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Benedict & The Scandal
I often find myself envying unbelievers: Does not contemporary history provide abundant evidence that Catholics are a mentally inferior species? Their rush to conform to the opinion about Catholicism held by rationalist secularists is stunning. ☩ Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., at First Things
My Initial reaction to Benedict XVI’s latest essay: a cri de coeur
Benedict doesn’t give specific, curiosity pleasing solutions and he left a lot of things unsaid. . . ☩ Fr. Z's Blog
In Academia as in Government, Personnel Is Policy
News is that Providence College, where I taught for 27 years, will be getting a new president in 2020. ☩ Anthony M. Esolen, Ph.D., at Crisis Magazine
Jesus Cheered, Then Killed: Palm/Passion Sunday C
This Sunday’s readings might seem bipolar or schizophrenic. We begin Mass with exultant cheering as we relive Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. . . ☩ John Bergsma, Ph.D., at The Sacred Page
Benedict’s powerful message & the bid to suppress it
. . .Benedict has spoken out dramatically, with a 6,000-word essay on sexual abuse that has been described as a sort of post-papal encyclical. ☩ Philip Lawler at Catholic Culture
Benedict XVI Breaks His Silence on the Catholic Church’s Sex-Abuse Crisis
In a German-language essay published Thursday, the pope emeritus provides a way forward. ☩ Edward Pentin at National Catholic Register
Benedict Speaks
Sex, scandal, the Church, and a general atmosphere of disintegration: That’s the main focus of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s unexpected intervention into today’s unhappy Church politics. ☩ R.R. Reno at First Things
Indian Bishop Formally Charged With Rape
Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar, India, maintains his innocence. ☩ Catholic News Agency via National Catholic Register
Why is Facebook censoring a conference on Christianity and religious freedom?
. . .is intolerance of Christians slowly creeping into our western societies? ☩ Augusto Zimmerman at Spectator Australia
Fr. Raymond Thomas de Saint-Laurent, Confidence, & How to Fundraise
☩ Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net
Nicaraguan bishop to leave for Rome as threats against him increase
☩ David Agren at Catholic News Service
Chinese Authorities Raze Catholic Church Building, According to Video
☩ Simon Roughneen at National Catholic Register
Full text of Benedict's Sex Scandal Essay
☩ Catholic News Agency via The Catholic World Report
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☩ Meghan Ashley Styling