October 2011

Courage Apostolate Continues Mission of its Founder – Matthew A. Rarey, NCRegister

An Introduction to Distributism, Part II – Donald P. Goodman III, The Distributist Review

St. Ignatius of Antioch & the Early Church – Kenneth D. Whitehead, Ignatius Insight Scoop

On the Authority of Bishops, from St. Ignatius of Antioch – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, New Th Mv

“The Might Macs”: Basketball and the Power of Faith – Brandon Vogt, The Thin Veil

Hope – Anna Williams, VirtuousPla.net

Ten Public Policies for Renewing Family Life – Phillip Longman, MercatorNet

Wm. Henry Bissell, First Catholic Governor of Illinois – Donald R. McClarey, The Am Cthlc

Abp. Nichols was the Bully in the Cardinal Vaughan Saga – Damian Thompson, Telegraph

Guess Who is a Prime Target of Religious Persecution in the U.S.? – Russell Shaw, OSV

Photo: Occupy Rome Desecrates Statue of Our Lady – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Campaign for Human Development: Time to Shut it Down? – Fr. Val J. Peter, First Things

Even Saints Need Spiritual Direction – Dan Burke, National Catholic Register

Did Archbishop Nichols really write this Letter? – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

Ireland: The Media’s Rush to Libel Fr. Kevin Reynolds – Niamh Ui Bhriain, Life Institute

Justice and Mercy: As Relevant Today as Ever – Fr. John C. McClosky III, Daily Register

Panic in Vatican as Brazil Loses More Catholics – Giacomo Galeazzi, La Stampa/Vtcn Insdr

End Times? – Royce, VirtuousPla.net

Friends Don’t Let Friends Be Calvinist – Mark Shea, Patheos/Catholic and Enjoying It!

Greek Church To Be Rebuilt At WTC Site – Eliot Brown, Wall Street Journal

Troubling Times: The Feeling of Anticipation & Urgency – Ordinary Catholic, Peter’s Barque

Canon Lawyer told Fr. Pavone Not to Meet with Bishop – John-Henry Westen, Lf St Nws

Worse than a Gypsy is a Catholic Gypsy? – Annie Elizabeth, Defénde Nos In Proélio

The Essential Qualities of Prayer – Dc. Mike Bickerstaff, Integrated Catholic Life™

The Great Siege of Malta of 1565 & The Knights of Malta – Tribunus, Roman Christendom

Maria Pierina de Micheli & The Holy Face of Jesus Devotion – Mystics of the Church

Feeling Clean – Joe Sales, VirtuousPla.net

“Christians are Free People, That is Why They Hate Us” – Mauro Pianta, La Stampa/Vt In

The Intriguing Saint Thomas More – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Infamous Anonymous Abortion Practitioner Exposed: Nicola Moore – Cheryl Sullenger, LN

B16 Believes Secularized Nations can turn Christian Again – David Kerr, Cthlc News Agency

Decline and Fall – Anthony Esolen, Catholic World Report

Book Review: Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child – Thomas Howard, FP

Protests in Rome turn Violent – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, What Does The Prayer Really Say?

Is ‘Mediation’ the Way to Resolve the Zurek-Pavone Conflict? – Dr. Ed Peters, ITLOTL

Liberty, Technology, & the Advent of Social Networking – Gladden J. Pappin, First Prncpls

Want an Ultrasound? There’s an App for That! – Mark Shea, Patheos/Catholic & Enjyng It!

Relics: Pious Devotion, Healing Power, or Something Else? – Kathy Schiffer, Ssns of Grc

Does the Bible Prohibit Religious Images? – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

How Catholics Read and Study the Bible – Julie Robison, VirtuousPla.net

Cardinal Amato: JP2 to be a Saint Soon – Giacomo Galeazzi, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

What I Miss About Not Having Kids – Jennifer Fulwiler, National Catholic Register

Praying the Rosary through Art: The Sorrowful Mysteries – Maria Stella Ceplacha, Crisis Mg

Forty Days For Life in London – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, What Does The Prayer Really Say?

Petition to Review the Second Vatican Council – Fr. Simon Henry, Offerimus Tibi Domine

A Song for Simeon – Brandon Zimmerman, Dappled Things

Strong Voices from Europe – Virgil Nemoianu, The Catholic Thing

Sanctifying Grace & the Interior Castle of Teresa of Avila – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, New Th Mv

The Words & Life of St. Teresa of Avila – Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

Teresa of Avila: Patron of Catholic Writers & Headache Sufferers! – Kathy Schiffer, SOG

St. Teresa of Avila: Mystic & Church Reformer – Benjamin Mann, CNA/EWTN News

About Bp. Finn in Kansas City – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, What Does The Prayer Really Say?

