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August 6, 2018

MONDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Ordination of a Priest (Pic Credit: Fr. Jason Smith, L.C.)

My Vocation Story: Father Jason Smith, LC

. . .if not for a hockey game, I wouldn’t be a Legionary of Christ priest today.  As a good Minnesotan, I naturally considered hockey as divinely inspired, a sign of God’s love for us.  But it’s what happened after the game that took me by surprise & lead me to know my priestly vocation. . .

by Father Jason Smith, L.C.,

of Ignitum Today

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
The Priest Who Molested Him Was His Uncle in the Diocese of Lincoln – Rod Dreher
New Light on the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich – Pt. A. Kwasniewski Ph.D., NLM
Varadkar: I’ll Push Pope on Accepting Same-Sex Families – Catholic Herald
This Beautiful Religious Order is for Women with Down Syndrome – R. Scheel, uCthlc
The Newly Defined “Dark Ages” of Christian America – Jason Craig, Those Catholic Men
Catholic at Last: From Eastern Orthodox to the One True Faith – S. Nicholas, One Ptr 5
Classical v. Contemporary Sanctuary Arrangement – Sh. R. Tribe, Liturgical Arts Journal
We Are Beginning to See a Catholic Revival in the Arts – Joseph Pearce, NC Register
Bishop Right to Publish Names of Clergy Accused of Abuse – Fr. A. Lucie-Smith Ph.D.
N.Y. Times’ Hit Piece on Mike Pence is Anti-Christian Bigotry – G.T. Stanton, The Fdrlst
Should the Catholic Church Sell Her Great Art to Feed the Poor? – K. Schiffer, NC Rgstr
A Generation Who Grew Up with Porn: How We can Help – Isaac Withers, Catholic Link
Woman Still Die from Legal Abortions, This Was Not Suppose to Be – Dave Andrusko, LN
NFP: The Antidote to Sexism – Sofia Abasalo, Catholic Stand
Want to be a Knight of Columbus? Now You can Join Online – John Burger, Aleteia
Providential Transfiguration – Robert P. Imbelli, First Things
The Virgin Mary & the Pro-Life Movement – Peter Darcy, Catholic Stand
Dominican Efforts Save Endangered Species of Salamanders – Chloe Langr, epicPew
Obamacare Still Forces Americans to Pay for Abortions – Steven Ertelt, Life News
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The Death Penalty Monday Edition

Fr. Gil Martinez Chaplain for Out at St. Paul (Pic Credit: Joseph Sciambra)

Fr. James Martin’s Favorite LGBT Ministry Asks Pope Francis to Change the Catechism

. . .St. Monica’s in Santa Monica hosts St. Monica Catholic Community Gay & Lesbian Outreach (GLO) where former member Arthur Fitzmaurice once served as the Chair of Archdiocese’s Catholic Ministry with Lesbian & Gay Persons.  At the 2015 LA Religious Education Congress hosted by Archbishop Gomez, which repeatedly features Fitzmaurice as a speaker on LGBT issues, he openly criticized “The Catechism of the Catholic Church”. . .

by Joseph Sciambra

Cardinal Dulles’s Dubia – Michael Pakaluk, First Things
Let’s Be Careful in Our Charges Regarding the New Wording – Msgr. Charles Pope, CiM
Catechism & the Death Penalty: are Catholics Right to be Worried? – Dan Hitchens, CH
Church History: A Brief Review of Papal Lapses – Pt. A. Kwasniewski Ph.D., One Peter 5
CCC 2358 on Objectively Disordered Homosexual Inclinations – Fr. Z’s Blog
Pope Pius XII: Death Penalty Not Conditioned by Historical Circumstances – Fr. Z’s Blog
Death Penalty Is Wrong But Not Intrinsically Evil or Infallible – Fr. Mt. P. Schneider L.C.
Latin of Change to CCC 2267 about Capital Punishment Now Available – Fr. Z’s Blog
Wrestling With Capital Punishment – Joan Frawley Desmond, National Catholic Register
A Little More on the New Catechism – P.J. Smith, Semiduplex
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McCarrick Watch: Monday Edition

