19 April AD 2024

VVEDNESDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Chapel Veils or Mantillas (Credit: Christianity.Stackexchange.com)

Why Women Are Wearing a Chapel Veil Again

. . .a resurgence in the optional devotion of wearing a mantilla, or chapel veil, has many people in the pew scratching their heads.  Why would women, especially younger women, return to a practice that is described as submissive & subordinate?  The answer to this question lies in the motivation leading to the devotion.  It may be simpler to address the mistaken intentions often directed at the ladies who make the leap. . .

by Birgit Jones,

of Catholic Life in Our Times

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
Jazz Jennings & The American [Transgender] Dream – Rod Dreher
Is It Morally Licit to Smoke Pot? – E. Christian Brugger, National Catholic Register
Chief Who Was Fired for Marriage Views Wins Major 1st Amendment Victory – M. Burke
This is What Happens to “Disturbers of the [False] Peace” – Mark Lambert
Desiring Martyrdom – Brother Elijah Dubek O.P., Dominicana
Cath. Univ. Prof. Leads Response to Pres. Macron Remark on Large Families – The CWR
Here are 8 Obscure Saints With October Feast Days, Recognize Any? – C. Langr, epicPew
Push Back Against Transgenderism, on Campus & Elsewhere – Daniel Payne, The Coll. Fix
LGBT Media Runs w/Unsubstantiated ‘Hate Crime’ Stories Despite Red Flags – C. Greene
The Catholic Origins of Trick-Or-Treating – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque – D.R. McClarey J.D., TACatholic
Canadian Hospital May Soon Euthanize Kids, Without Parental Consent – Nancy Flory
Pres. Macron: Large African Families are Due to Lack of Education – Mercatornet
No, Suburban Women Don’t Love Abortion; Fact: Vote Pro-Life – B. Lewis & M. Lamb
Bringing Eucharistic Adoration to the Country, 177 Stops at a Time – Jim Graves, Aleteia
Argentine Church Mustn’t be Cowed by Violent Feminist Attacks – Fr A Lucie-Smith PhD
The Virtue of Apprenticeship – Robert I. Lerman, The American Interest
Red Chinese Bishops at Synod Invite Pope to Make Landmark Visit – Philip Pullela
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