January 2013

Dog Turns Up to Dead Owner’s Church Every Day – Fr. Z’s Blog

Did You Know that St. Peter’s First Church in Rome was a House Church? – Dr. Marshall

Gay Opposition to Gay Marriage – Glenn T. Stanton, First Things/First Thoughts

Five Characteristics of a Matrimonial Vocation – Kerri, Catholic Sistas

Book Review: Along the Way: Lessons for an Authentic Journey of Faith – J. Heimann

Syriac Patriarch Blames West  – Simone Cantarini, Asia News

An Inspiring and Beautiful Video for Altar Servers – Msgr. Charles Pope, DC Archdiocese

Is the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei Building a Bridge to the S.S.P.X.? – Fr. Z’s Blog

How Artificial Birth Control Aborts Babies – Patti M. Armstrong, Integrated Cthlc Life™

Is Man No More Than An Ape? – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

Are Unseen Things Real? – Kevin O’Brien, Waiting for Godot to Leave

A Second Look at Confession – Kevin M. Tierney, Catholic Lane

The Beginning of the End of Evangelical Christianity – Russ Rentler MD

Grammar Lesson of the Day: But – Anthony Esolen, First Things/First Thoughts

Roe v. Wade at Forty: The Court’s Two Unwarranted Stipulations – Francis J. Beckwith

Fr. Jenkins to March for Life – Matthew Archbold, The CNS Blog

For the SATURDAY EVENING EDITION click here.

For the MONDAY EDITION (January 21) click here.

For the TUESDAY MORNING EDITION (January 22) click here.

For the THURSDAY AFTERNOON EDITION (January 24) click here.

Catholic Priests are Right to Express Fears Over Govt Marriage Plans – Francis Phillip

Irish Pro-Lifers Rally at Defining Moment in Abortion-Law Debate – Cthlc News Agency

No Catholic Kings and Queens at Buckingham Palace – James Kelly, Daily Register

Muslims Impose Sharia Law on the Streets of London – Richard Collins

Christians Allowed to Wear Crosses, Not Allowed to Follow Consciences – Dc. Donnelly

Christians’ Rights Trampled on by ‘Obsessive Political Correctness’ – J. Bingham, Tlgrph

UK Parents Reject Abortion after Seeing Disabled Son Smile on Ultrasound – T. Baklinski

Msgr. Eamon Martin to Occupy St. Patrick’s Chair – Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia

Sacra Liturgia 2013 Conference: Join Me in Rome! – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Alice Tait & ‘Ruthie Leming’ – Rod Dreher

For the SATURDAY EVENING EDITION click here.

Is the Papacy a Constitutive Element of the Church? – T. Flanders, Pat. No. (OX)

Resources For Week of Prayer For Christian Unity – Vatican.va

Trapped Syrian Christians Face “Risk of Extinction” – Gerald Butt, Church Times

In Egypt, Faith in Christ is a Jail Sentence – Byzantine, Texas (OX)

Catholic and Orthodox Reunification in the End Times – Vivificat (RC)

Escapism is Not a Fruit of the Spirit – Vincent Martini, OBOA (OX)

The Prologue of Ohrid: “On Danger” – MONKROCK (RC)

Embrace the Embrace – Ric Ballard, Eastern Catholic Spiritual Renewal (EC)

Legend:

For the SATURDAY EVENING EDITION click here.

Hallowed Be This House – Robert Woods, Christian Humanist

The Gentleman Goes Second – David Mills, First Thoughts / First Things

Regulating the Wrong Things? – Marc Eisner, Pileus

Roe at Forty, Part 2 – Francis J. Beckwith, The Catholic Thing

The Worst Keynesian Ever – Brian Domitrovic, T.I.C.

What These Thugs Steal From Us All – Rod Dreher, American Conservative

An Environmental Conservatism? – Peter Blair, Public Discourse

Mass Organization Devoted to Obama – Keith Koffler, W.H.D.

Christians: Siblings, Not ‘Friends’? – Wesley Hill, First Thoughts / First Things

Making God a “Convenience” – Alan Jacobs, American Conservative

Cities Slide Deeper into Pension Sinkhole – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

Martian Chronicles Is a Great Book – Robert Woods, Christian Humanist

A Heresy in Education – Jake Tawney, T.A.C.

