December 23, 2010

For the Nashville Dominican Nuns, Habits Are the New Radical – Barbara B. Hagerty, NPR

Egypt’s Illustrious Coptic Heritage – Nevine El-Aref, Al-Ahram

The Missing Foundation of Social Justice – Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing

German Jesuit Father Alfred Delp on Advent – William Doino Jr, On the Square

Ohio: Historic Catholic Church Renovated – Ryan Carter, Record Herald

Finally! A Bishop With a Backbone… – The Catholic Knight

Cthlc Health Association Defies Bishop Olmsted Over Abortion Case – Benjamin Mann, CNA

No Christmas Festivities for Some Iraqi Christians – Mustafa Mahmoud, Reuters

Funny: Nat’l Secular Society Goes Nuts Over Pope’s Thought for the Day – Dm. Th., Tlgrph

Harry Potter Actress Beaten by Family After Dating Non-Muslim – Rob. J. Avrech, Big Peace

Reminders About Christmas and Holy Communion – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

The Pope’s Review of 2010 A.D. – Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register

Saint Joseph’s Hospital Is No Longer Catholic, & It Is a Big Deal – Fr. Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

I Don’t Make the Natural Law, I Just Enforce It – John Zmirak, InsideCatholic

Hope for Pope’s Improvement on Episcopal Appointments – William Oddie, Cthlc Hrld

Darwin Mythos & Their Doomed Attempts to Explain Faith – Mark P. Shea, CAEI!

The CDF’s Condom Conclusion, and Mine – Thomas Peters, American Papist

A Look at Bishop Olmsted’s News Conference on Saint Joseph’s Hospital – Lisa Graas

Abortion Hospital Decree and Pushback – Jimmy Akin, National Catholic Register

Him Who Is the Last: An Advent Reflection – Abp. Charles J. Chaput OFM Cap., InsdCthlc

Radically Unreasonable Love for God’s Plans – Katie Peterson, The Integrated Cthlc Life

Christ’s Endangered Language Gets New Lease of Life in Oxford – Maev Kennedy, Grdn

The Perfect Messiah – Paul Zummo, The American Catholic

When You Leave Rome, This is What Happens – Russell E. Saltzman, First Thoughts