For Children? – Msgr. Charles Pope

The Vicious Circle of the Self-Perpetuating Crises of Belief & Worship – Carl Olson, Insight Scp

Sight and Vision in Worship – Father Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

International Woman’s Day: Three Ways of Dying – Michael Cook, MercatorNet

Catholic Health Saints, Catholic Health Association – Matthew Hanley, The Catholic Thing

Shahbaz Bhatti’s Assassins Speak – Lisa Graas

Christianity the Reason for West’s Success, Say the Chinese – Tom O’Gorman, Iona Institute

A Strange Coexistence in Iraq – Brooke Anderson, Catholic News Service

The Sex-Abuse Crisis: More Revelations, More Misconceptions – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture

Cath News Watch; Fighting the New Missal Again! – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

SHROVE TUESDAY EDITION

40 Ways for These 40 Days – Editors, National Catholic Register

Bringing Back the Tract for Lent – Jeffrey Tucker, The Chant Café

Practice Makes Perfect – Doctor Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture/On the Culture

What Ever Happened to Sacrifice – Jake Tawney, Roma locuta est

Annual Lent Fight! – Jimmy Akin, National Catholic Register

The Meaning of Lenten Penance – Father Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

How to Confess Well? I Worry I Am Not Doing a Good Enough Job of It – Father Z, WDTPRS?

Audio: LENTCAzT, Shrove Tuesday – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

TUESDAY MORNING EDITION

Jesus Christ the King. Saint Thomas Aquinas.

Thomas Aquinas on Islam – Brad Birzer, Catholic Vote

Fatima is a Private Revelation – Mark P. Shea, Catholic and Enjoying It!

1965 texts and 2010 texts for the Mass – Father Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

The Other Jesus(es) – Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing

LifeSiteNews Defamation? – Steve Wetherbe, The Daily Register

The Social Kingship of Christ – Brian M. McCall, The Distributist Review

US: Father Henry H. Wyman, C.S.P. (1849-1929): Convert, Author, Pastor – Pat McNamara

Haggling Over the Cost of Humanity – Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report

The Trouble with ZENIT – Jeffrey Tucker, The Chant Café

Over 20,000 Flock to Remote Village to Mourn Shahbaz Bhatti – Anto Akkara, Catholic Herald

Putting the Lie to “Safe and Legal.” – Monsignor Charles Pope, AOW

The Church and the Jews in the Middle Ages – Thomas F. Madden, InsideCatholic

MONDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Saints Perpetua and Felicitas. Rome.

How Can They Value Puppies Over Unborn Babies? – Jennifer Fulwiler, National Cthlc Register

For Lent: Top 10 Bible Verses on Penance – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Catholic Bloggers Pet Pictures – LarryD, Acts of the Apostasy

For All the Saints: Perpetua and Felicitas – Frank Weathers, Why I Am Catholic

Books for Lent – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

A Service Level Agreement for Bishops? – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

LA Religious Education Congress Features Dissident Keynote Speaker – California Cthlc Daily

The Lion of Munster – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

The Growth and Decline of the Roman Economy – Ryan Grant, The Distributist Review

A Light Shines in Pakistan – Lisa Graas

A Moribund Mass and the Catholic Counterculture – Nicholas Postgate Ph.D., The Latin Mass

MONDAY MORNING EDITION

Saint Patrick, the U.S. Anglican Ordinariate, and Pope Benedict XVI.

The Mystery of Lent – Reginaldus, New Theological Movement

U.S. Anglican Ordinariate Update: Fr. Scott Hurd Q&A in Houston – The American Catholic

Ireland: Obsessing Over the Wrong Problem – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Does the Church Require Natural Family Planning? – Jake Tawney, Roma locuta est

SSPX Methodology: A Question for Bishop Williamson – Ches, The Sensible Bond

Gregorian Chant: The Melodic Voice of the Liturgy – Deacon Q, The Q Continuum

DOMA and 2012 – National Catholic Register

The Western Taliban – Constance Kong, MercatorNet

There’s Just No Other Way; A Meditation on the Gospel – Monsignor Charles Pope, AOW

Tract vs. Gospel Acclamation – Jeffrey Tucker, The Chant Café

Benedict’s Sunday on TV, With His Homilies Painted and Sung – Sandro Magister, Chiesa

The Good and Evil of Speech – Marc DeGirolami, Mirror of Justice

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