Gay Rainbow Altar at Blessed Sacrament Church in Hollywood, California, of the Archdiocese of Archbishop Gomez (Pic Credit: comunidadlb.org via Life Site)

A Parish in Joseph Cardinal Tobin’s Archdiocese Celebrated Gay Pride with a “Gay Pride Mass”

(Warning: Descriptive explanations of vulgar topics)

. . .on June 24, 2018, at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Hoboken, New Jersey, the Archdiocese of Newark where Joseph Cardinal Tobin is Archbishop, Fr. Alexander Santora celebrated the Parish’s “first annual gay pride Mass.”  At the beginning of Mass, Fr. Alexander Santora announced that he would offer a “special blessing” for those marching in the New York City gay “Pride” parade which took place on the same day. . .

by Joseph Sciambra

A Strong Response by Bishop James Conley of Lincoln – Rod Dreher, The American. . .
Blah, Blah, Blah, Bishops Respond to McCarrick Scandal. . . – R. Hamilton, Public Cthlc
A Priests Takes on McCarrick: Here’s what Laypeople can Do – S. Herreid, Catholic Vote
What Might Happen for McCarrick, & for the Church in U.S. – J.D. Flynn J.C.L., CNA
A Second Lincoln Seminarian Comes Forward to Detail Abuse – S. Skojec, One Peter 5
Cardinal Wuerl, No, Bishops Investigating Bishops Won’t Do – E. Scalia, The Anchoress
Cardinal Kevin Farrell: I Don’t Think I’m a Right Fool – Nicole Winfield, Associated Press
McCarrick Scandal Makes VIRTUS Merely Smoke & Mirrors – L. Denninger, A Cthlc Misfit
Univ. of Notre Dame Won’t Rescind McCarrick’s Honorary Degree – M. Penza, Cth. Vote
Card. Wuerl Proposes a Panel to Investigate Rumors Against Bishops – Catholic Herald
A Prayerful Response to Clergy Scandals – Kathleen Beckman, Catholic Exchange
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MONDAY MORNING EDITION

The World Is Yours Cardinal Maradiaga (Pic Credit: Edward Pentin via Twitter)

Honduras: Same-Sex Attracted Seminarians Sent Away from Seminary Except for Those from. . .

. . .all same-sex attracted seminarians have been sent away except those in Tegucigalpa archdiocese who joke they have a very strong & powerful “patron saint”:  ++Maradiaga.  The cardinal has “again used his weight to break rules & agreements with other bishops”. . .

by Father John Zuhlsdorf,

of Fr. Z’s Blog

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
Coming Out Of The Catholic Clerical Closet – Rod Dreher, The American. . .
71 Accusations; How Many are Guilty? – Robert Kurland Ph.D., The American Catholic
The Beauty of Rood Screens – Harry Mount, Catholic Herald
Is There Something Else Behind Italian Church Leaders’ Criticism of Salvini? – E Pentin
Why False Modesty Has a Deadly Allure – Stephen Mirarchi, epicPew
Pornography Use & Trauma for Wives – Peter Kleponis Ph.D., Those Catholic Men
Belgium’s Euthanasia Nightmare – Niall Gooch, Catholic Herald
Is the Vatican Giving a Promotion to Laypeople? – Fr. Raymond J. de Souza, C. Herald
Why Does the Catholic Bible Have More Books? – uCatholic
Virtual Tour of the Spectacular Major Basilica of St. Maria Maggiore in Rome – epicPew
25 Amazing Things You Don’t Know About the Knights of Columbus – ChurchPOP
The Roman Canon as the Rule – Fr. John Hunwicke, Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment
Beautiful Video from 2018 Ars Celebrandi Latin Mass Workshop, Poland – Rorate Cæli
4 Things Your Hairstylist Wants You To Do – Meghan Ashley Styling (Catholic Fashion)
Theological Transcendentals & Online Holiness – Nicholas Senz, NC Register
Homeschooling’s Flexibility Will Help You Chase Your Dreams – Jeffrey Minick, Seton
6 Saints Who Could Fly – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
Google is Giving $10,000 a Month to Catholic Non-Profits – Brice Sokolowski
This App Brings Pope to Listeners in Five Languages – Aleteia
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