Bp. Finn’s Prosecutor is a Fanatic Pro-Abort Politician – Donald R. McClarey, The Am Cthlc

Director of ‘The Way’, Emilio Estevez Rips Hollywood – Noel Sheppard, NewsBusters

That’s Rich: On Advice from Canon Lawyer, Fr. Pavone Skips Meeting – Steve Kellmeyer, FC

Coptic Cross to Bear – Judith Miller

If They Are Like This Now, What Will They Be Like With Nukes? – Khaled Abu Toameh, HNY

Catholic Principal Faces Dismissal for Promoting 40 Days for Life – Patrick B. Craine, LSN

Further Escalation Between Government & USCCB – Matthew Cantirino, First Things

Bestselling Medieval Author Hidden in Rome’s only Gothic Church – Christopher Howse, DT

Alcoholism Drives Man Beyond 12 Steps and Into the Church – Trent Beattie, Daily Register

Ten Reasons The Pill is Bad – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

Catholic Mission Aims to Revive Spirits of Struggling Chicago Neighborhood – M. Martin

Lord, Save Us From Liturgists – Pat Archbold, National Catholic Register

Alien Species: Life as a Gluten-Free Catholic – Sarah, A Beaten Copper Lamp

How Evangelicals Know Their Canon is Correct – Devin Rose, St. Joseph’s Vanguard

What’s The Next Gayness? – LarryD, Acts of the Apostasy

On Fr. Pavone’s Failure to Meet with Bp. Zurek – Dr. Ed Peters, In the Light of the Law

Father Pavone a No-Show for Meeting with his Bishop – Catholic Culture

UK: Many Kids being Seized by Social Workers without Reason – William Oddie, Cthlc Herald

Obama Defunds Bishops’ Migration & Refugee Services Work – Michelle Bauman, EWTN Nws

Mothers’ Saint and a Blessing Comes to Website – The Editors, National Catholic Register

Patron Saint of Compromised Financial Services – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Is There a Place for Modern Art in Our Churches? – David Clayton, New Liturgical Mvmnt

Fatima Anniversary: Fr. Apostoli sees Atheism Overtaking the West – B. Mann, EWTN Nws

Hope and Homosexuality – Leonard Klein, First Things/On the Square

Chastity and Building the Culture of Life – Brendan Dudley, HLI America

The Arab Spring’s Forgotten Freedom – Samuel Gregg, American Spectator

“There Is No Place for the Jew in Libya” – Shiraz Maher, Hudson New York

Are Character Strengths Enough? – Kevin Ryan, MercatorNet

Obama is Alienating Catholic Voters – Colleen Carroll Campbell, Catholic Lane

Vote! Catholic Poll for U.S. President – The American Catholic

Actor Brings St. John Vianney to Life on EWTN – Joseph Pronechen, Daily Register

Why It’s Great to Be a Young Catholic – Marc Barnes, Crisis Magazine

The Church in Indonesia: Vibrant Witness to Christ’s Love – Vatican Radio

How Much Do You Know about the Day the Sun Danced in Fatima? – Mark Shea, Pths/CAEI!

Pelosi: Pro-lifers want Women to “Die on the Floor” – Tom Crowe, Catholic Vote

Muslim Mobs Attack Copts as they were Burying their Dead – AINA

Bloody Sunday in Cairo – Samuel Tadros, Hudson Institute

The Copts Will Fight: But They Won’t Win – Lee Smith, WS/The Blog

Expressing Human Dignity via the Death Penalty – Louie Verrecchio, RA

Apple Censors Christian Ideas – Mauro Pianta, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Perry: I Support Unborn Life ‘Regardless of the Circumstance’ – Kathleen Gilbert, LSN

Steve Jobs: World’s Most Famous Pro-Life Story? – John Norton, Our Sunday Visitor

Gardasil, Parental Rights, & Homosexual Agenda – Jay Boyd PhD, Philothea on Phire

Vote! Catholic Poll for U.S. President – The American Catholic

What Good Marketing Looks Like– Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Belloc, Distributism & Political Power – Jonathan Witt, Acton Institute/Power Blog

God King Scolds Copts for Getting the Tar Beat Out of Them – Mark Shea, Patheos/CAEI!

Foggy Controversies, Empty Protests, & Faux Freedom – Carl E. Olson, Cthlc World Report

Revisiting the Reformation Pope: A Defense of Pope Leo X – Joe Heschmeyer, Shmlss Ppry

The False Dichotomy of Religion or Relationship – JC Sanders, VirtuousPla.net

God Bless Them? Congresswoman Pelosi on Wall Street Mob – Paul Kengor, Cthlc Vote

SNAP: A Noisy Little Group that Hates the Catholic Church – Russell E. Saltzman, Frst Thngs

Editorial: Priests Falsely Accused – Our Sunday Visitor

Islam and Religious Freedom: The Way Forward – Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture

What Happened at Fatima? – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

Romney: Supports ‘Partnership Agreements’ for Same-Sex Couples – Jeremy Kryn, LSN

Vote! Catholic Poll for U.S. President – The American Catholic

The Loss that Led Us to Mother Church – Siri Abrahamson, Catholic Herald

19 Words Every Catholic Should Know – Emily Stimpson, Our Sunday Visitor

Putinism and the Ukrainian Catholic Church – Tim Kelleher, First Things/On the Square

Franco, Spain and Catholicism – George Conger, Get Religion

The Miracle of the Sun 94 Years Later – Benjamin Mann, EWTN News

Democracy in Peril: Egypt’s Handling of Coptic Unrest – Anthony Billingsley, MercatorNet

The Brittleness of Islam – Mark Shea, Patheos/Catholic and Enjoying It!

Remembering Christopher Dawson: Who Are You? – Brad Birzer, TIC

October Catholic Presidential Poll – Tito Edwards, The American Catholic

Christian Art Just Plain Stinks – Nathan Kennedy, VirtuousPla.net

Bless me Father, I went to an OF Mass! – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

Catholic Politicians who do Nothing to Stop Abortion – Fr. Gregory Coiro OFM Cap, CCD

The Difference Between Kitsch and Catholic Art – David Werling, Ars Orandi

We’ve had the Life of Brian but there won’t be The Life of Mohammed – R. Collins, LOTH

The Bishop’s Immigration Obsession – Nicholas G. Hahn III, Crisis Magazine

Ukrainian Cthlc Church Head Chats on Evangelizing Secular Society – Michelle Martin, OSV

Father McGivney and the Knights of Columbus – Pat McNamara, Patheos/In Ages Past

Chastity:  Practical Advice for Youth – Brendan Dudley, HLI America

Learning Latin: A Great Adventure – Scott Olsson, Cowboys-Philosophers-and-Poets

Can Christians Not Be Religious? – Fabiola Garza, VirtuousPla.net

An Assessment of the Secular Philosophy of Steve Jobs – Msgr. Charles Pope, AOW

Punishment, Proportionality, and the Death Penalty – Edward Feser, Public Discourse

Broadway Liturgy – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

House Committee Vote Could Pave Way to Defund U.N. Population Fund – EWTN News

Cathdudes, We Need You – Elizabeth Hillgrove, VirtuousPla.net

Jason Adkins Does the Church Proud – Mark Shea, National Catholic Register

Ten Things Catholic Catechists Should Know – Emily Stimpson, Our Sunday Visitor

Mother of the Bride – B.F. Smith, Crisis Magazine

A Review of Brandon Vogt’s “Church & New Media” – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Le Chiese Delle Cittá: Santa Maria in Monterone – Nathaniel Gotcher, VirtuousPla.net

Pope Condemns Massacre of Copts in Cairo – Cindy Wooden, Catholic Herald

Pope Prays for Egyptian Christians After Cairo Violence – David Kerr, EWTN News

Egypt Riots Reveal Brutal Reality Behind ‘Arab Spring’ – Benjamin Mann, Cthlc Nws Agncy

Fr. Greiche: Egyptian Military Responsible for the Massacre – Rafic Greiche, Ilsussidiario

The Austrian Priests’ Initiative – Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing

Surrogate Gods, Surrogate Parents – Randy Hain, Integrated Catholic Life™

Supreme Court to Decide Issue of Women Priests? – Jimmy Akin, National Cthlc Register

Muslim Persecution of Christians: September, 2011 – Raymond Ibrahim, Hudson NY

Christian Martyrs of Chinese Communism – David Aikman, Christianity Today