America’s Exodus from Marriage – Peter Wehner, Commentary

Mommas, Don’t Let Your Daughters Grow Up To Be Altar Boys – Ignitum Today

A Shocker in Philly – Carl E. Olson, The Catholic World Report

Beauty Communicates Something Beyond Words – David Clayton, New Liturgical Mvmnt

Eight Spiritual Maxims from Saint John of the Cross – Abram Muenzberg, St. Peter’s List

Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York – Kenneth J. Wolfe, Rorate Cæli

Eight Books on J. R. R. Tolkien’s Catholicism – Brandon Vogt, BrandontVogt.com

St. Prisca (Priscilla) – Jean M. Heimann, Catholic Fire

“How Do You Expect Me to Follow That?” – Ink and Quill, Ignitum Today

The Church, Nonprofits, and Taxes – Dimitri Cavalli, The Catholic World Report

Morsi’s Egypt Persecuting Chrisitans and Obama Won’t Do Anything – William Oddie, CH

Why the French, of All People, Resist the Redefinition of Marriage – Phil Lawler

Pope Benedict XVI Now Has a Twitter Account in Latin – Fr. Z’s Blog

Cardinal Cañizares: Mass is Not a Show Nor for Entertainment – H. Sergio Mora, Zenit

How Low Will Benedict XVI-Bashing Pundits Go? – Carl E. Olson, The CWR Blog

What Do We Mean by Islamism? – Denis MacShane, MercatorNet

For the SATURDAY EVENING EDITION click here.

For the MONDAY EDITION (January 21) click here.

For the TUESDAY MORNING EDITION (January 22) click here.

Laws Protecting Abortionists – Richard Doerflinger, Public Discourse

David Brooks and Humility – Alan Jacobs, T. A. Cn.

The Law as the Bully’s Pulpit – Fr. Robert J. Araujo, S.J., Mirror of Justice

Prisoners & Prostitutes – Andrew Haines, Ethika Politika

Myth of Profitable Athletics Departments – Jordan Bloom, State of the Union

Blue Storm Ravages California City – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

Obama and Truman – Daniel Larison, T. A. Cn.

The Impulse to Care for the Most Vulnerable – Elizabeth Schiltz, Mirror of Justice

The War on Boys-Part One – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Interpersonal Comparisons of Dignity – Jason Sorens, Pileus

US Could Be Top Oil Producer This Year – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

As Goes Christianity, So Goes Society? – Rod Dreher, T. A. Cn.

Law as Tradition: The Inescapability of Tradition – Marc DeGirolami, Mirror of Justice

Conservatism: A Look Ahead – George Carey, T. I. C.

Venerable and God-Bearing Father Anthony the Great – A Sinner (OX)

Alexander Schmemann: A Man in Full – R. J. Neuhaus, First Things

Entering Into the Silence – Abbot Tryphon, The Morning Offering (OX)

Live From Mumford Rd. Episode 2 – Christ the Bridegroom Monastery (EC)

Patriarch Bartholomew to Visit Estonia – Estonian Public Broadcasting (OX)

An Introspective Interview with Megan Fox – Mystagogy (OX)

In Case of Emergency – St. Elias Today! (EC)

Not a Tame Religion: Guest Post by Byz. Bandit – Fear Not Little Flock (EC)

Legend:

Innovation and Inequality – John O. McGinnis, National Affairs

A Guide to the 23 Edicts for the Perplexed – Donald McClarey, T.A.C.

Presidential Sophistry – Nicholas Johnson, Liberty Law Blog

Ten Conservative Books Revisited – Gerald J. Russello, T.I.C.

The GOP Should Become Versed In Agitprop – Lonely Conservative

Tolkien Absorbed in Absurdity – David Mills, First Thoughts / First Things

The Criminal Charges Against Aaron Swartz (II) – Orin Kerr, Volokh

The Founders’ Classical Vision for Our Capital – Justin Shubow, Public Discourse

This is Why We Have a Constitution – Paul Zummo, T.A.C.

Harvard Flunks the Greens – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

On Guns, an Abuse of Power – David Harsanyi, R.C.P.

