December 2011

The Cardinal Down Under – George Weigel, First Things/On the Square

Believing in Santa – Calah Alexander, Ignitum Today

Baptist Convert: Nikki Workmaster – Why I’m Catholic

Evangelical Convert: Jason Workmaster – Why I’m Catholic

John Paul II and the Olympics – James Kelly, Daily Register

I Believe Lefebvre Would Have Said Yes – Andrea Tornielli, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Quatuor Tempora: Advent Ember Days – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Why Can’t He Be You? – Eve Tushnet, Dappled Things

Behind the Mask: Depopulation is the Issue – New Oxford Review

The Moral Act of Voting – Mark Shea, National Catholic Register

NYT Ignores Shocking Child Abuse Crimes In Its Backyard – Dave Pierre, Media Report

Coercing Consciences – George Weigel, Crisis Magazine

Five Myths about Pro-Lifers, and How to Refute Them – Kristen Walker, LifeSiteNews.com

The Basilica Shrine of the Immaculate Conception – Nathaniel Gotcher, Ignitum Today

Tim Tebow and Catholics: The Emerging Love Hate Relationship – David L. Gray

B16 to Bankers: Promote Life, Subsidiarity & the Common Good – Dc. Fournier, Cth Online

How B16 Corrects Bad Bishops Covertly & Publicly on Moral Issues – J.H. Westen, LSN

National Catholic Reporter & Sr. Fiedler Bow to Hillary Clinton’s Magisterium – Fr. Z

You Whiny Sniveling Little Atheists Are Pathetic! – Mary Kochan, Catholic Lane

New Atheists Need to Get Their Narrative Straight – Mark Shea, Patheos/Cthlc & Enjyng It!

Investigation Concludes on Alleged Fulton Sheen Miracle – Catholic News Agency

The Church of Kathleen Sebelius – William McGurn, Wall Street Journal

Fasting & Abstinence: Once Common in Advent & Lent – Msgr. Charles Pope, AOW

Beauty and Nature – J.C. Sanders, Ignitum Today

From the City of Kings: Baroque Architecture in Peru – Shawn Tribe, New Ltrgcl Mvmnt

Book Review: “What to Do When Jesus Is Hungry” – Brandon Vogt, The Thin Veil

Teacher Suspended for Saying Evil Won’t Go Unpunished, Thanked by Pope – D. Parry, RS

Toronto Catholic Teachers’ Union Backs Gay Relationships – Patrick B. Craine, Life St Nws

Morbid Beauty – Melinda Selmys, Sexual Authenticity

Rick Santorum: Bishops are Wrong on Immigration – William Petroski, Des Moines Register

Santorum: Homosexual “Marriage” will bring Gay Agenda in Schools – Ben Johnson, LSN

Clarity, Please, on Illegal Immigration – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture/On the News

South Carolina Diocese Abuse Policy Deals with Social Media – Bruce Smith, The State

The Great Catholic Science Textbook Debate – Murray S. Daw, New Oxford Review

The Gorgias Myth – Fr. James V. Schall SJ, The Catholic Thing

The Greatest English Teacher – Terence Jeffrey, Crisis Magazine

The Glass Ceiling Over the Traditional Latin Mass – Jay Boyd PhD, Philothea on Phire

US Religious Freedom Commission Prepares to Shut Down – Catholic News Agency

Welcome to Gay Neo-Colonialism 101 – Nwachukwu Egbunike, MercatorNet

3-D Movie: The Greatest Miracle & Phenomenology – Theresa Rice, Catholibertarian

Parish Priest will not Implement the New Translation – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

My Last Baby? – Pat Archbold, National Catholic Register

The Dura-Europos Synagogue: Jewish Sacred Art – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Southern Baptists Go Swimming in Lake Geneva – Peter Berger, The American Interest

What was it Like to be Pregnant with the Savior? – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, New Thlgcl Mvmnt

Blob Of Tissue Gets Honors At College – Patrick Archbold, Creative Minority Report

At Belmont Abbey, Catholics Fight Back – Gerald J. Russello, Crisis Magazine

Obamacare May Remove Health-Care Conscience Protections – John Burger, Daily Register

Sages, Straw Dogs, and Same-Sex Marriage – Zac Alstin, MercatorNet

What is “Christianism”? – Mark Shea, Patheos/Catholic and Enjoying It!

Off the Mountain Top – Amanda Castro, Ignitum Today

Habit Forming & Extinction, The Art of Ignoring the Obvious – K. Soze, New Springtime

A Reading Tip, Catholic Priests Falsely Accused: The Facts, The Fraud, The Stories – Fr. Z

“Neither Shall You Tattoo any Marks upon You: I am the Lord” – Msgr. Charles Pope, AOW

Abp. Chaput Answers Questions About His Stunning Letter – Jimmy Akin, NCRegister

Proper Catholic Etiquette at Mass and Away – Theresa Thomas, Integrated Catholic Life™

Wisdom, Not the Geek Squad – Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing

Card. John Foley, the ‘Voice of Christmas’ at the Vatican, Dies at 76 – Edward Pentin, DR

Observations of a Catholic Homeschooling Father – Patti Maguire Armstrong, Cthlc Lane

Chanted Christmas Gospel – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

‘My Mother was Raped but She Chose Life’ – Rory Fitzgerald, Catholic Herald

‘I like My Blackened Fetus with Rice & Beans’: Pro-Abort Snobs – Marc Barnes, Lf St Nws

China: The Disfigured Face of Freedom – Mauro Pianta, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Quæritur: Can a Bishop Forbid Mass in Latin? – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying – Jennifer Fulwiler, National Catholic Register

Vatican Diary/Cardinal Bertone has Another Gear – Sandro Magister, Chiesa

Separation of Church and City? – Joseph Knippenberg, First Things/First Thoughts

Why Beauty Matters: Roger Scruton – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

God and Moral Absolutes – Matthew O’Brien, Public Discourse

The Hermit Who Lived on a Pillar for 33 years – Catholic Herald

Was Sola Scriptura True During the Apostolic Age? – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

The Reconciliation of Sr. Margaret McBride – Dr. Ed Peters, In the Light of the Law

Sister Excommunicated for Abortion Decision at Catholic Hospital, Reversed – Fr. Z

Why Secularists Dislikes Tim Tebow – Dave Hartline, The American Catholic

A Skeptical Note on Canada’s Bishops Pro-Life Witness – Fr. Alphonse De Valk, LfStNw

Creative Life, Communion & Gift of Self: How to be Chaste with SSA – Melinda Selmys, SA

The Annunciation the Ark and the Angels – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

After 35 Years of Protestantism: Conversion Story of Chris Birkbeck – Coming Hm Ntwrk

Card. Wuerl Leads Vigil Outside LeRoy Carhart’s Business – Joan Frawley Desmond, DR

Should Priests be Firmer with Non-practicing Catholics? – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald

Quæritur: Can Extraordinary Ministers give “Blessings”? – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Least Evil Option: A Defense of Harry Truman – Wilson D. Miscamble, Public Discourse

Archbishop Chaput Talks Politics . . . and Philadelphia – Edward Pentin, Daily Register

Abp. Chaput Describes ‘Very Serious’ Issues in Philly – Kevin J. Jones, Cthlc News Agency

The Station Churches of Advent – Gregory DiPippo. New Liturgical Movement

Connection between Same-Sex Attraction & Childhood Ostracization – Mel. Selmys, SA

‘Fountain of Your Joy’ Draws Faithful to Our Lady of Guadalupe Basilica – Chris. White, DR

Why did Our Lady of Guadalupe Choose Juan Diego? – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Our Lady of Guadalupe: Miracles, Facts & Fancy – Donald R. McClarey, The American Cthlc

Our Lady of Guadalupe: Bleeding Hearts, Liberated – John Zmirak, Crisis Magazine

Wisdom in God’s Country: Stunning Wyoming Cthlc College Video – Chris Owens, Bn Dm

The Country’s Most Unique Catholic College – Tim Drake, National Catholic Register

Not Catholic Church? NYT Ignores Hollywood Pedophilia Charges – Dave Pierre, Md Rprt

Students All Set to Learn about ‘Gay History’ in California Schools – Catholic Online

Survey: Many Catholic Colleges Not Complying with Ex Corde Ecclesiae – Crdnl Nwmn Scty

Logos Bible Software: 4-Reviews-In-One – Brent Stubbs, Almost Not Catholic

Contraception is Suffocating the World – Kleine Katerine, Five Feet Above Sea Level

Italian Catholic Church Under Pressure to Start Paying Property Tax – Nick Squires, Tlgrph

Sr. Joan and the “Organizing Committee of the Council of Elders” – Fr. Z, WDTPRS?

Dissident Theologians Demand Respect from Bishops: A 1-Way Street – Phil Lawler, Cth Cltr

Med. Experts Blast Claim that Nuns Need Contraception – Michelle Bauman, Cth Nws Agncy

Obama: “Gay Rights” Now US Foreign Policy – California Catholic Daily

Mary Graw Leary on Sexual Abuse & Moral Indifference – Robert George, Mirror of Justice

Don’t Call Them Vegetables – Colleen Carroll Campbell, Catholic Lane

Sri Lanka’s Cardinal & the Buddhist-Catholic Axis – Gianni Valente, La Stampa

Ben Franklin’s Warning is Our Present Danger – Mark Shea, National Catholic Register

Movie Review: “The Greatest Miracle” is a Hit – Catholic League

Alexander Solzhenitsyn on the Culture of Death – John Burger, Daily Register

The Virgin Shall Conceive – Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing

Wymynprysts yn Mynnysota – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Sr. Magdalena of the Cross, the Nun who Made a Pact with the Devil – Mystics of the Chrch

Public Life & Professions of Faith: Kathleen Kennedy Townsend – Fr. Rob. Araujo SJ, MOJ

France: Catholic Protest Grows against Theatre of Blasphemy – G. Galeazzi, La Stampa

Fundamentalist Catholics Protest Provocative Art – Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Get Religion

Star Trek TNG: To Blog Where No One Has Blogged Before – LarryD, The American Cthlc

A Gay Reader Writes. . . – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

Teaching Tolerance in the Catholic School – Catholic Lane

St. John Roberts: Facing Martyrdom with Humor – Dylan Parry, A Reluctant Sinner

Guéranger: The Advent Ember Days – David Werling, Ars Orandi

Gaudete! – Jake Tawney, Roma locuta est

Simple English Propers, Gaudete – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The New Liturgical Movement

Quæritur: How to get Gregorian Chant and a TLM in the Parish – Fr. Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Quæritur: What is a “Stable Group”? How Big? How Small? – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

The True Meaning of Christmas – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

A “New” Bible for Spanish-Speakers of the Americas – Andrés Beltramo Álvarez, La Stampa

Devastated by Fire, Arizona Shrine is Being Restored – Bern Zovistoski, Cthlc News Agency

Ethical Stem Cell Treatments Showing Most Promise – Rebecca Oas PhD, HLI America

Hope After Poor Prenatal Diagnosis – Monica Rafie, Catholic Lane

Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – Kristina Olney, First Things

Christmas War: Ways We Win – Tom and April Hoopes, Daily Register