Quebec to Redefine Suicide – Wesley Smith, NRO

Science and the Politics of Personhood – Maureen Condic, Altcatholicah

Gorgeous George – Southern Fried Catholicism

Why Distributism? Just Look at the Issue of “Wal-Mart” & Capitalism – Kevin O’Brien

Raphael: Saint or Sinner? – James Hall, The Times Literary Supplement

Benchmarks for Achievement in Catholic Education – Maryann G. Eidemiller, OSV

Catholic Social Thought? Not Your Father’s Encyclopedia – Dr. Jeff Mirus, Cthlc Culture

Abortion’s Terrible Consequence: The Shrinking Adoption Pool – Krystle Gabele, Lf Nws

Infertility Journey: The Church to Find Solutions, Wisdom, Peace – J. Hannemann MA

“Gotcha” Catholicism – Catholic in Brooklyn

Somewhere South of Sodom – Anthony Esolen PhD, The CWR Blog

Killer Cuomo – Patrick Archbold, National Catholic Register

The Fr. F Case: The Diocese Failed Its Duty – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

Move Along, Nothing To See Here – Rod Dreher

Univ. of Notre Dame  Law Prof. Defends H.H.S. Mandate – Matthew Archbold

Smarter Than God? Tweaking the Bible Is All the Rage – Kathy Schiffer, P/Ssns of Grc

Andrew Cuomo’s Brave New Roe – Peter Jesserer Smith, Daily Register

The New Inequality – R. R. Reno, First Things/First Thoughts

For the SATURDAY EDITION click here.

For the SATURDAY EVENING EDITION click here.

French Bishops Endorsing Homosexual Unions – Matthew C. Hoffman, LifeSiteNews

Sacra Liturgia Roman Conference Update: Registrations Now Open – Shawn Tribe, NLM

Paris: 1.3 Million Rally Against Same-Sex “Marriage” & Adoption – JC von Krempach JD

BBC Reports 4 Topless Girls in St. Peter’s, But Not 800,000 Paris Rally – Dc. Donnelly

Same-Sex Marriage: Catholics Plan Wave of Grassroots Protests – J. Bingham, Telegraph

E. F. Mass for Portsmouth! – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

Will Cameron Act Now or Talk Endlessly on Protecting Christian Rights? – Wlm. Oddie

The Dan Savage of France strikes back in Le Parisien – Robert Oscar López

Julia Neuberger Heading Liverpool Care Pathway Inquiry is Worrying – John Smeaton

Disappointment in Strasbourg – Peter Smith, MercatorNet

Polish Parliament Keep Crucifix – Chris Borowski and Pawel Sobczak, Reuters

Euro Court’s Judgment in U. K. Religious Freedom Cases – Mark Movesian, First Things

For the THURSDAY MORNING EDITION click here.

For the SATURDAY EDITION click here.

For the SATURDAY EVENING EDITION click here.

Everyday Christianity and the Spiritual Combat – Jason Liske, Ascending Mount Carmel

Welcome to Sodom (Maryland) – Fr. Z’s Blog

If I Were a Principal at a Catholic School, I Would: – J. Q. Tomanek, Ignitum Today

Evangelizing Young Adults – Abp. Charles J. Chaput OFM Cap, First Things/On The Square

The War on Boys – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

On Downton Abbey and Being Catholic – Jacob Tawney, Roma Locuta Est

Why Does God Allow Sin and Suffering? – Jimmy Akin, National Catholic Register

Samuel Gregg: ‘Becoming Europe’, a Heritage Event – Elise Hilton, Acton Institute

Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak Elected New Patriarch For Catholic Copts – Communio

The True Slave and Freedom in Christ – Mystagogy (OX)

Facing Flu CDC, Catholics Endorse Communion Restrictions – Byz, TX (OX)

Met. Hilarion Lectures at Villanova University – Russian Orthodox Church

Sky God – Ric Ballard, Eastern Catholic Spiritual Renewal (EC)

My Year of Living Reclusively Pt. 2 – Pithless Thoughts (OX)

The Truth in Novels – Wake Up and Smell the Incense (EC)

Eternal Perdition as an Elixir – Notes on Arab Orthodoxy (OX)

Everyday Saints and Other Stories – Eastern Orthodox Librarian (OX)

Humility and Glory – A Vow of Conversation (OX)

“People Who Criticize the Church” – Again and Again (OX)

Answers For Calvinists – Orthodox Answers (OX)

Legend: